Mid Devon Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South West · 42 seats in 22 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Mid Devon Council. The council has 42 councillors in 22 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 34, Green 3, Conservative 3, Other 2. 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

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

42 seats - 22 for a majority

Conservative 3Lib Dem 34Green 3Other 2

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Lib Dem +1 Other +1 Conservative −2

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (42 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem42.1%33

Conservative28.9%5

Other12.6%1

Labour8.5%0

Green7.9%3

Reform0.1%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 42 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Lib Dem 34

majority of 26; 22 needed

Closest result

Sandford & Creedy

Green won the last seat by 1 vote over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Bradninch

Lib Dem hold, 15 October 2026 (5 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

53%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib 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 22 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Bradninch Mary Ryan	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 82.2% lead 70.6 pts
Cadbury Rhys Roberts	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.5% lead 17.1 pts
Canonsleigh Jane Lock, Gill Westcott	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 46.7% lead 15.7 pts
Clare & Shuttern Chris Adcock, Martyn Stratton	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.9% lead 17.8 pts
Crediton Boniface Jim Cairney, John Downes	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 47.6% lead 27.0 pts
Crediton Lawrence Guy Cochran, Tim Stanford	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 52.1% lead 25.9 pts
Cullompton Padbrook Sue Robinson, Lloyd Knight	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 49.4% lead 12.1 pts
Cullompton St Andrews Nikki Woollatt, Emma Buczkowski, James Buczkowski	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 38.2% lead 9.4 pts
Cullompton Vale Matt Fletcher	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 65.6% lead 31.2 pts
Halberton Gwen Duchesne	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 60.4% lead 20.8 pts
Lower Culm John Poynton, Andrea Glover, Cathy Connor	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 32.1% lead 6.5 pts
Sandford & Creedy Helen Tuffin, Mark Jenkins	4 May 2023 Green 52.4% lead 4.8 pts
Silverton Josh Wright	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 85.3% lead 70.6 pts
Taw Vale Steve Keable	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 53.7% lead 7.4 pts
Tiverton Castle Ben Holdman, David Wulff	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 54.0% lead 27.3 pts
Tiverton Cranmore Beckett Fish, Lance Kennedy, Les Cruwys	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 39.0% lead 16.7 pts
Tiverton Lowman Andy Cuddy, Gordon Czapiewski, Matt Farrell	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.2% lead 15.0 pts
Tiverton Westexe Claudette Harrower, David Broom, Adam Stirling	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 25.5% lead 8.2 pts
Upper Culm Simon Clist, Natasha Bradshaw	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 59.5% lead 28.2 pts
Upper Yeo & Taw Alex White, Natalia Letch	4 May 2023 Conservative 43.5% lead 2.3 pts
Way Polly Colthorpe	4 May 2023 Conservative 50.5% lead 1.0 pts
Yeo Sandy Chenore, Martin Binks	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 36.6% lead 4.1 pts

Bradninch

Mary Ryan Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem82.2%

Labour11.6%

Conservative6.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Luke Taylor Elected	Lib Dem	650	82.2%
Piers Martin Kotting	Labour	92	11.6%
James Ruttledge	Conservative	49	6.2%

Last by-election, 15 October 2026

Lib Dem72.6%

Reform13.9%

Conservative5.6%

Labour4.7%

Green3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mary Ryan Elected	Lib Dem	476	72.6%
Liam O'Brien	Reform	91	13.9%
Dirk McFarlane-Aitken	Conservative	37	5.6%
Piers Martin Kotting	Labour	31	4.7%
Kirsty MacKenzie	Green	21	3.2%

Cadbury

Rhys Roberts Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative41.5%

Lib Dem24.4%

Independent20.5%

Labour10.6%

Reform2.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rhys Roberts Elected	Conservative	277	41.5%
Georgina Stone	Lib Dem	163	24.4%
Bob Deed	Independent	137	20.5%
Linda Luckhaus	Labour	71	10.6%
Jennifer Jane Riddle	Reform	19	2.8%

Canonsleigh

Gill Westcott GreenJane Lock Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem46.7%

Green31.0%

Conservative22.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jane Lock Elected	Lib Dem	786
Gill Westcott Elected	Green	521
Christine Ann Collis	Conservative	375
Paul Andrew Osman	Conservative	333

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clare & Shuttern

Chris Adcock Lib DemMartyn Stratton Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem58.9%

Conservative41.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chris Adcock Elected	Lib Dem	787
Rachel Gilmour Elected	Lib Dem	732
Isobel Grant	Conservative	549
Isla Farrington	Conservative	493

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem50.0%

Conservative46.3%

Labour3.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martyn Stratton Elected	Lib Dem	664	50.0%
Toby William Gray	Conservative	615	46.3%
Terence Joseph Edwards	Labour	48	3.6%

Crediton Boniface

Jim Cairney Lib DemJohn Downes Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem47.6%

Independent20.6%

Conservative18.6%

Labour13.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jim Cairney Elected	Lib Dem	497
John Morris Downes Elected	Lib Dem	494
Steve Huxtable	Independent	215
Gina Ford	Conservative	194
John Humphreys	Labour	138

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Crediton Lawrence

Guy Cochran Lib DemTim Stanford Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem52.1%

Labour26.2%

Conservative21.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Frank William Letch Elected	Lib Dem	611
Guy Cochran Elected	Lib Dem	556
Laurie Laybourn	Labour	307
Sam Scougall-Knight	Conservative	254

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 26 June 2025

Lib Dem64.9%

Reform27.2%

Labour7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tim Stanford Elected	Lib Dem	540	64.9%
Andy Hankins	Reform	226	27.2%
Terence Joseph Edwards	Labour	66	7.9%

Cullompton Padbrook

Lloyd Knight Lib DemSue Robinson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem49.4%

Conservative37.3%

Green13.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lloyd Knight Elected	Lib Dem	457
Sue Robinson Elected	Lib Dem	370
John Berry	Conservative	345
Susan Ann Nancy Lane-Smith	Conservative	263
Anthony Henry Humble-Smith	Green	123

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cullompton St Andrews

Emma Buczkowski Lib DemJames Buczkowski Lib DemNikki Woollatt Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem38.2%

Independent28.8%

Conservative19.4%

Labour13.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Emma Buczkowski Elected	Lib Dem	636
James Timothy Buczkowski Elected	Lib Dem	634
Nikki Woollatt Elected	Independent	479
Jane Attwood	Conservative	322
Edd Southerden	Labour	226
Martin Richard Whatley	Conservative	217
Melvyn Kim Hanks	Conservative	205

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cullompton Vale

Matt Fletcher Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem65.6%

Conservative34.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matt Fletcher Elected	Lib Dem	166	65.6%
Rosemary Berry	Conservative	87	34.4%

Halberton

Gwen Duchesne Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem60.4%

Conservative39.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gwen DuChesne Elected	Lib Dem	360	60.4%
Ray Radford	Conservative	236	39.6%

Lower Culm

Andrea Glover Lib DemCathy Connor Lib DemJohn Poynton Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem32.1%

Conservative25.6%

Independent17.1%

Independent15.9%

Labour9.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrea Glover Elected	Lib Dem	814
Cathy Connor Elected	Lib Dem	722
John Lloyd Poynton Elected	Lib Dem	673
Richard James Chesterton	Conservative	649
Brian Kenneth Lane-Smith	Conservative	461
Bob Evans	Independent	434
Lewis Alexander Worrow	Conservative	419
Barry Gordon John Warren	Independent	403
John Edward Bell	Labour	236

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Sandford & Creedy

Helen Tuffin GreenMark Jenkins Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green52.4%

Conservative47.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Helen Marie Tuffin Elected	Green	632
Mark Jenkins Elected	Green	576
Margaret Squires	Conservative	575
Alex Monro	Conservative	517

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Silverton

Josh Wright Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem85.3%

Conservative14.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Josh Wright Elected	Lib Dem	500	85.3%
Jerry Brook	Conservative	86	14.7%

Taw Vale

Steve Keable Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem53.7%

Conservative46.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Steve Keable Elected	Lib Dem	444	53.7%
Clive Eginton	Conservative	383	46.3%

Tiverton Castle

Ben Holdman Lib DemDavid Wulff Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem54.0%

Conservative26.7%

Independent19.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ben Holdman Elected	Lib Dem	553
David James Wulff Elected	Lib Dem	532
Elizabeth Jane Slade	Conservative	273
Luis Gordon	Conservative	265
Chris Berry	Independent	198

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tiverton Cranmore

Beckett Fish Lib DemLance Kennedy Lib DemLes Cruwys Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem39.0%

Conservative22.3%

Independent16.9%

Independent14.8%

Labour7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Les Cruwys Elected	Lib Dem	606
Beckett Fish Elected	Lib Dem	463
Lance Kennedy Elected	Lib Dem	445
Sue Griggs	Conservative	346
Guy Edwards	Conservative	271
Christina Park Daw	Independent	262
Stephen Bush	Independent	229
Nina Zuleika Lindsay	Conservative	202
Tom Ewings	Labour	109

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tiverton Lowman

Andy Cuddy Lib DemGordon Czapiewski Lib DemMatt Farrell Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem40.2%

Conservative25.2%

Independent17.5%

Labour17.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andy Cuddy Elected	Lib Dem	574
Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski Elected	Lib Dem	455
Matt Farrell Elected	Lib Dem	405
Rebecca Lousie Clarke	Conservative	360
Neal Vincent Davey	Conservative	355
Colin Slade	Conservative	313
Tim Bridger	Independent	250
Jason Chamberlain	Labour	245

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tiverton Westexe

Adam Stirling Lib DemClaudette Harrower Lib DemDavid Broom Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem25.5%

Conservative17.3%

Independent14.1%

Independent12.2%

Labour11.4%

Green10.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dave Broom Elected	Lib Dem	494
Jamie Frost Elected	Lib Dem	444
Claudette Audrey Louise Harrower Elected	Conservative	334
Stephen Edward Pugh	Conservative	287
Richard Anthony Hunter Watson	Conservative	277
Wally Burke	Independent	273
Jason Sonny Albert Lejeune	Independent	236
Alex Bingham	Labour	221
Martin Eamonn Atkinson	Green	208
Steve Flaws	Independent	170
Chris Musgrave	Green	156

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 20 June 2024

Lib Dem45.4%

Conservative26.1%

Independent19.2%

Green9.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adam Stirling Elected	Lib Dem	431	45.4%
Paul Andrew Osman	Conservative	248	26.1%
Jason Sonny Albert Lejeune	Independent	182	19.2%
Laura Buchanan	Green	88	9.3%

Upper Culm

Natasha Bradshaw Lib DemSimon Clist Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem59.5%

Conservative31.3%

Labour9.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon John Clist Elected	Lib Dem	814
Natasha Bradshaw Elected	Lib Dem	807
James Bartlett	Conservative	428
Michael Royston Cooper	Conservative	366
Terence Joseph Edwards	Labour	127

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Upper Yeo & Taw

Alex White Lib DemNatalia Letch Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative43.5%

Lib Dem41.2%

Labour15.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stuart James Penny Elected	Conservative	591
Natalia Letch Elected	Lib Dem	561
Peter John Heal	Conservative	524
Andi Wyer	Lib Dem	382
Hayden Sharp	Labour	208

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 7 March 2024

Lib Dem52.2%

Conservative29.1%

Labour11.7%

Green7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alex White Elected	Lib Dem	405	52.2%
Peter John Heal	Conservative	226	29.1%
Hayden Sharp	Labour	91	11.7%
Mark Scotland	Green	54	7.0%

Way

Polly Colthorpe Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative50.5%

Green49.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Polly Colthorpe Elected	Conservative	351	50.5%
Rosie Wibberley	Green	344	49.5%

Yeo

Martin Binks ConservativeSandy Chenore Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem36.6%

Conservative32.5%

Green15.4%

Labour15.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sandy Chenore Elected	Lib Dem	553
Martin David Binks Elected	Conservative	490
Angus Howie	Conservative	489
Paul Perriman	Lib Dem	381
Danuta Karpinska	Green	233
John William Dean	Labour	233

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Lower Culm	John Poynton	Lib Dem 2023	Independent
Tiverton Westexe	Claudette Harrower	Conservative 2023	Lib Dem

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

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

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
15 October 2026	Bradninch	Lib Dem hold	72.6%
26 June 2025	Crediton Lawrence	Lib Dem hold	65.0%
1 May 2025	Clare and Shuttern	Lib Dem hold	50.0%
20 June 2024	Tiverton Westexe	Lib Dem gain from Independent	45.4%
7 March 2024	Upper Yeo & Taw	Lib Dem gain from Independent	52.2%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Tiverton and Minehead	52%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 29%
Central Devon	36%	Conservative	Conservative 28%
Honiton and Sidmouth	11%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 37%

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 Mid Devon

82,853 residents in 35,651 households

Voted Leave in 2016

53% 1 above GB

Degree or higher

31% 3 below GB

No qualifications

17% 1 below GB

Own their home

68% 7 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

13% 4 below GB

Rent privately

19% 1 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

24% 7 below GB

Aged 65 and over

29% 7 above 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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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

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.