West Devon local elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 31 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

West Devon Council election, 2003 (boundary changes for this election increased the number of seats by 1)^[3]

West Devon Council election, 2007

Okehampton By-Election 24 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Milton Ford By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		248	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal Democrat		226	47.7	+47.7
Majority			22	4.6
Turnout			474	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Buckland Monachorum By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,075	51.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat		1,006	48.3	+25.2
Majority			69	3.4
Turnout			2,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydford By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		228	56.3	+11.6
	Conservative		177	43.7	-11.6
Majority			51	12.6
Turnout			405	36.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Chagford By-Election 14 September 2006^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	310	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Wells	224	41.9
Majority			86	16.2
Turnout			534	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Tavistock North By-Election 7 February 2008^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Bridgewater	812	59.3	+33.7
	Conservative	David Whitcomb	425	31.0	+4.2
	Green	Vanni Cook	133	9.7	-5.0
Majority			387	28.3
Turnout			1,370	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tavistock South By-Election 10 December 2009^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kirstie Clish-Green	523	45.8	+33.5
	Conservative	Susan Bailey	450	39.4	+13.6
	Independent	Brian Trew	170	14.9	-47.1
Majority			73	6.4
Turnout			1,143	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing