Teignbridge District Council elections

Teignbridge District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 47 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Teignbridge District Council election
• 1976 Teignbridge District Council election
• 1979 Teignbridge District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1983 Teignbridge District Council election
• 1987 Teignbridge District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1991 Teignbridge District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1995 Teignbridge District Council election
• 1999 Teignbridge District Council election
• 2003 Teignbridge District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 12)^[5][6]
• 2007 Teignbridge District Council election
• 2011 Teignbridge District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)^[7]
• 2015 Teignbridge District Council election
• 2019 Teignbridge District Council election (New ward boundaries increasing number of seats by one to 47)^[1]
• 2023 Teignbridge District Council election

Date		Conservative	+/-		Liberal Democrat	+/-		South Devon Alliance	+/-		Independent	+/-	Control
2003[8]	13			16			N/A			14			NOC
2007[9]	18		+5	21		+5	N/A			7		-7	NOC
2011[10]	26		+8	13		-8	N/A			7		=	Conservative
2015[11]	29		+3	12		-1	N/A			5		-2	Conservative
Dec 2016[12][13]	27		-2	14		+2	N/A			5		=	Conservative
Feb 2018[14][15][16]	25		-2	16		+2	N/A			5		=	Conservative
2019	12		-13	26		+10	N/A			9		+4	Liberal Democrat
2023	9		-3	26		-	9		+9	3		-6	Liberal Democrat

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

Bovey By-Election 4 July 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		504	34.1
	Liberal Democrats		482	32.6
	Labour		282	19.1
	Independent		210	14.2
Majority			22	1.5
Turnout			1,478	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitestones By-Election 4 July 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		665	91.5
	Labour		62	8.5
Majority			603	83.0
Turnout			727	42.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Chudleigh By-Election 14 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		480	54.5
	Liberal Democrats		230	26.1
	Labour		171	19.4
Majority			250	29.4
Turnout			881
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Milber By-Election 14 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		338	44.4
	Liberal Democrats		219	28.7
	Labour		205	26.9
Majority			199	15.7
Turnout			762
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

College By-Election 20 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		391	44.0
	Conservative		269	30.3
	Independent		229	25.8
Majority			122	13.7
Turnout			889	22.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Dawlish SW By-Election 21 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		584	55.6	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats		262	24.9	−32.4
	Labour		205	19.5	+19.5
Majority			322	30.7
Turnout			1,051	32.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

1999–2003

College By-Election 27 April 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		447	52.5	+27.8
	Conservative		315	37.0	+14.7
	Labour		89	10.5	−5.6
Majority			132	15.5
Turnout			851	22.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Powderham By-Election 27 April 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		759	52.6
	Conservative		550	38.1
	Labour		134	9.3
Majority			209	14.5
Turnout			1,443	28.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

College By-Election 16 November 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		332	40.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats		294	36.1	+11.4
	Labour		189	23.2	+7.1
Majority			38	4.6
Turnout			815	20.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2007–2011

Kenn Valley By-Election 27 November 2008^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Lake	924	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Berman	832	40.8
	Independent	Derek Madge	160	7.8
	Independent	Dudley Swain	128	6.3
Majority			92	4.4
Turnout			2,044	42.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ipplepen By-Election 23 September 2010^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Dewhirst	756	62.3	+34.5
	Conservative	Phil Coombes	458	37.7	−34.5
Majority			298	24.5
Turnout			1,214
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2011–2015

Bovey By-Election 24 October 2013^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Avril Kerswell	933	50.3	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie West	472	25.5	−1.0
	UKIP	Bruce Meechan	253	13.6	+6.6
	Labour	Lisa Robillard Webb	196	10.6	+2.9
Majority			461	24.9
Turnout			1,854
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015–2019

Teignmouth Central by-election 22 September 2016^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Eden	491	51.1	+28.3
	Conservative	Nick Maylem	286	29.8	−12.6
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	111	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Tipper	72	7.5	−8.7
Majority			205	21.3
Turnout			969	25.08
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Party Councillor Geoff Bladen^[21]

Bovey by-election 15 December 2016^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Morgan	838	43.9	+20.3
	Conservative	Taff Evans	631	33.1	−4.2
	Independent	Eoghan Kelly	169	8.9	−1.5
	Labour	Christopher Robillard	103	5.4	−7.4
	UKIP	Anne Bracher	98	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Charlie West	68	3.6	N/A
Majority			207	10.8
Turnout			1,911	29.30
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Party Councillor Anna Klinkenberg^[23]

Chudleigh by-election 15 December 2016^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Keeling	680	51.5	+38.8
	Conservative	Chris Webb	470	35.6	+2.8
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	89	6.7	N/A
	Labour	Janette Parker	81	6.1	−8.8
Majority			210	15.9
Turnout			1,324	26.49%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Party Councillor Patricia Johnson-King^[23]

Bushell by-election 4 May 2017^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hayes	751	48.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Liz Roberts	627	40.8	+5.8
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	158	10.3	+10.3
Majority			124	8.1
Turnout			1,536
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative Party Councillor Judy Grainger^[25]

Kingsteignton East by-election 4 May 2017^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Peart	778	52.4	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Rollason	437	29.4	+14.2
	Independent	Tony Dempster	270	18.2	−1.6'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000006E−QINU`"'
Majority			341	23.0
Turnout			1,485
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative Party Councillor Mike Walters^[25]

Chudleigh by-election 15 February 2018^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Evans	575	41.0	+28.2
	Conservative	Pam Elliott	564	40.3	+7.5
	Labour	Janette Parker	262	18.7	+3.7
Majority			11	0.8
Turnout			1,401
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the disqualification of Conservative Party Councillor Doug Laing, due to a prison sentence longer than 3 months^[28]

Dawlish Central and North East by-election 15 February 2018^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wrigley	1,287	70.6	+47.5
	Conservative	Angela Fenne	535	29.4	−0.7
Majority			752	41.3
Turnout			1,822
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative Party Councillor Graham Price^[30]

2023–2027

Ashburton and Buckfastleigh by-election 2 May 2024^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Major	715	30.6
	Alliance	Sue Clarke	523	22.4
	Conservative	Richard Edlmann	325	13.9
	Labour	Lisa Robillard Webb	303	13.0
	Green	Pauline Wynter	295	12.6
	Independent	Michael Hext	136	5.8
	Heritage	Madeleine Hunt	36	1.5
Majority			192	8.2
Turnout			2,333
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Teignmouth West by-election 1 May 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Steve Horner	400	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Lloyd	372	32.7
	Conservative	Joe Dagger	142	12.5
	Green	Ollie Hind	128	11.3
	Labour	Colin Baigent	80	7.0
	Heritage	Madeleine Hunt	14	1.2
Majority			28	2.5
Turnout			1,142	29.3
	Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrats

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