Mid Devon local elections

Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 42 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Mid Devon Council election, 1999

Mid Devon Council election, 2003 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2)^[3]

Mid Devon Council election, 2007

Shuttern By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		351	48.5	+3.3
	Conservative		343	47.4	+47.4
	Independent		29	4.0	+4.0
Majority			8	1.1
Turnout			723
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradninch By-Election 22 January 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		400	55.2	-10.2
	Conservative		306	42.2	+20.3
	Labour		19	2.6	-10.2
Majority			94	13.0
Turnout			725	52.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Castle Tiverton By-Election 26 July 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		471	48.5	+48.5
	Liberal Democrat		376	38.7	-40.4
	Labour		124	12.8	-8.1
Majority			95	9.8
Turnout			971	33.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cullompton South By-Election 1 July 2004^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Francis	255	38.8	+38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Wilson	219	33.3	-5.2
	Independent	Raymond Weinstein	101	15.4
	Independent	Christopher Sanderson	82	12.5
Majority			36	5.5
Turnout			657	24.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Lower Culm By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		422	43.7	+43.7
	Liberal Democrat		287	29.7	+8.0
	Independent		181	18.8	-35.4
	UKIP		75	7.8	+7.8
Majority			135	14.0
Turnout			965	22.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yeo By-Election 25 February 2010^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coren	714	59.4	+26.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heal	489	40.6	-26.4
Majority			225	18.8
Turnout			1,203	45.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing