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06 Sept 2025

Tributes paid after sudden death of Torbay councillor

Patrick was 'man of integrity'

Patrick Joyce Pic Torbay Council

Patrick Joyce Pic Torbay Council

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jim Parker

13 Apr 2024 12:59 PM

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jim.parker@clearskypublishing.co.uk

Tributes paid after sudden death of Torbay councillor

Tributes have been paid to Torbay councillor Patrick Joyce after his sudden death.
Mr Joyce was originally elected as a Conservative councillor for Torquay's Wellswood ward in the last local elections.
But he and former Tory colleague Katya Maddison made the headlines when they decided to quit the then council ruling Conservative group and form their own, new Prosper Torbay group.
Katya Maddison
Cllr Maddison, who represents the Shiphay ward in Torquay, said after his death yesterday: "I shall miss Patrick a great deal. He was a great colleague and friend, with a strong sense of what was right which he somehow combined with a brilliantly irreverent sense of humour. And he was a Torbay boy and there are many, many friends and family around the bay who will be finding their lives poorer for his loss."
He leaves behind a partner, Ross.
Lib Dem councillor Swithin Long was among those quick to pay tribute to Cllr Joyce.
He said: "I am incredibly sad to hear the news that Patrick Hall has passed away. I first met him at a Torbay Business Forum Business Breakfast a few months before the 2023 local elections. We may have been in different political parties in those elections but that didn’t stop us working together on the Adult Social Care and Health Scrutiny Committee. He was a Councillor with integrity and we worked more closely when he left the Conservatives to help form Prosper. My thoughts are very much with his friends and family at this difficult time."
A by-election will now be called in Wellswood.

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