Election Name: | 2018 Exeter City Council election[1] |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2016 Exeter City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2019 Exeter City Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Exeter City Council |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 30 |
Seats Before1: | 29 |
Seats1: | 10 |
Seats After1: | 29 |
Popular Vote1: | 15,325 |
Percentage1: | 47.3% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 8 |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seats After2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,557 |
Percentage2: | 32.6% |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 1 |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 3,005 |
Percentage4: | 9.3% |
Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 3,423 |
Percentage5: | 10.6% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
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.[2] 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.
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.[3]
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:
30 | 8 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD |
Before this election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD | G |
After this election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD | G |
(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.