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Exeter 2025
Local elections held 1 May 2025.
How to read this page
Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.
Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.
If votes were counted by party
Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 7,779 | 24.0% | 4 | 44.4% | 3 | 33.3% | +1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 6,797 | 20.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 22.2% | -2 |
| Green Party | 6,492 | 20.0% | 3 | 33.3% | 2 | 22.2% | +1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 5,071 | 15.6% | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 11.1% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,217 | 13.0% | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 11.1% | 0 |
| Labour Party | 2,061 | 6.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 38 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 32,455 | 100.0% | 9 | 100.0% | 9 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Heavitree & Whipton Barton · 1 seat · won at 26.2% · +23.8 pts below quota
- Alphington & Cowick · 1 seat · won at 26.8% · +23.2 pts below quota
- Duryard & Pennsylvania · 1 seat · won at 28.4% · +21.6 pts below quota
- Wonford & St. Loyes · 1 seat · won at 30.6% · +19.4 pts below quota
- Wearside & Topsham · 1 seat · won at 31.5% · +18.5 pts below quota
- Exwick & St. Thomas · 1 seat · won at 32.2% · +17.8 pts below quota
- Pinhoe & Mincinglake · 1 seat · won at 34.1% · +15.9 pts below quota
- St. Sidwells & St. James · 1 seat · won at 35.9% · +14.1 pts below quota
- St. David's & Haven Banks · 1 seat · won at 45.8% · +4.2 pts below quota
Race results
Heavitree & Whipton Barton · single-seat
Marginal winner 26.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +23.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,085
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Stanley Eade | Green Party | 1,070 | 26.2% | Elected |
| 2 | Tina Beer | Reform UK | 1,045 | 25.6% | |
| 3 | Liz Pole | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,037 | 25.4% | |
| 4 | Katherine Helen New | Conservative and Unionist Party | 474 | 11.6% | |
| 5 | Paul Stephen Richards | Liberal Democrats | 459 | 11.2% |
Alphington & Cowick · single-seat
Marginal winner 26.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +23.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,206
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Stevens | Reform UK | 1,126 | 26.8% | Elected |
| 2 | Yvonne Atkinson | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,054 | 25.1% | |
| 3 | Vanessa Newcombe | Liberal Democrats | 1,030 | 24.5% | |
| 4 | Holly Gillett | Green Party | 544 | 12.9% | |
| 5 | Lucille Baker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 452 | 10.7% |
Duryard & Pennsylvania · single-seat
Marginal winner 28.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +21.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,118
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Norman Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | 886 | 28.4% | Elected |
| 2 | Tony Badcott | Labour and Co-operative Party | 815 | 26.1% | |
| 3 | James Donald Holman | Reform UK | 502 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | Rob Hannaford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 470 | 15.1% | |
| 5 | Bernadette Chelvanayagam | Green Party | 445 | 14.3% |
Wonford & St. Loyes · single-seat
Marginal winner 30.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +19.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,103
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Nash | Reform UK | 950 | 30.6% | Elected |
| 2 | Anne Margaret Jobson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 843 | 27.2% | |
| 3 | Dave Mutton | Labour Party | 785 | 25.3% | |
| 4 | Johanna Franziska Korndorfer | Green Party | 294 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Adrian Lock | Liberal Democrats | 231 | 7.4% |
Wearside & Topsham · single-seat
Marginal winner 31.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +18.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,697
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Robert Leadbetter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,479 | 31.5% | Elected |
| 2 | Carol Whitton | Labour Party | 1,276 | 27.2% | |
| 3 | Chris Owen | Reform UK | 916 | 19.5% | |
| 4 | Rosie Green | Green Party | 609 | 13.0% | |
| 5 | Philip Alexander Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 417 | 8.9% |
Exwick & St. Thomas · single-seat
Marginal winner 32.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,232
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Stevens | Reform UK | 1,040 | 32.2% | Elected |
| 2 | John Harvey | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,018 | 31.5% | |
| 3 | Andy Cooper | Green Party | 571 | 17.7% | |
| 4 | Jamie Liam Horner | Liberal Democrats | 329 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe | Conservative and Unionist Party | 274 | 8.5% |
Pinhoe & Mincinglake · single-seat
Marginal winner 34.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +15.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,853
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Hill | Reform UK | 1,313 | 34.1% | Elected |
| 2 | Paula Black | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,115 | 28.9% | |
| 3 | Ian Anthony Baldwin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 631 | 16.4% | |
| 4 | Martin Ayres | Green Party | 424 | 11.0% | |
| 5 | Christine Anne Campion | Liberal Democrats | 370 | 9.6% |
St. Sidwells & St. James · single-seat
Marginal winner 35.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +14.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,919
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Morgan Richardson | Green Party | 1,049 | 35.9% | Elected |
| 2 | Lucy Findlay | Labour and Co-operative Party | 981 | 33.6% | |
| 3 | Jo Westlake | Reform UK | 403 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Will Aczel | Liberal Democrats | 298 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | David Luscombe | Conservative and Unionist Party | 188 | 6.4% |
St. David's & Haven Banks · single-seat
Marginal winner 45.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,242
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Ketchin | Green Party | 1,486 | 45.8% | Elected |
| 2 | Rose Lelliott | Labour and Co-operative Party | 777 | 24.0% | |
| 3 | Fran Wroe | Reform UK | 484 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Rob Newby | Conservative and Unionist Party | 260 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Rod Ruffle | Liberal Democrats | 197 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Myles Jefferson Hatcher | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 38 | 1.2% |