# 2019 South Hams District Council election

Elections to the South Hams District Council took place on 2 May 2019, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. All 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1, 2, or 3 councillors to be elected. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, but with its majority reduced to just 1 seat.

## Summary
### Election result

2019 South Hams District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 29 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 51.6 | 38.1 | 17,546 | –15.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 32.3 | 30.6 | 14,085 | +20.6 |
| Green | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 9.7 | 12.3 | 5,646 | –7.0 |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 2,329 | +2.3 |
| Labour | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 6,387 | +1.5 |

## Ward elections
### Allington & Strete

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Allington & Strete Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard John Foss | 443 | 42.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurel Maria Jasmine Lawford | 395 | 38.2 |
| | Green | Suzanne Ellis | 155 | 15.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Ernest McIlven | 42 | 4.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,043 | 44.12% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Bickleigh & Cornwood

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barrie Michael Spencer | 515 | 76.1 |
| | Labour | Michael Arthur Vincent Cade | 162 | 23.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 710 | 31.67% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Emily May Reeve | 402 | 47.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon John Rake | 391 | 46.1 |
| | Labour | David John Matthews | 55 | 6.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 857 | 44.99% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Charterlands

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Charterlands Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bernard James Taylor | 537 | 52.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Henry William Rosevear | 332 | 32.4 |
| | Labour | David James Trigger | 157 | 15.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,047 | 44.92% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Dartington & Staverton

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Dartington & Staverton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Jacqueline Mary Hodgson | 853 | 81.5 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Louise McGeever | 193 | 18.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,056 | 48.2% |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Dartmouth & East Dart (3)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Dartmouth & East Dart Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Denis Hawkins | 1,383 | 50.9 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Douglas Bastone | 1,317 | 48.4 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Rowe | 965 | 35.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Mark Horsley Heseltine | 865 | 31.8 |
| | Labour | Nathan Luke Bodinnar | 779 | 28.7 |
| | Labour | Graham Reid Campbell | 614 | 22.6 |
| | Independent | John Edward Renwick Robinson | 475 | 17.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 58 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,777 | 44.9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Ermington & Ugborough

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ermington & Ugborough Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Richard Holway | 491 | 58.9 |
| | Labour | Louise Rea | 182 | 21.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony David Power | 161 | 19.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 862 | 38.95% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Ivybridge East (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor James Abbott | 574 | 45.3 |
| | Conservative | Karen Ann Pringle | 565 | 44.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Alistair Martyn Peachey | 483 | 38.2 |
| | Labour | Tessa Soma Lannin | 468 | 37.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,294 | 30.33% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Ivybridge West (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David William May* | 703 | 52.5 |
| | Conservative | Lance Peter Austen | 662 | 49.5 |
| | Labour | Anthony Thomas Rea | 520 | 38.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Allan Robinson | 424 | 31.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | 29.6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
* Cllr. David William May died in December 2020, a by-election will be held in May 2021.

### Kingsbridge

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Kingsbridge Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Maria O'Callaghan | 809 | 49.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Jackson | 737 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative | Keith Robert Henry Wingate | 560 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative | Samantha Dennis | 539 | 32.8 |
| | Labour | Gerrie Lee Messer | 327 | 19.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 46 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1648 | 36.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katharine Georgina Kemp | 362 | 47.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Bramble | 305 | 39.6 |
| | Labour | John Harvey | 104 | 13.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 795 | 36.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Marldon & Littlehempston

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Marldon & Littlehempston Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | James Trevor Pennington | 380 | 42.4 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Maurice Veasey | 205 | 22.9 |
| | Green | Margaret Gillian Coombs | 126 | 14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Anthony Smith | 126 | 14.0 |
| | Labour | Evelyn Ruth Burges | 60 | 6.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 903 | 38.67% |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |

### Newton & Yealmpton

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Newton & Yealmpton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith John Baldry | 1,236 | 62.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel James Thomas | 1,141 | 57.8 |
| | Conservative | Basil Fernley Cane | 614 | 31.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael David Blake | 509 | 25.8 |
| | Labour | Edward Denis Parsons | 155 | 7.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,007 | 41.41% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Salcombe and Thurlestone

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Salcombe and Thurlestone Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mark Leonard Christopher Long | 1,191 | 61.2 |
| | Conservative | Judith Anne Pearce | 739 | 38.0 |
| | Conservative | Simon Anthony Edward Wright | 706 | 36.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Christopher Kerr | 336 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Anne Beetham | 159 | 8.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,956 | 48.78% |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### South Brent (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: South Brent Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Courtenay Smerdon | 744 | 36.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Alexander Pannell | 729 | 35.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Cyril Steer | 715 | 34.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Victoria Power | 663 | 32.2 |
| | Green | Gavin Shaun Fennell | 417 | 20.2 |
| | Green | Colin Raymond Moore | 371 | 18.0 |
| | Labour | Lynn Alderson | 203 | 9.8 |
| | Labour | Paul David Bishop | 169 | 8.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | 49.96% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Stokenham

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Stokenham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 690 | 67.4 |
| | Conservative | Joshua John Alexander Gardiner | 298 | 29.1 |
| | Labour | Richard Michael Gaehl | 35 | 3.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,034 | 47.47% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Totnes (3)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Totnes Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Percy Birch | 1,424 | 44.9 |
| | Green | Joanna Marie Sweett | 1,350 | 42.5 |
| | Green | Joseph Deal Rose | 1,062 | 33.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emily Harriet Price | 924 | 29.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Malcolm Anderson | 899 | 28.3 |
| | Green | Christopher Maguire | 892 | 28.1 |
| | Labour | Laurel Ellis | 654 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Louise Michelle Webberley | 630 | 19.9 |
| | Labour | Colin Stuart Luker | 601 | 18.9 |
| | Conservative | Philip Charles Paine | 376 | 11.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,190 | 46.32% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Wembury and Brixton (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Wembury and Brixton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Daniel James Brown | 825 | 53.4 |
| | Conservative | Matthew John Chown | 753 | 48.7 |
| | Green | Katy Ward-Edwards | 420 | 27.2 |
| | Independent | Ian Stuart Martin | 283 | 18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Samuel Blake | 265 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Alastair William Henderson | 202 | 13.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | 22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,567 | 40.22% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### West Dart

2019 South Hams District Council elections: West Dart Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Peter McKay | 602 | 64.2 |
| | Conservative | Leigh Ann Munro | 336 | 35.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 952 | 46.2% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Woolwell

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Woolwell Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicola Ann Hopwood | 663 | 85.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Francis Furlong | 109 | 14.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 790 | 34.8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

## Changes 2019–2023

Jo Sweett, elected for the Greens in Totnes ward, left the party to sit as an independent councillor in February 2021.

### Ivybridge West

Ivybridge West by-election 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Louise Jones | 933 | 50.4 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Katie Reville | 768 | 41.5 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Tony Rea | 149 | 8.1 | −30.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 8.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,850 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 16.9 | |