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|{{Party name with colour no link|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|{{Party name with colour no link|Conservative Party (UK)}}
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| colspan=”9″ |”’New ward boundaries (36 seats)”’
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!scope=”row”|[[2019 Torridge District Council election|2019]]
!scope=”row”|[[2019 Torridge District Council election|2019]]
Local government elections in Devon, England
Torridge District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 36 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.[1]
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.[2]
| Year | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats[a] | Green[b] | UKIP | Independents & Others |
Council control after election |
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| Local government reorganisation; council established (36 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 29 | Independent | |
| 1976 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | 22 | Independent | |
| New ward boundaries (36 seats) | ||||||||
| 1979 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | Independent | |
| 1983 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 29 | Independent | |
| 1987 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | Independent | |
| 1991 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | 23 | Independent | |
| 1995 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | No overall control | |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | Independent | |
| New ward boundaries (36 seats) | ||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27[c] | No overall control | |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | No overall control | |
| 2011 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | No overall control | |
| 2015 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (36 seats) | ||||||||
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | No overall control | |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | No overall control | |
District result maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
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2019 results map
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2023 results map
By-election results
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By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[8] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
- ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
- ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
- ^ 17 Independents, 9 Community Alliance
- ^
“Torridge District Elections”. Torridge District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ “Local elections”. BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ The Cornwall and Devon (Areas) Order 1977
- ^ The District of Torridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ “Complete round-up of results from Thursday’s local council elections”. The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
- ^ “Election results round-up – Local elections”. The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
- ^ “Composition calculator”. Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ “Local Authority Byelection Results”. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
