South Hams District Council elections

South Hams District Council is the local authority for the South Hams District in Devon, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 31 councillors have been elected from 20 wards: eleven of which elect one councillor, seven elect two councillors and two elect three councillors. Between 1999 and 2014, 40 councillors were elected from 30 wards.

Council elections

 * 1973 South Hams District Council election
 * 1976 South Hams District Council election
 * 1979 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1983 South Hams District Council election
 * 1987 South Hams District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1991 South Hams District Council election
 * 1995 South Hams District Council election
 * 1999 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 4)
 * 2003 South Hams District Council election
 * 2007 South Hams District Council election
 * 2011 South Hams District Council election
 * 2015 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)
 * 2019 South Hams District Council election
 * 2023 South Hams District Council election

2015-2019
This by-election was called following the resignation of Green Party councillor Barrie Wood.

This by-election was called following the resignation of Conservative councillor Lindsay Ward

2019-2023
This by-election was called following the death of Conservative councillor David May.