Two Conservative members of Teignbridge District Council have left to become Independents.
The Conservative party are the single party with 22 councillors, but opposition members - Independents, Lib Dem and UKIP - now number 24.
The Conservatives took control of Teignbridge District Council in 2011.
The Tory members who are now independent are Joan Lambert in Kingsteignton, and Lorraine Evans in Chudleigh.
Ms Evans said that in order to represent the people who elected her she felt she should not be a member of a party.
The opposition now numbers 13 Independents, 10 Liberal Democrats and one UKIP councillor.
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