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2022 Exeter City Council election

The 2022 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members to Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. 17 of the 39 seats were up for election, one councillor in each of the 13 wards, and 4 by-elections. These wards were last contested in 2018.

The Labour Party have a majority of 17 on the council. The Conservatives are the main opposition with 6 councillors. The Liberal Democrat, Green and Independent Councillors formed a "Progressive Group" following the 2019 elections.

In these elections, 10 wards up for election currently have a Labour councillor (Alphington; Exwick; Heavitree; Mincinglake & Whipton; Newtown & St Leonards; Pennsylvania; Pinhoe; Priory; St Davids; and St Thomas), 2 have Conservative councillors (St Loyes; and Topsham) and 1 has a Liberal Democrat councillor (Duryard and St James).

In addition to these seats, four by-elections have so far been announced in the Exwick, Heavitree, Pennsylvania and Priory wards. In order to retain their overall majority on the councillor, Labour need to win at least six seats.

Each ward has the following outgoing councillor:

  • Cllr. Bob Foale (Labour): Portfolio Holder for Transformation & Environment; First elected in 2016.

  • Cllr. Kevin Mitchell (Liberal Democrat): Liberal Democrat group leader; Progressive Group leader; First elected in 2003.

  • Cllr. Rachel Sutton (Labour): Portfolio Holder for Net Zero Exeter 2030; First elected in 2010.

  • A by-election will be held due to the resignation of Cllr. Ollie Pearson.

  • Cllr. Greg Sheldon (Labour); First elected in 1996.

  • A by-election will be held due to the resignation of Cllr. Chris Buswell.

  • Cllr. Naima Allcock (Labour); First elected in 2021.

  • Cllr. Matthew Vizard (Labour); First elected in 2017.

  • Cllr. Jane Begley (Labour); First elected in 2018.

  • A by-election will be held due to the death of Cllr. Ian Quance.

  • Cllr. Duncan Wood (Labour); First elected in 2016.

  • Cllr. Tony Wardle (Labour); First elected in 2008.

  • A by-election will be held due to the resignation of Cllr. Alys Martin.

  • Cllr. Luke Sills (Labour); First elected in 2016.

  • Cllr. Peter Holland (Conservative); First elected in 2014.

  • Cllr. Laura Wright (Labour): Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Council Housing Development and Services; First elected in 2018.

  • Cllr. Keith Sparkes (Conservative); First elected in 2019.

2022 Exeter City Council election
Labour12273.7142666.719,94845.8+1.4
Conservative115.34512.89,74322.4-7.7
Green3315.82512.89,43421.7+6.0
Liberal Democrats15.3125.14,0849.4+1.0
For Britain00.0000.02520.6+0.3
Independent00.0112.61110.3-0.3

The full list of candidates was published on 6th April. An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour1,19050.0+6.5
Conservative72730.6−9.4
Green26511.1−1.8
Liberal Democrats1978.3+0.9
46319.4+15.9
2,37937.4−3.9
7
Labour hold+8.0
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats99542.7+10.4
Labour79134.0−5.8
Conservative33314.3−5.9
Green2099.0New
2048.8N/A
2,32831.7−0.8
4
Liberal Democrats hold+8.1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,35659.3+8.7
Labour1,20852.7N/A
Conservative42218.4−12.9
Conservative40217.5N/A
Green33914.8+0.9
Green2089.1N/A
For Britain1928.4N/A
Liberal Democrats1747.6+3.4
Liberal Democrats1094.8N/A
78634.3+15.0
2,29131.6−3.4
6
Labour hold+10.8
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green1,43644.76.2
Green1,41844.2N/A
Labour1,21137.7−1.3
Labour1,06833.7N/A
Conservative41913.1−9.4
Conservative38311.9N/A
Liberal Democrats1564.9New
Liberal Democrats983.1N/A
2076.4N/A
3,21047.4+0.7
10
Green gain from Labour+3.8
Green gain from Labour
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,24661.8+16.3
Conservative44522.1−7.2
Green20910.4−6.0
Liberal Democrats1165.8−1.1
80139.7+5.3
2,01630.7−3.7
11
Labour hold+11.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,32346.3+1.6
Green1,15940.6−0.1
Conservative2699.4−5.2
Liberal Democrats1043.6New
1645.7+1.7
2,85741.5−0.7
16
Labour hold+0.9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,40048.3−3.8
Labour1,31045.2N/A
Green62121.4New
Green62021.4N/A
Conservative53518.4−9.8
Conservative53018.3N/A
Liberal Democrats36012.4−7.3
Liberal Democrats2889.9N/A
68923.8−0.1
2,90138.7−2.1
10
Labour holdN/A
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,28751.5+2.5
Conservative88735.5−1.1
Green1837.3−1.6
Liberal Democrats1435.7+0.2
40016.0+3.6
2,50035.9−4.2
4
Labour hold+1.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,21252.5+2.4
Labour1,08447.0N/A
Conservative70630.6−3.1
Conservative70130.4N/A
Green31713.7+1.5
Green25811.2N/A
Liberal Democrats2259.7+5.2
37816.4−0.5
2,30834.9−2.8
9
Labour hold+2.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green1,25147.9+2.4
Labour91935.2−2.6
Conservative32812.6−4.2
Liberal Democrats1144.4New
33212.7+5.1
2,61236.5−1.0
12
Green gain from Labour+2.5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,19149.9+3.3
Labour88136.8−1.1
Green32613.6+3.9
31012.9+4.2
2,39734.7−3.3
16
Conservative hold+2.2

Jane Begley was an incumbent councillor for the Pennsylvania ward.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,04938.4−8.4
Liberal Democrats1,00536.8+14.7
Conservative31111.4−9.1
Green2318.5New
Independent1114.1−3.6
For Britain250.9−2.0
441.6−23.1
2,73237.4−3.3
10
Labour hold-11.6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,41347.3+18.8
Conservative1,15438.6−13.0
Green38412.9+0.7
For Britain351.2New
2598.7N/A
2,98739.3−3.6
12
Labour gain from Conservative+15.9
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