Torridge District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Torridge District Council as of the last election in 2023. Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green party in green.
Current ward boundary map

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]

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.[2]

Summary results

Composition of the council[7]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] UKIP Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (36 seats)
1973 0 1 6 – – 29 Independent
1976 3 5 6 0 – 22 Independent
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
1979 5 1 1 0 – 29 Independent
1983 3 1 3 0 – 29 Independent
1987 8 3 2 0 – 23 Independent
1991 5 4 4 0 – 23 Independent
1995 2 5 13 0 0 16 No overall control
1999 1 2 12 0 0 21 Independent
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2003 1 0 7 1 1 27[c] No overall control
2007 13 0 8 2 0 13 No overall control
2011 18 1 6 1 0 10 No overall control
2015 19 1 1 2 7 6 Conservative
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2019 11 3 2 2 0 18 No overall control
2023 6 2 8 4 0 16 No overall control

District result maps

  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[8] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
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 Democrats Liberal Democrats
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 Democrats
Holsworthy by-election 13 August 2009 Liberal Democrats Independent
Shebbear and Langtree by-election 15 August 2013 Conservative Conservative
Torrington by-election 5 September 2013 Liberal Democrats Green
Bideford East by-election 20 March 2014 Independent Independent
Kenwith by-election 10 July 2014 Independent Conservative
Hartland and Bradworthy by-election 8 June 2017 UKIP Liberal Democrats
Torrington by-election 30 November 2017 UKIP Liberal Democrats
Westward Ho! by-election 14 December 2017 Conservative Independent
Bideford East by-election 3 May 2018 UKIP Conservative
Hartland and Bradworthy by-election 26 July 2018 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Holsworthy by-election 8 November 2018 Conservative Conservative
Northam by-election 9 December 2021 Independent Conservative
Bideford North by-election 2 May 2024 Green Liberal Democrats
Appledore by-election 17 April 2025 Independent Liberal Democrats
Milton & Tamarside by-election 23 October 2025 Independent Liberal Democrats
Winkleigh by-election 4 December 2025 Conservative Liberal Democrats

References

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ^ 17 Independents, 9 Community Alliance
  1. ^ "Torridge District Elections". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ The Cornwall and Devon (Areas) Order 1977
  4. ^ The District of Torridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  6. ^ "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
  7. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 June 2014.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torridge_District_Council_elections