Owl broke the original story in July 2014 that EDDC was in the worst 6% of councils for voter registration and had “lost” 6,000 voters from the previous years – 102,000 down to 96,000. Owl was shocked and so a was Parliamentary Committee which summoned Electoral Officer Mark Williams to (not very satisfactorily) explain himself;

The missing 6,000 voters – EDDC is in the worst 6% of councils in the country for voter registration!

and

Highlights of Mr Williams audio transcript of evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Voter Engagement

As of March 2017, the number of electors in East Devon stood at 113,079 – an increase of more than 20,000. And this doesn’t include a recent surge for the upcoming general election who registered after that date. An increase of more than 22%! In THREE years! That’s only registered voters – imagine the total population increase!

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/grants-and-funding/parishes-together-fund/numbers-of-electors-in-your-parish/