- Devon County Council elections
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Local elections in Devon are held every four years in order to vote for councillors on Devon County Council. Politically Devon is a shire county, thus the unitary authority areas of Plymouth and Torbay are not affected by the governance of Devon County Council. There are a total of 62 councillors on the council, the majority of which are currently Conservative.
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Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1985
No overall control 1985 - 1989
Conservative 1989 - 1993
No overall control 1993 - 1997
Liberal Democrat 1997 - 2001
No overall control 2001 - 2005
Liberal Democrat 2005 - 2009
Conservative 2009 -
Council elections
Devon Council election, 2001
Devon Council election, 2005
Devon Council election, 2009
By-election results
Plymstock Radford By-Election 7 November 1996 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 796 37.9 Labour 659 32.5 Liberal Democrat 599 29.5 Majority 110 5.4 Turnout 2,054 24.3 Conservative hold Swing Honickeknowle By-Election 7 August 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour 1,339 61.7 -16.5 Conservative 414 19.1 -2.8 Liberal Democrat 345 15.9 +15.9 72 3.3 +3.3 Majority 925 42.6 Turnout 2,170 23.0 Labour hold Swing Exwick and Cowick By-Election 10 December 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour 1,036 59.4 +10.3 Conservative 336 19.3 -7.0 Liberal Democrat 282 16.2 -2.7 Liberal 90 5.2 -0.5 Majority 700 40.1 Turnout 1,744 Labour hold Swing Ilfracombe By-Election 19 February 1998 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 1,163 45.5 +27.5 Liberal Democrat 700 27.4 -3.9 Labour 695 27.3 +15.9 Majority 463 18.1 Turnout 2,558 32.0 Conservative gain from Independent Swing Bradnich and Creedy By-Election 31 March 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 1,811 51.0 +7.7 Liberal Democrat 1,505 42.4 +4.6 Labour 150 4.2 -5.4 Liberal 82 2.3 -6.9 Majority 306 8.6 Turnout 3,548 40.0 Conservative hold Swing Dawlish By-Election 28 October 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 1,344 46.2 +7.8 Liberal Democrat 1,291 44.3 +1.4 Labour 277 9.5 -9.3 Majority 53 1.9 Turnout 2,912 29.0 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Ilfracombe By-Election 27 November 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 756 39.0 +7.9 Conservative 686 35.4 -2.6 Independent 318 16.4 +8.9 Independent 178 9.2 +4.2 Majority 70 3.6 Turnout 1,938 23.6 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Exeter St Davids and Pennsylvania By-Election 26 February 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Sheila Hobden 1,330 41.3 +7.3 Conservative Jeffrey Coates 1,090 33.8 +3.0 Labour Lesley Robson 452 14.0 -13.0 Independent Sylvia Hardy 351 10.9 +10.9 Majority 240 7.5 Turnout 3,223 26.3 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Yealmpton By-Election 2 March 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Mumford 1,530 49.5 +3.8 Liberal Democrat Keith Baldry 1,421 46.0 +3.1 Labour David Trigger 140 4.5 +4.5 Majority 109 3.5 Turnout 3,091 35.9 Conservative hold Swing Alphington and Cowick By-Election 13 July 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Vanessa Newcombe 1,265 39.3 -4.5 Conservative Margaret Baldwin 1,211 37.6 +17.8 Labour Allan Hart 568 17.7 -8.7 Green Andrew Bell 174 5.4 +0.8 Majority 54 1.7 Turnout 3,218 30.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing External links
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