| Election Name: | 2022 Exeter City Council election |
| Country: | Devon |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Exeter City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Exeter City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 out of 39 seats to Exeter City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 28 seats, 44.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 28 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 19,948 |
| Percentage1: | 45.8% |
| Swing1: | 1.4% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 6 seats, 30.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,743 |
| Percentage2: | 22.4% |
| Swing2: | 7.7% |
| Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 15.7% |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,434 |
| Percentage3: | 21.7% |
| Swing3: | 6.0% |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 8.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,084 |
| Percentage4: | 9.4% |
| Swing4: | 1.0% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 0.6% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 111 |
| Percentage5: | 0.3% |
| Swing5: | 0.3% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2022 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members to Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. 17 of the 39 seats were up for election, one councillor in each of the 13 wards, and 4 by-elections. These wards were last contested in 2018.
The Labour Party have a majority of 17 on the council.[1] The Conservatives are the main opposition with 6 councillors. The Liberal Democrat, Green and Independent Councillors formed a "Progressive Group" following the 2019 elections.[2]
In these elections, 10 wards up for election currently have a Labour councillor (Alphington; Exwick; Heavitree; Mincinglake & Whipton; Newtown & St Leonards; Pennsylvania; Pinhoe; Priory; St Davids; and St Thomas), 2 have Conservative councillors (St Loyes; and Topsham) and 1 has a Liberal Democrat councillor (Duryard and St James).
In addition to these seats, four by-elections have so far been announced in the Exwick, Heavitree, Pennsylvania and Priory wards.[3] In order to retain their overall majority on the councillor, Labour need to win at least six seats.
Each ward has the following outgoing councillor:
The full list of candidates was published on 6th April.[6] An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.[7]
Jane Begley was an incumbent councillor for the Pennsylvania ward.[8]