The Labour Party have retained control of Exeter City Council and kept hold of their majority in the city. The ruling party won eight of the 13 seats up for grabs, to put them on 24 seats and in control for a further two years.
Labour started the night on 23 seats – it was 24 before a resignation of a councillor in March – but won eight seats to keep control of the council. With no elections in 2025, it is two more years of power.
The Green Party gained Newtown and St Leonards from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats took Duryard and St James from them. But Labour took the Topsham seat from the Conservatives, as well as St Thomas from Independent Rob Hannaford.
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Anti-LTN campaigner Independent Clive Hutchings nearly won the Mincinglake and Whipton seat, but lost by 67 votes to the Labour candidate. But in Heavitree, Independent Lucy Haigh, who also campaigned against the LTN, won the seat.
Leader of council, Cllr Phil Bialyk, retained his Exwick seat. The Conservatives held St Loye’s, which was their only victory of the night.
It means that Exeter City Council now consists of 24 Labour councillors, seven Green Party, four Liberal Democrats, three Conservatives, and one Independent councillor.
Name of council | Name of ward | Seats available | Held by party | Candidates | Party | Votes |
Exeter | Alphington | 1 | Labour | Rob Harding | Labour | 997 |
Exeter | Alphington | 1 | Labour | Mark Jeffrey Harreld | Independent | 125 |
Exeter | Alphington | 1 | Labour | Benn Elliott Harrison | Green Party | 289 |
Exeter | Alphington | 1 | Labour | Jamie Liam Horner | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
Exeter | Alphington | 1 | Labour | Katherine Helen Judy New | Conservative | 606 |
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Exeter | Duryard & St James | 1 | Labour | Tony Badcott | Labour | 619 |
Exeter | Duryard & St James | 1 | Labour | Martha Sylvia Lee | Green Party | 270 |
Exeter | Duryard & St James | 1 | Labour | Rory Fouad More O'Ferrall | Conservative | 184 |
Exeter | Duryard & St James | 1 | Labour | Tammy Palmer | Liberal Democrats | 891 |
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Exeter | Exwick | 1 | Labour | Philip Michael Bialyk | Labour | 1060 |
Exeter | Exwick | 1 | Labour | Charles Anthony Curnock | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
Exeter | Exwick | 1 | Labour | Eric Sinclair Helianthus | Green Party | 252 |
Exeter | Exwick | 1 | Labour | Kayleigh Michelle Suzanne Luscombe | Conservative | 256 |
Exeter | Exwick | 1 | Labour | Frankie Rufolo | Independent | 371 |
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Exeter | Heavitree | 1 | Labour | Joan Marilyn Collacott | Conservative | 355 |
Exeter | Heavitree | 1 | Labour | Jack Eade | Green Party | 948 |
Exeter | Heavitree | 1 | Labour | Lucy Haigh | Independent | 1171 |
Exeter | Heavitree | 1 | Labour | Dave Mutton | Labour | 705 |
Exeter | Heavitree | 1 | Labour | Rod Ruffle | Liberal Democrats | 76 |
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Exeter | Mincinglake & Whipton | 1 | Labour | Oscar Harold Brown | Conservative | 190 |
Exeter | Mincinglake & Whipton | 1 | Labour | Clive Alan Hutchings | Independent | 775 |
Exeter | Mincinglake & Whipton | 1 | Labour | Michael Geoffrey Payne | Liberal Democrats | 111 |
Exeter | Mincinglake & Whipton | 1 | Labour | Liz Pole | Labour | 842 |
Exeter | Mincinglake & Whipton | 1 | Labour | Alex Stephan | Green Party | 169 |
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Exeter | Newtown & St Leonard's | 1 | Labour | Philip John Brock | Liberal Democrats | 96 |
Exeter | Newtown & St Leonard's | 1 | Labour | Julian Edward Cabrera | Labour | 941 |
Exeter | Newtown & St Leonard's | 1 | Labour | Paul Simmonds | Independent | 122 |
Exeter | Newtown & St Leonard's | 1 | Labour | Keith Andrew Sparkes | Conservative | 211 |
Exeter | Newtown & St Leonard's | 1 | Labour | Lynn Susan Wetenhall | Green Party | 1215 |
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Exeter | Pennsylvania | 1 | Labour | Zoë Jane Hughes | Labour | 1106 |
Exeter | Pennsylvania | 1 | Labour | Jack Hunt | Conservative | 390 |
Exeter | Pennsylvania | 1 | Labour | Victoria Jarman | Independent | 297 |
Exeter | Pennsylvania | 1 | Labour | Jack David Vickers | Green Party | 878 |
Exeter | Pennsylvania | 1 | Labour | Nigel David Williams | Liberal Democrats | 177 |
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Exeter | Pinhoe | 1 | Labour | Christine Anne Campion | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
Exeter | Pinhoe | 1 | Labour | Jakir Hussain | Labour | 1019 |
Exeter | Pinhoe | 1 | Labour | Kate Jago | Green Party | 300 |
Exeter | Pinhoe | 1 | Labour | Susan Simmonds | Independent | 314 |
Exeter | Pinhoe | 1 | Labour | David John Thompson | Conservative | 580 |
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Exeter | Priory | 1 | Labour | Tal Abdulrazaq | Independent | 442 |
Exeter | Priory | 1 | Labour | David Luscombe | Conservative | 344 |
Exeter | Priory | 1 | Labour | Heather Ursula Mullett | Green Party | 233 |
Exeter | Priory | 1 | Labour | Philip Alexander Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
Exeter | Priory | 1 | Labour | Tony Wardle | Labour | 888 |
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Exeter | St David's | 1 | Green Party | James John Banyard | Green Party | 1187 |
Exeter | St David's | 1 | Green Party | Rob Newby | Conservative | 248 |
Exeter | St David's | 1 | Green Party | Ellen Miriam Stuart | Labour | 785 |
Exeter | St David's | 1 | Green Party | Harry Wright | Liberal Democrats | 107 |
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Exeter | St Loyes | 1 | Conservative | Jake Bonetta | Labour | 914 |
Exeter | St Loyes | 1 | Conservative | Timothy Robert Butters | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
Exeter | St Loyes | 1 | Conservative | Deb Hancock | Green Party | 211 |
Exeter | St Loyes | 1 | Conservative | Anne Margaret Jobson | Conservative | 1220 |
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Exeter | St Thomas | 1 | Independent | Andy Bragg | Green Party | 167 |
Exeter | St Thomas | 1 | Independent | Ashley Carr | Conservative | 167 |
Exeter | St Thomas | 1 | Independent | Deborah Charlotte Darling | Labour | 1058 |
Exeter | St Thomas | 1 | Independent | Rob Hannaford | Independent | 464 |
Exeter | St Thomas | 1 | Independent | Alexandra Vanessa Newcombe | Liberal Democrats | 771 |
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Exeter | Topsham | 1 | Conservative | Sarah Jane Finch | Green Party | 332 |
Exeter | Topsham | 1 | Conservative | Gemma Lorraine Rolstone | Labour | 1339 |
Exeter | Topsham | 1 | Conservative | Cynthia Thompson | Conservative | 1094 |
Exeter | Topsham | 1 | Conservative | Alan Williamson | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
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