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West Devon 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

17 ward races
30 seats
17 elected below the proportional quota
56.7% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 30 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party10,32538.9%1033.3%1240.0%-2
Independent6,89726.0%1033.3%826.7%+2
Green Party4,56017.2%516.7%516.7%0
Liberal Democrats3,53713.3%413.3%413.3%0
Labour Party1,1254.2%13.3%13.3%0
Reform UK1300.5%00.0%00.0%0
Total26,574100.0%30100.0%30100.0%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.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Okehampton North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +12.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,355

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Leech, T.Independent69520.7%Elected
2Ball, K.Conservative and Unionist Party54816.3%Elected
3Dexter, G.Liberal Democrats42812.8%Elected
4Samuel, L.Conservative and Unionist Party42512.7%
5Trier, C.Green Party37011.0%
6Eastment, P.Conservative and Unionist Party3129.3%
7Sanger, D.Independent3109.2%
8Morris, F.Labour Party2678.0%

Electorate 4,296 · Ballots cast 3,355 · Back to ward index

Bere Ferrers · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 22.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +10.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,087

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Saxby, I.Labour Party75736.3%Elected
2Blackman, A.Conservative and Unionist Party47822.9%Elected
3Crozier, P.Conservative and Unionist Party45321.7%
4Reed, G.Liberal Democrats39919.1%

Electorate 2,888 · Ballots cast 2,087 · Back to ward index

Burrator · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 22.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +10.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,750

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Viney, N.Liberal Democrats51029.1%Elected
2West, C.Liberal Democrats40122.9%Elected
3Moyse, D.Conservative and Unionist Party27515.7%
4Davies, F.Conservative and Unionist Party22112.6%
5Miller, D.Green Party1669.5%
6Churchley, J.Labour Party1015.8%
7North, S.Green Party764.3%

Electorate 2,843 · Ballots cast 1,750 · Back to ward index

Tavistock North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +10.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,662

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Moody, J.Independent82222.4%Elected
2Squire, P.Liberal Democrats68518.7%Elected
3Wheeler, T.Green Party54014.7%Elected
4Cook, M.Independent50513.8%
5Turnbull, D.Conservative and Unionist Party41411.3%
6Hughes, J.Conservative and Unionist Party3339.1%
7Gray, J.Conservative and Unionist Party2687.3%
8Trew, B.Reform UK952.6%

Electorate 4,033 · Ballots cast 3,662 · Back to ward index

Buckland Monachorum · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 23.6% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +9.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,114

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cheadle, R.Independent87341.3%Elected
2Cunningham, A.Independent49823.6%Elected
3Sanders, P.Conservative and Unionist Party40919.3%
4West, A.Liberal Democrats33415.8%

Electorate 3,041 · Ballots cast 2,114 · Back to ward index

Mary Tavy · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 579

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Oxborough, R.Independent24041.5%Elected
2Gilpin, J.Conservative and Unionist Party12721.9%
3Herbert, D.Independent11319.5%
4Brown, A.Liberal Democrats9917.1%

Electorate 1,313 · Ballots cast 579 · Back to ward index

Exbourne · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 26.6% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +6.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,164

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Watts, L.Conservative and Unionist Party61328.3%Elected
2Casbolt, M.Conservative and Unionist Party57526.6%Elected
3Martin, C.Liberal Democrats54125.0%
4Maciejowska, J.Green Party43520.1%

Electorate 3,269 · Ballots cast 2,164 · Back to ward index

Tavistock South East · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 27.6% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +5.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,188

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bridgewater, A.Independent73433.5%Elected
2Sellis, D.Conservative and Unionist Party60427.6%Elected
3Hookway, A.Green Party47221.6%
4Phillips, R.Conservative and Unionist Party37817.3%

Electorate 2,884 · Ballots cast 2,188 · Back to ward index

Okehampton South · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 29.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +3.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,412

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Vachon, P.Independent43330.7%Elected
2Calder, M.Green Party41729.5%Elected
3Yelland, J.Conservative and Unionist Party36826.1%
4Kemp, C.Conservative and Unionist Party19413.7%

Electorate 2,833 · Ballots cast 1,412 · Back to ward index

Hatherleigh · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.1% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +0.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,298

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kimber, P.Conservative and Unionist Party57944.6%Elected
2Wakeham, S.Conservative and Unionist Party43033.1%Elected
3Pratt, A.Green Party28922.3%

Electorate 2,521 · Ballots cast 1,298 · Back to ward index

Bridestowe · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.8% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference −0.4 pts Valid ballots 1,371

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mott, C.Conservative and Unionist Party50737.0%Elected
2Southcott, T.Conservative and Unionist Party46333.8%Elected
3Jeffery, P.Green Party40129.2%

Electorate 2,576 · Ballots cast 1,371 · Back to ward index

Drewsteignton · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.1 pts Valid ballots 571

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Guthrie, S.Green Party29251.1%Elected
2Ridgers, P.Conservative and Unionist Party27948.9%

Electorate 1,344 · Ballots cast 571 · Back to ward index

Tavistock South West · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 39.3% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference −5.9 pts Valid ballots 1,549

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Johnson, A.Independent66242.7%Elected
2Ewings, M.Independent60839.3%Elected
3Nelson, A.Conservative and Unionist Party15710.1%
4Martin, C.Conservative and Unionist Party1227.9%

Electorate 2,958 · Ballots cast 1,549 · Back to ward index

Tamarside · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.0 pts Valid ballots 489

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Edmonds, C.Conservative and Unionist Party31364.0%Elected
2Faith, M.Green Party14128.8%
3Grose, L.Reform UK357.2%

Electorate 1,436 · Ballots cast 489 · Back to ward index

Chagford · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.3 pts Valid ballots 743

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Elliott, J.Green Party48565.3%Elected
2Heyworth, N.Conservative and Unionist Party25834.7%

Electorate 1,285 · Ballots cast 743 · Back to ward index

South Tawton · single-seat

Marginal winner 68.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −18.2 pts Valid ballots 698

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Daniel, L.Green Party47668.2%Elected
2Powell, S.Conservative and Unionist Party22231.8%

Electorate 1,540 · Ballots cast 698 · Back to ward index

Dartmoor · single-seat

Marginal winner 74.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −24.3 pts Valid ballots 544

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Renders, M.Independent40474.3%Elected
2Greenberry-Pullen, H.Liberal Democrats14025.7%

Electorate 1,419 · Ballots cast 544 · Back to ward index