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Exeter City Council 2026 Exeter local elections results

Exeter City Council 2026 local elections results

The votes cast for each candidate with vote share and party vote share change in each ward plus turnout, postal votes and the distribution of seats.

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2026 Exeter local elections guide current city council seat distribution graphic

2026 Exeter local elections guide

City council elections take place on Thursday 7 May. Our comprehensive guide covers who’s standing where, wards to watch and the backdrop to this year’s ballot, which looks set to end fourteen years of Labour majority control over the city.

Exeter Digest #99: Local elections U-turn - Neighbourhood CIL - King George V playing field - Midas debt - Bowling Green Marsh - 130 Fore Street - Clarendon House - SEND deficit

With our pick of upcoming local community and culture highlights.

Illustrative view of proposed student block entrance at junction of Verney Street and Summerland Street

Plans for six-storey Summerland Street student block submitted for approval

Spinnaker Estates application for full planning permission for 180-bed redevelopment would increase number of student beds in immediate area to 1,754.

Illustrative view of Heavitree Road blocks above Higher Summerlands

Exeter City Council adds 813 more student and “co-living” beds to city “housing” supply with Heavitree Road approval

Complex of seven blocks up to six storeys tall on site of police station and magistrates court to bring purpose-built temporary accommodation tally to 3,250 beds in Newtown alone – while failing to meet local plan minimum building separation policy.

Illustrative view of proposed co-living blocks from Heavitree Road

Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended

Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex submitted in May as similar proposals proliferate across city centre.

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