2019 Exeter City Council election
The 2019 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to of the members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the 39 seats were up for re-election: those of the candidates who had finished second in the all-out election of 2016, with a double vacancy in Priory ward. The Labour Party remained in control with 29 seats, with the Conservatives as the main opposition party, with 6 seats.[1]
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Map showing the results the 2019 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats, green shows the Green Party and silver shows and Independent. |
Council composition
Before this election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | LD | G |
After this election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | LD | G | Ind |
Election summary
Exeter City Council Election Result 2019[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 64.2 | 36.1 | 11,979 | -11.1% | ||||||
Conservative | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14.2 | 26.4 | 8,713 | -6.1% | ||||||
Green | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 17.8 | 5,873 | +7.3% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 2,776 | -2.1% | ||||||
UKIP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1,768 | +5.3% | |||||||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 1,486 | +4.5% | ||||||
For Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 113 | +0.3% | |||||||
Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 66 | -0.03% | |||||||
Total | 64 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 100% | 32,883 | 434 |
Results by ward
(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.
Alphington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Yvonne Margaret Atkinson | 901 | 37.2% | |
Conservative | Katherine New | 711 | 29.3% | |
Green | Andrew Bell | 396 | 16.3% | |
UKIP | Dutch Dudgeon | 222 | 9.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Ruffle | 202 | 8.3% | |
Majority | 190 | 7.8% | ||
Turnout | 2,453 | 37.51% | ||
Labour gain from Green | ||||
Note: The outgoing councillor Chris Musgrave was elected as Labour in 2016, but defected to the Green Party in February 2017.[4]
Duryard & St.James
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Norman Mitchell | 803 | 33.9% | |
Conservative | Percy Prowse* | 609 | 25.7% | |
Labour | Charlie Davies | 602 | 25.4% | |
Green | Jonathan Dawson | 292 | 12.3% | |
Women's Equality | Bea Gare | 66 | 2.8% | |
Majority | 194 | 8.2% | ||
Turnout | 2,383 | 34.77% | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | ||||
Exwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ollie Pearson* | 1,034 | 44.5% | |
Conservative | Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe | 576 | 24.8% | |
Green | Mark Shorto | 345 | 14.8% | |
UKIP | Lawrence Simon Harper | 298 | 12.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Joel Nicholas Punwani | 73 | 3.1% | |
Majority | 458 | 19.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,339 | 31.67% | ||
Labour hold |
Heavitree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Chris Buswell | 1,170 | 42.7% | |
Green | Gillian Clare Baker | 746 | 27.2% | |
Conservative | Robert Anthony Jones | 577 | 21.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Michael Gates | 246 | 9.0% | |
Majority | 424 | 15.5% | ||
Turnout | 2,782 | 39.99% | ||
Labour hold |
Mincinglake & Whipton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ruth Travis Williams | 944 | 48.1% | |
UKIP | Brian Jeffery | 339 | 17.3% | |
Conservative | Harry Charles Burton | 316 | 16.1% | |
Green | David Barker-Hahlo | 248 | 12.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Matthew Soper | 116 | 5.9% | |
Majority | 605 | 30.8% | ||
Turnout | 1,975 | 29.54% | ||
Labour hold |
Newtown & St.Leonards
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Jemima Moondaisy Moore | 1,359 | 48.6% | |
Labour | Carol Whitton | 1,092 | 39.1% | |
Conservative | Jago Barnabas York Brockway | 342 | 12.2% | |
Majority | 267 | 9.6% | ||
Turnout | 2,813 | 39.05% | ||
Independent gain from Labour | ||||
Pennsylvania
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ian Quance | 1,109 | 39.0% | |
Conservative | David Smith | 889 | 31.3% | |
Green | Lizzie Woodman | 683 | 24.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Bristow | 163 | 5.7% | |
Majority | 220 | 7.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,867 | 37.20% | ||
Labour hold |
Pinhoe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Trish Oliver | 928 | 38.4% | |
Conservative | Cynthia Thompson* | 913 | 37.8% | |
UKIP | Robert Ball | 262 | 10.8% | |
Green | Frank Williamson | 226 | 9.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Felix Brett | 86 | 3.6% | |
Majority | 15 | 0.6% | ||
Turnout | 2,435 | 38.27% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Priory (2 seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Amal Ghusain | 895 | ||
Labour | Alys Amelia Quance | 850 | ||
Conservative | John Benedict Harvey | 631 | ||
Conservative | Keith Andrew Sparkes | 597 | ||
Green | Lynn Wetenhall | 362 | ||
UKIP | Diana Beasley | 359 | ||
Green | Mary Roddick | 359 | ||
UKIP | Sheridan Robert James | 316 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Campion | 232 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ramus Jakob Lindgren | 109 | ||
Turnout | 2,412 | 36.82% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Davids
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Diana Frances Moore | 1,455 | 54.9% | |
Labour | Lesley Sara Robson | 796 | 30.1% | |
Conservative | Aric Samuel David Gilinsky | 270 | 10.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Cole | 126 | 4.8% | |
Majority | 659 | 24.9% | ||
Turnout | 2,667 | 35.61% | ||
Green gain from Labour | ||||
St Loyes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Yolonda Anna Cullis Henson | 1,140 | 47.6% | |
Labour | George Lawrence Ford | 550 | 23.0% | |
UKIP | Alison Sheridan | 288 | 12.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Jacob Deakin | 206 | 8.6% | |
Green | Christo Skelton | 206 | 8.6% | |
Majority | 590 | 24.7% | ||
Turnout | 2402 | 34.32% | ||
Conservative hold |
St Thomas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Hannah Louise Packham* | 1,082 | 41.0% | |
Conservative | Ashley Christopher Carr | 484 | 18.4% | |
Green | Joe Levy | 447 | 17.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Alan Fullam | 383 | 14.5% | |
Independent | Paul David Mouland | 127 | 4.8% | |
For Britain | Frankie Rufolo | 113 | 4.3% | |
Majority | 598 | 22.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,658 | 35.36% | ||
Labour hold |
Topsham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Rob Newby | 1,255 | 47.3% | |
Labour | Eliot Paul Wright | 794 | 29.9% | |
Green | Melanie Frances Shaw | 467 | 17.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Aaron Benjamin Nolan | 140 | 5.3% | |
Majority | 461 | 17.4% | ||
Turnout | 2,697 | 37.97% | ||
Conservative hold |
References
- Exeter Council [@ExeterCouncil] (3 May 2019). "The new political makeup of the council is: Labour - 29 Conservatives - 6 Liberal Democrats - 2 Green Party - 1 Independant [sic] - 1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Election Results".
- "2019 Local Election Results". Exeter City Council. 2 May 2019.
- "Labour councillor joins Exeter Greens". www.greenparty.org.uk. 28 February 2017.
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