Torridge District Council elections
Torridge District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 36 councillors have been elected from 23 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]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Independent | 1973 - 1995 |
No overall control | 1995 - 1999 |
Independent | 1999 - 2007 |
No overall control | 2007 - present |
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.[3]
Year | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Green party | Labour | Community Alliance | UK Independence Party |
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1991[4] | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1995[5] | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1999[6] | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2003[7] | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
2007[8] | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011[2] | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | |||||||
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[9] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
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Westward Ho! by-election | 24 August 2000 | Independent | Independent | ||
Holsworthy by-election | 20 September 2001 | Independent | Independent | ||
Bideford South by-election | 4 December 2003 | Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat | ||
Westward Ho! by-election | 4 November 2004 | Independent | Independent | ||
Tamarside by-election | 14 July 2005 | Independent | Independent | ||
Northam by-election | 23 November 2006 | Independent | Conservative | ||
Hartland and Bradworthy by-election | 12 March 2009 | Independent | Liberal Democrat | ||
Holsworthy by-election | 13 August 2009 | Liberal Democrat | Independent | ||
Shebbear and Langtree by-election | 15 August 2013 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Torrington by-election | 5 September 2013 | Liberal Democrat | Green | ||
Bideford East by-election | 20 March 2014 | Independent | Independent | ||
Kenwith by-election | 10 July 2014 | Independent | Conservative | ||
References
- ↑ "Torridge District Elections". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1991.
- ↑ "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 1995.
- ↑ "How the nations voted - Election". The Times (NewsBank). 8 May 1999. p. 48.
- ↑ "Community party in nine-seat haul". Western Morning News (NewsBank). 3 May 2003.
- ↑ "Torridge". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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