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2025 Exeter City Council by-elections results

The votes cast for each candidate with vote share, party vote share change and turnout in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham.

, updated

Martin Redfern

The distribution of seats on Exeter City Council following the two by-elections held in 2025 is:

  • Labour (LAB) 22 (-1)
  • Green (GREEN) 7 (=)
  • Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 4 (=)
  • Independent (IND) 2 (=)
  • Conservative (CON) 3 (=)
  • Reform UK (REFUK) 1 (+1)

Across both wards the turnout was 37.67%. 5,551 votes were cast among an electorate of 14,767 registered voters and 15 ballots were rejected.

The votes cast in the 2025 city council by-elections for each candidate with vote share, party vote share change and turnout in each ward are as follows.


Mincinglake & Whipton

REFUK gain from LAB

  • Martin Ayres GREEN 251 (11.08%) +3.35%
  • Ian Baldwin CON 189 (8.34%) -4.92%
  • Paula Black LAB 630 (27.81%) -10.69%
  • Angela Martin IND 259 (11.43%) -24.01%
  • Tony Payne REFUK 789 (34.83%) +34.83%
  • Paul Richards LIBDEM 147 (6.49%) +1.41%

Turnout: 34.90% = 2,270 ballots among an electorate of 6,505.

5 ballots were rejected.

2025 Exeter City Council Mincinglake & Whipton by-election results - votes cast 2025 Exeter City Council Mincinglake & Whipton by-election results - votes cast

2025 Exeter City Council Mincinglake & Whipton by-election results - party vote share change 2025 Exeter City Council Mincinglake & Whipton by-election results - party vote share change


Topsham

LAB hold

  • James Cookson LAB 933 (28.39%) -16.66%
  • Edward Hill REFUK 760 (23.13%) +23.13%
  • Keith Sparkes CON 905 (27.54%) -9.27%
  • Philip Thomas LIBDEM 349 (10.62%) +3.32%
  • Greg Wotton GREEN 339 (10.32%) -0.51%

Turnout: 39.86% = 3,293 ballots among an electorate of 8,262.

15 ballots were rejected.

2025 Exeter City Council Topsham by-election results - votes cast 2025 Exeter City Council Topsham by-election results - votes cast

2025 Exeter City Council Topsham by-election results - party vote share change 2025 Exeter City Council Topsham by-election results - party vote share change


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