Local Election Results 2003
Torridge
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Eight Independent councillors were elected unopposed.
CAll = Community Alliance
Other results for Torridge:
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
By-elections for Torridge (may be incomplete): 4th December 2003 (Bideford S.)
— 4th November 2004 (Westward Ho!)
— 14th July 2005 (Tamarside)
— 23rd November 2006 (Northam)
— 12th March 2009 (Hartland & Bradworthy)
— 13th August 2009 (Holsworthy)
— 15th August 2013 (Shebbear & Langtree)
— 5th September 2013 (Torrington)
— 20th March 2014 (Bideford E.)
— 10th July 2014 (Kenwith)
— 8th June 2017 (Hartland & Bradworthy)
— 30th November 2017 (Torrington)
— 14th December 2017 (Westward Ho!)
— 3rd May 2018 (Bideford E.)
— 26th July 2018 (Hartland & Bradworthy)
— 8th November 2018 (Holsworthy)
— 9th December 2021 (Northam)
— 2nd May 2024 (Bideford N.)
Results for Devon county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Independent |
5647 |
32.5% |
18 |
| Community Alliance |
4737 |
27.3% |
8 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3754 |
21.6% |
7 |
| Conservative |
1165 |
6.7% |
1 |
| Green Party |
845 |
4.9% |
1 |
| Labour |
789 |
4.5% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
427 |
2.5% |
1 |
| Leonard Ford |
LD |
506 |
28.8% |
| Andrew Eastman |
UKIP |
427 |
24.3% |
| Philip Waters |
Ind |
421 |
24.0% |
| Jeremy Bell |
CAll |
402 |
22.9% |
| Colin Langbridge |
LD |
141 |
|
| Stephen Clarke |
CAll |
653 |
41.2% |
| William Isaac |
CAll |
516 |
|
| Pamela Paddon |
Ind |
482 |
30.4% |
| Andrew Powell |
CAll |
461 |
|
| Noel Deakes |
LD |
293 |
18.5% |
| Christopher Birchmore |
LD |
284 |
|
| David Nicholson |
LD |
161 |
|
| Anne Brenton |
Lab |
158 |
10.0% |
| Lynda Dark |
Lab |
144 |
|
| Sarah Lovera |
Lab |
87 |
|
| Peter Christie |
Grn |
633 |
24.6% |
| Hugo Barton |
LD |
632 |
24.5% |
| Alasdair Gould |
CAll |
488 |
19.0% |
| Christopher Leather |
Ind |
486 |
18.9% |
| John Hadfield |
LD |
426 |
|
| Matthew Osborne |
LD |
338 |
|
| Graham Jones |
C |
336 |
13.0% |
| Mervyn Lane |
LD |
494 |
40.3% |
| Sonia Bushby |
CAll |
424 |
34.6% |
| David Daniel |
LD |
354 |
|
| Anthony Inch |
LD |
344 |
|
| David Ratcliff |
CAll |
310 |
|
| David Brenton |
Lab |
309 |
25.2% |
| Elliot Gould |
CAll |
309 |
|
| Ian Hopkins |
Lab |
131 |
|
| Walter Hill-Paul |
Lab |
106 |
|
| Philip Collins |
Ind |
229 |
34.3% |
| Richard Copp |
LD |
179 |
26.8% |
| Roy Watts |
C |
179 |
26.8% |
| Brian Stacey |
Ind |
81 |
12.1% |
| Geoffrey Broyd |
C |
294 |
56.1% |
| Richard Deane |
CAll |
230 |
43.9% |
| Christine March |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| William Pillman |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Trevor Sillifant |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Desmond Shadrick |
LD |
784 |
45.6% |
| John Allen |
Ind |
581 |
33.8% |
| Coral Broyd |
C |
356 |
20.7% |
| Hugh Bons |
CAll |
263 |
52.6% |
| Anthony Collins |
Ind |
237 |
47.4% |
| Geoffrey Boundy |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Edward Davies |
CAll |
941 |
49.4% |
| Paul Sturges |
CAll |
850 |
|
| Richard Bradford |
Ind |
640 |
33.6% |
| Anthony Barnes |
Ind |
525 |
|
| Sheila Bloomfield |
Lab |
322 |
16.9% |
| Susan Mounce |
Ind |
285 |
52.9% |
| Matthew Richards |
CAll |
254 |
47.1% |
| Allin Bewes |
LD |
389 |
63.3% |
| Richard Clark |
CAll |
226 |
36.7% |
| Patricia Ferguson |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Margaret Brown |
Ind |
645 |
52.3% |
| Richard Bond |
Ind |
424 |
|
| John Rawlinson |
LD |
376 |
30.5% |
| William Brook |
LD |
364 |
|
| Richard Rumbold |
Ind |
254 |
|
| Adrian Freeland |
LD |
243 |
|
| Cathrine Simmons |
Grn |
212 |
17.2% |
| James Morrish |
Ind |
253 |
43.5% |
| William Tanton |
Ind |
154 |
26.5% |
| Maurice Ridd |
LD |
101 |
17.4% |
| Patrick Adams |
CAll |
74 |
12.7% |
| Robert Hicks |
Ind |
332 |
69.3% |
| Roger Vanstone |
CAll |
147 |
30.7% |
| Timothy Williams |
CAll |
428 |
57.6% |
| Thomas Barclay |
Ind |
315 |
42.4% |
| John Cowle |
Ind |
506 |
71.0% |
| Paul Camilleri |
CAll |
207 |
29.0% |
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