2018 Exeter City Council election

The 2018 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect a third (13/39) of the members of Exeter City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election result left the council with the same political make up as it had before the election, with Labour in control with 29 seats and the Conservatives as the main opposition party, returning with 8.

2018 Exeter City Council election

3 May 2018
13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Exeter City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 30 8 Seats before 29 8 Seats won 10 2 Seats after 29 8 Seat change Popular vote 15,325 10,557 Percentage 47.3% 32.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Last election 1 0 Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 3,005 3,423 Percentage 9.3% 10.6%
Map showing the results of the 2018 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats.

Background

At the previous election in 2016 election, Labour remained in control of the council with 30 councillors out of 39. In February 2017, Labour Councillor Chris Musgrave defected to the Green Party, leaving them with 29 seats going into the election.

Results summary

2018 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10		76.9	19	29	74.4	15,325	47.3	-0.2
	Conservative	2		15.4	6	8	20.5	10,557	32.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	1		7.7	0	1	2.6	3,005	9.3	±0.0
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	3,423	10.6	+1.0
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.2	New
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	34	0.1	New
	Democrats and Veterans	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	10	>0.1	New

Council composition

After the previous election, the composition of the council was:

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30	8	1
Labour	Conservative	LD

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

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29	8	1	1
Labour	Conservative	LD	G

After this election, the composition of the council was:

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29	8	1	1
Labour	Conservative	LD	G

Results by ward

(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Alphington

Alphington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Foale*	1,029	42.77	+3.7
	Conservative	Katherine New	933	38.78	+2.0
	Green	Andrew Bell	256	10.64	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ruffle	188	7.81	-3.9
Majority			96	3.99%
Turnout			2,406	36.77%
	Labour hold		Swing

Duryard & St.James

Duryard & St.James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell*	783	34.60	+3.1
	Labour	Charlie Davies	722	31.90	+2.4
	Conservative	John Harvey	541	23.91	-0.7
	Green	Bethany Payne	132	5.83	-6.6
	Women's Equality	Bea Gare	75	3.31	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Sallie Waters	10	0.44	N/A
Majority			61
Turnout			2,263	33.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Exwick

Exwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Sutton*	1,278	57.80	+5.1
	Conservative	Elliott Malik	593	26.82	+7.2
	Green	Mark Shorto	200	9.05	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Soper	140	6.33	-5.0
Majority			685
Turnout			2,211	30.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Heavitree

Heavitree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Sheldon*	1,554	53.75	+7.8
	Conservative	Guy Richards	786	27.19	+6.7
	Green	Gill Baker	345	11.93	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gates	206	7.13	-3.0
Majority			768
Turnout			2,891	42.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judy Pattison	1,203	58.45	+9.1
	Conservative	George Livesey	603	29.30	+13.8
	Green	Kayleigh Powell	129	6.27	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Smith	123	5.98	-1.0
Majority			600
Turnout			2,058	30.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Newtown & St.Leonards

Newtown & St.Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Vizard*	1,447	56.13	+8.3
	Conservative	Ian Watt	628	24.36	-2.5
	Green	Tom Milburn	267	10.36	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Newcombe	236	9.15	+1.1
Majority			819
Turnout			2,578	36.08
	Labour hold		Swing

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Begley	1,435	47.95	+11.8
	Conservative	David Smith	1,062	35.48	-2.3
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	324	10.83	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mitchell	172	5.75	-4.0
Majority			373
Turnout			2,993	39.42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pinhoe

Pinhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Wood*	1,128	47.08	+5.7
	Conservative	Keith Sparkes	1,057	44.12	+3.8
	Green	Diana Jones	114	4.76	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Cole	97	4.05	-3.0
Majority			71
Turnout			2,396	41.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wardle*	1,177	52.90	+5.9
	Conservative	Jago Brockway	651	29.26	+4.5
	Green	Lynn Wetenhall	220	9.89	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Campion	177	7.96	-0.9
Majority			526
Turnout			2,225	34.25
	Labour hold		Swing

St Davids

St Davids

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Sills*	1,119	43.41	+10.2
	Green	Diana Moore	826	32.04	+7.2
	Conservative	Aric Gilinsky	471	18.27	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Dart	162	6.28	-22.8
Majority			293
Turnout			2,578	35.09
	Labour hold		Swing

St Loyes

St Loyes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holland	1,299	52.23	+22.4
	Labour	Christine Buswell	901	36.23	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Deakin	167	6.71	-8.0
	Green	Andrew Cheesewright	120	4.83	-10.0
Majority			398
Turnout			2,487	36.03
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Thomas

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Wright	1,343	49.30	+8.9
	Conservative	Mason Bell	679	24.93	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Chenore	376	13.80	-8.4
	Green	Joe Levy	292	10.72	+2.7
	BNP	Chris Stone	34	1.25	N/A
Majority			664
Turnout			2,724	36.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Topsham

Topsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Pierce	1,254	47.88	+1.6
	Labour	Eliot Wright	989	37.76	+1.8
	Green	Jonathan Dawson	198	7.56	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Pugh	178	6.80	-3.3
Majority			265
Turnout			2,619	37.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Exeter City Council