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Local Election Results 2007

Torridge

Whole council up for election. Seven councillors (four Independent and three Conservative) were elected unopposed.

Other results for Torridge: 2003 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

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Consolidated results — Torridge 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 5755 29.3% 13
Liberal Democrat 5382 27.4% 8
Independent 5124 26.1% 13
Green Party 2331 11.9% 2
UK Independence Party 609 3.1% 0
Labour 434 2.2% 0

Appledore (2) [1 C gain from UKIP]

Andrew Eastman C 480 34.1%
Leonard Ford LD 421 29.9%
Alison Boyle C 352
Val Robbins LD 349
Kenny Davis UKIP 191 13.6%
Peter Hames Grn 182 12.9%
Andy Harrison Ind 134 9.5%

Bideford East (3) [1 Ind gain from Community Alliance, 1 LD gain from Community Alliance]

Brian Lacey Ind 678 42.0%
Caroline Church LD 613 37.9%
Stephen Clarke Ind 512
Bob Wootton LD 245
Angela Bone LD 244
Gerald Waldron Ind 225
Keith Kersey UKIP 173 10.7%
Gaston Dezart UKIP 171
Anne Brenton Lab 152 9.4%
David Johnson UKIP 115
Sheila Bloomfield Lab 86

Bideford North (3) [1 C gain from Community Alliance]

Peter Christie Grn 740 38.9%
David Fulford C 614 32.3%
Hugo Barton LD 549 28.8%
Trevor Johns LD 471
Jim Jackson C 430
Jon Hooper Grn 377
Mel Bushell LD 359

Bideford South (3) [1 C gain from Community Alliance]

Tony Inch LD 433 32.6%
Simon Inch LD 406
Philip Pester C 344 25.9%
Graham Jones C 338
Clive Bone LD 321
David Brenton Lab 282 21.2%
Patricia Ferguson Ind 270 20.3%
Chris Cornish Ind 244

Broadheath [C gain from Ind]

Marion Perkin C unop.

Clinton

Philip Collins Ind 397 58.1%
Ted Seath C 286 41.9%

Clovelly Bay

Royston Johns Ind unop.

Coham Bridge

Gaye Tabor C unop.

Forest [C gain from Ind]

Barry Parsons C 422 60.1%
Chris March Ind 280 39.9%

Hartland and Bradworthy (2) [1 LD gain from Ind]

Adam Symons LD 657 38.8%
Bill Pillman Ind 598 35.3%
Trevor Sillifant Ind 363
Robin Julian UKIP 245 14.5%
Anne Rix Grn 195 11.5%

Holsworthy (2)

Desmond Shadrick LD 710 43.9%
Richard Brown Ind 558 34.5%
John Allen Ind 384
Geoffrey Boyd C 348 21.5%
Jamie Zambuni C 278
Richard Kennedy Ind 236

Kenwith [C gain from Community Alliance]

Tony Collins C 333 54.5%
Hugh Bone Ind 278 45.5%

Monkleigh and Littleham

Philip Pennington Ind 351 57.5%
George Clinch C 259 42.5%

Northam (3) [2 C and 1 Grn gain from 2 Community Alliance and 1 Ind]

Sam Robinson C 894 38.3%
Roger Johnson C 888
Miranda Cox Grn 862 36.9%
Chas Langton C 837
Sue Miller LD 578 24.8%

Orchard Hill

Chris Leather Ind 475 75.4%
Humphrey Temperley LD 155 24.6%

Shebbear and Langtree [C gain from LD]

Andrew Saywell C 411 52.4%
Allin Bewes LD 373 47.6%

Tamarside

Kenneth James Ind unop.

Three Moors [C gain from Ind]

Rosemary Lock C 546 62.6%
Adrian Freeland LD 326 37.4%

Torrington (3) [1 C gain from Ind]

Margaret Brown Ind 693 32.1%
Andy Boyd C 620 28.7%
Geoff Lee LD 495 22.9%
Richard Rumbold Ind 490
Judd Bond Ind 476
Cathrine Simmons Grn 352 16.3%
David Cox Ind 179

Two Rivers [C gain from Ind]

James Morrish C unop.

Waldon

Bob Hicks Ind unop.

Westward Ho! [Ind gain from Community Alliance]

Roger Tisdale Ind 325 47.7%
Susan Collins C 198 29.0%
Hazel Bissessar Ind 87 12.8%
Myrna Bushell LD 72 10.6%

Winkleigh

David Lausen Ind unop.

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