2009 Devon County Council election

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2009 Devon County Council election
Flag of Devon.svg
  2005 7 May 2009 2013  

All 62 seats to Devon County Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election23 seats, 37.7%33 seats, 38.0%4 seats, 12.1%
Seats won41144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg18Decrease2.svg19Steady2.svg
Popular vote106,41175,81515,339
Percentage41.9%29.9%6.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.2%Decrease2.svg8.1%Decrease2.svg6.0%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Independent Green
Last election2 seats, 4.3%0 seats, 2.5%
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote11,76817,290
Percentage4.6%6.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.3%Increase2.svg4.3%

Devon County Council election 2009 map.svg
Mapped results by ward

Council control before election

Liberal Democrat

Council control after election

Conservative

An election to Devon County Council took place on 7 May 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The elections had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 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 were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. 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 Thursday 2 May 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, [1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. [2]

Summary

The election saw the Liberal Democrats lose control of the council to the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats were reduced to the second largest party and hence the official opposition. Devon was one of 2 county councils controlled by the Liberal Democrats, the other being Somerset County Council, both were lost to the Conservative Party.

Results

Devon County Council election, 2009 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 41191Increase2.svg1866.141.9106,411Increase2.svg4.2
  Liberal Democrats 14019Decrease2.svg1922.629.975,815Decrease2.svg8.1
  Labour 40006.56.115,339Decrease2.svg6.0
  Independent 21103.24.611,768Increase2.svg0.9
  Green 110Increase2.svg11.66.817,290Increase2.svg4.3
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.09.022,809Increase2.svg4.9
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg0.01.02,440Decrease2.svg0.1
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.00.51,385New
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.00.074New

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