The 2023 Torridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 36 members of Torridge District Council in Devon, England.
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Prior to the election the majority of the councillors were independents, with 17 of the 19 independents forming the "Independent Group" led by Ken James, who served as leader of the council. After the election the council went under no overall control. The Independent Group remained the largest grouping, and Ken James was reappointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[3][4][5]
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 Torridge District Council election[6] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Independent | 28 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 44.4 | 33.4 | 11,236 | –1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 7,885 | +12.5 | ||
Conservative | 25 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16.7 | 24.7 | 8,297 | –4.5 | ||
Green | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 3,515 | +1.6 | ||
Labour | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 2,157 | –5.6 | ||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 332 | –2.9 | ||
Britain First | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 204 | N/A |
Of the 16 independent councillors after the election, 14 formed the Independent Group led by Ken James, the other two sat with the Greens as the "Green Independents" led by Green councillor Peter Christie.[7]
Ward Results
editIncumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*)
Appledore
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Leonard Ford* | 599 | 64.5 | +30.4 | |
Green | Peter Hames* | 588 | 63.4 | +30.9 | |
UKIP | Nigel Johnson | 134 | 14.4 | −9.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 928 | 31.97 | −9.40 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Bideford East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Judith Gubb* | 459 | 43.3 | +7.1 | |
Independent | James Craigie | 392 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Green | Huw Thomas | 387 | 36.5 | +20.2 | |
Labour | Jennifer Radford | 316 | 29.8 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Jamie McKenzie* | 309 | 29.1 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Hellyer | 299 | 28.2 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | James Hellyer | 257 | 24.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Oliver Sherborne | 198 | 18.7 | +2.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,061 | 26.20 | −1.03 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Bideford North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Peter Christie* | 871 | 65.4 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Johns | 517 | 38.8 | +21.1 | |
Independent | Douglas Bushby* | 505 | 37.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Nicholas Radford | 316 | 23.7 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Dermot McGeough* | 299 | 22.5 | −13.6 | |
UKIP | Gaston Dezart | 198 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,331 | 30.27 | −7.38 | ||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bideford South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Brenton* | 247 | 39.2 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Simon Inch | 200 | 31.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Jake McLean | 199 | 31.6 | −0.5 | |
Green | Simon Mathers | 166 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Lawrence | 162 | 25.7 | −1.8 | |
Britain First | Philip Green | 108 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Britain First | Anne Townsend | 96 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 630 | 25.10 | −1.87 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Bideford West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Carl Hawkins* | 187 | 34.1 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Eithne Brenton | 186 | 33.9 | +6.0 | |
Independent | Shirley Langford | 178 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Anthony Inch* | 161 | 29.3 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Jason Murdoch | 128 | 23.3 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Morgan Taylor | 108 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 549 | 25.22 | −2.87 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Broadheath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Philip Hackett* | 547 | 50.3 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Gibson | 449 | 41.3 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sherrie Green | 412 | 37.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Graeme Barriball | 380 | 34.9 | +5.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,088 | 33.10 | −1.67 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Great Torrington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bright* | 751 | 59.9 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Bright | 588 | 46.9 | −18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Smith | 553 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Margaret Brown* | 327 | 26.1 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | Roger Darch | 318 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Green | Keith Funnell | 261 | 20.8 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Penelope Hewitt | 230 | 18.4 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Helen Wilton-Love | 214 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,253 | 28.85 | −3.42 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Hartland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Shirleyann Andrews | 763 | 49.5 | +23.2 | |
Independent | Anna Dart* | 755 | 49.0 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Stephen Harding* | 640 | 41.5 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Boughton* | 567 | 36.8 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Robin Julian | 439 | 28.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,542 | 32.73 | −5.41 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holsworthy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lyndon Piper | 541 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Shepherd | 460 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Hosie | 255 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Diana Stevens | 166 | 18.9 | −55.1 | |
Conservative | Melanie Dymond | 142 | 16.2 | −32.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 879 | 36.14 | +2.23 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Milton & Tamarside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kenneth James* | 659 | 61.0 | +61.0 | |
Independent | Christopher Hepple* | 524 | 48.5 | +48.5 | |
Green | Tracey Beresford | 374 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Tony Barrett | 225 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,080 | 32.36 | +32.36 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Monkleigh & Putford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Philip Pennington* | 567 | 44.1 | −16.2 | |
Independent | Robert Hicks* | 537 | 41.7 | −12.2 | |
Green | Rosemary Gent | 355 | 27.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Susan Collins | 339 | 26.3 | +6.9 | |
Labour | James Lowe | 312 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeffrey Wilton-Love | 218 | 16.9 | +2.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,287 | 40.91 | +1.98 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Northam
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Christopher Leather* | 674 | 45.0 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Jane Whittaker | 530 | 35.4 | +12.1 | |
Green | Wendy Lo-Vel | 513 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Joanne Manley* | 485 | 32.4 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Newman-McKie | 471 | 31.4 | +15.8 | |
Conservative | Carrie Woodhouse* | 334 | 22.3 | −0.5 | |
Independent | John Himan | 310 | 20.7 | −2.6 | |
Independent | Hugh Brading | 268 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,499 | 37.18 | +1.98 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing |
Shebbear & Langtree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin** | 892 | 66.2 | +30.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Wheatley | 700 | 52.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Hurley* | 540 | 40.1 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | David Jupp | 348 | 25.8 | −6.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,347 | 43.92 | +0.10 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin was a sitting councillor for Great Torrington ward.
Two Rivers & Three Moors
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosemary Lock* | 609 | 50.2 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Elliott | 513 | 42.3 | −9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Allen | 476 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Davey-Potts | 452 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Rachel Clarke | 220 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,213 | 36.96 | −1.89 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westward Ho!
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Claire Hodson* | 494 | 46.0 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Louis Bach | 334 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Albert Bruins | 277 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Derek Sargent | 243 | 22.6 | −3.8 | |
Independent | Anmol Singh | 241 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth Hind | 183 | 17.0 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Patricia Ferguson | 175 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,074 | 35.99 | −5.88 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Winkleigh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Newton* | 343 | 48.6 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Middleton | 237 | 33.6 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Angela Findlay | 126 | 17.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 706 | 40.55 | +0.03 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Changes 2023–2027
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Teresa Tinsley | 358 | 29.1 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Tom Hammett | 231 | 18.8 | −4.9 | |
Green | John Puddy | 229 | 18.6 | −46.8 | |
Conservative | Morgan Taylor | 173 | 14.1 | −8.4 | |
Independent | Anthony Inch | 123 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Nigel Johnson | 90 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Ruth Craigie | 25 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 127 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,229 | 27.9 | −2.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green |
By-election triggered by death of Green councillor Peter Christie.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Torridge District Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (18 November 2022). "Noted for fresh air and fun". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Council minutes, 22 May 2023". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Independents remain biggest group in Torridge". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Heptinstall, Ollie (1 June 2023). "Councillor Ken James secures re-election as Torridge District Council leader". Devon Live. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Torridge result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Torridge District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Lewis (21 February 2024). "North Devon legend Peter Christie dies, aged 73". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 May 2024.