Previous election results - Democracy in Devon

In 2025, the Liberal Democrats became the largest party on the Council with 27 seats, but slightly short of the 31 required for a majority.

Between 2009 and 2025, the Conservatives were in control of Devon County Council, having taken over from the Liberal Democrats for the first time since 1989. The Liberal Democrat administration had led the County Council for the previous four years.

Prior to that, from 2001 until 2005, no party achieved a majority and the Council agreed a power sharing arrangement with the first ever all-party administration in the County Council’s 120-year history.

Past results are given here as background information, although boundary changes and an increase in the overall number of seats from 54 to 62 in 2005 and also from 62 down to 60 in 2017 prevent like-for-like comparisons.

Party	1993	1997	2001	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	2025
Conservative	10	13	22	23	41	38	41	39	7
Independent	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2
Labour	6	4	5	4	4	7	7	7	0
Liberal Democrat	33	31	21	33	14	7	7	9	27
Liberal	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green	0	0		0	1	1	1	2	6
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reform UK									18
Total	54	54	54	62	62	62	60	60	60

View the 2025 County Council Election results.

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