2023 Exeter City Council election

2023 UK local government election

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13 out of 39 seats to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Philip Bialyk	Diana Moore	Anne Jobson
Party	Labour	Green	Conservative
Last election	26 seats, 45.8%	5 seats, 21.7%	5 seats, 22.4%
Seats before	25	5	5
Seats won	7	3	1
Seats after	25	6	4
Seat change	1	1	1
Popular vote	14,111	7,098	6,334
Percentage	43.8%	22.0%	19.7%
Swing	2.0%	0.3%	2.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Kevin Mitchell
Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Last election	2 seats, 9.4%	1 seat, 0.3%
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	2	0
Seats after	3	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	3,908	564
Percentage	12.1%	1.8%
Swing	2.7%	1.5%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Exeter City Council election

Leader before election

Philip Bialyk
Labour

Leader after election

Philip Bialyk
Labour

The 2023 Exeter City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Labour retained its majority of the seats on the council.

Summary

Election result

2023 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	53.8	18	25	64.1	14,111	43.8	–2.0
	Green	3	1	23.1	3	6	15.4	7,098	22.0	+0.3
	Conservative	1	1	7.7	3	4	10.3	6,334	19.7	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	15.4	1	3	7.7	3,908	12.1	+2.7
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	0.0	564	1.8	+1.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	57	0.2	N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Exeter City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were:

Alphington

Alphington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Yvonne Atkinson*	1,187	51.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Katherine New	653	28.4	−2.2
	Green	John Bowman	306	13.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Horner	150	6.5	−1.8
Majority			534	23.3	+3.9
Turnout			2296	36.24	−1.27
	Labour hold

Duryard and St. James

Duryard and St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mitchell*	938	42.3	−0.4
	Labour Co-op	David Blagden	791	35.6	+1.6
	Green	Simon Egan	278	12.5	+3.5
	Conservative	Harry Johnson-Hill	213	9.6	−4.7
Majority			147	6.7	−2.1
Turnout			2229	33.14	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

Exwick

Exwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Susannah Patrick	1,145	53.9	−5.4
	Conservative	Kayleigh Luscombe	333	15.7	−1.8
	Green	Mark Shorto	268	12.7	−2.1
	Independent	Frankie Rufolo	263	12.4	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Giencke	117	5.5	−2.1
Majority			812	38.2	+3.9
Turnout			2134	29.75	−1.8
	Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Carol Bennett*	1,308	43.5	−0.7
	Labour	Gemma Rolstone	1,020	33.9	−3.8
	Independent	Lucy Haigh	301	10.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alfie Carlisle	278	9.2	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ruffle	100	3.3	−1.6
Majority			288	9.6	+3.2
Turnout			3018	44.8	−2.6
	Green hold		Swing	12.6

Mincinglake and Whipton

Mincinglake and Whipton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Williams*	1,191	61.9	+0.1
	Conservative	David Luscombe	352	18.3	−3.8
	Green	Alex Stephen	198	10.3	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Payne	184	9.6	+3.8
Majority			839	43.6	+3.9
Turnout			1938	29.65	−1.0
	Labour hold

Newtown and St. Leonard's

Newtown and St. Leonard's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Ketchin	1,373	50.4	+9.8
	Labour	Marilyn Whitton	1,035	38.0	−8.3
	Conservative	Julian Gallie	213	7.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Newcombe	104	3.8	+0.2
Majority			318	12.4
Turnout			2738	41.59	+0.1
Registered electors
	Green gain from Independent		Swing	9

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Martyn Snow*	1,194	44.0	−1.2
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	882	32.5	+11.1
	Conservative	Robert Sheridan	423	15.6	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Will Aczel	199	7.3	−5.1
Majority			312	11.5	−12.3
Turnout			2711	37.5	−1.2
Registered electors			7,258
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mollie Miller	1,251	51.1	−0.4
	Conservative	Cynthia Thompson	778	31.8	−3.7
	Green	Ann Keen	227	9.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Clark	183	7.5	+1.8
Majority			473	19.3	+3.3
Turnout			2450	33.5	−2.4
Registered electors			7,317
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Begley	1,062	51.6	−0.9
	Conservative	Ben Hawkes	469	22.8	−7.6
	Green	Joel Stobart	278	13.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thomas	237	11.5	+1.8
Majority			593	28.8	+12.4
Turnout			2058	31.5	−3.4
Registered electors			6,543
	Labour hold		Swing

St. David's

St. David's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Diana Moore*	1,322	55.1	+7.2
	Labour Co-op	Ellen Stuart	752	31.3	−3.9
	Conservative	George Baker	230	9.6	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Soper	85	3.5	−1.1
Majority			570	23.8	+11.1
Turnout			2400	34.4	−2.1
Registered electors			6,977
	Green hold		Swing

St. Loye's

St. Loye's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Sheridan	1,127	45.7	−4.2
	Labour Co-op	Jake Bonetta	980	39.7	+2.9
	Green	Jack David Vickers	189	7.7	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Brock	164	6.6	N/A
Majority			147	6.0	−6.9
Turnout			2468	35.6	+0.9
Registered electors			6,939
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Thomas

St. Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Fullam	1,217	43.9	+7.1
	Labour	Deborah Darling	1,109	40.0	+1.6
	Green	Johanna Korndorfer	210	7.6	−0.9
	Conservative	Ashley Carr	167	6.0	−5.4
	Reform UK	Natasha Hannaford	57	2.1	N/A
Majority			108	3.9	+2.3
Turnout			2771	38.1	+0.7
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+7.1

Topsham

Topsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Williams	1,394	46.4	−0.9
	Conservative	Rob Newby*	1,098	36.6	−2.0
	Green	Jonathan Mills	259	8.6	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Campion	230	7.7	N/A
Majority			296	9.8	+1.1
Turnout			3000	38.0	−1.3
Registered electors			7,896
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

"Notice of Election" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
"Exeter election result". BBC News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
"Statement of Candidates Nominated" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
"Exeter City Council 2023 local elections results". Exeter Observer. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
"City Council election results - 4 May 2023". Exeter City Council. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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