North Devon District Council elections

North Devon District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Ilfracombe Central By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	280	32.2	-6.6
	Independent	220	25.3	+2.2
	Labour	189	21.7	+21.7
	Conservative	180	20.7	+20.7
Majority		60	6.9
Turnout		869	32.0
	Independent hold	Swing

Yeo By-Election 13 September 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Haywood	255	57.3	+1.7
	Independent	Alfred Dibble	123	27.6	-3.4
	Conservative	John Knill	67	15.1	+1.7
Majority			132	29.7
Turnout			445	18.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Georgeham & Mortehoe By-Election 14 July 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derrick Spear	384	43.5	-7.1
	Conservative	Douglas Green	378	42.8	-6.6
	Green	Michael Harrison	121	13.7	+13.7
Majority			6	0.7
Turnout			883	28.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Forches & Whiddon Valley By-Election 15 September 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Carter	307	62.5	+27.0
	Conservative	Simon Harvey	120	24.4	+4.5
	Green	Earl Bramley-Howard	35	7.1	+7.1
	Independent	Charles Piper	29	5.9	-38.7
Majority			187	38.1
Turnout			491	15.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Witheridge By-Election 25 October 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Yabsley	448	58.5	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Palmer	318	41.5	+0.2
Majority			130	17.0
Turnout			766	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fremington By-Election 11 August 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Turner	501	46.9
	Conservative	John Gill	308	28.8	+16.2
	Independent	Anthony Wood	196	18.3
	Green	Neil Basil	64	6.0	+6.0
Majority			193	18.1
Turnout			1,069	30.0	-24.0
	Independent hold		Swing

v t e Council elections in Devon
Devon County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Exeter City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes