The distribution of seats on Exeter City Council following the elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 is:
- Labour Party (LAB) 14 ()
- Independents (IND) 2 (=)
- Green Party (GREEN) 4 ()
- Liberal Democrats (LIBDEM) 3 ()
- Conservative Party (CON) 1 ()
- Reform UK (REFUK) 1 ()
The total number of votes cast for each party (or the leading party candidate in Heavitree) and change since the 2024 Exeter City Council elections (or the 2025 by-elections in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham) is:
- Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) 00,000 ()
- Labour Party (LAB) 00,000 ()
- Independents (IND) 00,000 (=)
- Green Party (GREEN) 00,000 ()
- Liberal Democrats (LIBDEM) 00,000 ()
- Conservative Party (CON) 00,000 ()
- Reform UK (REFUK) 00,000 ()
The total vote share change for each party (or the leading party candidate in Heavitree) since the 2024 Exeter City Council elections (or the 2025 by-elections in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham) is:
The combined vote share in the 2026 local elections for each party (or the leading party candidate in Heavitree) in the ten Exeter City Council wards in the Exeter parliamentary constituency is:
The votes cast for each candidate with vote share, party (or leading party candidate in Heavitree) vote share change since the 2024 Exeter City Council elections (or the 2025 by-elections in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham) and turnout in each ward were as follows.
Alphington
Duryard & St. James
Exwick
Heavitree
Mincinglake & Whipton
Newtown & St. Leonard’s
Pennsylvania
Pinhoe
Priory
St. David’s
St. Loye’s
St. Thomas
Topsham
Methodology note
Voters in this year’s elections in Exeter City Council’s Heavitree ward were allowed to cast up to two votes which were not ranked in any order of preference using the multiple non-transferable vote system.
Because not all of these voters cast both their votes a precise vote share for individual candidates cannot be derived from the recorded results.
Instead, a proportional share of the ballots cast for the leading candidate in each party has been used to derive party vote share change comparisons with the 2024 city council election results in this ward.
We believe this is the best available method to enable statistically meaningful comparisons between the major parties in the city.
In addition, all but two of the Exeter City Council’s wards were last elected two years ago, but city council by-elections were held in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham last year at the same time as elections to Devon County Council.
Because of Reform UK’s significance in this year’s elections, and because it did not stand any candidates in 2024, both these by-elections have been used to calculate party vote share change comparisons in these wards.
The other eleven ward party vote share change comparisons were calculated using the 2024 city council election results.
