2018 Exeter City Council election

Last updated

2018 Exeter City Council election [1]
  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election308
Seats before298
Seats won102
Seats after298
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote15,32510,557
Percentage47.3%32.6%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election10
Seats before11
Seats won10
Seats after11
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,0053,423
Percentage9.3%10.6%

Exeter UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2018 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats.

The 2018 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect a third (13/39) of the members of Exeter City Council in England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election result left the council with the same political make up as it had before the election, with Labour in control with 29 seats and the Conservatives as the main opposition party, returning with 8.

Contents

Background

At the previous election in 2016 election, Labour remained in control of the council with 30 councillors out of 39. In February 2017, Labour Councillor Chris Musgrave defected to the Green Party, leaving them with 29 seats going into the election. [3]

Results summary

2018 Exeter City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Steady2.svg76.9192974.415,32547.3-0.2
  Conservative 2Steady2.svg15.46820.510,55732.6+3.6
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg7.7012.63,0059.3±0.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0112.63,42310.6+1.0
  Women's Equality 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0750.2New
  BNP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0340.1New
  Democrats and Veterans 0Steady2.svg0.0000.010>0.1New

Council composition

After the previous election , the composition of the council was:

3081
LabourConservativeLD

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

29811
LabourConservativeLDG

After this election, the composition of the council was:

29811
LabourConservativeLDG

Results by ward

(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Alphington

Alphington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Foale* 1,029 42.77 +3.7
Conservative Katherine New93338.78+2.0
Green Andrew Bell25610.64+0.9
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle1887.81-3.9
Majority963.99%
Turnout 2,40636.77%
Labour hold Swing

Duryard & St.James

Duryard & St.James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell* 783 34.60 +3.1
Labour Charlie Davies72231.90+2.4
Conservative John Harvey54123.91-0.7
Green Bethany Payne1325.83-6.6
Women's Equality Bea Gare753.31N/A
Democrats and Veterans Sallie Waters100.44N/A
Majority61
Turnout 2,26333.49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Exwick

Exwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Sutton* 1,278 57.80 +5.1
Conservative Elliott Malik59326.82+7.2
Green Mark Shorto2009.05-4.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Soper1406.33-5.0
Majority685
Turnout 2,21130.18
Labour hold Swing

Heavitree

Heavitree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Greg Sheldon* 1,554 53.75 +7.8
Conservative Guy Richards78627.19+6.7
Green Gill Baker34511.93-8.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gates2067.13-3.0
Majority768
Turnout 2,89142.21
Labour hold Swing

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judy Pattison 1,203 58.45 +9.1
Conservative George Livesey60329.30+13.8
Green Kayleigh Powell1296.27-2.8
Liberal Democrats Matt Smith1235.98-1.0
Majority600
Turnout 2,05830.98
Labour hold Swing

Newtown & St.Leonards

Newtown & St.Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Vizard* 1,447 56.13 +8.3
Conservative Ian Watt62824.36-2.5
Green Tom Milburn26710.36-3.3
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Newcombe2369.15+1.1
Majority819
Turnout 2,57836.08
Labour hold Swing

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Begley 1,435 47.95 +11.8
Conservative David Smith1,06235.48-2.3
Green Lizzie Woodman32410.83-6.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Mitchell1725.75-4.0
Majority373
Turnout 2,99339.42
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Duncan Wood* 1,128 47.08 +5.7
Conservative Keith Sparkes1,05744.12+3.8
Green Diana Jones1144.76-4.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Cole974.05-3.0
Majority71
Turnout 2,39641.04
Labour hold Swing

Priory

Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Wardle* 1,177 52.90 +5.9
Conservative Jago Brockway65129.26+4.5
Green Lynn Wetenhall2209.89-2.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Campion1777.96-0.9
Majority526
Turnout 2,22534.25
Labour hold Swing

St Davids

St Davids
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luke Sills* 1,119 43.41 +10.2
Green Diana Moore82632.04+7.2
Conservative Aric Gilinsky47118.27+0.4
Liberal Democrats James Dart1626.28-22.8
Majority293
Turnout 2,57835.09
Labour hold Swing

St Loyes

St Loyes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Holland 1,299 52.23 +22.4
Labour Christine Buswell90136.23+2.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Deakin1676.71-8.0
Green Andrew Cheesewright1204.83-10.0
Majority398
Turnout 2,48736.03
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laura Wright 1,343 49.30 +8.9
Conservative Mason Bell67924.93+12.2
Liberal Democrats Sandy Chenore37613.80-8.4
Green Joe Levy29210.72+2.7
BNP Chris Stone341.25N/A
Majority664
Turnout 2,72436.75
Labour hold Swing

Topsham

Topsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Pierce 1,254 47.88 +1.6
Labour Eliot Wright98937.76+1.8
Green Jonathan Dawson1987.56-9.5
Liberal Democrats David Pugh1786.80-3.3
Majority265
Turnout 2,61937.77
Conservative hold Swing

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2011 UK local government election

The 2011 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election, in addition to a by-election, making twenty seats in total. The previous election produced a majority for the Conservative Party. The election resulted in Labour gaining 5 seats with Conservatives retaining control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2012 UK local government election

The 2012 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election was won by the Labour Party, who gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Leeds City Council election</span>

The 2010 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2010 general election and other local elections across the UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2014 UK local government election

The 2014 Plymouth City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election was won by the Labour Party, who maintained their overall majority. The UK Independence Party gained representation on the council for the first time, and this was the only election in which the party won seats in Plymouth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2015 UK local government election

The 2015 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Manchester City Council election</span> 2016 local election in England, UK

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Plymouth City Council election</span>

The 2016 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The Conservatives gained one seat from Labour, resulting in both parties having twenty-seven members of the council. A coalition of Conservative and UKIP members took overall control of the Council, having thirty members in total and a working majority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Exeter City Council election</span> 2016 UK local government election

The 2016 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2016, to elect members of Exeter City Council in England. Following boundary changes, the entire council was up for election, and all 13 wards were contested, each electing three councillors. The election was held concurrently with other local elections held in England on the 5 May.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2018 local election in Plymouth

The 2018 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The election was won by the Labour Party, who gained enough seats to achieve an overall majority and took control of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Exeter City Council election</span> 2019 UK local government election

The 2019 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the 39 seats were up for re-election: those of the candidates who had finished second in the all-out election of 2016, with a double vacancy in Priory ward. The Labour Party remained in control with 29 seats, with the Conservatives as the main opposition party, with 6 seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United Kingdom local elections</span> Elections to local councils and mayoralties

The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases, most of them in Wales, council seats were uncontested, each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Barnet London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Barnet

The 2022 Barnet London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. All 63 members of Barnet London Borough Council were elected. The Labour Party took overall control, winning 41 of the seats to the Conservative Party's 22. This was the first time Labour had won the council outright; previously, the Conservatives had always won the most seats, usually with an overall majority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Bromley London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Bromley

The 2022 Bromley London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 58 members of Bromley London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Greenwich

The 2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Greenwich London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election</span>

The 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Lambeth London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Manchester City Council election</span> 2022 local election in Manchester


The 2022 Manchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors on Manchester City Council were elected. This election was a part of the other local elections across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Exeter City Council election</span>

The 2022 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members to Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. 17 of the 39 seats were up for election, one councillor in each of the 13 wards, and 4 by-elections. These wards were last contested in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Plymouth City Council election</span> 2022 local election in Plymouth

The 2022 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. It coincided with local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party made gains in the previous election in 2021, resulting in the council entering no overall control with no party holding a majority of seats. Immediately following the results of the 2022 election, the council remained in no overall control. Labour and the Conservatives gained seats from independent councillors who had left their parties and exchanged seats with each other. The election saw the elections of the city's first Green Party councillor, Ian Poyser, and first trans councillor, Dylan Tippetts of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Glasgow City Council election</span> Glasgow City Council election

Elections to Glasgow City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

References

  1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2018". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. "2018 Local Election Results". exeter.gov.uk. Exeter City Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. "Labour councillor joins Exeter Greens". www.greenparty.org.uk. 28 February 2017.