Mid Devon District: Bradninch ward

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.

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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.

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.

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Mid Devon District: Bradninch ward in numbers

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, 3.4% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 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 £281,450, up 0.1% on a year earlier (July 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £129,239
Detached houses: £418,038

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, July 2026

7 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.

violent crime: 5
other theft: 1
possession of weapons: 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.

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