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The 2019 East Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was elected on new ward boundaries that increased the number of seats from 59 to 60.
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All 60 seats to East Devon District Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2019 East Devon District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary edit
Election result edit
2019 East Devon District Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 55 | 20 | N/A | N/A | 17 | 33.3 | 36.2 | 28,388 | –11.0 | |
Independent | 21 | 19 | N/A | N/A | 13 | 31.7 | 23.6 | 18,542 | +14.4 | |
East Devon Alliance | 11 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 10,991 | –6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 30 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 12,042 | +2.5 | |
Green | 4 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2,667 | +0.3 | |
Labour | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4,974 | +3.3 | ||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 1.1 | 887 | –3.6 |
Ward Results edit
Axminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Sarah Jackson | 1,001 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Ian Hall | 818 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Moulding | 740 | 34.1 | ||
Conservative | Steve Holt | 640 | 29.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Hull | 560 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kerr | 429 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Walden | 403 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Spurway | 357 | 16.5 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Pole | 306 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Martin Mynard | 262 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 100 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,186 | 35 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Beer & Branscombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Geoff Pook | 601 | 85.0 | ||
Labour | John Gregory | 106 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 495 | 70.0 | |||
Turnout | 724 | 32.99 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Broadclyst edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Chamberlain | 612 | 51.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Rylance | 555 | 46.4 | ||
Conservative | Chris Pepper | 506 | 42.3 | ||
Green | Henry Gent | 426 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca-Jayne Lipscombe | 397 | 33.2 | ||
Conservative | Rob Longhurst | 345 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | Paul Diviani | 319 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 80 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,225 | 29.01 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Budleigh & Raleigh edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Paul Jarvis | 1,187 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Alan Dent | 1,112 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Wright | 999 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Patsy Hayman | 982 | 36.5 | ||
Green | Pete Duke | 971 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Penny Lewis | 907 | 33.8 | ||
UKIP | Brigitte Graham | 518 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 17 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,698 | 41.03 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Clyst Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Howe | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Coly Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Paul Arnott | 938 | 55.6 | ||
Conservative | Helen Parr | 851 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Pearsall | 625 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | Carol Dawson | 382 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,704 | 43.53 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cranbrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kim Bloxham | 506 | 62.4 | ||
Independent | Kevin Blakey | 427 | 52.7 | ||
Independent | Sam Hawkins | 392 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Osborn | 228 | 28.1 | ||
Conservative | Nick Partridge | 221 | 27.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Garbutt | 153 | 18.9 | ||
Labour | Sue Mills | 144 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 164 | 20.2 | |||
Turnout | 818 | 25.45 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Dunkeswell & Otterhead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Key | 842 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Colin Brown | 817 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Hoyles | 537 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Kolek | 310 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 280 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,547 | 33.70 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Exe Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Fabian King | 378 | 56.7 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Wraight | 289 | 43.3 | ||
Majority | 89 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 683 | 35.50 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Exmouth Brixington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maddy Chapman | 662 | 47.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Colman | 652 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | Fred Caygill | 633 | 44.9 | ||
Conservative | Cherry Nicholas | 632 | 44.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aurora Bailey | 627 | 44.5 | ||
Labour | Dilys Hadley | 381 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,458 | 23.16 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Exmouth Halsdon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Megan Armstrong | 1,293 | 69.2 | ||
Independent | Paul Millar | 1,140 | 61.0 | ||
Green | Tony Woodward | 647 | 34.6 | ||
Conservative | Jill Elson | 475 | 25.4 | ||
Conservative | Tony Hill | 380 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Toye | 289 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Toye | 260 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 172 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,882 | 30.99 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Exmouth Littleham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Chris Wright | 1,071 | 50.4 | ||
Independent | Nick Hookway | 996 | 46.8 | ||
Conservative | Bruce de Saram | 606 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Whipps | 536 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | Joy Whipps | 534 | 25.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ono Olmedo | 477 | 22.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Bailey | 467 | 22.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Poor | 434 | 20.4 | ||
Labour | Keith Edwards | 328 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 70 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,160 | 32.89 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Exmouth Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Joe Whibley | 664 | 46.3 | ||
Green | Olly Davey | 623 | 43.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Wragg | 527 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Dumper | 488 | 34.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Sadiq | 434 | 30.2 | ||
Labour | Daniel Wilson | 265 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative | Steve Hall | 235 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Eden Smith | 223 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | David Walsh | 210 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 39 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,452 | 25.23 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Gazzard | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Taylor | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Feniton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Susie Bond | 638 | 82.6 | ||
Conservative | John Tristram | 97 | 12.6 | ||
Labour | Adam Powell | 37 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 541 | 70.0 | |||
Turnout | 778 | 39.83 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Honiton St Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phil Twiss | 790 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | Mike Allen | 763 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Luke Jeffery | 700 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | John Zarczynski | 530 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 170 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,428 | 25 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Honiton St Paul's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony McCollum | 632 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | Dean Barrow | 385 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Jenny Brown | 384 | 33.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jules Hoyles | 300 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | Sally Boom | 226 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,175 | 30 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newbridges edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iain Chubb | 617 | 74.1 | ||
Labour | George Neate | 216 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 401 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 874 | 42.59 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newton Poppleford & Harpford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Val Ranger | 710 | 86.2 | ||
Conservative | David Atkins | 114 | 13.8 | ||
Majority | 596 | 72.4 | |||
Turnout | 817 | 44.98 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) |
Ottery St Mary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Vicky Johns | 1,501 | 67.7 | ||
Independent | Geoff Pratt | 1,044 | 47.1 | ||
Independent | Peter Faithfull | 878 | 39.6 | ||
Conservative | Paul Carter | 477 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Anne Edwards | 428 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | Harv Sethi | 422 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | Luke Gray | 381 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Piper | 245 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 401 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,238 | 37.81 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Seaton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Dan Ledger | 1,561 | 64.9 | ||
East Devon Alliance | Jack Rowland | 1,392 | 57.9 | ||
Conservative | Mark Hartnell | 1,095 | 45.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Burrows | 515 | 21.4 | ||
Conservative | Jacquie Russell | 504 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Juliette Williams | 300 | 12.5 | ||
Labour | Abi Jones | 298 | 12.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terry Burrows | 257 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 580 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,414 | 40 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sidmouth Rural edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | John Loudoun | 375 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | David Barratt | 258 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Chris Wale | 184 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lewis Ragbourn | 42 | 4.7 | ||
Labour | Ray Davison | 27 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 117 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 897 | 46.97 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) |
Sidmouth Sidford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Marianne Rixson | 1,326 | 73.5 | ||
East Devon Alliance | Dawn Manley | 1,303 | 72.3 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Hughes | 1,089 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Jenny Ware | 757 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Zachary Marsh | 721 | 40.0 | ||
Labour | Colin Mills | 381 | 21.1 | ||
UKIP | Ken Warren | 369 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 332 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,809 | 28.02 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sidmouth Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Cathy Gardner | 971 | 60.6 | ||
East Devon Alliance | Denise Bickley | 922 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | Sheila Kerridge | 549 | 34.2 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Venner | 409 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Diprose | 127 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 373 | 23.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,617 | 40.54 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) |
Tale Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Skinner | 436 | 48.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Gray | 378 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | Chris East | 92 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 58 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 928 | 43.12 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Trinity edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Thomas | 635 | 71.8 | ||
Labour | Sarah Birnie | 249 | 28.2 | ||
Majority | 386 | 43.6 | |||
Turnout | 920 | 42.42 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Hill & Aylesbeare edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jess Bailey | 956 | 77.0 | ||
Conservative | John Sheaves | 285 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 671 | 54.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,246 | 57.13 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Whimple & Rockbeare edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kathy McLauchlan | 702 | 75.0 | ||
Conservative | Mark Evans-Martin | 234 | 25.0 | ||
Majority | 468 | 50.0 | |||
Turnout | 941 | 42.88 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Woodbury & Lympstone edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ben Ingham | 1,453 | 76.0 | ||
Independent | Geoff Jung | 1,396 | 73.0 | ||
Conservative | Cheryl McGauley | 432 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | William Carter | 383 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 964 | 50.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,923 | 45.09 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Yarty edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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East Devon Alliance | Paul Hayward | 492 | 52.3 | ||
Conservative | Alasdair Bruce | 296 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Jordan | 99 | 10.5 | ||
Labour | Diane Cheshire | 53 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 196 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 951 | 44.90 | |||
East Devon Alliance win (new seat) |
By-elections edit
Whimple and Rockbeare edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Lawrence | 502 | 56.2 | +31.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Todd Olive | 392 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 110 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 894 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | 6.3 |
The Whimple and Rockbeare by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Kathy McLauchlan.[2]
Feniton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alasdair Bruce | 239 | |||
Labour | Linda Baden | 126 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Todd Olive | 82 | |||
Turnout | 21 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
The Feniton by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Sue Bond.[3]
Honiton St Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jake Bonetta | 807 | 58.0 | New | |
Conservative | Jenny Brown | 522 | 37.5 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jules Hoyles | 63 | 4.5 | -46.0 | |
Majority | 285 | 20.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1392 | 24.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 58.0 |
The Honiton St Michael's by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Luke Jeffery.[3]
Exe Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jamie Kemp | 190 | 36.9 | -19.8 | |
Conservative | Kevin Wraight | 164 | 31.8 | -11.5 | |
Labour | Michael Daniell | 161 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 26 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 517 | 26.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.2 |
The Exe Valley by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Fabian King.[5]
Newton Poppleford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Chris Burhop | 560 | |||
Labour | Caleb Early | 162 | |||
Conservative | Paul Carter | 113 | |||
Turnout | 46 | ||||
Independent gain from East Devon Alliance | Swing |
The Newton Poppleford by-election was triggered by the death of East Devon Alliance councillor Val Ranger.[6]
References edit
- ^ East Devon District Council election results 2019, Accessed 6 May 2019
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Whimple and Rockbeare Ward - East Devon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ a b Ives, Joe (9 July 2021). "Teenager takes East Devon council seat for Labour". Radio Exe. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Teen is first Labour candidate elected in 20 years". BBC News. 9 July 2021.
- ^ Ives, Joe (1 August 2021). "East Devon councillor resigns to focus on his business interests". Midweek Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ Goddard, Will (11 November 2022). "Sidmouth: Independent candidate wins Newton Poppleford and Harpford by-election". Sidmouth Nub News. Retrieved 22 June 2023.