East Devon local elections

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East Devon Council is elected every four years.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Independent 1973 - 1976

Conservative 1976 - 1995

No overall control 1995 - 1999

Conservative 1999 -

[edit] Council elections

East Devon Council election 1999

East Devon Council election 2003

[edit] By-election results

Exe Valley By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		405	53.4	+53.4
	Conservative		316	41.7	-13.4
	Labour		37	4.9	-21.4
Majority			89	11.7
Turnout			758	51.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		373	51.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats		357	48.9	-10.3
Majority			16	2.2
Turnout			730
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clystbeare By-Election 2 April 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		445	57.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats		329	42.5	+18.1
Majority			116	15.0
Turnout			774
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exmouth Littleham Rural By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		654	38.6	-1.6
	Conservative		617	36.4	+3.4
	Independent		296	17.5	+8.8
	Labour		128	7.6	-10.5
Majority			37	2.2
Turnout			1,695	40.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Patteson By-Election 18 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		503	50.1	+50.1
	Conservative		470	46.8	-14.0
	Labour		31	3.1	-36.1
Majority			33	3.3
Turnout			1,004	40.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Exmouth Withycombe Urban By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		400	51.2	+25.3
	Conservative		171	21.9	-2.7
	Liberal		126	16.1	-15.1
	Independent		84	10.8	+10.8
Majority			229	29.3
Turnout			781	24.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Honiton St. Pauls By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		614	49.5	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats		502	40.5	+20.9
	Labour		124	10.0	-0.8
Majority			112	9.0
Turnout			1,240	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sidmouth Rural By-Election 9 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,020	44.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats		663	28.8	+11.5
	Independent		312	13.5	+0.0
	Independent		309	13.4	+13.4
Majority			357	15.5
Turnout			2,304	49.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sidmouth Town By-Election 27 January 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,147	57.6	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats		702	35.3	+35.3
	Labour		141	7.1	-29.9
Majority			445	22.3
Turnout			1,990
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaton By-Election 22 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Knight	1,055	53.3	+21.7
	Liberal Democrats		925	46.7	-2.1
Majority			130	6.6
Turnout			1,980	33.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sidmouth Town By-Election 22 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gibbings	894	70.0	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats		184	14.4	-20.9
	Independent		136	10.6	+10.6
	Labour		64	5.0	-2.1
Majority			709	55.6
Turnout			1,279	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honiton St Pauls By-Election 2 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Boote	522	55.3	+24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Howard	208	22.0	-0.2
	Labour	Vernon Whitlock	137	14.5	+7.7
	Independent	Ronald Farnham	76	8.1	-28.4
Majority			314	33.3
Turnout			943	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] External links

• East Devon Council