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The2023 Teignbridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members ofTeignbridge District Council inDevon,England.[2] This would be on the same day as otherlocal elections across England.
The Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council, which had been under no overall control prior to the election.
The council was underno overall control prior to the election, being led by Alan Connett of the Liberal Democrats. He chose not to stand for re-election.[3]
The Liberal Democrats won 26 of the 47 seats on the council, giving them a majority.[4] The Liberal Democrats choseMartin Wrigley as their new leader, and he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023.[5]
| 2023 Teignbridge District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Liberal Democrats | 43 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 55.3 | 39.5 | 28,005 | –1.0 | ||
| Conservative | 34 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19.1 | 23.6 | 16,719 | –6.0 | ||
| Alliance | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19.1 | 15.8 | 11,232 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 4,940 | –6.5 | ||
| Labour | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 4,658 | –3.4 | ||
| Green | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4,416 | +3.3 | ||
| Heritage | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 626 | N/A | ||
| TUSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 197 | N/A | ||
| Reform | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 95 | N/A | ||
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Teignbridge District Council following the close of nominations.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Richard Daws* | 1,145 | 64.4 | +17.3 | |
| Alliance | Paul Parker | 1,062 | 59.7 | +19.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Crompton | 638 | 35.9 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pete Goodman-Bradbury | 467 | 26.3 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,792 | 38 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,670 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Nutley* | 1,226 | 43.6 | −2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Huw Cox* | 1,030 | 36.6 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Rogers | 834 | 29.6 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Major | 808 | 28.7 | −2.7 | |
| Alliance | Susan Clarke | 793 | 28.2 | N/A | |
| Alliance | David Knopfler | 769 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Roger Haworth | 712 | 25.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Charlie Dennis | 683 | 24.3 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Mark Searight | 599 | 21.3 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Janette Parker | 341 | 12.1 | −13.9 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,821 | 40 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,008 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Andrew MacGregor* | 565 | 66.0 | +20.4 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Baverstock | 291 | 34.0 | −8.3 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 864 | 40 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,189 | ||||
| Independentgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Morgan* | 1,011 | 42.2 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Martin Smith | 786 | 32.8 | −7.5 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Webster | 763 | 31.8 | −7.1 | |
| Conservative | Cathie Wreford-Holden | 696 | 29.0 | −8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Oldrieve | 627 | 26.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Lisa Robillard Webb | 564 | 23.5 | −0.7 | |
| Independent | Eoghan Kelly | 519 | 21.7 | −16.7 | |
| Green | Charlie West | 478 | 19.9 | N/A | |
| Green | Imca Hensels | 444 | 18.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Jack Pelling | 411 | 17.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 397 | 16.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,404 | 37 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,521 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Bullivant* | 521 | 32.6 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Buscombe | 445 | 27.8 | −7.8 | |
| Alliance | Dawn Hall | 428 | 26.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Jenks | 392 | 24.5 | −11.1 | |
| Alliance | Lin Lambell | 392 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Jenks** | 379 | 23.7 | −9.7 | |
| Green | Pauline Wynter | 257 | 16.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Paul Wynter | 248 | 15.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,602 | 27 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,903 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
Chris Jenks was a sitting councillor for Buckland & Milber ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mike Ryan | 752 | 39.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Parker* | 735 | 38.3 | −10.7 | |
| Alliance | Alex Hall | 652 | 34.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Corney-Walker | 619 | 32.2 | −31.8 | |
| Alliance | Belinda Brint | 540 | 28.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony James | 466 | 24.3 | −18.8 | |
| Conservative | Karen Crout | 387 | 20.2 | +4.9 | |
| Green | Susan Collman | 241 | 12.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Stephen Pocock | 197 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Jane Haden | 116 | 6.0 | −6.0 | |
| Heritage | Madeleine Hunt | 90 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Mon Burns | 86 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| TUSC | James Osben | 81 | 4.2 | −5.5 | |
| Heritage | Timothy Dobson | 80 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,940 | 30 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,478 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie Hook* | 503 | 43.2 | −1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob Hayes* | 412 | 35.4 | +4.3 | |
| Alliance | Mike Joyce | 342 | 29.4 | +0.7 | |
| Alliance | Laurence Jones | 304 | 26.1 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Nicolas Yabsley | 215 | 18.5 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Simon Walker | 185 | 15.9 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Olly Giddings | 158 | 13.6 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Richard Dobson | 73 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,173 | 26 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,596 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Keeling* | 916 | 52.8 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Sanders | 797 | 45.9 | +10.5 | |
| Conservative | Ben Kirby | 587 | 33.8 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Rick Webb | 486 | 28.0 | +16.2 | |
| Conservative | Chris Yeo | 421 | 24.3 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,746 | 35 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,941 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Janet Bradford* | 897 | 64.7 | +17.8 | |
| Alliance | Liam Mullone* | 761 | 54.9 | +17.3 | |
| Green | Doug Pratt | 279 | 20.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Don Frampton | 277 | 20.0 | +9.4 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Hearn | 229 | 16.5 | +7.3 | |
| Conservative | John Phillips | 158 | 11.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,386 | 34 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,116 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley* | 1,438 | 62.8 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosie Dawson | 1,182 | 51.7 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lin Goodman-Bradbury* | 1,033 | 45.1 | +3.3 | |
| Independent | Linda Petherick* | 783 | 34.2 | −15.7 | |
| Conservative | Lisa Mayne | 693 | 30.3 | +4.9 | |
| Independent | Wayne Munday | 404 | 17.7 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Andrew Cruikshank | 212 | 9.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,307 | 32 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,162 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Foden** | 767 | 46.0 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike James | 553 | 33.2 | −7.0 | |
| Independent | Angie Weatherhead | 537 | 32.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Rosalind Prowse | 453 | 27.2 | −4.9 | |
| Independent | John Petherick* | 417 | 25.0 | −16.3 | |
| Alliance | Pete Costello | 223 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,671 | 34 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,890 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
Alison Foden was a sitting councillor for Kenn Valley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Steemson | 483 | 61.1 | +29.1 | |
| Conservative | Martyn Evans | 153 | 19.3 | −2.8 | |
| Alliance | Ty Lynne | 124 | 15.7 | N/A | |
| Heritage | André Sabine | 31 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 330 | 41.8 | |||
| Turnout | 797 | 40 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,003 | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Palethorpe | 367 | 39.4 | −40.6 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Smith | 323 | 34.7 | +14.7 | |
| Alliance | Nicky Rayner | 241 | 25.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 44 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 933 | 45 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,055 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Nuttall* | 1,270 | 52.4 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Parrott | 1,076 | 44.4 | −2.2 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Lake | 919 | 37.9 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Braund | 912 | 37.6 | −6.6 | |
| Conservative | Caroline May | 699 | 28.8 | −10.5 | |
| Conservative | Lucille Baker | 633 | 26.1 | −8.6 | |
| Green | Lucy Rockliffe | 624 | 25.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jacob Cousens | 406 | 16.7 | +7.5 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,436 | 36 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,716 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Taylor* | 642 | 70.4 | −7.3 | |
| Green | Pete Wilby | 175 | 19.2 | +5.5 | |
| Reform | Chris Hilditch | 95 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 467 | 51.2 | |||
| Turnout | 918 | 39 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,368 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Jane Taylor | 923 | 57.7 | N/A | |
| Alliance | John Radford | 837 | 52.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cameron Whitford | 439 | 27.4 | −2.9 | |
| Conservative | James Leader | 340 | 21.3 | −11.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Raybould | 334 | 20.9 | −18.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,604 | 34 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,745 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ron Peart* | 650 | 47.3 | +10.7 | |
| Alliance | Keeley Gearon | 310 | 22.6 | N/A | |
| Alliance | Samantha Bickham | 299 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Edmonds | 299 | 21.8 | −12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Jones | 292 | 21.3 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Sarah Cochrane | 234 | 17.0 | N/A | |
| No Description | Antony Dempster | 196 | 14.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,375 | 27 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,163 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Rollason* | 514 | 44.7 | +8.4 | |
| Conservative | Bill Thorne* | 468 | 40.7 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denise Nation | 456 | 39.7 | +9.6 | |
| Conservative | Sue Danks | 395 | 34.3 | +17.7 | |
| Labour | Duncan Moss | 232 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,152 | 24 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,769 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Farrand-Rogers | 558 | 48.2 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Richard Eldmann | 414 | 35.8 | −12.3 | |
| Labour | Christopher Robillard | 185 | 16.0 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,166 | 48 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,428 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chris Clarance* | 698 | 70.4 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Cox | 165 | 16.6 | −11.5 | |
| Alliance | Manuela Murray | 79 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Marilyn Warrener | 50 | 5.0 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 997 | 49 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,039 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Purser* | 764 | 46.7 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Swain | 627 | 38.3 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Terry Tume* | 626 | 38.3 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Webb | 608 | 37.2 | +15.8 | |
| Labour | Niall Duffy | 363 | 22.2 | +7.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,648 | 41 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,024 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Cox | 663 | 44.1 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Joan Atkins | 430 | 28.6 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sonja Miller | 398 | 26.5 | −7.6 | |
| Independent | Alison Eden* | 338 | 22.5 | −13.8 | |
| Alliance | Jimmy Robinson | 291 | 19.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tom Colclough | 246 | 16.4 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | Hedley Baldwin | 241 | 16.0 | +1.4 | |
| Heritage | Colin Bovingdon | 54 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,516 | 35 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,297 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Jackman | 582 | 34.2 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 578 | 34.0 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Rob Phipps* | 468 | 27.5 | −14.7 | |
| Conservative | Sylvia Russell* | 433 | 25.4 | −12.0 | |
| Alliance | Jude Chilvers | 294 | 17.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Lillian Chasteau | 284 | 16.7 | +3.1 | |
| Alliance | Alasdair MacGregor | 223 | 13.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Malcolm Tipper | 215 | 12.6 | ±0.0 | |
| Green | Frances Hamilton | 192 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,725 | 44 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,956 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nina Jeffries* | 402 | 36.8 | +6.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Henderson | 374 | 34.2 | −15.5 | |
| Labour | Jackie Jackson | 270 | 24.7 | +4.0 | |
| Alliance | Ollie Hind | 267 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Rachel Aylward | 264 | 24.2 | +6.0 | |
| Alliance | Ricky Marino | 228 | 20.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Christopher Sidwell | 211 | 19.3 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,096 | 28 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,908 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Major | 715 | 30.6 | −5.6 | |
| Alliance | Susan Clarke | 523 | 22.4 | −5.3 | |
| Conservative | Richard Edlmann | 325 | 13.9 | −11.1 | |
| Labour | Lisa Robillard Webb | 303 | 13.0 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Pauline Wynter | 295 | 12.6 | −12.7 | |
| Independent | Michael Hext | 136 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Madeleine Hunt | 36 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 192 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,333 | 33.5 | −6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,010 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
By-election triggered by death of Liberal Democrat councillor Huw Cox.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Steve Horner | 400 | 35.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Penny Lloyd | 372 | 32.7 | −2.7 | |
| Conservative | Joe Dagger | 142 | 12.5 | −6.8 | |
| Green | Ollie Hind | 128 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Colin Baigent | 80 | 7.0 | −17.4 | |
| Heritage | Madeleine Hunt | 14 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 28 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,142 | 29.3 | +1.3 | ||
| Reformgain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Smith | 1,116 | 50.4 | +11.0 | |
| Reform | Terry Tume | 512 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lucille Baker | 212 | 9.6 | –19.0 | |
| Independent | Kevin Lake | 181 | 8.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Scott Williams | 122 | 5.5 | –13.9 | |
| Labour | Niall Duffy | 59 | 2.7 | –9.9 | |
| Independent | Dudley Swain | 12 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 604 | 27.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,219 | 31.0 | –5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||