2018 Exeter City Council election

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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.

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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:

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LabourConservativeLD

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLDG

After this election, the composition of the council was:

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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

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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.
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