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2025 Devon County Council Election
The 2025 Devon County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Devon County Council in Devon, England. All 60 seats were up for election. This was on the same day as other 2025 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. The council was under Conservative Party (UK), Conservative majority control prior to the election. The council went under no overall control at the election, with the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats becoming the largest party. Background At the 2021 Devon County Council election, 2021 election, the Conservatives won an outright majority of seats. The party had held control of the council since 2009 Devon County Council election, 2009. The council was led by Conservative councillor James McInnes prior to the election; he did not stand for re-election in 2025. Previous council composition Changes 2021–2025 *November 2023: Rob Hannaford (Labour) suspended from party *June 2024: Rob Hannaford (independent) joins Liberal Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon County Council
Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon. The council is based at Devon County Hall in the city of Exeter. The area administered by the county council is termed the non-metropolitan county, which is smaller than the ceremonial county; the non-metropolitan county excludes Plymouth and Torbay. The population of the non-metropolitan county was estimated at 795,286 in 2018, making it the most populous local authority in South West England. Devon is an area with "two-tier" local government, meaning that the county is divided into non-metropolitan districts carrying out less strategic functions, such as taking most planning decisions. There are eight such districts in the county council's area, each with its own district, borough, or city council. History Administration Devon County Council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, which created elected county councils to take over the administrative functions previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
