# 2019 West Devon Borough Council election

The 2019 West Devon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of West Devon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

## Result
### Election result

2019 West Devon Borough Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 51.6 | 37.9 | 9,340 | –6.7 |
| Independent | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35.5 | 30.7 | 7,566 | –0.9 |
| Green | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 2,912 | –1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 1,691 | +4.8 |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 10.5 | 2,587 | +4.5 |
| UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.2 | 530 | +0.2 |

## Results by Ward
### Bere Ferrers

Bere Ferrers :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Robin Musgrave* | 491 | 41.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Edward Crozier | 473 | 39.6 |
| | Labour | Katherine Rose Medhurst | 320 | 26.8 |
| | UKIP | David Pengelly | 291 | 24.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Richard Reed | 258 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | David John Whitworth | 149 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,206 | 40.61 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Robin Musgrave was the winning Independent candidate in 2015.

### Bridestowe

Bridestowe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Caroline Mott* | 600 | 62.8 |
| | Conservative | Terence John Southcott | 538 | 56.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Gail Bones | 301 | 31.5 |
| | Labour | Malcolm David John Light | 194 | 20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 990 | 39.60 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Buckland Monachorum

Buckland Monachorum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Richard Frank Cheadle* | 789 | 59.4 |
| | Green | Lucy Jane Wood | 587 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | Philip Richard Sanders* | 457 | 34.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Anne Reid | 229 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Anthony Parker Marchese | 151 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,344 | 45.51 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Burrator

Burrator :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Bolton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Diana Elizabeth Moyse* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chagford

Chagford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicola Mary Heyworth | 299 | 51.5 | +19.0 |
| | Green | David John Osbiston | 282 | 48.5 | +26.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 593 | 50.43 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Dartmoor

Dartmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mark Christian Renders | 484 | 79.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Earp | 128 | 20.9 | −40.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 615 | 44.09 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Drewsteignton

Drewsteignton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul James Ridgers* | 315 | 51.4 | −14.2 |
| | Green | Lisa Anne Rowe | 236 | 38.5 | +4.1 |
| | Labour | Paula Louise Frisby | 62 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 620 | 44.99 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Exbourne

Exbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lois Esther Samuel* | 579 | 54.2 |
| | Conservative | Barry Ian Ratcliffe | 537 | 50.2 |
| | Green | Hugh Jonathan Norman | 433 | 40.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Frank Brickley | 280 | 26.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,102 | 35.00 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hatherleigh

Hatherleigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clare Mary Gerardine Kemp | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Patrick John Derek Kimber* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mary Tavy

Mary Tavy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Terence George Pearce* | 399 | 57.0 | −12.5 |
| | Conservative | Annabel Roberts | 249 | 35.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Michael Arthur Fife Cook | 52 | 7.4 | −23.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 703 | 54.29 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Milton Ford

Milton Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Jory* | 339 | 66.9 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | David Munnelly | 168 | 33.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 535 | 37.05 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Neil Jory was an incumbent councillor for Tavistock North ward.

### Okehampton North

Okehampton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Antony Frank Leech* | 902 | 62.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Bryn Davies* | 615 | 42.8 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Ball* | 593 | 41.2 |
| | Independent | Michael John Ireland | 582 | 40.5 |
| | Labour | Elaine Marie Whitefoot | 463 | 32.2 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Dawn Edwards | 430 | 29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | 35.68 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Okehampton South

Okehampton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Paul Richard Vachon | 424 | 47.9 |
| | Conservative | Julie Veronica Yelland* | 335 | 37.8 |
| | Green | Malcolm William Calder | 320 | 36.1 |
| | UKIP | Robert Michael Rush | 239 | 27.0 |
| | Conservative | Simon Christopher Thomas | 232 | 26.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 893 | 31.14 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Tawton

South Tawton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Lynn Christine Daniel | 434 | 61.2 | +40.6 |
| | Conservative | Louise Sacha Watts* | 275 | 38.8 | +12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 720 | 46.07 | |
| | Green gain from Independent | Green gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Louise Watts was an incumbent councillor for the Exbourne ward.

### Tamarside

Tamarside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Neville Edmonds* | 403 | 73.4 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Bones | 74 | 13.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Zoe Lorraine Waite | 72 | 13.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 559 | 39.84 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Chris Edmonds was the winning Independent candidate in 2015. The change in his share of the vote is shown from his result in 2015, rather than the Conservative candidate's.

### Tavistock North

Tavistock North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jeffrey Boyd-Moody* | 870 | 60.8 |
| | Independent | Andrew John Coulson | 717 | 50.1 |
| | Independent | Stephen Jon Hipsey | 695 | 48.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Cyril Squire | 338 | 23.6 |
| | Labour | Lesley Ann Crawford | 326 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | John Sheldon* | 269 | 18.8 |
| | Conservative | Jack Daniel Kevin Morewood | 263 | 18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | 38.86 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Tavistock South East

Tavistock South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | James Spettigue | 665 | 50.0 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Katherine Anne Sellis* | 663 | 49.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert John Oxborough* | 415 | 31.2 |
| | Green | Sara Alison Palmer | 386 | 29.0 |
| | Labour | Stephen James Cox | 223 | 16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,339 | 45.76 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Tavistock South West

Tavistock South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mandy Victoria Louise Ewings | 504 | 52.1 |
| | Independent | Adam Duncan Bridgewater | 483 | 49.9 |
| | Green | Wendy Margaret Miller | 234 | 24.2 |
| | Labour | Helen Louise Stone | 179 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Gilpin | 170 | 17.6 |
| | Conservative | Christian Jenkins | 163 | 16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 982 | 34.06 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

## Changes 2019–2023

In 2020, Cllr Mike Davies left the Conservatives to sit as an independent over the Conservative Government's handling of the Dominic Cummings breaking of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then a separate independent, Cllr Robin Musgrave has joined the Liberal Democrats. The net result was to leave the number of independents unchanged, the number of Conservatives down one and Liberal Democrats up one, thus denying the Conservatives an overall majority. The Conservatives regained a majority on the council in November 2021 following a by-election in the Bere Ferrers ward.

### Bere Ferrers

Bere Ferrers: 18 November 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angela Blackman | 362 | 32.5 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Isabel Saxby | 361 | 32.4 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 216 | 19.4 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Judy Maciejowska | 176 | 15.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,119 | 37.5 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Tavistock North

Tavistock North: 17 February 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Turnbull | 379 | 39.3 | +20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Squire | 337 | 35.0 | +11.4 |
| | Green | Susan Bamford | 163 | 16.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Doug Smith | 85 | 8.8 | −14.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 970 | 24.56 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |