2009 Devon County Council election

2009 UK local government election August 2015 Devon Parliamentary 2005 Devon County Council election 2005 2013 Devon County Council election 2013 All 62 seats to Devon County Council 32 7 May 2009 Conservative Party (UK) 23 seats, 37.7% 41 18 106,411 41.9% 4.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 33 seats, 38.0% 14 19 75,815 29.9% 8.1% Labour Party (UK) 4 seats, 12.1% 4 15,339 6.1% 6.0% Independent (politician) 2 seats, 4.3% 2 11,768 4.6% 0.3% Green Party of England and Wales 0 seats, 2.5% 1 1 17,290 6.8% 4.3% Devon County Council election 2009 map.svg 400px Mapped results by ward Council control Council control after election Liberal Democrat Conservative 255,87543.9% (23.5 pp) 583,496 An election to Devon County Council took place on 7 May 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The elections had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 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 were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 18 April 2012 although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? The Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083825/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead Summary The election saw the Liberal Democrats lose control of the council to the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats were reduced to the second largest party and hence the official opposition. Devon was one of 2 county councils controlled by the Liberal Democrats, the other being Somerset County Council, both were lost to the Conservative Party. Results Devon County Council election, 2009 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/09/html/3855.stm Devon council 2009-06-05 BBC News Online 19 April 2009 http://www.indevon.org.uk/DCCElections2009/overview.php Devon County Council Elections 2009 2009-06-06 Devon County Council https://web.archive.org/web/20090611194033/http://www.indevon.org.uk/DCCElections2009/overview.php 11 June 2009 dead dmy-all Conservative Party (UK) 41 19 1 18 66.1 41.9 106,411 4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 14 0 19 19 22.6 29.9 75,815 8.1 Labour Party (UK) 4 0 0 6.5 6.1 15,339 6.0 Independent (politician) 2 1 1 3.2 4.6 11,768 0.9 Green Party of England and Wales 1 1 0 1 1.6 6.8 17,290 4.3 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0.0 9.0 22,809 4.9 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 2,440 0.1 British National Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 1,385 New Communist Party of Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 74 New References 2 External links Devon County Council's webpage for 2009 elections August 2015 Category:2009 English local elections 2009 Category:2000s in Devon