NOT a marriage made in heaven!
EDA Chair Paul Arnott elected in Coly Valley along with Tory Helen Parr
NOT a marriage made in heaven!
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All three seats fall to Independents in Ottery St Mary – Paul Carter loses seat
Vicky Johns (Independent) – 1501 ELECTED
Margaret Anne Piper (Conservative) – 245
Geoff Pratt (Independent) – 1044 ELECTED
Harv Sethi (Independent) – 422
Paul Richard Carter (Conservative) – 477
Anne Edwards (Conservative) – 428
Peter Hamilton Faithfull (Independent) – 878 ELECTED
Luke Gray (Labour) – 381
Archant leads Owl’s results awards!
Early on, Devonlive was quickest with results but presentation is clunky, Archant came second – too many photographs to scroll through before reaching results, EDDC third – their official result often trailing the other two.
Not to mention EDDC publishing the wrong result in Seaton (but Owl just did!).
However, Archant cleaned up their page a bit (though called JOHN Loudon David at one point); Devonlive needs far too many clicks to get to badly presented results, EDDC … well, it’s EDDC isn’t it! Where else would a district council count still be going on at 5 pm in two locations…
Well done, Archant – not something Owl says a lot …
Sidmouth Rural and Feniton – Indies Rule!
Sidmouth Rural (one seat)
David Barratt (Independent) – 258
Ray Davison (Labour) – 27
John Loudoun (East Devon Alliance) – 375 ELECTED
Lewis Ragbourn (Liberal Democrats) – 42
Chris Wale (Conservative) – 18
Susie Bond (Independent) – 638 ELECTED
Adam Michael Powell (Labour) – 37
John Tristam (Conservative) – 97
6 spoilt
Seaton – had result been hacked?
Ah, one person’s results left off and all votes then transposed. Wishful thinking Tories?
First this:
followed by this:
A little light relief – Baldrick has a cunning plan
Tweet:
“I’ve left the Labour Party after nearly 45 years of service at Branch, Constituency and NEC levels,partly because of it’s continued duplicity on Brexit, partly because of it’s antisemitism, but also because its leadership is complete shit.”
Exmouth Brixington results now in – Lib Dems missed seat by 4 votes
And ONE vote between elected Conservative and unelected Conservative!
Exmouth Brixington (three seats)
Aurora Bailey (Liberal Democrats) – 627
Fred Caygill (Conservative) – 633 ELECTED
Maddy Chapman (Conservative) – 662 ELECTED
Andrew Colman (Liberal Democrats) – 652 ELECTED
Dilys Hadley (Labour) – 381
Cherry Nicholas (Conservative) – 632
Oh so close – shame on voters of all parties who didn’t show up.
3 out of 3 Cranbrook succesful candidates – Independent
Very low turnout compared to other areas. Yet to find out if Independent or “Independent” …
Woodbury and Lympstone – resounding wins for 2 Independents!
Woodbury and Lympstone (two seats)
William Carter (Conservative) – 383
Ben Ingham (Independent) – 1,453 ELECTED
Geoff Jung (Independent) – 1,396 ELECTED
Cheryl McGauley (Conservative) – 432
Exmouth Halsdon – 2 Independents and a Green! Jill Elson out!
40 years a Tory councillor – Jill Elson comes a trailing 4th out of 8 and is not elected!
What a comment on Tories in Exmouth!
Exmouth Halsdon (three seats)
Megan Armstrong (Independent) – 1,293 ELECTED
Jill Marion Elson (Conservative) – 475
Tony Hill (Conservative) – 380
Paul Millar (Independent) – 1,140 ELECTED
Pauline Stott (Conservative) – 447
Andrew Toye (Liberal Democrats) – 289
Brian Toye (Liberal Democrats) – 260
Tony Woodward (Green Party) – 647 ELECTED
Another Indie success – Axminster – Indie topped poll
Ian Hall (Conservative) – 818 ELECTED
Steve Holt (Conservative) – 640
Douglas R Hull (Liberal Democrats) – 560
Sarah Louise Jackson (Independent) – 1,001 ELECTED
Susan Patricia Kerr (Liberal Democrats) – 429
BOTH Independents elected in Exmouth Brixington
Not sure why recounted 3 times as margins clear for 3 elected – shoulder chips? Sorry getting Brixington and Litleham mixed up. Stir crazy …
Exmouth Brixington (three seats)
Brian Bailey (Liberal Democrats) – 467
Bruce De Saram (Conservative) – 606 ELECTED
Keith Edwards (Labour) – 328
Nick Hookway (Independent) – 996 ELECTED
Ono Olmedo (Liberal Democrats) – 477
David Poor (Liberal Democrats) – 434
Alan Whipps (Conservative) – 536
Joy Whipps (Conservative) – 534
Chris Wright (Independent) – 1,071 ELECTED
Every vote DOES count – Exmouth Brixington on THIRD recount
A THIRD count is underway for Exmouth Brixington!
A few groans as it was announced, but the numbers must be close.
We’re also expecting the winning candidates to be announced for Woodbury and Lympstone soon, but we guess the Brixington fiasco has thrown things a bit out of loop.
We’re also expecting the winning candidates to be announced for Woodbury and Lympstone soon, but we guess the Brixington fiasco has thrown things a bit out of loop.
Watch this space.
https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/election/east-devon-election-results-live-1-6029987
Twiss and Allen win Honiton St Micharls and immediately make promises …
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Conservative Phil Twiss topped the poll in the Honiton St Michael’s ward with 790 votes.
Fellow Tory Mike Allen was second with 763 and Liberal Democrat Luke Jeffery took the third seat with 700 votes.
Cllr Allen said: “I am delighted Phil Twiss and I have been re-elected so we can continue to serve well as we have done for the past eight years or more.
“But clearly there has been a very strong protest vote nationally with the number of Conservative votes down.
“We will make sure the district council remains strongly orientated towards economic growth and good housing whilst protecting the environment.”
https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/election/east-devon-election-results-live-1-6029987
Shock result Exmouth Town
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Devonlive (Express and Echo) site quicker than EDDC with live results!
Honiton result currently on Devonlive site, not on EDDC official site …
Independent wins Honiton St Pauls!
Interesting only ONE vote separated the two Conservative candidates, one of whom got the second seat!
Theresa May’s council gets Indie shock! 9 Indies get seats!
“The Conservatives secured a narrow majority as the local elections saw a huge shake-up in the Royal Borough.
The Tories were elected to 23 out of 41 available seats, followed by the Lib Dems with nine, The Borough First with three, West Windsor Residents Association with three, Old Windsor Residents Association with two and the National Flood Prevention Party with one councillor. …”
Why are EDDC district council results SO slow!
Started at 10 am, Four results by 11.30 am, nothing since … at this rate 6pm finish is looking optimistic …
Mark Williams, CEO and Returning Officer, is paid extra to supervise results. We don’t know how much as election officers and how they spend their allocated budgets are not subject to Freedom of Information requests.
But we do know, the more counters the quicker the results … the fewer counters more left in an EDDC account that can be used for anything else.
Indies making more gains in Teignbridge
After row about new ward boundaries:
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/teignbridge-refute-claims-ward-boundaries-2826252
