The Greens gained seats in the Newtown & St Leonards, Pennsylvania and St Thomas wards along with retaining seats in Heavitree – where two seats were available following Carol Bennett’s resignation in March – and St David’s.
Jack Reed won in St Thomas, a seat which the council’s deputy leader Laura Wright was defending but ended up being pushed into fourth place behind Lib Dem and Reform candidates.
Reed said: “We knew that St Thomas was super Green, especially the lower part of St Thomas where most houses seemed to be voting for the Green Party.
“However, in upper St Thomas, there were lots of votes for the Lib Dems and Reform.
“But we knew the lower part was super strong and we’ve been focusing on that area with people on the doorsteps being super friendly, super Green and it means they’ve turned out to vote, which is amazing.”
