South Hams District Council elections explained

South Hams District Council is the local authority for the South Hams District in Devon, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 31 councillors have been elected from 20 wards: eleven of which elect one councillor, seven elect two councillors and two elect three councillors. Between 1999 and 2014, 40 councillors were elected from 30 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• • • 1973 South Hams District Council election 1976 South Hams District Council election 1979 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
  • 1983 South Hams District Council election 1987 South Hams District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[3] [4]}
• 1991 South Hams District Council election
• 1995 South Hams District Council election
• 1999 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 4)^{[5] [6]}
• 2003 South Hams District Council election
• 2007 South Hams District Council election
• 2011 South Hams District Council election
• 2015 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)^{[7] [8]}
• 2019 South Hams District Council election
• 2023 South Hams District Council election

width=125 align="center"	Date		width=100 align="center"	Conservative	width=20 align="center"	+/-		width=100 align="center"	Liberal Democrat	width=20 align="center"	+/-		width=100 align="center"	Greens	width=20 align="center"	+/-		width=100 align="center"	Labour	width=20 align="center"	+/-		width=100 align="center"	Independent	width=20 align="center"	+/-	width=125 align="center"	Control
2011	30			5			3			1			1			bgcolor=	Conservative
2015^[9]	25		-5	2		-3	3		=	1		=	0		-1	bgcolor=	Conservative
2017	24		-1	3		+1	3		=	1		=	0		=	bgcolor=	Conservative
2019	16		-8	10		+7	3		=	0		-1	2		+2	bgcolor=	Conservative
2023	7		-9	19		+9	3		=	1		+1	1		-1	bgcolor=	Liberal Democrats

By-election results

2015-2019

This by-election was called following the resignation of Green Party councillor Barrie Wood.^[10]

This by-election was called following the resignation of Conservative councillor Lindsay Ward ^[11]

2019-2023

This by-election was called following the death of Conservative councillor David May.^[12]

References

• By-election results

External links

• South Hams District Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: How to Vote . https://web.archive.org/web/20090109164532/http://www.southhams.gov.uk/index/council_index/ksp_council_elections/sp-elections-elections/sp-council-how_to_vote.htm . dead . 2009-01-09 . 2010-02-19 . South Hams District Council .
2. The District of South Hams (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
3. The Mid Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge (Areas) Order 1985
4. The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1985
5. News: South Hams . 2009-11-20 . BBC News Online.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. Web site: Final recommendations for South Hams published . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161205132908/https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/794 . dead . 2016-12-05 . 2014-02-25 . 2015-10-26 . .
8. legislation.gov.uk - The South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. Web site: Declaration of Result of Poll. South Hams District Council. 7 May 2015. 27 October 2015. 6 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170206104031/http://www.southhams.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13538&p=0. dead.
10. News: Clark. Daniel. South Hams councillor resigns opening up vacancy in Totnes ward . 26 October 2015. Herald Express. 4 September 2015.
11. News: Acourt. Sam. By-election announced for Charterlands after Cllr Lindsay Ward resigns . 24 February 2017. Ivybridge & South Brent Gazette. 31 January 2017.
12. News: Clark . Daniel . 'Larger than life councillor' dies after cancer battle . 6 December 2023 . Devon Live . 3 December 2020 . en.