2005 Devon County Council election
The 2005 Devon County Council election was an election to Devon County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 62 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions had been redrawn since the last election in 2001. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.
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All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local elections.
Summary
The election saw the Liberal Democrats regained control of the council, which had last been under Liberal Democrat control after the 1997 election, but had been under no overall control since the 2001 election.[1] The Conservative Party gained only one seat, despite the increase in the number of seats from 54 to 62 after redistricting, becoming the second-largest party on the council and therefore the official opposition party. The Liberal Party lost all three of its seats in the election, while the Independent grouping lost one seat. The Gallagher index for the election, which measures the disproportionality of seat allocation, was 11.94.[note 3]
Results
Devon County Council election, 2005[3][5] | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
Liberal Democrats | 33 | ![]() |
53.2 | 38.0 | 142,414 | ||||
Conservative | 23 | ![]() |
37.1 | 38.0 | 142,732 | ||||
Labour | 4 | ![]() |
6.5 | 11.9 | 44,813 | ||||
Independent | 2 | ![]() |
3.2 | 4.4 | 16,692 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.9 | 14,643 | ||||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.5 | 9,539 | ||||
Liberal | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.1 | 4,300 |
Electoral division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Greenslade | 3,411 | 56.8 | ||
Conservative | John Gill | 1305 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | Annie Brenton | 720 | 12.0 | ||
Green | Earl Bramley-Howard | 572 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 2106 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 6008 | 59.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christopher Haywood | 3,116 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | David Brailey | 1999 | 32.3 | ||
Green | Robert Cornish | 596 | 9.6 | ||
Independent | Terence Bawden | 474 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 1117 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 6185 | 63.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Hugo Barton | 2,613 | 47.5 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Christopher Leather | 1891 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | David Brenton | 1001 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 722 | 13.1 | |||
Turnout | 5505 | 62.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Jenkins | 2,325 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Jasmine Chesters | 2250 | 35.4 | ||
Independent | Charles Piper | 610 | 9.6 | ||
Green | Michael Harrison | 607 | 9.5 | ||
Labour | Danny Neary | 566 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 75 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 6358 | 68.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Frederick Tucker | 3,209 | 46.0 | ||
Conservative | Richard Edgell | 2848 | 40.8 | ||
Green | Ian Godfrey | 915 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 361 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 6972 | 73.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Vivienne Davis | 2,522 | 44.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derrick Spear | 2414 | 42.8 | ||
Green | Jon Hooper | 706 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 108 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 5642 | 69.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rodney Cann | 2,758 | 50.0 | ||
Independent | David Jury | 1765 | 32.0 | ||
Green | Linda Mack | 997 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 993 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 5520 | 68.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Fowler | 2,132 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Paul Crabb | 1783 | 35.1 | ||
Independent | Ivan Frances | 716 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Franklin Pearson | 443 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 349 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 5074 | 57.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Yabsley | 3,042 | 49.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Sewell | 2472 | 40.0 | ||
Green | Jacqueline Morningmist | 664 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 570 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 6178 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Notes
- Seats changes since the 2001 election are skewed by the increase of the number of council seats from 54 to 62 at the 2005 election
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For this election, the Gallagher Index can be worked out as:
Party % of votes % of seats difference difference
squaredLiberal Democrats 38.0 53.2 15.2 231.04 Conservatives 38.0 37.1 -0.9 0.81 Labour 11.9 6.5 -5.4 29.16 Independent 4.4 3.2 -1.2 1.44 UKIP 3.9 0.0 -3.9 15.21 Green 2.5 0.0 -2.5 6.25 Liberal 1.1 0.0 -1.1 1.21 Other 0.02 0.0 -0.02 0.0004 total of squares of differences 285.1204 total / 2 142.5602 square root of (total / 2) 11.93986 - A lower value indicates a more proportional outcome in the election; historically, UK general elections have had a value of around 16.[4] The Gallagher index is worked out using the formula:
References
- "Local election results: Devon LD GAIN FROM NOC". BBC. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "ELECTORAL WARD 2001". Devon County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Devon County Council Elections 2005 Results". Devon County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Electoral systems across the UK". Institute for Government. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Previous election results". Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "Devon County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "Devon County Council full election 5 May 2005". North Devon Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "ELECTION RESULTS COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION Date : 5th May 2005". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 14 January 2021.