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Devon County Council elections 2025 – Lib Dems win the most seats but no party has overall control


No single party or political grouping has overall control of Devon County Council following the results of the Local Elections on Thursday May 1.

Sixty seats in 58 council divisions were up for election in Devon – two divisions, Exmouth and Broadclyst, have two elected councillors each.

The Liberal Democratic Party (Lib Dems) won the majority of seats, 27, but they did not reach the 31 threshold (more than 50 per cent) required to give the party overall control of the council.

Reform UK won 18 seats.

The Conservative Party, which previously had overall control, ended election day with seven councillors.

The Green Party won six seats with two going to independent candidates.

The Labour Party won no seats.

Each grouping will now hold talks in order to agree a coalition.

You can find more details of the results on our Democracy webpage.

The full results are:

Alphington & CowickNeil StevensReform UK
Ashburton & BuckfastleighStuart RogersConservative
AxminsterPaul HaywardIndependent
Barnstaple NorthSyed JusefLiberal Democrats
Barnstaple SouthCaroline LeaverLiberal Democrats
Bickleigh & WemburyTony CarsonConservative
Bideford EastMark Barry  Reform UK
Bideford West & HartlandRobin JulianReform UK
Bovey RuralSally MorganLiberal Democrats
Braunton RuralGraham BellLiberal Democrats
BroadclystHenry GentGreen Party
BroadclystNat Vanstone  Reform UK
Chudleigh & Teign ValleyRichard KeelingLiberal Democrats
Chulmleigh & LandkeyEd Tyldesley  Liberal Democrats
Combe Martin RuralAndrea DavisConservative
CreditonJim Cairney  Liberal Democrats
Creedy, Taw & Mid ExeSteve KeableLiberal Democrats
Cullompton & BradninchJames BuczkowskiLiberal Democrats
Dartmouth & MarldonSimon RakeLiberal Democrats
DawlishRosie DawsonLiberal Democrats
Duryard & PennsylvaniaMichael MitchellLiberal Democrats
Exminster & HaldonAlan ConnettLiberal Democrats
ExmouthHelen BrownReform UK
ExmouthJeffrey Trail BEMConservative
Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton CoastalNick HookwayLiberal Democrats
Exwick & St ThomasTony StevensReform UK
Feniton & HonitonRichard JefferiesLiberal Democrats
Fremington RuralFrank BiedermanLiberal Democrat
Hatherleigh & ChagfordSue DaviesReform UK
Heavitree & Whipton BartonJack EadeGreen Party  
Holsworthy RuralLynne RowsellReform UK
IlfracombeSara WilsonGreen Party
Ipplepen & The KerswellsHeather HornerReform UK
IvybridgeVictor AbbottLiberal Democrats
KingsbridgeJulian BrazilLiberal Democrats
Kingsteignton & Teign EstuaryTony DempsterReform UK
Newton Abbot NorthJacqueline FryReform UK
Newton Abbot SouthMick Cockerham  Reform UK  
NorthamDermot McGeoughConservative
Okehampton RuralJames GraingerReform UK
Otter ValleyJessica BaileyIndependent
Pinhoe & MincinglakeEdward HillReform UK
SalcombeLouise WainwrightLiberal Democrats
Seaton & ColytonPaul ArnottLiberal Democrats
SidmouthDenise BickleyLiberal Democrats
South Brent & YealmptonDaniel ThomasLiberal Democrats
South MoltonRichard Hopley  Reform UK
St David’s & Haven BanksAndy KetchinGreen Party
St Sidwells & St JamesThomas RichardsonGreen Party
TavistockDebo SellisConservative
TeignmouthDavid CoxLiberal Democrats
Tiverton EastNeale RaleighReform UK
Tiverton WestSteve LodgeLiberal Democrats
Torrington RuralCheryl Cottle-HunkinLiberal Democrats
Totnes & DartingtonJacqi HodgsonGreen Party
Wearside & TopshamAndrew LeadbetterConservative
Whimple & BlackdownCathy ConnorLiberal Democrats
Willand & UffculmeSimon ClistLiberal Democrats
Wonford & St LoyesAngela NashReform UK
Yelverton RuralMichael Fife CookReform UK