Torridge District Council elections: Who is your new councillor?
Who will be filling the seats at Riverbank House - join us for the live results of the Torridge District Council elections. - Credit: Archant
Torridge District Council has a completely new look after the election count on Friday, May 3. Find out who your new councillor is here.
It was a surprising results day in Torridge on Friday as the former Tory hot-spot is now facing a largely independent hung council.
The independents lost out on the majority by one seat, but managed to gain more than double the amount of seats they previously held, with an additional nine councillors.
Meanwhile the Conservatives lost seven seats – and their majority – with some long-standing Conservative councillors ousted by fresh-faced independents.
This now puts the council make-up as: 17 independents, 11 Conservatives, three Labour, two Lib Dems, two Greens and one non-aligned.
Who is your new Torridge district councillor? Here’s a full list of the Torridge District Council election results for May 2019:
Appledore
David Chalmers, Liberal Democrat, 254
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Kenneth Davis, UKIP, 285
Andrew Eastman, Conservative, 379
Barry Edwards, independent, 207
Leonard Ford, independent, 410, Elected
Peter Hames, Green Party, 391, Elected
James Jackson, Conservative, 128
Turnout: 41.37%
Bideford East
Anne Brenton, Labour, 234
Ruth Craigie, Labour, 330, Elected
Pauline Davies, independent, 174
Gregory De Freyne-Martin, Green Party, 183
Gaston Dezart, UKIP, 215
Judith Gubb, independent, 407, Elected
James Hellyer, Conservative, 255
Linda Hellyer, Conservative, 249
Nicola Kennelly, Liberal Democrat, 136
Jamie Mckenzie, independent, 266, Elected
Theodoros Plowman, Labour, 167
Oliver Sherborne, Conservative, 187
Turnout: 27.23%
Bideford North
Rosemary Arno, Labour, 304
Douglas Bushby, independent, 641, Elected
Peter Christie, Green Party, 861, Elected
Ashley Cole, independent, 300
Morgan Fletcher, Conservative, 242
Joel Herron, independent, 320
Michael James, Labour, 265
Trevor Johns, Liberal Democrat, 301
Dermot Mcgeough, Conservative, 615, Elected
Jason Noble, Labour, 167
Stephen Potts, Liberal Democrat, 182
Turnout: 37.65%
Bideford South
David Brenton, Labour, 206, Elected
Adam Conabere, UKIP, 111
Claire Davey-Potts, Liberal Democrat, 78
Simon Inch, Conservative, 198
Shirley Langford, Labour, 206, Elected
Peter Lawrence, independent, 176
Robert Wootton, independent, 153
Turnout: 26.97%
Bideford West
Carl Hawkins, independent, 215, Elected
Anthony Inch, Conservative, 197, Elected
Nigel Johnson, UKIP, 127
Jake Mclean, Labour, 166
Alan Rayner, independent, 192
Andrew Tithecott, Labour, 129
Turnout: 28.09%
Broadheath
Graeme Barriball, Conservative, 330
Zygmunt Gregorek, Conservative, 350
Philip Hackett, independent, 666, Elected
Peter Watson, independent, 667, Elected
Turnout: 34.77%
Great Torrington
Christopher Bright, Liberal Democrat, 552, Elected
Margaret Brown, independent, 526, Elected
Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin, Liberal Democrat, 908, Elected
Diana Davey, Labour, 328
Keith Funnell, Green Party, 332
Jonathan Rose, independent, 258
Douglas Smith, 219
Siobhan Strode, Labour, 225
Turnout: 32.27%
Hartland
Dylan Billson, Labour, 340
Richard Boughton, Conservative, 650, Elected
Anna Dart, independent, 630, Elected
Stephen Harding, Conservative, 656, Elected
Martin Hill, Liberal Democrat, 463
Robin Julian, independent, 470
Brian Redwood, Conservative, 460
Mireille Thornton, Green Party, 571
Turnout: 38.14%
Holsworthy
Jonathan Hutchings, Conservative, 607, Elected
David Jones, Conservative, 398, Elected
Valentina Kassam, Independent, 203
Turnout: 33.91%
Milton & Tamarside (uncontested)
Kit Hepple Kit, Conservative, Elected
Ken James, Elected
Monkleigh & Putford
Kenton Baker, Conservative, 237
Willam Douglas-Mann, Green Party, 319
Peter Haselhurst, Conservative, 182
Robert Hicks, independent, 659, Elected
Philip Pennington, independent, 737, Elected
Turnout: 38.93%
Northam
Geoffrey Allen, Labour, 209
David Berryman, Liberal Democrat, 255
John Coats, Labour, 214
William Gewanter, Conservative, 296
Richard Hancock, UKIP 305
John Himan, Conservative, 381
Keith Lane, Conservative, 372
Christopher Leather, independent, 783, Elected
Joanne Manley, independent, 602, Elected
Brendan Montague, Labour, 175
Giuseppe Rossi, independent, 539, Elected
Turnout: 40.20%
Shebbear & Langtree
David Hurley, Conservative, 599, Elected
Rhys Matthews, Conservative, 420
Christopher Styles-Power, Liberal Democrat, 470
Gillian Tesh, Labour, 210
Richard Wiseman, independent, 486, Elected
Turnout: 43.82%
Two Rivers & Three Moors
Michael Clarke, Conservative, 640, Elected
Anthony Goldstone, Labour, 265
Colin Jones, Green Party, 494
Rosemary Lock, Conservative, 732, Elected
Turnout: 38.85%
Westward Ho!
Claire Hodson, independent, 572, Elected
Nicholas Laws, independent, 953, Elected
Derek Sargent, UKIP, 326
Carrie Woodhouse, Conservative, 231
Turnout: 41.87%
Winkleigh
Angela Findlay, Labour, 98
Stephen Middleton, Liberal Democrat, 249
Simon Newton, Conservative, 319, Elected
Turnout: 40.52%
