Torridge District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Torridge District Council as of the last election in 2011. Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green party in green.

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]

Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Independent	1999 - 2007
No overall control	2007 - present

Council elections

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.^[3]

• Torridge District Council election, 1973
• Torridge District Council election, 1976
• Torridge District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[4][5]
• Torridge District Council election, 1983
• Torridge District Council election, 1987

Year	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Green party	Labour	Community Alliance	UK Independence Party	Notes
1991[6]	5	22	4	1	4	0	0
1995[7]	2	15	13	1	5	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
1999[9]	1	20	12	1	2	0	0
2003[10]	1	17	7	1	0	9	1	New ward boundaries[11]
2007[12]	13	13	8	2	0	0	0
2011[2]	18	10	6	1	1	0	0
2015 [13]	19	6	1	2	1	0	7

District result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[14] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Westward Ho! by-election	24 August 2000		Independent		Independent
Holsworthy by-election	20 September 2001		Independent		Independent
Bideford South by-election	4 December 2003		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
Westward Ho! by-election	4 November 2004		Independent		Independent
Tamarside by-election	14 July 2005		Independent		Independent
Northam by-election	23 November 2006		Independent		Conservative
Hartland and Bradworthy by-election	12 March 2009		Independent		Liberal Democrat
Holsworthy by-election	13 August 2009		Liberal Democrat		Independent
Shebbear and Langtree by-election	15 August 2013		Conservative		Conservative
Torrington by-election	5 September 2013		Liberal Democrat		Green
Bideford East by-election	20 March 2014		Independent		Independent
Kenwith by-election	10 July 2014		Independent		Conservative

References

1. "Torridge District Elections". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
3. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
4. The Cornwall and Devon (Areas) Order 1977
5. The District of Torridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
6. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
7. "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
9. "How the nations voted - Election". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
10. "Community party in nine-seat haul". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 3 May 2003.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Torridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
12. "Torridge". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
13. "Torridge District Elections 2015". Torridge District Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
14. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 June 2014.

External links

• Torridge District Council