← Exeter (all cycles) · 7 May 2026 cohort
Exeter 2026
Local elections held 7 May 2026.
Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →
If votes were counted by party
Across the 13 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 14,667 | 32.7% | 6 | 42.9% | 5 | 35.7% | +1 |
| Reform UK | 10,014 | 22.3% | 2 | 14.3% | 3 | 21.4% | -1 |
| Labour Party | 9,917 | 22.1% | 4 | 28.6% | 3 | 21.4% | +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,245 | 11.7% | 2 | 14.3% | 2 | 14.3% | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 4,910 | 10.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 7.1% | -1 |
| Independent | 94 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 44,857 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- St Loyes · 1 seat · won at 25.6% · −24.4 pts below quota
- Priory · 1 seat · won at 28.9% · −21.1 pts below quota
- Topsham · 1 seat · won at 30.1% · −19.9 pts below quota
- Alphington · 1 seat · won at 31.7% · −18.3 pts below quota
- Pinhoe · 1 seat · won at 33.8% · −16.2 pts below quota
- Mincinglake and Whipton · 1 seat · won at 34.1% · −15.9 pts below quota
- Exwick · 1 seat · won at 34.6% · −15.4 pts below quota
- St Thomas · 1 seat · won at 37.0% · −13.0 pts below quota
- Pennsylvania · 1 seat · won at 38.6% · −11.4 pts below quota
- Duryard and St James · 1 seat · won at 40.3% · −9.7 pts below quota
- Newtown and St Leonard's · 1 seat · won at 47.3% · −2.7 pts below quota
- St David's · 1 seat · won at 57.1% · above quota
- Heavitree · 2 seats · won at 52.5% · above quota
Race results
St Loyes · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 25.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −24.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,189
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Stephen Richards | Liberal Democrats | 817 | 25.6% | −24.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher John Lambert Owen | Reform UK | 812 | 25.5% | — | |
| 3 | Joan Marilyn Collacott | Conservative Party | 808 | 25.3% | — | |
| 4 | Chloe Whipple | Green Party | 410 | 12.9% | — | |
| 5 | Laila Jhaveri | Labour Party | 342 | 10.7% | — |
Priory · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 28.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −21.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,864
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Williams | Reform UK | 827 | 28.9% | −21.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Marina Yvette Asvachin | Labour Party | 815 | 28.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jack David Vickers | Green Party | 660 | 23.0% | — | |
| 4 | Rob Newby | Conservative Party | 363 | 12.7% | — | |
| 5 | Philip Alexander Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 199 | 6.9% | — |
Topsham · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 30.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −19.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,951
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Elie Cookson | Labour Party | 1,189 | 30.1% | −19.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Cynthia Thompson | Conservative Party | 956 | 24.2% | — | |
| 3 | Sue Davies | Reform UK | 860 | 21.8% | — | |
| 4 | Ann Barbara Keen | Green Party | 699 | 17.7% | — | |
| 5 | Tim Gainsford | Liberal Democrats | 247 | 6.3% | — |
Alphington · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 31.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −18.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,083
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Jane Findlay | Labour Party | 976 | 31.7% | −18.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jayden Simon Palmer | Reform UK | 856 | 27.8% | — | |
| 3 | Greg Wotton | Green Party | 624 | 20.2% | — | |
| 4 | Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe | Conservative Party | 442 | 14.3% | — | |
| 5 | JJ Pickin | Liberal Democrats | 185 | 6.0% | — |
Pinhoe · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 33.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −16.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,427
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan Wood | Labour Party | 1,160 | 33.8% | −16.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ashton Michael Messer | Reform UK | 966 | 28.2% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Anthony Baldwin | Conservative Party | 538 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Allen | Green Party | 518 | 15.1% | — | |
| 5 | Christine Anne Campion | Liberal Democrats | 245 | 7.1% | — |
Mincinglake and Whipton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 34.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −15.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,790
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony John Payne | Reform UK | 952 | 34.1% | −15.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Ayres | Green Party | 812 | 29.1% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Casemore | Labour Party | 658 | 23.6% | — | |
| 4 | David John Thompson | Conservative Party | 190 | 6.8% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Geoffrey Payne | Liberal Democrats | 178 | 6.4% | — |
Exwick · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 34.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −15.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,048
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Graeme Knott | Labour Party | 1,054 | 34.6% | −15.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lee Matthew Gillett | Reform UK | 931 | 30.5% | — | |
| 3 | Kalkidan Legesse | Green Party | 709 | 23.3% | — | |
| 4 | David Luscombe | Conservative Party | 205 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Jamie Liam Horner | Liberal Democrats | 149 | 4.9% | — |
St Thomas · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 37.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −13.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,655
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Reed | Green Party | 1,354 | 37.0% | −13.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Vanessa Newcombe | Liberal Democrats | 865 | 23.7% | — | |
| 3 | Robert-James Stuart Cockburn | Reform UK | 711 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Laura Charis Adelaide Wright | Labour Party | 571 | 15.6% | — | |
| 5 | Caroline Elizabeth Stone | Conservative Party | 154 | 4.2% | — |
Pennsylvania · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 38.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −11.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,435
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gill Baker | Green Party | 1,325 | 38.6% | −11.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Will Aczel | Liberal Democrats | 628 | 18.3% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Stephen Battershill | Reform UK | 585 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Paula Joan Black | Labour Party | 584 | 17.0% | — | |
| 5 | Rob Hannaford | Conservative Party | 303 | 8.8% | — | |
| 6 | Myles Jefferson Hatcher | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 10 | 0.3% | — |
Duryard and St James · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,439
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | 983 | 40.3% | −9.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mithat Ishakoglu | Green Party | 751 | 30.8% | — | |
| 3 | David John Hodge | Reform UK | 327 | 13.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jonathan Michael Hawke | Labour Party | 261 | 10.7% | — | |
| 5 | Sebastian Stanwell-Wise | Conservative Party | 117 | 4.8% | — |
Newtown and St Leonard's · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,024
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernadette Chelvanayagam | Green Party | 1,430 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matthew James Vizard | Labour Party | 839 | 27.7% | — | |
| 3 | Jo Westlake | Reform UK | 389 | 12.9% | — | |
| 4 | Ruth Smith | Conservative Party | 220 | 7.3% | — | |
| 5 | Jonny Pye | Liberal Democrats | 146 | 4.8% | — |
St David's · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 57.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +7.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,835
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Rappert | Green Party | 1,618 | 57.1% | +7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rose Alexandra Lelliott | Labour Party | 446 | 15.7% | — | |
| 3 | Susan Clow | Reform UK | 444 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Yasmine Al-Saket | Conservative Party | 168 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Charles Anthony Curnock | Liberal Democrats | 159 | 5.6% | — |
Heavitree · 2-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~2× smaller. 52.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +19.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 2 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,559
This is a 2-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~2×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 2, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 2. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stella Smith | Green Party | 1,889 | 26.5% | 53.1% | +19.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Helen Terry | Green Party | 1,868 | 26.2% | 52.5% | +19.2 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Tina Rose Beer | Reform UK | 697 | 9.8% | 19.6% | — | |
| 4 | Lisa Jane Norris | Reform UK | 657 | 9.2% | 18.5% | — | |
| 5 | Rachel Helen Sutton | Labour Party | 523 | 7.3% | 14.7% | — | |
| 6 | Dave Mutton | Labour Party | 499 | 7.0% | 14.0% | — | |
| 7 | Katherine Helen Judy New | Conservative Party | 273 | 3.8% | 7.7% | — | |
| 8 | Philip John Brock | Liberal Democrats | 243 | 3.4% | 6.8% | — | |
| 9 | Nigel David Williams | Liberal Democrats | 201 | 2.8% | 5.6% | — | |
| 10 | Colin John Trudgeon | Conservative Party | 173 | 2.4% | 4.9% | — | |
| 11 | Jordan Newbery | Independent | 94 | 1.3% | 2.6% | — |