Exeter Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South West · 39 seats in 13 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour run Exeter Council as a minority administration. The council has 39 councillors in 13 wards. Seats by party: Labour 18, Green 10, Lib Dem 5, Reform 3, Other 2, Conservative 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with four unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Minority)

39 seats - 20 for a majority

Reform 3Labour 18Conservative 1Lib Dem 5Green 10Other 2

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (14 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Green30.9%6

Labour22.7%4

Reform22.6%2

Lib Dem12.2%2

Conservative11.4%0

Other0.3%0

2026 election results for Exeter, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

13 of 39 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Labour 18

2 short of the 20 needed for a majority

Closest result

St Loyes

Lib Dem won by 5 votes over Reform, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Mincinglake and Whipton

Reform gain from Labour, 1 May 2025 (2 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

45%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourLib DemGreen

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 13 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Alphington Yvonne Atkinson, Lucy Findlay, Rob Harding	7 May 2026 Labour 31.7% lead 3.9 pts
Duryard & St James Tammy Palmer, Michael Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 40.3% lead 9.5 pts
Exwick Philip Bialyk, Paul Knott, Susannah Patrick	7 May 2026 Labour 34.6% lead 4.1 pts
Heavitree Lucy Haigh, Stella Smith, Helen Terry	7 May 2026 Green 50.8% lead 32.1 pts
Mincinglake & Whipton Tony Payne, Liz Pole, Ruth Williams	7 May 2026 Reform 34.1% lead 5.0 pts
Newtown & St Leonard's Andy Ketchin, Bernadette Chelvanayagam, Lynn Wetenhall	7 May 2026 Green 47.3% lead 19.6 pts
Pennsylvania Gill Baker, Zoë Hughes, Martyn Snow	7 May 2026 Green 38.6% lead 20.3 pts
Pinhoe Duncan Wood, Mollie Miller-Boam, Jakir Hussain	7 May 2026 Labour 33.8% lead 5.6 pts
Priory Jane Begley, Tony Wardle, Nick Williams	7 May 2026 Reform 28.9% lead 0.4 pts
St David's Diana Moore, James Banyard, Brian Rappert	7 May 2026 Green 57.1% lead 41.4 pts
St Loyes Alison Sheridan, Anne Jobson, Paul Richards	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 25.6% lead 0.1 pts
St Thomas Adrian Fullam, Jack Reed, Deborah Darling	7 May 2026 Green 37.0% lead 13.3 pts
Topsham Gemma Rolstone, Matthew Williams, James Cookson	7 May 2026 Labour 30.1% lead 5.9 pts

Alphington

Lucy Findlay LabourRob Harding LabourYvonne Atkinson Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour31.7%

Reform27.8%

Green20.2%

Conservative14.3%

Lib Dem6.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lucy Jane Findlay Elected	Labour	976	31.7%
Jayden Simon Palmer	Reform	856	27.8%
Greg Wotton	Green	624	20.2%
Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe	Conservative	442	14.3%
JJ Pickin	Lib Dem	185	6.0%

Duryard & St James

Kevin Mitchell Lib DemMichael Mitchell Lib DemTammy Palmer Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem40.3%

Green30.8%

Reform13.4%

Labour10.7%

Conservative4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kevin Mitchell Elected	Lib Dem	983	40.3%
Mithat Ishakoglu	Green	751	30.8%
David John Hodge	Reform	327	13.4%
Jonathan Michael Hawke	Labour	261	10.7%
Sebastian Stanwell-Wise	Conservative	117	4.8%

Exwick

Paul Knott LabourPhilip Bialyk LabourSusannah Patrick Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour34.6%

Reform30.5%

Green23.3%

Conservative6.7%

Lib Dem4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Graeme Knott Elected	Labour	1,054	34.6%
Lee Matthew Gillett	Reform	931	30.5%
Kalkidan Legesse	Green	709	23.3%
David Luscombe	Conservative	205	6.7%
Jamie Liam Horner	Lib Dem	149	4.9%

Heavitree

Helen Terry GreenLucy Haigh IndependentStella Smith Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Green50.8%

Reform18.7%

Labour14.1%

Conservative7.3%

Lib Dem6.5%

Independent2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stella Smith Elected	Green	1,889
Helen Terry Elected	Green	1,868
Tina Rose Beer	Reform	697
Lisa Jane Norris	Reform	657
Rachel Helen Sutton	Labour	523
Dave Mutton	Labour	499
Katherine Helen Judy New	Conservative	273
Philip John Brock	Lib Dem	243
Nigel David Williams	Lib Dem	201
Colin John Trudgeon	Conservative	173
Jordan Newbery	Independent	94

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mincinglake & Whipton

Liz Pole LabourRuth Williams LabourTony Payne Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform34.1%

Green29.1%

Labour23.6%

Conservative6.8%

Lib Dem6.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anthony John Payne Elected	Reform	952	34.1%
Martin Ayres	Green	812	29.1%
Steve Casemore	Labour	658	23.6%
David John Thompson	Conservative	190	6.8%
Michael Geoffrey Payne	Lib Dem	178	6.4%

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Reform34.8%

Labour27.8%

Independent11.4%

Green11.1%

Conservative8.3%

Lib Dem6.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anthony John Payne Elected	Reform	789	34.8%
Paula Joan Black	Labour	630	27.8%
Angela Martin	Independent	259	11.4%
Martin Ayres	Green	251	11.1%
Ian Anthony Baldwin	Conservative	189	8.3%
Paul Stephen Richards	Lib Dem	147	6.5%

Newtown & St Leonard's

Andy Ketchin GreenBernadette Chelvanayagam GreenLynn Wetenhall Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Green47.3%

Labour27.7%

Reform12.9%

Conservative7.3%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bernadette Chelvanayagam Elected	Green	1,430	47.3%
Matthew James Vizard	Labour	839	27.7%
Jo Westlake	Reform	389	12.9%
Ruth Smith	Conservative	220	7.3%
Jonny Pye	Lib Dem	146	4.8%

Pennsylvania

Gill Baker GreenMartyn Snow LabourZoë Hughes Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Green38.6%

Lib Dem18.3%

Reform17.0%

Labour17.0%

Conservative8.8%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition0.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gill Baker Elected	Green	1,325	38.6%
Will Aczel	Lib Dem	628	18.3%
Michael Stephen Battershill	Reform	585	17.0%
Paula Joan Black	Labour	584	17.0%
Rob Hannaford	Conservative	303	8.8%
Myles Jefferson Hatcher	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	10	0.3%

Pinhoe

Duncan Wood LabourJakir Hussain LabourMollie Miller-Boam Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour33.8%

Reform28.2%

Conservative15.7%

Green15.1%

Lib Dem7.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Duncan Wood Elected	Labour	1,160	33.8%
Ashton Michael Messer	Reform	966	28.2%
Ian Anthony Baldwin	Conservative	538	15.7%
Mark Allen	Green	518	15.1%
Christine Anne Campion	Lib Dem	245	7.1%

Priory

Jane Begley LabourNick Williams ReformTony Wardle Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform28.9%

Labour28.5%

Green23.0%

Conservative12.7%

Lib Dem6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nicholas Williams Elected	Reform	827	28.9%
Marina Yvette Asvachin	Labour	815	28.5%
Jack David Vickers	Green	660	23.0%
Rob Newby	Conservative	363	12.7%
Philip Alexander Thomas	Lib Dem	199	6.9%

St David's

Brian Rappert GreenDiana Moore GreenJames Banyard Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Green57.1%

Labour15.7%

Reform15.7%

Conservative5.9%

Lib Dem5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Brian Rappert Elected	Green	1,618	57.1%
Rose Alexandra Lelliott	Labour	446	15.7%
Susan Clow	Reform	444	15.7%
Yasmine Al-Saket	Conservative	168	5.9%
Charles Anthony Curnock	Lib Dem	159	5.6%

St Loyes

Alison Sheridan ReformAnne Jobson ConservativePaul Richards Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem25.6%

Reform25.5%

Conservative25.3%

Green12.9%

Labour10.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Stephen Richards Elected	Lib Dem	817	25.6%
Chris Owen	Reform	812	25.5%
Joan Marilyn Collacott	Conservative	808	25.3%
Chloe Whipple	Green	410	12.9%
Laila Jhaveri	Labour	342	10.7%

St Thomas

Adrian Fullam Lib DemDeborah Darling LabourJack Reed Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Green37.0%

Lib Dem23.7%

Reform19.5%

Labour15.6%

Conservative4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jack Reed Elected	Green	1,354	37.0%
Vanessa Newcombe	Lib Dem	865	23.7%
Robert-James Stuart Cockburn	Reform	711	19.5%
Laura Charis Adelaide Wright	Labour	571	15.6%
Caroline Elizabeth Stone	Conservative	154	4.2%

Topsham

Gemma Rolstone LabourJames Cookson LabourMatthew Williams Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour30.1%

Conservative24.2%

Reform21.8%

Green17.7%

Lib Dem6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Elie Cookson Elected	Labour	1,189	30.1%
Cynthia Thompson	Conservative	956	24.2%
Sue Davies	Reform	860	21.8%
Ann Barbara Keen	Green	699	17.7%
Tim Gainsford	Lib Dem	247	6.3%

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Labour28.4%

Conservative27.5%

Reform23.1%

Lib Dem10.6%

Green10.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Elie Cookson Elected	Labour	933	28.4%
Keith Andrew Sparkes	Conservative	905	27.5%
Edward Hill	Reform	760	23.1%
Philip Alexander Thomas	Lib Dem	349	10.6%
Greg Wotton	Green	339	10.3%

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

13 of 39 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Labour 7 Green 3 Lib Dem 2 Reform 1

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Alphington	Yvonne Atkinson Labour
Duryard & St James	Michael Mitchell Lib Dem
Exwick	Susannah Patrick Labour
Heavitree	Helen Terry Green
Mincinglake & Whipton	Ruth Williams Labour
Newtown & St Leonard's	Andy Ketchin Green
Pennsylvania	Martyn Snow Labour
Pinhoe	Mollie Miller-Boam Labour
Priory	Jane Begley Labour
St David's	Diana Moore Green
St Loyes	Alison Sheridan Reform
St Thomas	Adrian Fullam Lib Dem
Topsham	Matthew Williams Labour

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
1 May 2025	Mincinglake and Whipton	Reform gain from Labour	34.8%
1 May 2025	Topsham	Labour hold	28.4%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Exeter	81%	Labour	Labour 37%
Exmouth and Exeter East	19%	Conservative	Conservative 25%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Exeter

130,714 residents in 52,569 households

Voted Leave in 2016

45% 7 below GB

Degree or higher

35% 1 above GB

No qualifications

14% 4 below GB

Own their home

57% 4 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

17% same as GB

Rent privately

25% 5 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

41% 10 above GB

Aged 65 and over

19% 3 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.