West Devon Borough Council elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 31 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Okehampton By-Election 24 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Milton Ford By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	248	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal Democrat	226	47.7	+47.7
Majority		22	4.6
Turnout		474	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Buckland Monachorum By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,075	51.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat	1,006	48.3	+25.2
Majority		69	3.4
Turnout		2,081
	Conservative hold	Swing

Lydford By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	228	56.3	+11.6
	Conservative	177	43.7	-11.6
Majority		51	12.6
Turnout		405	36.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing

Chagford By-Election 14 September 2006^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	310	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Wells	224	41.9
Majority			86	16.2
Turnout			534	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Tavistock North By-Election 7 February 2008^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Bridgewater	812	59.3	+33.7
	Conservative	David Whitcomb	425	31.0	+4.2
	Green	Vanni Cook	133	9.7	-5.0
Majority			387	28.3
Turnout			1,370	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tavistock South By-Election 10 December 2009^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kirstie Clish-Green	523	45.8	+33.5
	Conservative	Susan Bailey	450	39.4	+13.6
	Independent	Brian Trew	170	14.9	-47.1
Majority			73	6.4
Turnout			1,143	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		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