Local Election Results 2005
Devon
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
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— West Devon 2003
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
146229 |
38.0% |
33 |
| Conservative |
145026 |
37.7% |
23 |
| Labour |
46665 |
12.1% |
4 |
| Independent |
16692 |
4.3% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
15639 |
4.1% |
0 |
| Green Party |
9696 |
2.5% |
0 |
| Liberal Party |
4409 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
65 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Michael Browning |
LD |
3188 |
43.8% |
| Richard Harris |
Lab |
1919 |
26.4% |
| Margaret Baldwin |
C |
1443 |
19.8% |
| Andrew Bell |
Grn |
331 |
4.6% |
| David Challice |
UKIP |
282 |
3.9% |
| Peter Smith |
Lib |
109 |
1.5% |
| Stuart Barker |
C |
2793 |
39.4% |
| Graham Wickham |
LD |
2663 |
37.6% |
| Michael Harriott |
Lab |
999 |
14.1% |
| Kim van der Kiste |
UKIP |
636 |
9.0% |
| Douglas Hull |
LD |
2912 |
45.5% |
| Iain Chubb |
C |
2908 |
45.4% |
| Jeremy Walden |
Lab |
581 |
9.1% |
| Brian Greenslade |
LD |
3411 |
56.8% |
| John Gill |
C |
1305 |
21.7% |
| Annie Brenton |
Lab |
720 |
12.0% |
| Earl Bramley-Howard |
Grn |
572 |
9.5% |
| Christopher Haywood |
LD |
3116 |
50.4% |
| Des Brailey |
C |
1999 |
32.3% |
| Robert Cornish |
Grn |
596 |
9.6% |
| Beresford Bawden |
Ind |
474 |
7.7% |
| Thomas Hart |
C |
3073 |
50.8% |
| Cedric Tarsky |
LD |
2219 |
36.6% |
| James McOustra |
UKIP |
763 |
12.6% |
| Hugo Barton |
LD |
2613 |
47.5% |
| Christopher Leather |
C |
1891 |
34.4% |
| David Brenton |
Lab |
1001 |
18.2% |
| Humphrey Temperley |
LD |
2825 |
47.4% |
| Robert Williamson |
C |
2162 |
36.2% |
| Vivian Gale |
Lab |
978 |
16.4% |
| Sally Morgan |
LD |
3041 |
48.6% |
| Audrey Warren |
C |
2627 |
42.0% |
| Jacqueline Lamont |
Lab |
587 |
9.4% |
| Jenny Jenkins |
LD |
2325 |
36.6% |
| Jasmine Chesters |
C |
2250 |
35.4% |
| Charles Piper |
Ind |
610 |
9.6% |
| Michael Harrison |
Grn |
607 |
9.5% |
| Danny Neary |
Lab |
566 |
8.9% |
| Derek Button |
LD |
3039 |
48.1% |
| Peter Bowden |
C |
2863 |
45.4% |
| Grace Burns |
Lib |
411 |
6.5% |
| Christine Channon |
C |
3454 |
55.9% |
| Phillip Frewin-Smith |
LD |
1862 |
30.1% |
| Stuart Fegan |
Lab |
865 |
14.0% |
| Francis Brook |
C |
2330 |
35.4% |
| Keith Smith |
LD |
2052 |
31.2% |
| Raymond Frost |
Ind |
1451 |
22.0% |
| Barbara Errington |
Lab |
754 |
11.4% |
| Joe Tucker |
LD |
3209 |
46.0% |
| Richard Edgell |
C |
2848 |
40.8% |
| Ian Godfrey |
Grn |
915 |
13.1% |
| Andrea Davis |
C |
2522 |
44.7% |
| Derrick Spear |
LD |
2414 |
42.8% |
| Jon Hooper |
Grn |
706 |
12.5% |
| Nick Way |
LD |
3105 |
50.6% |
| Margaret Squires |
C |
2183 |
35.6% |
| Alan Green |
UKIP |
472 |
7.7% |
| Elizabeth Culpeper |
Grn |
380 |
6.2% |
| John Berry |
C |
3072 |
48.0% |
| Rita Keylock |
LD |
2266 |
35.4% |
| Colin Matthews |
Grn |
416 |
6.5% |
| Gaston Dezart |
UKIP |
407 |
6.4% |
| Janett Rice |
Lib |
233 |
3.6% |
| Jonathan Hawkins |
C |
2435 |
50.4% |
| Anthony Phillips |
LD |
1280 |
26.5% |
| Brian Boughton |
Lab |
649 |
13.4% |
| Roger Kempton |
UKIP |
471 |
9.7% |
| John Clatworthy |
C |
3246 |
45.5% |
| Alan Connett |
LD |
2843 |
39.8% |
| James Court |
Lab |
1051 |
14.7% |
| Sheila Hobden |
LD |
2486 |
46.1% |
| Dan Thomas |
C |
1690 |
31.4% |
| Dorothy Parker |
Lab |
981 |
18.2% |
| Graham Stone |
UKIP |
166 |
3.1% |
| Trevor Clissold |
SocAlt |
65 |
1.2% |
| Brian Berman |
LD |
2582 |
50.4% |
| Stephen Webber |
C |
1901 |
37.1% |
| Graham Hesse |
Lab |
641 |
12.5% |
| Brenda Taylor |
LD |
3458 |
53.4% |
| Jill Elson |
C |
2097 |
32.4% |
| David Wilson |
UKIP |
685 |
10.6% |
| Raymond Widdowson |
Ind |
239 |
3.7% |
| Bernard Hughes |
C |
2405 |
40.4% |
| Patricia Graham |
LD |
2351 |
39.5% |
| Carole Newton |
Lab |
779 |
13.1% |
| John Kelly |
UKIP |
422 |
7.1% |
| Eileen Wragg |
LD |
2690 |
42.6% |
| Kathleen Bamsey |
C |
2166 |
34.3% |
| Patrick Canavan |
Lab |
1017 |
16.1% |
| Colin Evans |
UKIP |
438 |
6.9% |
| Rob Hannaford |
LD |
3141 |
43.5% |
| Lesley Robson |
Lab |
2626 |
36.3% |
| David Henson |
C |
1080 |
14.9% |
| Lawrence Harper |
UKIP |
378 |
5.2% |
| Rodney Cann |
C |
2758 |
50.0% |
| David Jury |
Ind |
1765 |
32.0% |
| Linda Mack |
Grn |
997 |
18.1% |
| James McInnes |
C |
3358 |
48.0% |
| Anne Carter |
LD |
2609 |
37.3% |
| Susan Bamford |
UKIP |
529 |
7.6% |
| Brenda Lopez |
Lab |
493 |
7.1% |
| Olwen Foggin |
Lab |
2419 |
35.9% |
| Christopher Gale |
Lib |
1454 |
21.6% |
| Tessa Barrett |
LD |
1379 |
20.5% |
| Keith Nelson-Tomsen |
C |
1201 |
17.8% |
| Rosalinde Myrone |
UKIP |
285 |
4.2% |
| Desmond Shadrick |
LD |
3864 |
55.2% |
| Gaye Tabor |
C |
2617 |
37.4% |
| William Vanstone |
Lab |
517 |
7.4% |
| Barry Nicholson |
C |
2889 |
48.5% |
| Amanda Pettet |
LD |
1751 |
29.4% |
| Richard Price |
Lab |
831 |
14.0% |
| Lucy Collins |
Lib |
481 |
8.1% |
| Roger Boote |
C |
3145 |
49.4% |
| Roy Coombs |
LD |
1736 |
27.3% |
| Sally Boom |
Lab |
972 |
15.3% |
| Roy Collins |
Lib |
510 |
8.0% |
| Geoffrey Fowler |
LD |
2132 |
42.0% |
| Paul Crabb |
C |
1783 |
35.1% |
| Ivan Frances |
Ind |
716 |
14.1% |
| Frank Pearson |
Grn |
443 |
8.7% |
| Roger Croad |
C |
2115 |
36.3% |
| Carol Beeson |
Lab |
1592 |
27.3% |
| David Corney |
LD |
1586 |
27.2% |
| Brian Gerrish |
UKIP |
541 |
9.3% |
| Julian Brazil |
LD |
2806 |
49.3% |
| Owen Masters |
C |
2266 |
39.8% |
| Stephen Dooley |
UKIP |
625 |
11.0% |
| John Smith |
LD |
2450 |
43.5% |
| Michael Walters |
C |
1978 |
35.1% |
| James White |
Lab |
1200 |
21.3% |
| Anne Fry |
LD |
2829 |
52.7% |
| Mark Johnson |
C |
1641 |
30.5% |
| Barry Kaye |
Lab |
903 |
16.8% |
| Gordon Hook |
LD |
3275 |
53.3% |
| Allan Vizor |
C |
1819 |
29.6% |
| Louise Lewis |
Lab |
1048 |
17.1% |
| Michael Lee |
C |
3425 |
50.9% |
| Gillian Elston |
LD |
2114 |
31.4% |
| Linda Lever |
Grn |
736 |
10.9% |
| Robert Edwards |
UKIP |
449 |
6.7% |
| Richard Westlake |
Lab |
1779 |
33.3% |
| Yolonda Henson |
C |
1387 |
26.0% |
| Pamela Thickett |
LD |
1380 |
25.8% |
| Nicholas Discombe |
Grn |
695 |
13.0% |
| Dale Woolner |
Ind |
100 |
1.9% |
| Leonard Ford |
LD |
2459 |
37.3% |
| Tony Collins |
C |
2151 |
32.6% |
| Andrew Eastman |
UKIP |
1190 |
18.0% |
| Sharon Prokowski |
Lab |
799 |
12.1% |
| Christine Marsh |
C |
3216 |
43.8% |
| Kenneth Williams |
LD |
2747 |
37.5% |
| Alison Young |
Lab |
740 |
10.1% |
| Quentin Kelly |
UKIP |
632 |
8.6% |
| Roger Giles |
Ind |
3718 |
55.6% |
| Thomas Fraser |
C |
1815 |
27.2% |
| Marion Olive |
LD |
733 |
11.0% |
| Alfred Boom |
Lab |
416 |
6.2% |
| Saxon Spence |
Lab |
2480 |
43.3% |
| Ruth Smith |
C |
1805 |
31.5% |
| Nigel Gooding |
LD |
1442 |
25.2% |
| Jill Owen |
Lab |
2773 |
41.5% |
| Norman Shiel |
C |
1908 |
28.6% |
| Rodney Ruffle |
LD |
1367 |
20.5% |
| Leon Courtney |
UKIP |
331 |
5.0% |
| Keith Danks |
Lib |
297 |
4.4% |
| Philip Brock |
LD |
2194 |
43.5% |
| John Poat |
Lab |
1176 |
23.3% |
| Simon Smith |
C |
952 |
18.9% |
| Isaac Price-Sosner |
Grn |
586 |
11.6% |
| Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker |
UKIP |
140 |
2.8% |
| Andrew Leadbetter |
C |
2081 |
36.3% |
| Rachel Lyons |
Lab |
1261 |
22.0% |
| Benjamin Noble |
LD |
954 |
16.6% |
| Margaret Danks |
Lib |
914 |
15.9% |
| Eric Bransden |
UKIP |
265 |
4.6% |
| Paul Edwards |
Grn |
259 |
4.5% |
| Margaret Rogers |
LD |
3538 |
54.8% |
| James Knight |
C |
2624 |
40.6% |
| Bernard Partridge-Hogbin |
UKIP |
299 |
4.6% |
| Stuart Hughes |
C |
4736 |
63.6% |
| Brian Toye |
LD |
1733 |
23.3% |
| Ray Davison |
Lab |
973 |
13.1% |
| James Pennington |
C |
2903 |
46.3% |
| Catherine Pannell |
LD |
2749 |
43.9% |
| Bill Reeves |
Lab |
614 |
9.8% |
| Jeremy Yabsley |
C |
3042 |
49.2% |
| Susan Sewell |
LD |
2472 |
40.0% |
| Jacqueline Morningmist |
Grn |
664 |
10.7% |
| Roy Connelly |
LD |
2109 |
31.0% |
| Philip Sanders |
C |
1898 |
27.9% |
| Ted Sherrell |
Ind |
1769 |
26.0% |
| Debra Hardy |
Lab |
565 |
8.3% |
| Doreen Mudge |
UKIP |
464 |
6.8% |
| David Cox |
LD |
1837 |
32.3% |
| Cecilia Brown |
C |
1491 |
26.2% |
| Christopher Clarance |
Ind |
957 |
16.8% |
| Mary Kennedy |
Lab |
802 |
14.1% |
| Christopher Whitlock |
UKIP |
594 |
10.5% |
| Philip Cook |
LD |
2406 |
37.9% |
| William Long |
C |
2088 |
32.9% |
| Mary Colclough |
Ind |
1192 |
18.8% |
| Edony Verbrugge |
Lab |
660 |
10.4% |
| Christopher Bray |
LD |
1883 |
35.6% |
| Geoffrey Bladon |
C |
1465 |
27.7% |
| Sylvia Russell |
Ind |
784 |
14.8% |
| Roy Phillips |
Ind |
590 |
11.2% |
| Margaret Tucker |
Lab |
564 |
10.7% |
| Simon Day |
C |
2820 |
52.7% |
| Rosalind Spears |
LD |
2006 |
37.5% |
| David Trigger |
Lab |
530 |
9.9% |
| Des Hannon |
LD |
2485 |
45.3% |
| Dennis Knowles |
C |
2269 |
41.3% |
| Christopher Caffin |
UKIP |
735 |
13.4% |
| Mary Turner |
Ind |
2327 |
36.2% |
| Alan Griffiths |
C |
1693 |
26.4% |
| Paul Williams |
LD |
1199 |
18.7% |
| Andrew Siantonas |
Lab |
594 |
9.2% |
| Kenneth Gilderthorp |
UKIP |
343 |
5.3% |
| David Cottam |
Grn |
269 |
4.2% |
| John Rawlinson |
LD |
2849 |
41.0% |
| James Morrish |
C |
2788 |
40.1% |
| Heathcliffe Pettifer |
Lab |
714 |
10.3% |
| Piers Merchant |
UKIP |
596 |
8.6% |
| Geoff Date |
LD |
2811 |
49.9% |
| John Hawkins |
C |
1398 |
24.8% |
| Lorna Hughes |
Lab |
892 |
15.8% |
| Peter Wyatt |
UKIP |
531 |
9.4% |
| Raymond Radford |
C |
3115 |
46.6% |
| Kevin Wilson |
LD |
1744 |
26.1% |
| Richard Bentley |
Lab |
835 |
12.5% |
| William Cheesbrough |
Grn |
524 |
7.8% |
| Marshall Haines |
UKIP |
473 |
7.1% |
| Ted Mitchell |
C |
2873 |
45.7% |
| Keith Baldry |
LD |
2700 |
42.9% |
| Julia Williamson |
UKIP |
714 |
11.4% |
| Alan Hosking |
LD |
2810 |
39.2% |
| Bill Hitchins |
C |
2770 |
38.6% |
| Edward Lopez |
Lab |
809 |
11.3% |
| Andrew Mudge |
UKIP |
783 |
10.9% |
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