Before (end of 2008) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Conservative 19 · Other 6 · Labour 0
After (end of 2009) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 20 · Conservative 20 · Other 6 · Labour 0
Ward results
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| Stuart Barker | Conservative | 2,333 ✓ |
| John Nutley | Liberal Democrats | 1,359 |
| Robert Somerville | Green | 910 |
| Richard Branston | Labour | 205 |
Dawlish1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| John Clatworthy | Conservative | 2,236 ✓ |
| Derek Collins | Liberal Democrats | 969 |
| Margaret Fountain | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 901 |
| Richard Fairfax | Green | 273 |
| George Hesse | Labour | 236 |
Newton Abbot North1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| Anna Marie Fry | Liberal Democrats | 1,323 ✓ |
| Lorna Lowes | Conservative | 1,132 |
| Lucia Capaldi | Green | 408 |
| Robert Kennedy | Labour | 208 |
Teignmouth1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| James McMurray | Conservative | 1,209 ✓ |
| Christopher Bray | Liberal Democrats | 1,120 |
| Christopher Whitlock | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 631 |
| Roy Phillips | Independent | 228 |
| Ros Langdon | Green | 177 |
| Niall Duffy | Labour | 129 |