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Dawlish South West

Teignbridge · polled Thursday 25 June
Liberal Democrats defending

The Liberal Democrats won both seats when the ward last voted, in May 2023, with 45 per cent of the vote. Earlier contests were led by the Liberal Democrats in 2019 and led by the Conservatives in 2015. 4 candidates are standing.

Result
Liberal Democrat hold
Party Share
Liberal Democrats45.3%
Reform UK29.5%
Green15.1%
Conservative10.1%

How this ward has voted
ResultConservativeLiberal DemocratsGreenIndependents and others
May 202315%45%-40%
May 201934%45%13%9%
May 201550%20%13%17%

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground. The independents-and-others share includes South Devon Alliance (8% in May 2023), UKIP (9% in May 2019) and UKIP (17% in May 2015).

On the ballot
The council

Teignbridge is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: Liberal Democrat.

Current composition of 47 seats
Conservative 9Liberal Democrats 25Reform UK 1Independents and others 12

Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by South Devon Alliance and independents at elections since 2022.

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Ward profile
Degree-educated31%
Owner-occupied63%
Social renting12%
Upper tier

Schools, social care and highways here are run by Devon County Council, which is not affected by this vote.

In Westminster

The ward is part of the Newton Abbot constituency. Liberal Democrat MP Martin Wrigley won it at the 2024 general election with 32 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.