The 2019 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Mid Devon District Council in England.
It was held on the same day as other local elections. At the elections the Conservatives lost control of the council, with no party winning an overall majority.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
Boniface
Bradninch
Cadbury
Canonsleigh
Castle
Clare & Shuttern
Cranmore
Cullompton North
Cullompton Outer
Cullompton South
Halberton
Lawrence
Lower Culm
Lowman
Newbrooke
Sandford & Creedy
Silverton
Taw
Taw Vale
Upper Culm
Upper Yeo
Way
Westexe
Yeo
Changes 2019–2023 Graeme Barnell, elected for Newbrooke as a Liberal Democrat, left the party in March 2022 to join the council's non-aligned group. Bob Evans, elected for Lower Culm as a Conservative, was replaced as leader of the Conservative group and sacked as deputy leader of the council following the Cullompton South by-election in April 2022, after which he resigned from the Conservative group to sit as an ungrouped member. Andrew Moore, elected for Clare & Shuttern as a Conservative, left the Conservative group on 4 October 2022 to sit as a "wholly unaligned independent member". Chris Daw, elected for Cranmore as a Conservative, subsequently left the party to sit as a member of the council's non-aligned group.
By-elections
Castle
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Irene Hill.
Taw
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Conservative councillor, John Daw, on 9 January 2020.
Westexe
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Independent councillor, Gerald Luxton.
Upper Culm
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Conservative councillor, Glanmor Hughes, on 10 April 2021.
Cullompton South
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Independent councillor, Eileen Andrews, aged 94, due to ill health.
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