East Devon local election results
 District Council
Following Thursday's local government elections, 60 District Council seats in 30 wards across East Devon were declared today when votes were counted.
The composition of the Council is now:
- Conservative - 17
- Green Party - 2
- Heritage Party - 0
- Independent - 19
- Labour Party - 3
- Liberal Democrats - 18
- Liberal Party - 1
The results are as follows:
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Axminster (3 seats)
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Number of votes
|
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Ian Hall
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
801
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Paul Hayward
|
Independent
|
1219 ELECTED
|
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Steve Holt
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
544
|
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Sarah Jackson
|
Independent
|
1065 ELECTED
|
|
Gillian Jordan
|
Liberal Democrats
|
531
|
|
Simon Smith
|
Independent
|
893 ELECTED
|
|
Jeremy Walden
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The Labour Party
|
395
|
|
David Willey
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
420
|
Electorate: 6352
Ballot Papers Issued: 2208
Rejected Ballot Papers: 6
Turnout 34.7%
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Beer and Branscombe (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Peter Burrows
|
Liberal Democrats
|
156
|
|
Maria Hall
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
170
|
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John Heath
|
Independent
|
431 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 2108
Ballot Papers Issued: 763
Rejected Ballot Papers: 6
Turnout 36%
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Broadclyst (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Keith Bickers
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
430
|
|
Sarah Chamberlain
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Liberal Democrats
|
711 ELECTED
|
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Jane Chanot
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Independent
|
482
|
|
Paula Fernley
|
Green Party Candidate
|
700 ELECTED
|
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Katie Jones
|
Liberal Democrats
|
661
|
|
Eleanor Rylance
|
Liberal Democrats
|
689 ELECTED
|
|
Colin Trudgeon
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
474
|
Electorate: 5848
Ballot Papers Issued: 1679
Rejected Ballot Papers: 3
Turnout 28.7%
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Budleigh & Raleigh Ward (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Catriona Cunningham
|
Liberal Democrats
|
882
|
|
Jed Falby
|
Liberal Democrats
|
878
|
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Charlotte Fitzgerald
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Independent
|
1174 ELECTED
|
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Patsy Hayman
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
1046
|
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Penny Lewis
|
Liberal Democrats
|
865
|
|
Melanie Martin
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Independent
|
1076 ELECTED
|
|
Henry Riddell
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
1086 ELECTED
|
|
David Walsh
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
848
|
Electorate: 6491
Ballot Papers Issued: 2881
Rejected Ballot Papers: 9
Turnout 44.3%
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Clyst Valley (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Will French
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
182
|
|
Mike Howe
|
Independent
|
361 ELECTED
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Adrian Lock
|
Liberal Democrats
|
134
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Electorate: 1896
Ballot Papers Issued: 680
Rejected Ballot Papers: 3
Turnout 35.9%
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Coly Valley (2 seats)
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Number of votes
|
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Paul Arnott
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Liberal Democrats
|
959 ELECTED
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Helen Parr
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
845 ELECTED
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|
John Tristram
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
567
|
Electorate: 3924
Ballot Papers Issued: 1669
Rejected Ballot Papers: 17
Turnout 42.5%
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Cranbrook (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Kevin Blakey
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Independent
|
521 ELECTED
|
|
Kim Bloxham
|
Independent
|
614 ELECTED
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|
Alexandra Croft
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
123
|
|
Lisa Goudie
|
Heritage Party
|
57
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Sam Hawkins
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Independent
|
458 ELECTED
|
|
Rebecca Lipscombe
|
Liberal Democrats
|
246
|
|
Barry Rogers
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
137
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Vincent Wilton
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Independent
|
424
|
Electorate: 4717
Ballot Papers Issued: 1020
Rejected Ballot Papers: 4
Turnout 21.6%
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Dunkeswell & Otterhead (2 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Colin Brown
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
741 ELECTED
|
|
Gary Burford
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Independent
|
370
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Yehuda Levine
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Liberal Democrats
|
758 ELECTED
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|
Ian Morgan
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
109
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|
Ollie Tucker
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Labour and Co-operative Party
|
322
|
Electorate: 4499
Ballot Papers Issued: 1643
Rejected Ballot Papers: 10
Turnout 36.5%
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Exe Valley (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Jamie Kemp
|
Liberal Democrats
|
475 ELECTED
|
|
Kevin Wraight
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
199
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Electorate: 1912
Ballot Papers Issued: 678
Rejected Ballot Papers: 4
Turnout 35.5%
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Exmouth Brixington (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Aurora Bailey
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Independent
|
518
|
|
Fred Caygill
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
673 ELECTED
|
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Maddy Chapman
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
734 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Colman
|
Liberal Democrats
|
579
|
|
Ian Kirvan
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Independent
|
471
|
|
Malcolm Marrett
|
Green Party Candidate
|
434
|
|
Cherry Nicholas
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
662 ELECTED
|
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Jamie Wickenden
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Labour Party
|
559
|
Electorate: 6143
Ballot Papers Issued: 1743
Rejected Ballot Papers: 3
Turnout 28.4%
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Exmouth Halsdon (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Tim Dumper
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Liberal Democrats
|
1099 ELECTED
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Richard Parr
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
638
|
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Pauline Stott
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
820
|
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Andrew Toye
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Liberal Democrats
|
964 ELECTED
|
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Daniel Wilson
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Labour Party
|
839 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 5963
Ballot Papers Issued: 1979
Rejected Ballot Papers: 22
Turnout 33.2%
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Exmouth Littleham (3 seats)
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Number of votes
|
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Brian Bailey
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Conservative Party Candidate
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986 ELECTED
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Anne Hall
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Liberal Democrats
|
1144 ELECTED
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Nick Hookway
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1075 ELECTED
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Oliver Kerr
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
952
|
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David Poor
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Liberal Democrats
|
834
|
|
Mike Rosser
|
Green Party Candidate
|
784
|
Electorate: 6735
Ballot Papers Issued: 2325
Rejected Ballot Papers: 11
Turnout 34.5%
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Exmouth Town (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Olly Davey
|
Green Party Candidate
|
988 ELECTED
|
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Dominic Nancekievill
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
338
|
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Joe Whibley
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Independent
|
1043 ELECTED
|
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Sylvia Wills
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
331
|
|
Eileen Wragg
|
Liberal Democrats
|
974 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 5681
Ballot Papers Issued: 1582
Rejected Ballot Papers: 9
Turnout 27.8 %
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Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh (2 seats)
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Number of votes
|
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Josh Donald
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
242
|
|
Steve Gazzard
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Liberal Democrats
|
521 ELECTED
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Matt Hall
|
Liberal Democrats
|
432 ELECTED
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|
Brian Richards
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
218
|
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Andrew Woodward
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Labour Party
|
236
|
Electorate: 3582
Ballot Papers Issued: 898
Rejected Ballot Papers: 8
Turnout 25.1%
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Feniton (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
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Alasdair Bruce
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
359 ELECTED
|
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Jane Collins
|
Green Party Candidate
|
351
|
Electorate: 2256
Ballot Papers Issued: 717
Rejected Ballot Papers: 7
Turnout 31.7%
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Honiton St Michael`s (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Violet Bonetta
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The Labour Party
|
598 ELECTED
|
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Jenny Brown
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
708 ELECTED
|
|
Paul Carter
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
508
|
|
Roy Collins
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The Liberal Party
|
534 ELECTED
|
|
Brice Cornelius
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
531
|
|
Joanne Fotheringham
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Independent
|
477
|
|
Nicholas Ingham
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Independent
|
419
|
Electorate:5558
Ballot Papers Issued: 1487
Rejected Ballot Papers: 10
Turnout 26.7%
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Honiton St Paul`s (2 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Tony McCollum
|
Independent
|
642 ELECTED
|
|
John Diviani-O’Leary
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
460 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Pearsall
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
454
|
|
John Taylor
|
|
329
|
Electorate: 3825
Ballot Papers Issued: 1118
Rejected Ballot Papers: 22
Turnout 29.2%
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Newbridges (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Iain Chubb
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
423 ELECTED
|
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Clara Douglas
|
Labour and Co-operative Party
|
93
|
|
Veronica Dower
|
Liberal Democrats
|
335
|
Electorate:2082
Ballot Papers Issued: 855
Rejected Ballot Papers: 4
Turnout 41%
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Newton Poppleford and Harpford (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Christopher Burhop
|
Independent
|
633 ELECTED
|
|
Josh Harrison
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
138
|
Electorate: 1815
Ballot Papers Issued: 775
Rejected Ballot Papers: 4
Turnout 42.7%
|
Ottery St Mary (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Jamie Aylward
|
Liberal Democrats
|
771
|
|
Bethany Collins
|
Labour Party
|
794 ELECTED
|
|
Peter Faithfull
|
Independent
|
944 ELECTED
|
|
Charlie Hobson
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
429
|
|
Mohammed Sarul Islam
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
192
|
|
Mohammed Zayan Islam
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
153
|
|
Vicky Johns
|
Independent
|
1565 ELECTED
|
|
Graham Woolnough
|
Liberal Democrats
|
556
|
Electorate: 6148
Ballot Papers Issued: 2214
Rejected Ballot Papers: 2
Turnout 36%
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Seaton (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Honey Barlow Marshall
|
Labour and Co-operative Party
|
494
|
|
Del Haggerty
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
858 ELECTED
|
|
Marcus Hartnell
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
1167 ELECTED
|
|
Steve Hunt
|
Liberal Democrats
|
770
|
|
Dan Ledger
|
Independent
|
1404 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 5908
Ballot Papers Issued: 2150
Rejected Ballot Papers: 12
Turnout 36.3%
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Sidmouth Rural (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
John Loudoun
|
Independent
|
586 ELECTED
|
|
Christina Richards
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
217
|
Electorate: 1905
Ballot Papers Issued: 805
Rejected Ballot Papers: 2
Turnout 42.3%
|
Sidmouth Sidford (3 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Lisa Garner
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1119
|
|
Mike Goodman
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
1191 ELECTED
|
|
Stuart Hughes
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
1216 ELECTED
|
|
Marianne Rixson
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1256 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 6378
Ballot Papers Issued: 2392
Rejected Ballot Papers: 22
Turnout 37.5%
|
Sidmouth Town (2 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Ian Barlow
|
Independent
|
994 ELECTED
|
|
Denise Bickley
|
Independent
|
785
|
|
Sophie Richards
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
811 ELECTED
|
|
John Zarczynski
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
406
|
Electorate: 3809
Ballot Papers Issued: 1649
Rejected Ballot Papers: 8
Turnout 43.3%
|
Tale Vale (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Richard Jefferies
|
Liberal Democrats
|
627 ELECTED
|
|
Philip Skinner
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
421
|
Electorate: 2174
Ballot Papers Issued: 1050
Rejected Ballot Papers: 2
Turnout 48.3%
|
Trinity (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Andy Turner
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
441
|
|
Susan Westerman
|
Liberal Democrats
|
512 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 2187
Ballot Papers Issued: 956
Rejected Ballot Papers: 3
Turnout 43.8%
|
West Hill and Aylesbeare (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Jess Bailey
|
Independent
|
897 ELECTED
|
|
Iain Fairbairn
|
Liberal Democrats
|
54
|
|
Alan Richardson
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
184
|
Electorate: 2211
Ballot Papers Issued: 1136
Rejected Ballot Papers: 1
Turnout 51.4%
|
Whimple and Rockbeare (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Richard Lawrence
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
422
|
|
Todd Olive
|
Liberal Democrats
|
440 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 2189
Ballot Papers Issued: 875
Rejected Ballot Papers: 13
Turnout 40%
|
Woodbury and Lympstone (2 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Amanda Ford
|
Labour Party
|
286
|
|
Ben Ingham
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
724 ELECTED
|
|
Geoff Jung
|
Liberal Democrats
|
929 ELECTED
|
|
Cheryl McGauley
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
622
|
|
Alex Taylor
|
Green Party Candidate
|
556
|
Electorate: 4221
Ballot Papers Issued: 1731
Rejected Ballot Papers:7
Turnout 41%
|
Yarty (1 seat)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Duncan Mackinder
|
Liberal Democrats
|
442 ELECTED
|
|
Richard Norman
|
Conservative Party Candidate
|
328
|
|
Duncan Staddon
|
Green Party Candidate
|
75
|
Electorate: 2137
Ballot Papers Issued: 855
Rejected Ballot Papers: 10
Turnout 40%
Town and Parish Councils
66 Councillors in 9 Parish and Town Council wards across East Devon were also elected.
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Awliscombe (7 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Nigel Boulton
|
|
125 ELECTED
|
|
Gary Burford
|
|
93 ELECTED
|
|
William Furnival
|
|
134 ELECTED
|
|
Patrick Gillingham
|
|
143 ELECTED
|
|
Richard Lawrence
|
|
144 ELECTED
|
|
Simon Ricketts
|
|
119 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Summers
|
|
92 ELECTED
|
|
Robert Williams
|
|
22
|
|
Colin Wright
|
|
60
|
Electorate: 420
Ballot Papers Issued: 189
Rejected Ballot Papers: 3
Turnout 45%
|
Colyford (7 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Neil Anderson
|
|
150
|
|
Gilly Girling
|
Independent
|
233 ELECTED
|
|
Eddie Jones
|
Independent
|
202 ELECTED
|
|
Sheree Manton
|
Independent
|
195 ELECTED
|
|
Ian Priestley
|
Independent
|
223 ELECTED
|
|
Adrian Slade
|
Independent
|
160 ELECTED
|
|
Michael Watt
|
Independent
|
184 ELECTED
|
|
Tim Wheeler
|
Independent
|
223 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 726
Ballot Papers Issued: 380
Rejected Ballot Papers: 30
Turnout 52.3%
|
Exmouth Brixington (6 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Aurora Bailey
|
Independent
|
801 ELECTED
|
|
Fred Caygill
|
Conservative Party
Candidate
|
732 ELECTED
|
|
Maddy Chapman
|
Conservative Party
Candidate
|
770 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Colman
|
Liberal Democrats
|
728 ELECTED
|
|
Ian Kirvan
|
Independent
|
786 ELECTED
|
|
Ann Membery
|
Liberal Democrats
|
677
|
|
Cherry Nicholas
|
Conservative Party
Candidate
|
737 ELECTED
|
|
Jamie Wickenden
|
Labour Party
|
639
|
Electorate:
Ballot Papers Issued:
Rejected Ballot Papers:
Turnout %
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Exmouth Halsdon (5 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Tim Dumper
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1139 ELECTED
|
|
Pauline Stott
|
Conservative Party
Candidate
|
874 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Toye
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1062 ELECTED
|
|
Alan Whipps
|
|
316
|
|
Joy Whipps
|
|
330 ELECTED
|
|
Daniel Wilson
|
Labour Party
|
849 ELECTED
|
Electorate:5963
Ballot Papers Issued: 1982
Rejected Ballot Papers: 27
Turnout 32.2%
|
Honiton St. Michael`s (10 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Melvyn Baldock
|
|
213
|
|
Jenny Brown
|
Independent
|
861 ELECTED
|
|
Joanne Fotheringham
|
Independent
|
549 ELECTED
|
|
Helen Hurford
|
Independent
|
624 ELECTED
|
|
Nicholas Ingham
|
Independent
|
508 ELECTED
|
|
Cathy Maunder
|
Independent
|
688 ELECTED
|
|
Tony McCollum
|
Independent
|
684 ELECTED
|
|
Lauren Passmore-Smart
|
Independent
|
468 ELECTED
|
|
Robert Sexton
|
Independent
|
453 ELECTED
|
|
John Taylor
|
|
356
|
|
Sharon Thorne
|
Independent
|
507 ELECTED
|
|
Lucy Wakefield
|
Independent
|
604 ELECTED
|
Electorate:
Ballot Papers Issued:
Rejected Ballot Papers:
Turnout %
|
Honiton St. Paul`s (8 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Kate Cloke
|
Independent
|
716 ELECTED
|
|
Roy Coombs
|
|
494 ELECTED
|
|
Steve Craddock
|
|
595 ELECTED
|
|
Joseph Furneaux-Gotch
|
|
230
|
|
Debbie Hulin
|
|
386 ELECTED
|
|
Stephen Keene
|
Independent
|
637 ELECTED
|
|
Caroline Kolek
|
|
479 ELECTED
|
|
Andrew Pearsall
|
|
479 ELECTED
|
|
Serena Sexton
|
Independent
|
644 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 3825
Ballot Papers Issued: 1117
Rejected Ballot Papers: 16
Turnout 29.2%
|
Northleigh (5 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Nigel Clegg
|
|
37
|
|
Antony Driver
|
|
44 ELECTED
|
|
Tony Lear
|
Retired
Government
Service
|
50 ELECTED
|
|
William Rich
|
|
53 ELECTED
|
|
Ian Todd
|
|
48 ELECTED
|
|
Bob Workman
|
|
39 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 126
Ballot Papers Issued: 79
Rejected Ballot Papers: 2
Turnout 62.7%
|
Plymtree (7 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Tadhg Carter
|
|
157 ELECTED
|
|
Anthony Clarke
|
|
158 ELECTED
|
|
Hugh Edwards
|
|
83
|
|
Paul Muxworthy
|
|
91 ELECTED
|
|
James Penman
|
|
120 ELECTED
|
|
Roger Roberts
|
|
164 ELECTED
|
|
Geoff Smith
|
|
122 ELECTED
|
|
Victoria Vellacott
|
|
152 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 494
Ballot Papers Issued: 242
Rejected Ballot Papers: 5
Turnout 49%
|
Seaton (11 seats)
|
Number of votes
|
|
Kenneth
Beer
|
|
551 ELECTED
|
|
Eric Bowman
|
|
361 ELECTED
|
|
Karen Brooks
|
|
782 ELECTED
|
|
Peter Burrows
|
|
669 ELECTED
|
|
Del Haggerty
|
|
892 ELECTED
|
|
Marcus Hartnell
|
|
1259 ELECTED
|
|
Dan Ledger
|
Independent
|
1460 ELECTED
|
|
Angela Mendham
|
|
513 ELECTED
|
|
Jack Russell
|
|
487 ELECTED
|
|
Amrik Singh
|
|
931 ELECTED
|
|
Richard Webster
|
|
332
|
|
Cheryl Wood
|
|
770 ELECTED
|
Electorate: 5908
Ballot Papers Issued: 2134
Rejected Ballot Papers: 26
Turnout 36.1%
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