These are the voting results as Owl recorded them last night, they have been cross-checked but it is always possible, with a long list, for inadvertent errors to creep in – if you spot any please let Owl know.
To avoid confusion about what voting for or against the motion put to Council means, Owl has used the term “Stay” to indicate those voting to stay in GESP and “Leave” for those voting to leave.
33 Councillors voted to leave and 22 Councillors voted to stay in GESP; there was one abstention, three Councillors sent their apologies and one was absent.
Essentially those voting to stay, were all the Conservatives present and all the self-styled “Independent Group”. These are the remainder of Ben Ingham’s group of “Independents” who did not join the Majority Group or form Cranbrook Voice. The other unaligned “Independent” from the Ingham Group, Cllr Peter Faithfull, also voted to stay in the GESP.
| Axminster
Councillor Ian Hall Councillor Sarah Jackson Councillor Andrew Moulding |
Stay Leave Stay |
| Beer and Branscombe
Councillor Geoff Pook |
Stay |
| Broadclyst
Councillor Sarah Chamberlain Councillor Christopher Pepper Councillor Eleanor Rylance |
Leave —– Absent Leave |
| Budleigh and Raleigh
Councillor Alan Dent Councillor Paul Jarvis Councillor Tom Wright |
Stay Stay Stay |
| Clyst Valley
Councillor Mike Howe |
Stay |
| Coly Valley
Councillor Paul Arnott Councillor Helen Parr |
Leave Stay |
| Cranbrook
Councillor Kevin Blakey Councillor Kim Bloxham Councillor Sam Hawkins |
Leave Leave Leave |
| Dunkeswell and Otterhead
Councillor Colin Brown Councillor David Key |
Stay Stay |
| Exe Valley
Councillor Fabian King |
Leave |
| Exmouth Brixington
Councillor Fred Caygill Councillor Maddy Chapman Councillor Andrew Colman |
Stay Stay Leave |
| Exmouth Halsdon
Councillor Megan Armstrong Councillor Paul Millar Councillor Tony Woodward |
Leave Leave Leave |
| Exmouth Littleham
Councillor Bruce De Saram Councillor Nick Hookway Councillor Chris Wright |
Stay Leave Stay |
| Exmouth Town
Councillor Olly Davey Councillor Joe Whibley Councillor Eileen Wragg |
Leave Leave Leave |
| Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh
Councillor Steve Gazzard Councillor Brenda Taylor |
——Abstain Leave |
| Feniton
Councillor Susie Bond |
Stay |
| Honiton St. Michael’s
Councillor Mike Allen Councillor Luke Jeffery Councillor Phil Twiss |
——-Apologies Leave ——-Apologies |
| Honiton St. Paul’s
Councillor Dean Barrow Councillor Tony McCollum |
Stay Leave |
| Newbridges
Councillor Ian Chubb |
Stay |
| Newton Poppleford and Harpford
Councillor Val Ranger |
Leave |
| Ottery St Mary
Councillor Peter Faithfull Councillor Vicky Johns Councillor Geoff Pratt |
Stay Leave Leave |
| Seaton
Councillor Marcus Hartnell Councillor Dan Ledger Councillor Jack Rowland |
——Apologies Leave Leave |
| Sidmouth Rural
Councillor John Loudoun |
Leave |
| Sidmouth Sidford
Councillor Stuart Hughes Councillor Dawn Manley Councillor Marianne Rixson |
Stay Leave Leave |
| Sidmouth Town
Councillor Denise Bickley Councillor Cathy Gardner |
Leave Leave |
| Tale Vale
Councillor Philip Skinner |
Stay |
| Trinity
Councillor Ian Thomas |
Stay |
| West Hill and Aylesbeare
Councillor Jess Bailey |
Leave |
| Whimple and Rockbeare
Councillor Kathy McLauchlan |
Leave |
| Woodbury and Lympstone
Councillor Ben Ingham Councillor Geoff Jung |
Stay Leave |
| Yarty
Councillor Paul Hayward |
Leave |
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