2019 West Devon Borough Council election

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All 31 seats to West Devon Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 21 seats, 44.6% 10 seats, 31.6% Seats won 16 11 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 9,340 7,566 Percentage 37.9% 30.7% Swing 6.7% 0.9%   Third party Fourth party   Party Green Liberal Democrats Last election 0 seats, 13.7% 0 seats, 2.1% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,912 1,691 Percentage 11.8% 6.9% Swing 1.9% 4.8%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2019 West Devon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of West Devon Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

2019 West Devon Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	27	16	3	8	5	51.6	37.9	9,340	–6.7
	Independent	12	11	7	6	1	35.5	30.7	7,566	–0.9
	Green	8	2	2	0	2	6.5	11.8	2,912	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	2	0	2	6.5	6.9	1,691	+4.8
	Labour	11	0	0	0		0.0	10.5	2,587	+4.5
	UKIP	2	0	0	0		0.0	2.2	530	+0.2

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Bere Ferrers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Robin Musgrave*	491	41.1
	Conservative	Peter Edward Crozier	473	39.6
	Labour	Katherine Rose Medhurst	320	26.8
	UKIP	David Pengelly	291	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Richard Reed	258	21.6
	Labour	David John Whitworth	149	12.5
Turnout			1,206	40.61
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Robin Musgrave was the winning Independent candidate in 2015.

Bridestowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Mott*	600	62.8
	Conservative	Terence John Southcott	538	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Gail Bones	301	31.5
	Labour	Malcolm David John Light	194	20.3
Turnout			990	39.60
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Buckland Monachorum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Frank Cheadle*	789	59.4
	Green	Lucy Jane Wood	587	44.2
	Conservative	Philip Richard Sanders*	457	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Anne Reid	229	17.2
	Labour	Anthony Parker Marchese	151	11.4
Turnout			1,344	45.51
	Independent hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Burrator

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bolton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Diana Elizabeth Moyse*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chagford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Mary Heyworth	299	51.5	+19.0
	Green	David John Osbiston	282	48.5	+26.6
Turnout			593	50.43
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Dartmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Christian Renders	484	79.1	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Earp	128	20.9	−40.4
Turnout			615	44.09
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Drewsteignton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul James Ridgers*	315	51.4	−14.2
	Green	Lisa Anne Rowe	236	38.5	+4.1
	Labour	Paula Louise Frisby	62	10.1	N/A
Turnout			620	44.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lois Esther Samuel*	579	54.2
	Conservative	Barry Ian Ratcliffe	537	50.2
	Green	Hugh Jonathan Norman	433	40.5
	Labour	Peter Frank Brickley	280	26.2
Turnout			1,102	35.00
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatherleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Mary Gerardine Kemp	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Patrick John Derek Kimber*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mary Tavy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence George Pearce*	399	57.0	−12.5
	Conservative	Annabel Roberts	249	35.6	N/A
	Independent	Michael Arthur Fife Cook	52	7.4	−23.1
Turnout			703	54.29
	Independent hold		Swing

Milton Ford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Jory*	339	66.9	+5.6
	Labour	David Munnelly	168	33.1	N/A
Turnout			535	37.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

Neil Jory was an incumbent councillor for Tavistock North ward.

Okehampton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Antony Frank Leech*	902	62.7
	Conservative	Michael Bryn Davies*	615	42.8
	Conservative	Kevin Ball*	593	41.2
	Independent	Michael John Ireland	582	40.5
	Labour	Elaine Marie Whitefoot	463	32.2
	Conservative	Teresa Dawn Edwards	430	29.9
Turnout			1,448	35.68
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Okehampton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Richard Vachon	424	47.9
	Conservative	Julie Veronica Yelland*	335	37.8
	Green	Malcolm William Calder	320	36.1
	UKIP	Robert Michael Rush	239	27.0
	Conservative	Simon Christopher Thomas	232	26.2
Turnout			893	31.14
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Tawton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lynn Christine Daniel	434	61.2	+40.6
	Conservative	Louise Sacha Watts*	275	38.8	+12.3
Turnout			720	46.07
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Louise Watts was an incumbent councillor for the Exbourne ward.

Tamarside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Neville Edmonds*	403	73.4	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Bones	74	13.5	N/A
	Labour	Zoe Lorraine Waite	72	13.1	N/A
Turnout			559	39.84
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Chris Edmonds was the winning Independent candidate in 2015. The change in his share of the vote is shown from his result in 2015, rather than the Conservative candidate's.

Tavistock North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeffrey Boyd-Moody*	870	60.8
	Independent	Andrew John Coulson	717	50.1
	Independent	Stephen Jon Hipsey	695	48.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Cyril Squire	338	23.6
	Labour	Lesley Ann Crawford	326	22.8
	Conservative	John Sheldon*	269	18.8
	Conservative	Jack Daniel Kevin Morewood	263	18.4
Turnout			1,435	38.86
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Tavistock South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Spettigue	665	50.0
	Conservative	Deborah Katherine Anne Sellis*	663	49.8
	Conservative	Robert John Oxborough*	415	31.2
	Green	Sara Alison Palmer	386	29.0
	Labour	Stephen James Cox	223	16.8
Turnout			1,339	45.76
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tavistock South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mandy Victoria Louise Ewings	504	52.1
	Independent	Adam Duncan Bridgewater	483	49.9
	Green	Wendy Margaret Miller	234	24.2
	Labour	Helen Louise Stone	179	18.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Gilpin	170	17.6
	Conservative	Christian Jenkins	163	16.8
Turnout			982	34.06
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

In 2020, Cllr Mike Davies left the Conservatives to sit as an independent over the Conservative Government's handling of the Dominic Cummings breaking of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then a separate independent, Cllr Robin Musgrave has joined the Liberal Democrats. The net result was to leave the number of independents unchanged, the number of Conservatives down one and Liberal Democrats up one, thus denying the Conservatives an overall majority.^[3] The Conservatives regained a majority on the council in November 2021 following a by-election in the Bere Ferrers ward.^[4]

Bere Ferrers: 18 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Blackman	362	32.5	−7.1
	Labour	Isabel Saxby	361	32.4	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Reed	216	19.4	−2.2
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	176	15.8	N/A
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,119	37.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tavistock North: 17 February 2022^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Turnbull	379	39.3	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Squire	337	35.0	+11.4
	Green	Susan Bamford	163	16.9	N/A
	Labour	Doug Smith	85	8.8	−14.0
Majority			42	4.4
Turnout			970	24.56
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing