Torridge District Council elections

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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. 2023 Torridge District Council election.svg
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 wards.svg
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]

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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

The table below provides a brief summary of the election results since the ward boundary changes for the 2003 local elections.

DateCommunity AllianceNet +/- Conservative Net +/- Green Net +/- Independent Net +/- Labour Net +/- Liberal Democrats Net +/- UKIP Net +/-
2003 [7] 9Increase2.svg91Increase2.svg11Increase2.svg1170Decrease2.svg271Increase2.svg1
2007 [8] 13Increase2.svg72Increase2.svg113Decrease2.svg90Steady2.svg8Increase2.svg10Steady2.svg
2011 [9] 18Increase2.svg21Decrease2.svg110Decrease2.svg41Increase2.svg16Increase2.svg20Steady2.svg
2015 [10] 19Increase2.svg12Increase2.svg16Decrease2.svg41Steady2.svg1Decrease2.svg57Increase2.svg7
2019 [11] 11Decrease2.svg82Steady2.svg18Increase2.svg123Increase2.svg22Increase2.svg10Decrease2.svg7
2023 [12] 6Decrease2.svg54Increase2.svg216Decrease2.svg22Decrease2.svg18Increase2.svg60Steady2.svg

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [13] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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

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  2. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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