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2025 Devon County Council elections results

County-wide seat wins and vote share changes plus the votes cast with vote share, party vote share change and turnout in each Exeter division.

, updated

Martin Redfern

The distribution of seats on Devon County Council following the results of the 2025 elections held on Thursday 1 May 2025 is:

  • Labour (LAB) 0 (-6)
  • Green (GREEN) 6 (+4)
  • Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 27 (+17)
  • Independent (IND) 2 (=)
  • Conservative (CON) 7 (-33)
  • Reform UK (REFUK) 18 (+18)

2025 Devon County Council elections results party seat distribution parliament chart

The turnout was 36.05%. 243,018 votes were cast on 231,027 ballots among an electorate of 640,785 registered voters.

449 ballots were rejected.

The total number of votes cast for each party/grouping was:

  • Labour (LAB) 19,023 (-21,617)
  • Green (GREEN) 24,502 (-3,783)
  • Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 68,823 (+23,438)
  • Independent (IND) 11,154 (-10,808)
  • Conservative (CON) 53,123 (-55,579)
  • Reform UK (REFUK) 65,899 (+65,475)

The vote share changes for each party/grouping since the 2021 Devon County Council elections was:

2025 Devon County Council elections results party vote share change

Please note that the above figures differ slightly from those published by Devon County Council due to its erroneous allocation of spoilt ballots to vote shares and inconsistent decimal rounding.

For the background to this year’s Devon County Council elections and the contests in each of Exeter’s electoral divisions see our 2025 Exeter & Devon local elections guide.

The votes cast in the 2025 county council elections for each candidate with vote share, party vote share change and turnout in each Exeter division are as follows.


Alphington & Cowick

REFUK gain from LAB

  • Yvonne Atkinson LAB 1,054 (25.06%) -17.03%
  • Lucille Baker CON 452 (10.75%) -25.85%
  • Holly Gillett GREEN 544 (12.93%) +2.02%
  • Vanessa Newcombe LIBDEM 1,030 (24.49%) +10.96%
  • Neil Stevens REFUK 1,126 (26.77%) +26.77%

Turnout: 38.58% = 4,215 ballots among an electorate of 10,926.

9 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Alphington & Cowick election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Alphington & Cowick election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Alphington & Cowick election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Alphington & Cowick election results - party vote share change


Duryard & Pennsylvania

LIBDEM gain from CON

  • Tony Badcott LAB 815 (26.14%) -6.49%
  • Bernadette Chelvanayagam GREEN 445 (14.27%) +2.72%
  • Rob Hannaford CON 470 (15.07%) -22.15%
  • James Holman REFUK 502 (16.10%) +16.10%
  • Michael Mitchell LIBDEM 886 (28.42%) +13.51%

Turnout: 40.04% = 3,122 ballots among an electorate of 7,797.

4 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Duryard & Pennsylvania election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Duryard & Pennsylvania election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Duryard & Pennsylvania election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Duryard & Pennsylvania election results - party vote share change


Exwick & St. Thomas

REFUK gain from CON

  • Andy Cooper GREEN 571 (17.67%) +4.65%
  • John Harvey LAB 1,018 (31.50%) -19.78%
  • Jamie Horner LIBDEM 329 (10.18%) +5.69%
  • Kayleigh Luscombe CON 274 (8.48%) -17.21%
  • Tony Stevens REFUK 1,040 (32.18%) +32.18%

Turnout: 31.97% = 3,236 ballots among an electorate of 10,122.

4 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Exwick & St. Thomas election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Exwick & St. Thomas election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Exwick & St. Thomas election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Exwick & St. Thomas election results - party vote share change


Heavitree & Whipton Barton

GREEN gain from LAB

  • Tina Beer REFUK 1,045 (25.58%) +25.58%
  • Jack Eade GREEN 1,070 (26.19%) +4.34%
  • Katherine New CON 474 (11.60%) -17.56%
  • Liz Pole LAB 1,037 (25.39%) -18.98%
  • Stephen Richards LIBDEM 459 (11.24%) +7.64%

Turnout: 38.33% = 4,101 ballots among an electorate of 10,700.

16 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Heavitree & Whipton Barton election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Heavitree & Whipton Barton election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Heavitree & Whipton Barton election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Heavitree & Whipton Barton election results - party vote share change


Pinhoe & Mincinglake

REFUK gain from LAB

  • Martin Ayres GREEN 424 (11.00%) +3.88%
  • Ian Baldwin CON 631 (16.38%) -17.15%
  • Paula Black LAB 1,115 (28.94%) -19.74%
  • Christine Campion LIBDEM 370 (9.60%) +5.80%
  • Edward Hill REFUK 1,313 (34.08%) +34.08%

Turnout: 33.93% = 3,868 ballots among an electorate of 11,399.

15 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Pinhoe & Mincinglake election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Pinhoe & Mincinglake election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Pinhoe & Mincinglake election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Pinhoe & Mincinglake election results - party vote share change


St. David’s & Haven Banks

GREEN gain from LAB

  • Myles Hatcher TUSC 38 (1.17%) +1.17%
  • Andy Ketchin GREEN 1,486 (45.84%) +9.00%
  • Rose Lelliott LAB 777 (23.97%) -17.21%
  • Rob Newby CON 260 (8.02%) -9.72%
  • Rod Ruffle LIBDEM 197 (6.08%) +1.84%
  • Fran Wroe REFUK 484 (14.93%) +14.93%

Turnout: 33.56% = 3,253 ballots among an electorate of 9,692.

11 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council St. David's & Haven Banks election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council St. David’s & Haven Banks election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council St. David's & Haven Banks election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council St. David’s & Haven Banks election results - party vote share change


St. Sidwell’s & St. James

GREEN gain from LAB

  • Will Aczel LIBDEM 298 (10.21%) -1.63%
  • Lucy Findlay LAB 981 (33.61%) -18.51%
  • David Luscombe CON 188 (6.44%) -7.23%
  • Thomas Richardson GREEN 1,049 (35.94%) +13.58%
  • Jo Westlake REFUK 403 (13.81%) +13.81%

Turnout: 29.75% = 2,929 ballots among an electorate of 9,847.

10 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council St. Sidwell's & St. James election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council St. Sidwell’s & St. James election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council St. Sidwell's & St. James election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council St. Sidwell’s & St. James election results - party vote share change


Wearside & Topsham

CON hold

  • Rosie Green GREEN 609 (12.97%) -1.00%
  • Andrew Leadbetter CON 1,479 (31.49%) -16.78%
  • Chris Owen REFUK 916 (19.50%) +19.50%
  • Alexander Thomas LIBDEM 417 (8.88%) +2.05%
  • Carol Whitton LAB 1,276 (27.17%) -3.76%

Turnout: 41.67% = 4,705 ballots among an electorate of 11,291.

8 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Wearside & Topsham election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Wearside & Topsham election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Wearside & Topsham election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Wearside & Topsham election results - party vote share change


Wonford & St. Loye’s

REFUK gain from LAB

  • Anne Jobson CON 843 (27.17%) -15.85%
  • Johanna Korndorfer GREEN 294 (9.47%) +0.11%
  • Adrian Lock LIBDEM 231 (7.44%) +3.42%
  • Dave Mutton LAB 785 (25.30%) -18.31%
  • Angela Nash REFUK 950 (30.62%) +30.62%

Turnout: 32.58% = 3,111 ballots among an electorate of 9,548.

8 ballots were rejected.

2025 Devon County Council Wonford & St. Loye's election results - votes cast 2025 Devon County Council Wonford & St. Loye’s election results - votes cast

2025 Devon County Council Wonford & St. Loye's election results - party vote share change 2025 Devon County Council Wonford & St. Loye’s election results - party vote share change

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