Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
South Hams Ivybridge East
Liberal Democrats
Lead Executive Member for Community Services; Operations and Leisure
South Hams Totnes
Green Party
South Hams Totnes
Liberal Democrats
Lead Executive Member for Economic Development; Commercial Strategy; and Governance
South Hams Loddiswell and Aveton Gifford
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Stokenham
Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Council
South Hams Wembury and Brixton
Conservative
South Hams Dartmouth and East Dart
Labour
South Hams Salcombe and Thurlestone
Conservative
South Hams Ermington and Ugborough
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Ivybridge West
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Newton and Yealmpton
Liberal Democrats
South Hams South Brent
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Dartmouth and East Dart
Conservative
South Hams Dartington and Staverton
Green Party
Lead Executive Member for Waste and Community Composting
South Hams Woolwell
Conservative
Lead Executive Member for Customer Service; Improvement; IT; and Digital Services
South Hams Kingsbridge
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Allington and Strete
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Salcombe and Thurlestone
Independent
South Hams West Dart
Liberal Democrats
Lead Executive Member for Climate Change & Biodiversity
South Hams Ivybridge West
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Wembury and Brixton
Conservative
South Hams Kingsbridge
Liberal Democrats
Lead Executive Member for Housing; Environmental Health; and Licensing
South Hams Bickleigh and Cornwood
Liberal Democrats
South Hams South Brent
Liberal Democrats
Chairman of Council 2023-24
South Hams Marldon and Littlehempston
Conservative
South Hams Totnes
Green Party
South Hams Blackawton and Stoke Fleming
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Ivybridge East
Liberal Democrats
South Hams Charterlands
Conservative
Vice Chairman of Council 2023-24
South Hams Newton and Yealmpton
Liberal Democrats
Deputy Leader of the Council: Planning; Corporate Performance Oversight; Organisational; and Community Development
South Hams Dartmouth and East Dart
Liberal Democrats