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All 31 seats in theSouth Hams District Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toSouth Hams District Council took place on 7 May, the same day as otherUnited Kingdom local elections and theGeneral Election. 19 of the 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1, 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The number of seats up for election in each ward is indicated by the number in the brackets following the ward name. This was the first election with new boundary changes taking effect after the number of wards was reduced by ten and councillors by 9. The ward ofSalcombe &Thurlestone was uncontested, withConservative Party candidates Judy Pearce and Simon Wright elected. The Conservative Party increased their share of seats in the council, despite a slight decrease in votes. Meanwhile, the Green Party overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 25 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 80.6 | 53.2 | 37,500 | -2.8 | |
| Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 19.3 | 13,634 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 7,044 | -10.5 | |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 12.4 | 8,755 | +8.3 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1,952 | -4.7 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1,312 | +0.6 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 349 | +0.5 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard John Foss | 1,280 | 71.2% | ||
| Green | Suzanne Ellis | 519 | 28.8% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.7% | |||
| Turnout | 1831 | 75.4% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Steer | 1106 | 68.1% | ||
| Green | Paul Sampson | 328 | 20.2% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Talbot-Rosevear | 190 | 11.7% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.2% | |||
| Turnout | 1644 | 71.4% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Hicks | 910 | 63.6% | ||
| Green | Patrick Hadow | 521 | 36.4% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.4% | |||
| Turnout | 1452 | 75.9% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lindsay Ward | 1092 | 64.4% | ||
| Green | Jan Chapman | 330 | 19.5% | ||
| Independent | William Rosevear | 274 | 16.2% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 1.1% | |||
| Turnout | 1715 | 73.4% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jacqi Hodgson | 912 | 55.8% | ||
| Conservative | Dave Roddy | 500 | 30.6% | ||
| Labour | Joanne Tisdall | 221 | 13.5% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.0% | |||
| Turnout | 1649 | 76.8% | |||
| Greenwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Hawkins | 2,204 | 50.3% | ||
| Conservative | Hilary Bastone | 2,108 | 48.1% | ||
| Conservative | Rose Rowe | 1,791 | 40.9% | ||
| Labour | Benjamin Cooper | 1,028 | 23.5% | ||
| Independent | Paul Allen | 889 | 20.3% | ||
| Labour | Colin Chapman | 799 | 18.2% | ||
| Labour | David Jones | 671 | 15.3% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 107 | 2.4% | |||
| Turnout | 4,489 | 67.7% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tom Holway | 998 | 60.3% | ||
| Green | Julie Deacon | 384 | 23.2% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Blake | 274 | 16.5% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.3% | |||
| Turnout | 1,677 | 72.4% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kathy Cuthbert | 1,337 | 45.0% | ||
| Conservative | Ann Pringle | 1,247 | 42.0% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Barber | 991 | 33.4% | ||
| Green | Kate Smallwood | 686 | 23.1% | ||
| UKIP | Eric Robbins | 619 | 20.8% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8% | |||
| Turnout | 2,994 | 66.8% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David May | 1,827 | 57.9% | ||
| Conservative | Michael Saltern | 1,583 | 50.2% | ||
| Green | Katie Reville | 1,296 | 41.1% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.3% | |||
| Turnout | 3,197 | 65.6% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Wingate | 1,514 | 50.2% | ||
| Conservative | Rufus Gilbert | 1,513 | 50.1% | ||
| Green | Joss Webber | 768 | 25.5% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Laurel Lawford | 711 | 23.6% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.0% | |||
| Turnout | 3,048 | 64.1% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Bramble | 1,072 | 66.9% | ||
| Green | Christopher Noakes | 531 | 33.1% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.4% | |||
| Turnout | 1,626 | 76.3% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Trevor Pennington | 1,098 | 64.3% | ||
| Green | Christine Adams | 359 | 21.0% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Robinson | 251 | 14.7% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.4% | |||
| Turnout | 1,732 | 72.9% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Baldry | 1,762 | 47.8% | ||
| Conservative | Ian Blackler | 1,537 | 41.7% | ||
| Conservative | Suzie Cooper | 1,417 | 38.4% | ||
| Green | John Green | 1,083 | 29.4% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.7% | |||
| Turnout | 3,715 | 74.9% | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Steer | 1,644 | 51.4% | ||
| Conservative | Peter Smerdon | 1,584 | 49.5% | ||
| Green | Tony Kuhl | 1,159 | 36.2% | ||
| Labour | Kim Gray | 627 | 19.6% | ||
| Labour | Rosie Adams | 599 | 18.7% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.9% | |||
| Turnout | 3228 | 75.7% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 909 | 53.5% | ||
| Conservative | Josh Gardner | 643 | 37.9% | ||
| Green | Tom Hoeksma | 146 | 8.6% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.8% | |||
| Turnout | 1,711 | 76.0% | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Robert Vint | 2,215 | 45.6% | ||
| Green | Barrie Wood | 1,839 | 37.9% | ||
| Labour | David Horsburgh | 1,265 | 26.1% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Birch | 1,150 | 23.7% | ||
| Labour | Eleanor Cohen | 1,137 | 23.4% | ||
| Labour | Tony Whitty | 1,111 | 22.9% | ||
| Conservative | Ralph Clark | 928 | 19.1% | ||
| Conservative | Angela Shropshall-Clark | 815 | 16.8% | ||
| Conservative | Michael Footitt | 754 | 15.5% | ||
| UKIP | Alan Langmaid | 693 | 14.3% | ||
| TUSC | Alex Moore | 349 | 7.2% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 53 | 1.1% | |||
| Turnout | 4,906 | 70.8% | |||
| Greenwin (new seat) | |||||
| Greenwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Brown | 1,530 | 55.7% | −13.0 | |
| Conservative | Basil Fernley Cane | 1,380 | 50.2% | −13.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 571 | 20.8% | +20.8 | |
| Green | Katy Ward-Edwards | 558 | 20.3% | +20.3 | |
| Labour | Anna Malone | 526 | 19.1% | +19.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.9% | |||
| Turnout | 2,774 | 73.8% | +23.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Tucker | 831 | 52.4% | ||
| Green | Ian Donaldson | 520 | 32.8% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Heseltine | 235 | 14.8% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.1% | -4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,604 | 74.6% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicky Hopwood | 1,068 | 69.8% | ||
| Green | Christopher Lindsay | 460 | 30.1% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | 2.1% | |||
| Turnout | 1,562 | 65.0% | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
