Exeter City Council election, 2016

5 May 2016

All 39 seats to Exeter City Council 20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	30	8	1
Seat change	4	4

Map showing the results the 2016 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats. Striped wards indicate seats shared between parties.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2016 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2016, to elect members of Exeter City Council in England.^[1] Following boundary changes, the entire council was up for election, and all 13 wards were contested, each electing three councillors. The election was held concurrently with other local elections held in England on the 5 May.

The council had been controlled by the Labour Party since 1990, which had held an outright majority since 2012. Labour won the Exeter election, extending their control to 30 seats, their highest ever share of the vote. The Conservatives came in second place with eight seats, losing four to Labour, while the Liberal Democrats won a single seat.

The election for the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner was also scheduled for the 5 May. Voters in Exeter would cast a separate ballot for the office, in conjunction with the residents of the rest of the Devon and Cornwall police area.

Background

The elections to Exeter City Council were the first to be held since the Local Government Boundary Commission for England conducted a review into the electoral arrangements in Exeter. The review was prompted by the previous council that had a high level of electoral inequality, with some councillors representing many more voters than others.^[2] The old council consisted of 40 councillors from 18 wards, each of two or three councillors, which were elected by thirds over a four-year cycle, with elections to Devon County Council on the fourth year. This resulted in some wards having elections every year, while others would have one year in the cycle with no elections. The review resulted in the number of councillors being reduced to 39 and the number of wards reduced to 13, with each ward returning three councillors.^[3] The ward changes equalised the ratio of voters to councillors, and provided for the entire city being able to vote in local elections every year.^[2]

As a result of the review, for 2016 all seats on the council were up for election. The election used the plurality-at-large voting system; each voter was able to cast up to three votes, with the three candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.^[4] As the council will revert to electing by thirds in 2018, a number of councillors will serve partial terms in the interim. In each ward, the councillor who received the highest number of votes will serve a four-year term, the councillor with the second highest number a three-year term, and the councillor with the third-highest votes will have a two-year term.^[4] In future elections, each councillor will serve a full four-year term.

Before 5 May 2016 the council was controlled by the Labour Party which had held a majority on the council since the 2012 election, and had traditionally been the largest party in the city.^[5] After the previous election, which was held in 2015 for a third of the councillors, the council consisted of 28 Labour members, 11 Conservatives, and one Liberal Democrat.^[6]

Campaign

A total of 138 candidates stood for election across the city. Four parties stood in every ward in the city, with both the Labour and Conservative parties putting up candidates for all 39 seats. The Green Party had the next highest number of candidates with 27, and the Liberal Democrats stood 20 candidates across the city. The UK Independence Party had 12 candidates standing in nine wards, and one person represented the Independence from Europe party.^[7]

The Labour Party were standing on their record in office and their key redevelopment plans for the former bus station, which would include the St Sidwell's Point leisure complex in the centre of the city.^[8] Labour also aimed to reduce traffic congestion, add a food waste collection, and reduce homelessness and the lack of affordable housing. The Conservatives campaigned against the St Sidwell's Point project on cost grounds, instead promising to invest in affordable housing, cultural venues, and producing a new transport plan for Exeter.^[8] The party aimed to improve on its low number of seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats planned to rebuild their former presence in Exeter, focusing on improving the quality of public services. The Green Party proposed a more environmentally sound city, focusing on improving the quality of life for residents, a sustainable development plan, and reducing waste from the city. They also planned to make the council more democratic and accountable to the people of Exeter.^[8] UKIP had a national plan for local councils, which included devolution of power to local authorities, attempting to end funding and projects from the European Union and prioritising locals in service provision.^[8]

Results

The election was won by the Labour Party, who won 30 of the 39 seats on the council. The Conservative Party came second, winning eight seats, and the Liberal Democrats had one councillor elected.^[9] The overall turnout was 39.14%. Labour extended its majority to 10 councillors – the party's largest ever majority on the council – by gaining three seats from the Conservatives.^[10] Labour won all three seats in eight wards, and won at least one seat in every ward except the suburban Topsham, won by the Conservatives. The Conservatives also won five other seats across the city. One ward, Duryard & St James, was split three ways between the parties.^[10]

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Warwick	1,096
	Labour	Chris Musgrave	1,063
	Labour	Bob Foale	1,044
	Conservative	John Harvey	982
	Conservative	Emily Croft	807
	Conservative	Aric Gilinsky	669
	UKIP	Robert Ball	349
	UKIP	Dutch Dudgeon	331
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Ruffle	312
	Green	Andrew Wallace Bell	259
	Green	Audaye Khalid Elesedy	157
	Green	Isabel Castle	154
Registered electors			6,375
Turnout			2,672	41.91%

Duryard & St James

Duryard & St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Owen	851
	Conservative	Percy Prowse	773
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin John Mitchell	770
	Labour	Tristan Charles Leonard Harris	720
	Labour	Robin Edward William Hughes-Chamberlain	674
	Conservative	Richard William Elliott	601
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Norman Mitchell	583
	Conservative	Lee William Mottram	561
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas George Sutton	458
	Green	Bethany Payne	303
	Green	Rouben Scott Freeman	253
	Green	Jenny Steer	245
	UKIP	Sallie Cherie Waters	141
Registered electors			6,848
Turnout			2,441	35.65%

Exwick

Exwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Michael Bialyk	1,362
	Labour	Ollie Pearson	1,277
	Labour	Rachel Helen Sutton	1,245
	UKIP	Lawrence Simon Harper	473
	Conservative	Steve Hawkins	462
	Conservative	Benjamin Tomos Lewis	394
	Conservative	Patricia White	362
	Green	Stephen Leslie Porter	309
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Emily Gwyneth Nottle	268
Registered electors			7,197
Turnout			2,363	32.83%

Heavitree

Heavitree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Olwen Margaret Foggin	1,677
	Labour	Rosie Clare Denham	1,653
	Labour	Greg Sheldon	1,394
	Conservative	Guy Steven Frank Richards	620
	Green	Gill Baker	607
	Conservative	Azhar-Jamal Chaudhry	560
	Conservative	Sam Morfey	558
	UKIP	Diana Beasley	336
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Muriel Hobden	305
	Green	Steve Jones	297
	Green	Rob Davies	262
Registered electors			6,783
Turnout			3,030	44.67%

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emma Anita Morse	1,337
	Labour	Peter William Edwards	1,209
	Labour	Stephen Alexander Brimble	1,183
	UKIP	Alison Jane Sheridan	472
	UKIP	Anne Patricia Back	418
	Conservative	David Thompson	397
	Conservative	George Thomas Livesey	372
	UKIP	Eddie Higgins	367
	Conservative	Paul Robert Geoffrey Rota	339
	Green	Bridget Catherine Oliver	218
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Matthew Soper	167
Registered electors			6,688
Turnout			2,394	35.80%

Newtown & St Leonards

Newtown & St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Arthur Branston	1,725
	Labour	Natalie Jane Vizard	1,562
	Labour	Roger David Spackman	1,448
	Conservative	Norman Shiel	816
	Conservative	John Murphy	755
	Conservative	Stephanie Warner	676
	Green	Tom Milburn	416
	Green	Andrew Cheesewright	371
	Green	Joe Powell	276
	Liberal Democrat	James Landymore	244
	UKIP	Jacqueline Barbara Holdstock	172
	Independence from Europe	Dave Smith	104
Registered electors			6,893
Turnout			3,028	43.93%

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Clare Lyons	1,307
	Labour	Daniel Ryan Gottschalk	1,254
	Conservative	Peter Holland	1,196
	Labour	Christine Elizabeth Raybould-Gooding	1,146
	Conservative	Alan Jones	1,094
	Conservative	Anne Jobson	1,092
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	538
	Green	David Barker-Hahlo	450
	Green	Alysa Freeman	409
	Liberal Democrat	Kimberley Lauren Stansfield	309
Registered electors			7,514
Turnout			3,166	42.13%

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David James Harvey	1,046
	Conservative	Cynthia Thompson	981
	Labour	Duncan Wood	953
	Conservative	Ruth Smith	926
	Conservative	John Rogers	894
	Labour	Laura Charis Adelaide Wright	869
	Green	Diana Patricia Jones	224
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Payne	163
Registered electors			5,052
Turnout			2,300	45.53%

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kate Hannan	1,372
	Labour	Lesley Sara Robson	1,207
	Labour	Tony Wardle	1,141
	Conservative	Lucille Baker	601
	Conservative	Nicola Guagliardo	537
	Conservative	Mario Trabucco	517
	UKIP	Robert James Sheridan	337
	Green	Lynn Susan Wetenhall	301
	Liberal Democrat	Ellen McDonnell	215
Registered electors			6,256
Turnout			2,428	38.81%

St Davids

St Davids
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Lamb	1,063
	Labour	Lewis Peter Griffiths Keen	1,002
	Labour	Luke Sean Sills	875
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Rose Brock	768
	Green	Diana Frances Moore	655
	Liberal Democrat	Philip John Brock	612
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Martin Chun	526
	Conservative	Catherine Pierce	473
	Conservative	Louis Ten-Holter	453
	Conservative	Jeremy White	438
	Green	Kay Powell	413
	Green	Mark Shorto	321
Registered electors			6,981
Turnout			2,637	37.77%

St Loyes

St Loyes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David John Henson	923
	Conservative	Yolonda Anne Cullis Henson	901
	Labour	Rose Leinwen Ashford	692
	Conservative	James Ali Taghdissian	616
	Labour	Calum Gabriel John Craig	581
	Labour	David Charles Coughlin	549
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Martin Chun	526
	UKIP	Valerie Angus	333
	Green	Ben Head	306
	Liberal Democrat	David William Roberts	304
Registered electors			6,597
Turnout			2,066	31.32%

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rob Hannaford	1,502
	Labour	Hannah Louise Packham	1,314
	Labour	Paul David Bull	1,219
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Alan Fullam	978
	Liberal Democrat	Vanessa Newcombe	730
	Liberal Democrat	Sandy Chenore	670
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Michael Beaty	383
	UKIP	Brian Jeffrey	307
	Green	Samuel Charles Bolitho	260
	Conservative	Elliott Latif Malik	258
	Green	Joe Levy	241
	Conservative	Nabila Roukhamieh-Mckinna	210
	Green	Cheryl Jacqueline Freeman	203
Registered electors			7,329
Turnout			3,017	41.17%

Topsham

Topsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Robert Leadbetter	1,277
	Conservative	Rob Newby	1,188
	Conservative	Margaret Anne Baldwin	1,135
	Labour	Eliot Paul Wright	882
	Labour	Elizabeth Oxburgh	736
	Labour	Tom Stephenson	635
	Green	John Moreman	420
	Liberal Democrat	William Vasey	247
Registered electors			6,334
Turnout			2,453	38.73%

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
1 2 "Final recommendation on the new electoral arrangements for Exeter City Council: Summary report" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑ "Where will you live? Map shows final recommendations for Exeter's boundary changes". Exeter Express and Echo. Local World. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
1 2 "2016 Local Elections". Exeter City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑ "Labour win control of Exeter and Plymouth councils". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "Exeter City Council election results". Exeter Express and Echo. Local World. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "Full list: Who is standing in the 2016 Exeter City Council elections?". Exeter Express and Echo. Local World. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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1 2 "Mapped: Exeter election results as Labour gain seats in the city". ITV Westcountry. ITV. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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