2023 Teignbridge District Council election
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The 2023 Teignbridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Teignbridge District Council in Devon, England.[2] This would be on the same day as other local elections across England.
The Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council, which had been under no overall control prior to the election.
Overview
[edit]The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by Alan Connett of the Liberal Democrats. He chose not to stand for re-election.[3]
The Liberal Democrats won 26 of the 47 seats on the council, giving them a majority.[4] The Liberal Democrats chose Martin Wrigley as their new leader, and he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023.[5]
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]2023 Teignbridge District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 43 | 26 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
55.3 | ||||
Conservative | 34 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ![]() |
19.1 | ||||
South Devon Alliance | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
19.1 | ||||
Independent | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ![]() |
6.4 | ||||
Labour | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | ||||
Green | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | ||||
Heritage | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | ||||
TUSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | ||||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 |
Results
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Teignbridge District Council following the close of nominations.[6]
Ambrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Richard Daws* | 1,145 | 64.4 | +17.3 | |
Alliance | Paul Parker | 1,062 | 59.7 | +19.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Crompton | 638 | 35.9 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pete Goodman-Bradbury | 467 | 26.3 | −0.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,792 | 38 | |||
Registered electors | 4,670 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Nutley* | 1,226 | 43.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Huw Cox* | 1,030 | 36.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Stuart Rogers | 834 | 29.6 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jack Major | 808 | 28.7 | −2.7 | |
Alliance | Susan Clarke | 793 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Alliance | David Knopfler | 769 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Green | Roger Haworth | 712 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charlie Dennis | 683 | 24.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Searight | 599 | 21.3 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Janette Parker | 341 | 12.1 | −13.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,821 | 40 | |||
Registered electors | 7,008 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bishopsteignton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew MacGregor* | 565 | 66.0 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Baverstock | 291 | 34.0 | −8.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 864 | 40 | |||
Registered electors | 2,189 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Bovey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sally Morgan* | 1,011 | 42.2 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Martin Smith | 786 | 32.8 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Stuart Webster | 763 | 31.8 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Cathie Wreford-Holden | 696 | 29.0 | −8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Oldrieve | 627 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Lisa Robillard Webb | 564 | 23.5 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Eoghan Kelly | 519 | 21.7 | −16.7 | |
Green | Charlie West | 478 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Green | Imca Hensels | 444 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Green | Jack Pelling | 411 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 397 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,404 | 37 | |||
Registered electors | 6,521 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Bullivant* | 521 | 32.6 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Buscombe | 445 | 27.8 | −7.8 | |
Alliance | Dawn Hall | 428 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Jenks | 392 | 24.5 | −11.1 | |
Alliance | Lin Lambell | 392 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Jenks** | 379 | 23.7 | −9.7 | |
Green | Pauline Wynter | 257 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Wynter | 248 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,602 | 27 | |||
Registered electors | 5,903 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Chris Jenks was a sitting councillor for Buckland & Milber ward
Buckland & Milber
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Mike Ryan | 752 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Parker* | 735 | 38.3 | −10.7 | |
Alliance | Alex Hall | 652 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Corney-Walker | 619 | 32.2 | −31.8 | |
Alliance | Belinda Brint | 540 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony James | 466 | 24.3 | −18.8 | |
Conservative | Karen Crout | 387 | 20.2 | +4.9 | |
Green | Susan Collman | 241 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen Pocock | 197 | 10.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Jane Haden | 116 | 6.0 | −6.0 | |
Heritage | Madeleine Hunt | 90 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Heritage | Mon Burns | 86 | 4.5 | N/A | |
TUSC | James Osben | 81 | 4.2 | −5.5 | |
Heritage | Timothy Dobson | 80 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,940 | 30 | |||
Registered electors | 6,478 | ||||
Alliance gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Bushell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Hook* | 503 | 43.2 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Hayes* | 412 | 35.4 | +4.3 | |
Alliance | Mike Joyce | 342 | 29.4 | +0.7 | |
Alliance | Laurence Jones | 304 | 26.1 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Nicolas Yabsley | 215 | 18.5 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Walker | 185 | 15.9 | +3.1 | |
Green | Olly Giddings | 158 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Heritage | Richard Dobson | 73 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,173 | 26 | |||
Registered electors | 4,596 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chudleigh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Keeling* | 916 | 52.8 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Sanders | 797 | 45.9 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Ben Kirby | 587 | 33.8 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Rick Webb | 486 | 28.0 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Yeo | 421 | 24.3 | +2.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,746 | 35 | |||
Registered electors | 4,941 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Janet Bradford* | 897 | 64.7 | +17.8 | |
Alliance | Liam Mullone* | 761 | 54.9 | +17.3 | |
Green | Doug Pratt | 279 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Don Frampton | 277 | 20.0 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Sarah Hearn | 229 | 16.5 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | John Phillips | 158 | 11.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,386 | 34 | |||
Registered electors | 4,116 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
Dawlish North East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley* | 1,438 | 62.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosie Dawson | 1,182 | 51.7 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lin Goodman-Bradbury* | 1,033 | 45.1 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Linda Petherick* | 783 | 34.2 | −15.7 | |
Conservative | Lisa Mayne | 693 | 30.3 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Wayne Munday | 404 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Heritage | Andrew Cruikshank | 212 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,307 | 32 | |||
Registered electors | 7,162 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dawlish South West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alison Foden** | 767 | 46.0 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike James | 553 | 33.2 | −7.0 | |
Independent | Angie Weatherhead | 537 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Rosalind Prowse | 453 | 27.2 | −4.9 | |
Independent | John Petherick* | 417 | 25.0 | −16.3 | |
Alliance | Pete Costello | 223 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,671 | 34 | |||
Registered electors | 4,890 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alison Foden was a sitting councillor for Kenn Valley ward
Haytor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Steemson | 483 | 61.1 | +29.1 | |
Conservative | Martyn Evans | 153 | 19.3 | −2.8 | |
Alliance | Ty Lynne | 124 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Heritage | André Sabine | 31 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 330 | 41.8 | |||
Turnout | 797 | 40 | |||
Registered electors | 2,003 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Ipplepen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Palethorpe | 367 | 39.4 | −40.6 | |
Conservative | Dennis Smith | 323 | 34.7 | +14.7 | |
Alliance | Nicky Rayner | 241 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 933 | 45 | |||
Registered electors | 2,055 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Kenn Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Nuttall* | 1,270 | 52.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Parrott | 1,076 | 44.4 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Kevin Lake | 919 | 37.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna Braund | 912 | 37.6 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Caroline May | 699 | 28.8 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Lucille Baker | 633 | 26.1 | −8.6 | |
Green | Lucy Rockliffe | 624 | 25.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Jacob Cousens | 406 | 16.7 | +7.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,436 | 36 | |||
Registered electors | 6,716 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Kenton & Starcross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gary Taylor* | 642 | 70.4 | −7.3 | |
Green | Pete Wilby | 175 | 19.2 | +5.5 | |
Reform UK | Chris Hilditch | 95 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 467 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 918 | 39 | |||
Registered electors | 2,368 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Kerswell-with-Combe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Jane Taylor | 923 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Alliance | John Radford | 837 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Cameron Whitford | 439 | 27.4 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | James Leader | 340 | 21.3 | −11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Raybould | 334 | 20.9 | −18.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,604 | 34 | |||
Registered electors | 4,745 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Kingsteignton East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Peart* | 650 | 47.3 | +10.7 | |
Alliance | Keeley Gearon | 310 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | Samantha Bickham | 299 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Edmonds | 299 | 21.8 | −12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Jones | 292 | 21.3 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Sarah Cochrane | 234 | 17.0 | N/A | |
No Description | Antony Dempster | 196 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,375 | 27 | |||
Registered electors | 5,163 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
Kingsteignton West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dave Rollason* | 514 | 44.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Bill Thorne* | 468 | 40.7 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Nation | 456 | 39.7 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Sue Danks | 395 | 34.3 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Duncan Moss | 232 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,152 | 24 | |||
Registered electors | 4,769 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moretonhampstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Farrand-Rogers | 558 | 48.2 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Eldmann | 414 | 35.8 | −12.3 | |
Labour | Christopher Robillard | 185 | 16.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,166 | 48 | |||
Registered electors | 2,428 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Chris Clarance* | 698 | 70.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Cox | 165 | 16.6 | −11.5 | |
Alliance | Manuela Murray | 79 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Marilyn Warrener | 50 | 5.0 | −1.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 997 | 49 | |||
Registered electors | 2,039 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Teign Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Purser* | 764 | 46.7 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Swain | 627 | 38.3 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Terry Tume* | 626 | 38.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Webb | 608 | 37.2 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Niall Duffy | 363 | 22.2 | +7.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,648 | 41 | |||
Registered electors | 4,024 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Teignmouth Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Cox | 663 | 44.1 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Joan Atkins | 430 | 28.6 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sonja Miller | 398 | 26.5 | −7.6 | |
Independent | Alison Eden* | 338 | 22.5 | −13.8 | |
Alliance | Jimmy Robinson | 291 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Tom Colclough | 246 | 16.4 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Hedley Baldwin | 241 | 16.0 | +1.4 | |
Heritage | Colin Bovingdon | 54 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,516 | 35 | |||
Registered electors | 4,297 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Teignmouth East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Jackman | 582 | 34.2 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 578 | 34.0 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Rob Phipps* | 468 | 27.5 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | Sylvia Russell* | 433 | 25.4 | −12.0 | |
Alliance | Jude Chilvers | 294 | 17.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Lillia Chasteau | 284 | 16.7 | +3.1 | |
Alliance | Alasdair MacGregor | 223 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Malcolm Tipper | 215 | 12.6 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Frances Hamilton | 192 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,725 | 44 | |||
Registered electors | 3,956 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Teignmouth West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nina Jeffries* | 402 | 36.8 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Henderson | 374 | 34.2 | −15.5 | |
Labour | Jackie Jackson | 270 | 24.7 | +4.0 | |
Alliance | Ollie Hind | 267 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Rachel Aylward | 264 | 24.2 | +6.0 | |
Alliance | Ricky Marino | 228 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christopher Sidwell | 211 | 19.3 | −3.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,096 | 28 | |||
Registered electors | 3,908 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Changes 2023–2027
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jack Major | 715 | 30.6 | ||
Alliance | Susan 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 | New | |
Heritage | Madeleine Hunt | 36 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 192 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,333 | 33.5 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,010 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
By-election triggered by death of Liberal Democrat councillor Huw Cox.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Of the nine independent councillors before the election, seven formed the "Independent Group", led by Mike Haines, and two formed the "Independents", led by Andrew MacGregor
- ^ "Your councillors". Teignbridge District Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Teignbridge District Council. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Knight, Nick (20 March 2023). "Council Leader to step down at May elections". Mid Devon Advertiser. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Stenson, Mary; Clark, Daniel (6 May 2023). "Teignbridge District Council Election results as they happen as Liberal Democrats regain control". Devon Live. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "New Teignbridge leader wants to give towns and villages more of a say". Teignmouth Today. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Notice of Poll". Teignbridge District Council. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Clark, Daniel (3 May 2024). "Liberal Democrats claim successes in Devon council by-elections". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Guy (16 January 2024). "Tributes to 'truly great' Devon builder and mayor". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 May 2024.