The 2023 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.
The Liberal Democrats took control of the council for the first time since 1999.
Overview
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a minority administration of some of the independent councillors, with independent Barry Warren serving as leader of the council.
New ward boundaries took effect for this election, following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The number of seats stayed the same at 42, but the configuration of wards was changed to comprise five 3-member wards, ten 2-member wards and seven single member wards.
The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council. The independents and Conservatives both lost significant numbers of seats: leader of the council Barry Warren lost his seat, as did the Conservative group leader Clive Eginton. Liberal Democrat group leader Luke Taylor was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.
Results summary
Ward results
Mid Devon District Council election results.
Bradninch
Cadbury
Canonsleigh
Clare & Shuttern
Crediton Boniface
Crediton Lawrence
Cullompton Padbrook
Cullompton St Andrews
Cullompton Vale
Halberton
Lower Culm
Sandford & Creedy
Silverton
Taw Vale
Tiverton Castle
Tiverton Cranmore
Tiverton Lowman
Tiverton Westexe
Upper Culm
Upper Yeo & Taw
Way
Yeo
Changes 2023–2027
- Jamie Frost, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2023, left the party in February 2024 to sit as an independent.
Upper Yeo & Taw
By-election triggered by the resignation of Stuart Penny, who was elected as a Conservative in 2023 but had left the party in August 2023 to sit as an independent before resigning from the council altogether.
- Claudette Harrower, elected as a Conservative in 2023, joined the Liberal Democrats in April 2024.
Tiverton Westexe
By-election triggered by disqualification of Jamie Frost for non-attendance. He had been elected in 2023 as a Liberal Democrat, but had left the party and sat as an independent until his disqualification.
Clare and Shuttern
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