2019 Exeter City Council election

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2019 Exeter City Council election [1]
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13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before2981
Seats won921
Seats after2962
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote11,8978,7135,873
Percentage36.4%26.7%18.0%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats before10
Seats won11
Seats after11
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,7761,486
Percentage8.5%4.5%
Exeter UK local election 2019 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2019 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats, green shows the Green Party and silver shows and Independent.

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. [2]

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Council composition

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

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29811
LabourConservativeLDG

After this election, the composition of the council was:

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296211
LabourConservativeLDGInd

Election summary

Exeter City Council Election Result 2019 [3]
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 14912Decrease2.svg164.236.111,979-11.1
  Conservative 14202Decrease2.svg214.226.48,713-6.1
  Green 13110Increase2.svg17.117.85,873+7.3
  Liberal Democrats 13110Increase2.svg17.111.62,776-2.1
  UKIP 7000Steady2.svg0.05.31,768+5.3
  Independent 2110Increase2.svg 17.14.51,486+4.5
  For Britain 1000Steady2.svg0.00.3113+0.3
  Women's Equality 1000Steady2.svg0.00.266-0.03
Total641444Steady2.svg10010032,883Increase2.svg434

Results by ward

(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Alphington

Alphington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Yvonne Margaret Atkinson 901 37.2
Conservative Katherine New71129.3
Green Andrew Bell39616.3
UKIP Dutch Dudgeon2229.2
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle2028.3
Majority1907.9
Turnout 2,45337.51
Labour gain from Green

Note: The outgoing councillor Chris Musgrave was elected as Labour in 2016, but defected to the Green Party in February 2017. [5]

Duryard & St.James

Duryard & St.James [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Michael Norman Mitchell 803 33.9
Conservative Percy Prowse*60925.7
Labour Charlie Davies60225.4
Green Jonathan Dawson29212.3
Women's Equality Bea Gare662.8
Majority1948.2
Turnout 2,38334.77
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Exwick

Exwick [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ollie Pearson* 1,034 44.5
Conservative Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe57624.8
Green Mark Shorto34514.8
UKIP Lawrence Simon Harper29812.8
Liberal Democrats Joel Nicholas Punwani733.1
Majority45819.7
Turnout 2,33931.67
Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Buswell 1,170 42.7
Green Gillian Clare Baker74627.2
Conservative Robert Anthony Jones57721.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Gates2469.0
Majority42415.5
Turnout 2,78239.99
Labour hold

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ruth Travis Williams 944 48.1
UKIP Brian Jeffery33917.3
Conservative Harry Charles Burton31616.1
Green David Barker-Hahlo24812.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Matthew Soper1165.9
Majority60530.8
Turnout 1,97529.54
Labour hold

Newtown & St.Leonards

Newtown & St.Leonards [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Jemima Moondaisy Moore 1,359 48.6
Labour Carol Whitton1,09239.1
Conservative Jago Barnabas York Brockway34212.2
Majority2679.5
Turnout 2,81339.05
Independent gain from Labour

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Quance 1,109 39.0
Conservative David Smith88931.3
Green Lizzie Woodman68324.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Robert Bristow1635.7
Majority2207.7
Turnout 2,86737.20
Labour hold

Pinhoe

Pinhoe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Trish Oliver 928 38.4
Conservative Cynthia Thompson*91337.8
UKIP Robert Ball26210.8
Green Frank Williamson2269.4
Liberal Democrats Felix Brett863.6
Majority150.6
Turnout 2,43538.27
Labour gain from Conservative

Priory (2 seats)

Priory [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Amal Ghusain 895 37.2
Labour Alys Amelia Quance 850 35.4
Conservative John Benedict Harvey63126.3
Conservative Keith Andrew Sparkes59724.8
Green Lynn Wetenhall36215.1
UKIP Diana Beasley35914.9
Green Mary Roddick35914.9
UKIP Sheridan Robert James31613.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Campion2329.7
Liberal Democrats Ramus Jakob Lindgren1094.5
Turnout 2,41236.82
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Diana Frances Moore 1,455 54.9
Labour Lesley Sara Robson79630.1
Conservative Aric Samuel David Gilinsky27010.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Cole1264.8
Majority65924.8
Turnout 2,66735.61
Green gain from Labour

St Loyes

St Loyes [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Yolonda Anna Cullis Henson 1,140 47.6
Labour George Lawrence Ford55023.0
UKIP Alison Sheridan28812.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Jacob Deakin2068.6
Green Christo Skelton2068.6
Majority59024.6
Turnout 2,40234.32
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Hannah Louise Packham* 1,082 41.0
Conservative Ashley Christopher Carr48418.4
Green Joe Levy44717.0
Liberal Democrats Adrian Alan Fullam38314.5
Independent Paul David Mouland1274.8
For Britain Frankie Rufolo1134.3
Majority59822.6
Turnout 2,65835.36
Labour hold

Topsham

Topsham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rob Newby 1,255 47.3
Labour Eliot Paul Wright79429.9
Green Melanie Frances Shaw46717.6
Liberal Democrats Aaron Benjamin Nolan1405.3
Majority46117.4
Turnout 2,69737.97
Conservative hold

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References

  1. ↑ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2019". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ↑ Exeter Council [@ExeterCouncil] (3 May 2019). "The new political makeup of the council is: Labour - 29 Conservatives - 6 Liberal Democrats - 2 Green Party - 1 Independent [sic] - 1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Election Results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "2019 Local Election Results". Exeter City Council. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Labour councillor joins Exeter Greens". www.greenparty.org.uk. 28 February 2017.
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