2005 Devon County Council election

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2005 Devon County Council election
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  2001 5 May 2005 2009  

All 62 seats to Devon County Council [1]
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LD
Con
Lab
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election22 seats, 35.8%22 seats, 37.4%4 seats, 16.7%
Seats won33234
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12 [note 1] Increase2.svg1 [note 1] Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote142,414142,73244,813
Percentage38.0%38.0%11.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg0.6%Decrease2.svg4.6%
Reference [2] [3] [2] [3] [2] [3]

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Ind
Lib
Party Independent Liberal
Last election3 seats, 6.1%3 seats, 2.0%
Seats won20
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote16,6924,300
Percentage4.4%1.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.7%Decrease2.svg0.9%
Reference [2] [3] [2] [3]

Devon County Council election 2005 map.svg

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Liberal Democrat

The 2005 Devon County Council election was an election to Devon County Council which took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 62 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions had been redrawn since the last election in 2001. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

Contents

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Summary

The election saw the Liberal Democrats regain control of the council, which had last been under Liberal Democrat control after the 1997 election, but had been under no overall control since the 2001 election. [1] The Conservative Party gained only one seat, despite the increase in the number of seats from 54 to 62 after redistricting, becoming the second-largest party on the council and therefore the official opposition party. The Liberal Party lost all three of its seats in the election, while the Independent grouping lost one seat. The Gallagher index for the election, which measures the disproportionality of seat allocation, was 11.94. [note 3]

Results

Devon County Council election, 2005 [3] [5]
PartySeatsNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 33Increase2.svg1253.238.0142,414
  Conservative 23Increase2.svg137.138.0142,732
  Labour 4Decrease2.svg16.511.944,813
  Independent 2Decrease2.svg23.24.416,692
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.03.914,643
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.02.59,539
  Liberal 0Decrease2.svg20.01.14,300

Electoral division results

Alphington and Cowick [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats M. Browning 3,188 43.8
Labour R. Harris1,91926.4
Conservative M. Baldwin1,44319.8
Green A. Bell3314.6
UKIP D. Challice2823.9
Liberal P. Smith1091.5
Majority 1,26917.5
Turnout 7,27267.2
Registered electors 10,829
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Ashburton and Buckfastleigh [3] :47
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Barker 2,793 38.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Wickham2,66337.1
Labour Michael Harriott99913.9
UKIP Kim Van Der Kiste6368.9
Majority 1301.8
Rejected ballots831.2
Turnout 7,17471.5
Registered electors 10,030
Conservative win (new seat)
Axminster [3] :4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Douglas Hull 2,912 44.9
Conservative Iain Chubb2,90844.9
Labour Jeremy Walden5819.0
Majority 40.1
Rejected ballots821.3
Turnout 6,48373.1
Registered electors 8,874
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Barnstaple North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Greenslade 3,411 56.1
Conservative John Gill1,30521.5
Labour Annie Brenton72011.9
Green Earl Bramley-Howard5729.4
Majority 2,10634.7
Rejected ballots671.1
Turnout 6,07560.4
Registered electors 10,055
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Barnstaple South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Haywood 3,116 49.6
Conservative David Brailey1,99931.8
Green Robert Cornish5969.5
Independent Terence Bawden4747.5
Majority 1,11717.8
Rejected ballots1031.6
Turnout 6,28864.7
Registered electors 9,726
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Bickleigh and Wembury [3] :38
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Hart 3,073 50.3
Liberal Democrats Cedric Tarsky2,21936.3
UKIP James McOustra76312.5
Majority 8549.6
Rejected ballots550.9
Turnout 6,11068.4
Registered electors 8,937
Conservative win (new seat)
Bideford East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugo Barton 2,613 46.9
Ind. Conservative Christopher Leather1,89133.9
Labour David Brenton1,00118.0
Majority 72213.0
Rejected ballots671.2
Turnout 5,57262.7
Registered electors 8,883
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Bideford South and Hartland [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Humphrey Temperley 2,825 46.8
Ind. Conservative Robert Williamson2,16235.8
Labour Vivian Gale97816.2
Majority 66311.0
Rejected ballots761.3
Turnout 6,04167.4
Registered electors 8,957
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Bovey Tracey Rural [3] :48
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Morgan 3,041 48.2
Conservative Audrey Warren2,62741.6
Labour Jacqueline Lamont5879.3
Majority 4146.6
Rejected ballots550.9
Turnout 6,31074.5
Registered electors 8,468
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Braunton Rural [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jenkins 2,325 36.1
Conservative Jasmine Chesters2,25034.9
Independent Charles Piper6109.5
Green Michael Harrison6079.4
Labour Danny Neary5668.8
Majority 751.2
Rejected ballots821.3
Turnout 6,44069.0
Registered electors 9,327
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Broadclyst and Whimple [3] :6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Button 3,039 47.1
Conservative Peter Bowden2,86344.3
Liberal Grace Burns4116.4
Majority 1762.7
Rejected ballots1452.2
Turnout 6,45872.4
Registered electors 8,922
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Budleigh [3] :7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Channon 3,454 55.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Frewin-Smith1,86229.7
Labour Stuart Fegan86513.8
Majority 1,59225.4
Rejected ballots941.5
Turnout 6,27573.1
Registered electors 8,579
Conservative win (new seat)
Chudleigh Rural [3] :49
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Brook 2,330 35.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Smith2,05230.8
Independent Raymond Frost1,45121.8
Labour Barbara Errington75411.3
Majority 2784.2
Rejected ballots751.1
Turnout 6,66273.7
Registered electors 9,040
Conservative win (new seat)
Chulmleigh and Swimbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frederick Tucker 3,209 45.4
Conservative Richard Edgell2,84840.3
Green Ian Godfrey91513.0
Majority 3615.1
Rejected ballots901.3
Turnout 7,06274.1
Registered electors 9,529
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Combe Martin Rural [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vivienne Davis 2,522 44.1
Liberal Democrats Derrick Spear2,41442.2
Green Jon Hooper70612.3
Majority 1081.9
Rejected ballots811.4
Turnout 5,72370.4
Registered electors 8,126
Conservative win (new seat)
Crediton Rural [3] :24
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Way 3,105 49.9
Conservative Margaret Squires2,18335.1
UKIP Alan Green4727.6
Green Elizabeth Culpeper3806.1
Majority 92214.8
Rejected ballots821.3
Turnout 6,22269.3
Registered electors 8,977
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Cullompton Rural [3] :25
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edgar Berry 3,072 47.6
Liberal Democrats Rita Keylock2,26635.1
Green Colin Matthews4166.4
UKIP Gatson Dezart4076.3
Liberal Janett Rice2333.6
Majority 80612.5
Rejected ballots661.0
Turnout 6,46066.3
Registered electors 9,741
Conservative win (new seat)
Dartmouth and Kingswear [3] :39
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Hawkins 2,435 50.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Phillips1,28026.3
Labour Brian Boughton64913.3
UKIP Roger Kempton4719.7
Majority 1,15523.7
Rejected ballots310.6
Turnout 4,86669.2
Registered electors 7,031
Conservative win (new seat)
Dawlish [3] :50
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clatworthy 3,246 45.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Connett2,84339.5
Labour James Court1,05114.6
Majority 4035.6
Rejected ballots560.8
Turnout 7,19668.3
Registered electors 10,535
Conservative win (new seat)
Duryard and Pennsylvania [3] :16
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hobden 2,486 45.6
Conservative Daniel Thomas1,69031.0
Labour Dorothy Parker98118.0
UKIP Graham Stone1663.0
Socialist Alternative Trevor Clissold651.2
Majority 79614.6
Rejected ballots661.2
Turnout 5,45463.7
Registered electors 8,565
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Exminster and Kenton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats B. Berman 2,582 50.4
Conservative S. Webber1,90137.1
Labour G. Hesse64112.5
Majority 68113.3
Turnout 5,12471.6
Registered electors 7,153
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Exmouth Brixington and Withycombe [3] :8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Taylor 3,458 52.0
Conservative Jill Elson2,09731.6
UKIP David Wilson68510.3
Independent Raymond Widdowson2393.6
Majority 1,36120.5
Rejected ballots1662.5
Turnout 6,64564.8
Registered electors 10,259
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Exmouth Halsdon and Woodbury [3] :9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Hughes 2,405 40.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Graham2,35139.2
Labour Carole Newton77913.0
UKIP John Kelly4227.0
Majority 540.9
Rejected ballots400.7
Turnout 5,99770.8
Registered electors 8,467
Conservative win (new seat)
Exmouth Littleham and Town [3] :10
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Wragg 2,690 42.0
Conservative Kathleen Bamsey2,16633.8
Labour Patrick Canavan1,01715.9
UKIP Colin Evans4386.8
Majority 5248.2
Rejected ballots961.5
Turnout 6,40764.2
Registered electors 9,985
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Exwick and St Thomas [3] :17
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rob Hannaford 3,141 43.1
Labour Lesley Robson2,62636.0
Conservative David Henson1,08014.8
UKIP Lawrence Harper3785.2
Majority 5157.1
Rejected ballots660.9
Turnout 7,29164.8
Registered electors 11,253
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Fremington Rural [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Cann 2,758 48.4
Independent David Jury1,76531.0
Green Linda Mack99717.5
Majority 99317.4
Rejected ballots1743.1
Turnout 5,69470.7
Registered electors 8,058
Conservative win (new seat)
Hatherleigh and Chagford [3] :62
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James McInnes 3,358 47.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Carter2,60937.0
UKIP Susan Bamford5297.5
Labour Brenda Lopez4937.0
Majority 74910.6
Rejected ballots620.9
Turnout 7,05176.8
Registered electors 9,178
Conservative win (new seat)
Heavitree and Whipton Barton [3] :23
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olwen Foggin 2,419 35.6
Liberal Christopher Gale1,45421.4
Liberal Democrats Tessa Barrett1,37920.3
Conservative Keith Nelson-Tomsen1,20117.7
UKIP Rosalinde Myrone2854.2
Majority 96514.2
Rejected ballots620.9
Turnout 6,80066.8
Registered electors 10,174
Conservative win (new seat)
Holsworthy Rural [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Desmond Shadrick 3,864 54.4
Conservative Gaye Tabor2,61736.9
Labour William Vanstone5177.3
Majority 1,24717.6
Rejected ballots1001.4
Turnout 7,09873.4
Registered electors 9,665
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Honiton St Michael's [3] :11
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Nicholson 2,889 47.8
Liberal Democrats Amanda Pettet1,75129.0
Labour Richard Price83113.7
Liberal Lucy Collins4818.0
Majority 1,13818.8
Rejected ballots921.5
Turnout 6,04469.1
Registered electors 8,741
Conservative win (new seat)
Honiton St Paul's [3] :12
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Boote 3,145 49.0
Liberal Democrats Roy Coombs1,73627.0
Labour Sally Boom97215.1
Liberal Roy Collins5107.9
Majority 1,409
Rejected ballots560.9
Turnout 6,41971.5
Registered electors 8,980
Conservative win (new seat)
Ilfracombe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Fowler 2,132 41.6
Conservative Paul Crabb1,78334.8
Independent Ivan Frances71614.0
Green Franklin Pearson4438.6
Majority 3496.8
Rejected ballots511.0
Turnout 5,12558.4
Registered electors 8,778
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Ivybridge [3] :40
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Croad 2,115 36.1
Labour Evonne Beeson1,59227.1
Liberal Democrats David Corney1,58627.0
UKIP Brian Gerrish5419.2
Majority 5238.9
Rejected ballots310.5
Turnout 5,86565.9
Registered electors 8,894
Conservative win (new seat)
Axminster [3] :4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Douglas Hull 2,912 44.9
Conservative Iain Chubb2,90844.9
Labour Jeremy Walden5819.0
Majority 40.1
Rejected ballots821.3
Turnout 6,48373.1
Registered electors 8,874
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Kingsbridge and Stokenham [3] :41
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Brazil 2,806 48.5
Conservative Owen Masters2,26639.2
UKIP Stephen Dooley62510.8
Majority 5409.3
Rejected ballots901.6
Turnout 5,78772.2
Registered electors 8,012
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Kingsteignston [3] :52
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Smith 2,450 43.0
Conservative Michael Walters1,97834.7
Labour James White1,20021.1
Majority 4728.3
Rejected ballots721.3
Turnout 5,70065.4
Registered electors 8,712
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Newton Abbot North [3] :53
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Fry 2,829 51.9
Conservative Mark Johnson1,64130.1
Labour Barry Kaye90316.6
Majority 1,18821.8
Rejected ballots821.5
Turnout 5,45562.6
Registered electors 8,710
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Newton Abbot South [3] :54
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Hook 3,275 52.2
Conservative Allan Vizor1,81929.0
Labour Louise Lewis1,04816.7
Majority 1,45623.2
Rejected ballots1352.2
Turnout 6,27765.6
Registered electors 9,565
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Newton St Cyres and Sandford [3] :27
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Lee 3,425 50.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Elston2,14431.3
Green Linda Lever73610.9
UKIP Robert Edwards4496.6
Majority 1,31119.4
Rejected ballots390.6
Turnout 6,73676.9
Registered electors 8,795
Conservative win (new seat)
Newtown and Polsloe [3] :18
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Westlake 1,779 32.9
Conservative Yolanda Henson1,38725.7
Liberal Democrats Pamela Thickett1,38025.5
Green Nicholas Discombe69512.9
Independent Dale Woolner1001.8
Majority 3927.2
Rejected ballots661.2
Turnout 5,40764.4
Registered electors 8,390
Labour win (new seat)
Northam [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leonard Ford 2,459 36.8
Conservative Anthony Collins2,15132.2
UKIP Andrew Eastman1,19017.8
Labour Sharon Prokowski79912.0
Majority 3084.6
Rejected ballots791.2
Turnout 6,67869.1
Registered electors 9,668
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Okehampton Rural [3] :63
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Marsh 3,216 43.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Williams2,74737.1
Labour Alison Young74010.0
UKIP William Kelly6328.5
Majority 4696.3
Rejected ballots690.9
Turnout 7,40472.0
Registered electors 10,283
Conservative win (new seat)
Ottery St Mary Rural [3] :13
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Arthur Giles 3,718 55.3
Conservative Thomas Fraser1,81527.0
Liberal Democrats Marion Olive73310.9
Labour Alfred Boom4166.2
Majority 1,90328.3
Rejected ballots460.7
Turnout 6,72874.6
Registered electors 9,022
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Pinhoe and Mincinglake [3] :19
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saxon Spence 2,480 42.6
Conservative Ruth Smith1,80531.0
Liberal Democrats Nigel Gooding1,44224.8
Majority 67511.6
Rejected ballots891.5
Turnout 5,81666.8
Registered electors 8,713
Labour win (new seat)
Priory and St Leonards [3] :20
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Owen 2,773 41.0
Conservative Norman Shiel1,90828.2
Liberal Democrats Rodney Ruffle1,36720.2
UKIP Leon Courtney3314.9
Liberal Keith Danks2974.4
Majority 86512.8
Rejected ballots891.3
Turnout 6,76565.1
Registered electors 10,395
Labour win (new seat)
Seaton Coastal [3] :5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rogers 3,538 53.5
Conservative James Knight2,62439.7
UKIP Bernard Partridge-Hogbin2994.5
Majority 91413.8
Rejected ballots1542.3
Turnout 6,61570.9
Registered electors 9,327
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Sidmouth Sidford [3] :14
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Hughes 4,736 62.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Toye1,73322.8
Labour Ray Davison97312.8
Majority 3,00339.6
Rejected ballots1431.9
Turnout 7,58572.4
Registered electors 10,472
Conservative win (new seat)
South Brent and Dartington [3] :42
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Pennington 2,903 45.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pannell2,74943.1
Labour Bill Reeves6149.6
Majority 1542.4
Rejected ballots1161.8
Turnout 6,38273.4
Registered electors 8,689
Conservative win (new seat)
South Molton Rural [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Yabsley 3,042 48.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Sewell2,47239.4
Green Jacqueline Morningmist66410.6
Majority 5709.1
Rejected ballots941.5
Turnout 6,27273.2
Registered electors 8,573
Conservative win (new seat)
St David's and St James [3] :21
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Brock 2,194 42.9
Labour John Poat1,17611.5
Conservative Simon Smith95218.6
Green Isaac Price-Sosner58611.5
UKIP Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker1402.7
Majority 1,01819.9
Rejected ballots691.3
Turnout 5,11759.5
Registered electors 8,597
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
St Loyes and Topsham [3] :22
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Leadbetter 2,081 35.9
Labour Rachel Lyons1,26121.8
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Noble95416.5
Liberal Margaret Danks91415.8
UKIP Eric Bransden2654.6
Green Paul Edwards2594.5
Majority 82014.2
Rejected ballots611.1
Turnout 5,79574.5
Registered electors 7,776
Conservative win (new seat)
Tavistock [3] :64
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roy Connelly 2,109 30.7
Conservative Philip Sanders1,89827.7
Independent Edward Sherrell1,76925.8
Labour Debra Hardy5658.2
UKIP Doreen Mudge4646.8
Majority 2113.1
Rejected ballots590.9
Turnout 6,86470.8
Registered electors 9,698
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Teign Estuary [3] :56
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Cox 1,837 32.0
Conservative Cecilia Brown1,49126.0
Independent Christopher Clarance95716.7
Labour Mary Kennedy80214.0
UKIP Christopher Whitlock59410.4
Majority 34660.3
Rejected ballots561.0
Turnout 5,73768.0
Registered electors 8,433
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Teignbridge South [3] :46
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Cook 2,406 37.4
Conservative William Long2,08832.4
Independent Mary Colclough1,19218.5
Labour Edony Verbrugge66010.3
Majority 3184.9
Rejected ballots921.4
Turnout 6,43873.5
Registered electors 8,756
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Teignmouth Town [3] :55
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bray 1,883 35.1
Conservative Geoffrey Bladon1,46527.3
Independent Sylvia Russell78414.6
Labour Margaret Tucker56410.5
Independent Roy Phillips59011.0
Majority 4187.8
Rejected ballots831.5
Turnout 5,36970.7
Registered electors 7,593
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Thurlestone, Salcombe and Allington [3] :43
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Day 2,820 52.1
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Spears2,00637.0
Labour David Trigger5309.8
Majority 814
Rejected ballots591.1
Turnout 5,41570.0
Registered electors 7,732
Conservative win (new seat)
Tiverton East [3] :28
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Desmond Hannon 2,485 44.6
Conservative Dennis Knowles2,26940.7
UKIP Christopher Caffin73513.2
Majority 2163.9
Rejected ballots801.4
Turnout 5,56960.9
Registered electors 9,146
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Tiverton West [3] :29
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mary Turner 2,327 35.8
Conservative Alan Griffiths1,69326.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams1,19918.5
Labour Andrew Siantonas5949.1
UKIP Kenneth Gilderthorp3435.3
Green David Cottam2694.1
Majority 6349.8
Rejected ballots681.0
Turnout 6,49368.3
Registered electors 9,503
Independent win (new seat)
Torrington Rural [3] :61
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Rawlinson 2,849 40.6
Conservative William Morrish2,78839.7
Labour Heathcliffe Pettifer71410.2
UKIP Piers Merchant5968.5
Majority 610.9
Rejected ballots701.0
Turnout 7,01770.6
Registered electors 9,943
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Totnes Rural [3] :44
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Date 2,811 49.3
Conservative Ivor Hawkins1,39824.5
Labour Lorna Hughes89215.6
UKIP Peter Wyatt5319.3
Majority 1,41324.8
Rejected ballots691.2
Turnout 5,70170.6
Registered electors 8,076
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Willand and Uffculme [3] :26
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Radford 3,115 46.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Wilson1,74425.8
Labour Richard Bentley83512.4
Green William Cheesbrough5247.8
UKIP Marshall Haines4737.0
Majority 1,37120.3
Rejected ballots701.0
Turnout 6,76171.2
Registered electors 9,501
Conservative win (new seat)
Yealmpton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Mitchell 2,873 39.4
Liberal Democrats K. Baldry2,70042.9
UKIP J. Williamson71411.4
Majority 1732.8
Turnout 6,28771.8
Registered electors 8,756
Conservative win (new seat)
Yelverton Rural [3] :65
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Hosking 2,810 38.9
Conservative Patrick Hitchins2,77038.4
Labour Edward Lopez80911.2
UKIP Andrew Mudge78310.8
Majority 400.6
Rejected ballots500.7
Turnout 7,22273.9
Registered electors 9,770
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Seats changes since the 2001 election are skewed by the increase of the number of council seats from 54 to 62 at the 2005 election
  2. For this election, the Gallagher Index can be worked out as:
    Party % of votes % of seatsdifferencedifference
    squared
    Liberal Democrats38.053.215.2231.04
    Conservatives38.037.1-0.90.81
    Labour11.96.5-5.429.16
    Independent4.43.2-1.21.44
    UKIP3.90.0-3.915.21
    Green2.50.0-2.56.25
    Liberal1.10.0-1.11.21
    Other0.020.0-0.020.0004
    total of squares of differences285.1204
    total / 2142.5602
    square root of (total / 2)11.93986
  3. A lower value indicates a more proportional outcome in the election; historically, UK general elections have had a value of around 16. [4] The Gallagher index is worked out using the formula:
    where is the per cent of votes and is the per cent of seats for each of the parties (). [note 2]

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