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Local Election Results 2003

Mid Devon

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Two Independent councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for Mid Devon: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Mid Devon (may be incomplete): 1st July 2004 (Cullompton S.) — 22nd June 2006 (Yeo) — 21st June 2007 (Lower Culm) — 25th February 2010 (Yeo) — 15th December 2011 (Clare & Shuttern) — 26th September 2013 (Way) — 14th September 2017 (Westexe) — 7th June 2018 (Cranmore) — 6th May 2021 (Castle; Taw; Westexe) — 17th June 2021 (Upper Culm) — 7th April 2022 (Cullompton S.) — 7th March 2024 (Upper Yeo & Taw) — 20th June 2024 (Tiverton Westexe)
Results for Devon county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Mid Devon 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 6856 30.3% 12
Liberal Democrat 6664 29.5% 8
Independent 6256 27.7% 20
Green Party 1253 5.5% 1
Labour 882 3.9% 1
UK Independence Party 694 3.1% 0

Boniface (2)

David Nation LD 532 46.1%
Nicholas Way LD 513
Donald King C 298 25.8%
Robert Edwards UKIP 238 20.6%
Michael Kirby C 226
Elizabeth Culpeper Grn 86 7.5%

Bradninch

Edgar Berry C 391 71.5%
Adam Edwards LD 156 28.5%

Cadbury

Timothy Noon Ind unop.

Canonsleigh (2)

Derek Thomas Ind 432 36.3%
Melvyn Lucas Ind 417
Heather Bainbridge C 408 34.3%
Bernard Beard LD 350 29.4%
Janet Way LD 93

Castle (2)

Janet Rendle C 560 34.3%
Lester Crocker Ind 492 30.1%
Nicholas Thom LD 403 24.7%
Elaine Trump LD 152
Kenneth Gilderthorp UKIP 105 6.4%
Francis Routley Lab 73 4.5%

Clare and Shuttern (2)

Felicity Colthorpe C 626 48.5%
Peter Wood Ind 355 27.5%
David Whiteway LD 310 24.0%
Karl Busch LD 305
Francis Stoner Ind 122

Cranmore (3)

Brenda Hull C 519 32.3%
David Slack C 456
Paul Williams LD 440 27.4%
Christopher Caffin UKIP 351 21.9%
Anne Kilshaw Lab 295 18.4%
Marianne Dalgaard LD 285
Kevin Wilson LD 281
Robert Robson Lab 230
Thomas Kelly Lab 187

Cullompton North (2)

Jane Campbell Ind 328 44.3%
Linda Holloway Ind 303
Pauline Hammett C 228 30.8%
Eileen Andrews LD 184 24.9%
Graham Barden Ind 155
Adrian Harmsworth LD 82

Cullompton Outer

David Pugsley Ind unop.

Cullompton South (2)

David Hathaway Ind 359 46.7%
Terry Snow Ind 344
David Glenn LD 225 29.3%
Geoffrey Munn LD 217
Christopher Sanderson Ind 185 24.1%

Halberton

Raymond Radford C 343 71.2%
Glyndwr Williams LD 139 28.8%

Lawrence (2)

Charles Haydon C 625 53.6%
William Dixon C 487
Walter Brown LD 436 37.4%
Anne Hughes LD 352
Colin Matthews Grn 106 9.1%

Lower Culm (3)

Edward Dennis Ind 1106 54.2%
Colin Ward Ind 941
Matthew Burgess Grn 492 24.1%
Christine Wheeler LD 443 21.7%
Mary Nation LD 142
Arthur Hall LD 129

Lowman (3)

Dennis Knowles Ind 462 35.8%
Peter Spencer Ind 427
Gwendolyn Beard LD 334 25.9%
Justin Dolley LD 300
Philip Gibbs C 285 22.1%
Janet Evans LD 277
David Phillips Lab 119 9.2%
David Cottam Grn 90 7.0%

Newbrooke

Nicholas Lee C 362 58.4%
Jean Palk LD 222 35.8%
Colin Lever Grn 36 5.8%

Sandford and Creedy (2)

Michael Lee C 807 57.0%
Margaret Squires C 632
Linda Lever Grn 331 23.4%
Gillian Elston LD 279 19.7%
Caroline Muir LD 228

Silverton

Philip Madams Ind 404 75.2%
Richard McIlwain LD 133 24.8%

Taw

William Daw Ind 265 61.6%
Kathryn Lowe LD 165 38.4%

Taw Vale

Clive Eginton LD 348 52.5%
Henry Joynson C 315 47.5%

Upper Culm (2)

Thomas Hughes C 539 40.1%
Frank Rosamond Ind 505 37.6%
Charles Stubbs C 381
Christopher Wheeler LD 299 22.3%
Jill Larcombe Ind 178

Upper Yeo

Michael Pratt LD 311 61.7%
David Squires C 193 38.3%

Way

Susan Meads Ind 342 75.3%
Jane Schofield Grn 112 24.7%

Westexe (3)

Mary Turner Ind 1021 58.6%
Ernest Luxton Ind 560
Alan Griffiths Lab 395 22.7%
Anthony Evans LD 326 18.7%
Catherine Whiteway LD 168
Adrian Foot LD 117
Peter Clive-Francis Lab 109
Brett Crane Lab 106

Yeo (2)

David Pullen LD 629 63.8%
Susan Walker LD 439
Peter Hare-Scott C 357 36.2%
Alison Warington-Smyth C 343

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