Teignbridge District Council elections

Teignbridge District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 46 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1983
No overall control	1983–present

Chudleigh By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	480	54.5
	Liberal Democrat	230	26.1
	Labour	171	19.4
Majority		250	29.4
Turnout		881
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Milber By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	338	44.4
	Liberal Democrat	219	28.7
	Labour	205	26.9
Majority		199	15.7
Turnout		762
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

College By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	391	44.0
	Conservative	269	30.3
	Independent	229	25.8
Majority		122	13.7
Turnout		889	22.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent	Swing

Dawlish SW By-Election 21 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	584	55.6	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat	262	24.9	-32.4
	Labour	205	19.5	+19.5
Majority		322	30.7
Turnout		1,051	32.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

College By-Election 27 April 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	447	52.5	+27.8
	Conservative	315	37.0	+14.7
	Labour	89	10.5	-5.6
Majority		132	15.5
Turnout		851	22.0
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Powderham By-Election 27 April 2000
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	759	52.6
	Conservative	550	38.1
	Labour	134	9.3
Majority		209	14.5
Turnout		1,443	28.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

College By-Election 16 November 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	332	40.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrat	294	36.1	+11.4
	Labour	189	23.2	+7.1
Majority		38	4.6
Turnout		815	20.7
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Kenn Valley By-Election 27 November 2008^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Lake	924	45.2
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Berman	832	40.8
	Independent	Derek Madge	160	7.8
	Independent	Dudley Swain	128	6.3
Majority			92	4.4
Turnout			2,044	42.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

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v t e Council elections in Devon
Devon County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Exeter City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes