Council by-election · Mid Devon District: Bradninch ward · Thursday, 15 October 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Your area · Mid Devon District: Bradninch ward, 15 October 2026 · What’s It To Me?
Life in Mid Devon District: Bradninch ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
45 people in Bradninch ward, 3.5% of residents aged 16–64, against 4.1% across England (September 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Mid Devon
Average price £285,982, up 0.2% on a year earlier (August 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £131,979
Detached houses: £422,862
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, September 2026
11 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
violent crime: 5
anti social behaviour: 2
other theft: 2
criminal damage arson: 1
shoplifting: 1
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Past elections in this ward
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2023— Liberal Democrats elected · turnout 48%
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrats
650
Piers Martin Kotting
Labour Party
92
James Ruttledge
Conservative and Unionist Party
49
2019— Liberal Democrats elected · turnout 50%
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrats
696
Paul Trimming
Conservative and Unionist Party
71
2015— Liberal Democrats elected · turnout 77%
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrats
709
John Berry
Conservative and Unionist Party
459
2011— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 61%
Edgar Berry
Conservative and Unionist Party
472
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrats
389
Lloyd Knight
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
73
2007— Conservative and Unionist Party elected
Edgar Berry
Conservative and Unionist Party
416
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrats
415
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Bradninch, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Luke Taylor, Liberal Democrats
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Mid Devon council (42 seats in 2026): Conservative 3, Liberal Democrat 35, Green 3, Other 1. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
