2019 Exeter City Council election

The 2019 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the 39 seats were up for re-election: those of the candidates who had finished second in the all-out election of 2016, with a double vacancy in Priory ward. The Labour Party remained in control with 29 seats, with the Conservatives as the main opposition party, with 6 seats.[2]

2019 Exeter City Council election[1]
2 May 2019
13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 29 8 1
Seats won 9 2 1
Seats after 29 6 2
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 11,897 8,713 5,873
Percentage 36.4% 26.7% 18.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 2,776 1,486
Percentage 8.5% 4.5%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats, green shows the Green Party and silver shows and Independent.

Council composition

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

↓
29 8 1 1
Labour Conservative LD G

After this election, the composition of the council was:

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29 6 2 1 1
Labour Conservative LD G Ind

Election summary
Exeter City Council Election Result 2019[3]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net  % of total  % No. Net %
  Labour 14 9 1 2 Decrease1 64.2 36.1 11,979 -11.1
  Conservative 14 2 0 2 Decrease2 14.2 26.4 8,713 -6.1
  Green 13 1 1 0 Increase1 7.1 17.8 5,873 +7.3
  Liberal Democrats 13 1 1 0 Increase1 7.1 11.6 2,776 -2.1
  UKIP 7 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.3 1,768 +5.3
  Independent 2 1 1 0 Increase 1 7.1 4.5 1,486 +4.5
  For Britain 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 113 +0.3
  Women's Equality 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 66 -0.03
Total 64 14 4 4 Steady 100 100 32,883 Increase434

Results by ward

(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Alphington
Alphington[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Yvonne Margaret Atkinson 901 37.2
Conservative Katherine New 711 29.3
Green Andrew Bell 396 16.3
UKIP Dutch Dudgeon 222 9.2
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle 202 8.3
Majority 190 7.9
Turnout 2,453 37.51
Labour gain from Green

Note: The outgoing councillor Chris Musgrave was elected as Labour in 2016, but defected to the Green Party in February 2017.[5]

Duryard & St.James
Duryard & St.James[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Michael Norman Mitchell 803 33.9
Conservative Percy Prowse* 609 25.7
Labour Charlie Davies 602 25.4
Green Jonathan Dawson 292 12.3
Women's Equality Bea Gare 66 2.8
Majority 194 8.2
Turnout 2,383 34.77
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Exwick
Exwick[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ollie Pearson* 1,034 44.5
Conservative Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe 576 24.8
Green Mark Shorto 345 14.8
UKIP Lawrence Simon Harper 298 12.8
Liberal Democrats Joel Nicholas Punwani 73 3.1
Majority 458 19.7
Turnout 2,339 31.67
Labour hold

Heavitree
Heavitree[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Buswell 1,170 42.7
Green Gillian Clare Baker 746 27.2
Conservative Robert Anthony Jones 577 21.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Gates 246 9.0
Majority 424 15.5
Turnout 2,782 39.99
Labour hold

Mincinglake & Whipton
Mincinglake & Whipton[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ruth Travis Williams 944 48.1
UKIP Brian Jeffery 339 17.3
Conservative Harry Charles Burton 316 16.1
Green David Barker-Hahlo 248 12.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Matthew Soper 116 5.9
Majority 605 30.8
Turnout 1,975 29.54
Labour hold

Newtown & St.Leonards
Newtown & St.Leonards[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Jemima Moondaisy Moore 1,359 48.6
Labour Carol Whitton 1,092 39.1
Conservative Jago Barnabas York Brockway 342 12.2
Majority 267 9.5
Turnout 2,813 39.05
Independent gain from Labour

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Quance 1,109 39.0
Conservative David Smith 889 31.3
Green Lizzie Woodman 683 24.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Robert Bristow 163 5.7
Majority 220 7.7
Turnout 2,867 37.20
Labour hold

Pinhoe
Pinhoe[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Trish Oliver 928 38.4
Conservative Cynthia Thompson* 913 37.8
UKIP Robert Ball 262 10.8
Green Frank Williamson 226 9.4
Liberal Democrats Felix Brett 86 3.6
Majority 15 0.6
Turnout 2,435 38.27
Labour gain from Conservative

Priory (2 seats)
Priory[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Amal Ghusain 895 37.2
Labour Alys Amelia Quance 850 35.4
Conservative John Benedict Harvey 631 26.3
Conservative Keith Andrew Sparkes 597 24.8
Green Lynn Wetenhall 362 15.1
UKIP Diana Beasley 359 14.9
Green Mary Roddick 359 14.9
UKIP Sheridan Robert James 316 13.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Campion 232 9.7
Liberal Democrats Ramus Jakob Lindgren 109 4.5
Turnout 2,412 36.82
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Davids
St Davids[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Diana Frances Moore 1,455 54.9
Labour Lesley Sara Robson 796 30.1
Conservative Aric Samuel David Gilinsky 270 10.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Cole 126 4.8
Majority 659 24.8
Turnout 2,667 35.61
Green gain from Labour

St Loyes
St Loyes[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Yolonda Anna Cullis Henson 1,140 47.6
Labour George Lawrence Ford 550 23.0
UKIP Alison Sheridan 288 12.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Jacob Deakin 206 8.6
Green Christo Skelton 206 8.6
Majority 590 24.6
Turnout 2402 34.32
Conservative hold

St Thomas
St Thomas[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Hannah Louise Packham* 1,082 41.0
Conservative Ashley Christopher Carr 484 18.4
Green Joe Levy 447 17.0
Liberal Democrats Adrian Alan Fullam 383 14.5
Independent Paul David Mouland 127 4.8
For Britain Frankie Rufolo 113 4.3
Majority 598 22.6
Turnout 2,658 35.36
Labour hold

Topsham
Topsham[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rob Newby 1,255 47.3
Labour Eliot Paul Wright 794 29.9
Green Melanie Frances Shaw 467 17.6
Liberal Democrats Aaron Benjamin Nolan 140 5.3
Majority 461 17.4
Turnout 2,697 37.97
Conservative hold

References
  1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2019". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. Exeter Council [@ExeterCouncil] (3 May 2019). "The new political makeup of the council is: Labour - 29 Conservatives - 6 Liberal Democrats - 2 Green Party - 1 Independant [sic] - 1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Election Results".
  4. "2019 Local Election Results". Exeter City Council. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. "Labour councillor joins Exeter Greens". www.greenparty.org.uk. 28 February 2017.
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