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Local Election Results 2003

East Devon

Whole council up for election. Four Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for East Devon: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for East Devon (may be incomplete): 27th January 2005 (Sidmouth Rural) — 22nd September 2005 (Seaton; Sidmouth Town) — 2nd March 2006 (Honiton St Paul's) — 3rd April 2008 (Dunkeswell) — 26th February 2009 (Honiton St Michael's) — 12th November 2009 (Trinity) — 6th May 2010 (Seaton) — 2nd May 2013 (Feniton & Buckerell) — 21st July 2016 (Exmouth Littleham; Honiton St Michael's) — 6th October 2016 (Exmouth Brixington) — 4th May 2017 (Broadclyst; Whimple) — 1st March 2018 (Exmouth Town) — 20th September 2018 (Ottery St Mary Rural) — 6th May 2021 (Whimple & Rockbeare) — 8th July 2021 (Feniton; Honiton St Michael's) — 23rd September 2021 (Exe Valley) — 10th November 2022 (Newton Poppleford & Harpford) — 2nd May 2024 (Exmouth Brixington)
Results for Devon county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — East Devon 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 19442 45.4% 35
Liberal Democrat 12476 29.1% 18
Independent 6278 14.7% 6
Labour 3111 7.3% 0
Green Party 986 2.3% 0
UK Independence Party 530 1.2% 0

Axminster Rural

HJA Jeffery C 546 65.9%
BR Watson LD 283 34.1%

Axminster Town (2)

AT Moulding C 739 46.8%
DRH Hull LD 708 44.8%
IR Chubb C 559
S Gudge LD 433
J Walden Lab 133 8.4%

Beer and Branscombe

MJL Green Ind 453 53.9%
TP Glasper C 213 25.4%
JAG Russell Ind 174 20.7%

Broadclyst (2)

RE Burrow C 926 52.6%
DG Button LD 836 47.4%
SW Schlich LD 618
HI Macmillan-Bell C 588

Budleigh (3)

JED Falby Ind 1108 39.6%
RG Franklin C 1075 38.4%
LA Roden Ind 975
AL Jones C 939
RTN Bowen Ind 870
RS Mitchell C 864
EJ Cosford LD 617 22.0%

Clyst Valley

RC Peachey C unop.

Coly Valley (2)

HE Parr Ind 924 44.3%
HW Waterworth C 887 42.5%
RL Collier C 873
MA Gold Grn 275 13.2%

Dunkeswell

MJ Boote C unop.

Exe Valley

SC Luxton C unop.

Exmouth Brixington (3)

TA Cope LD 826 44.1%
BJ Toye LD 666
AJ Toye LD 613
TR Thomas C 534 28.5%
J Whipps C 533
RT Eastley C 521
KD Nicholas Ind 513 27.4%

Exmouth Halsdon (3)

BCJ Hughes C 891 46.2%
JM Elson C 835
PA Stott C 833
RB Roberts LD 823 42.7%
JD Heard LD 773
PW Nicol LD 767
CL Newton Lab 215 11.1%

Exmouth Littleham (3)

R Mudge LD 1056 46.5%
KJ Bamsey C 947 41.7%
TG Reeves LD 903
CR Bamsey C 885
B Willoughby C 858
GS Kerler LD 857
P Canavan Lab 270 11.9%

Exmouth Town (3)

EE Wragg LD 860 64.9%
ML Hardy LD 815
PA Graham LD 801
JT Humphreys C 465 35.1%
HM Eastley C 373
SC Babington-Taylor C 360

Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh (3)

BO Taylor LD 713 63.1%
GP Chamberlain LD 633
SC Wragg LD 620
FC Caygill C 417 36.9%
SA Oates C 375
JT Sawyer C 352

Feniton and Buckerell

NJ Spence C 420 56.8%
DJ Rotherham LD 258 34.9%
DJ Dunwoody Lab 61 8.3%

Honiton St Michael's (3)

P Halse C 956 46.0%
B Nicholson C 836
PC Townsend C 769
KH Hopkins LD 553 26.6%
YM Trotman LD 504
VC Whitlock Lab 312 15.0%
C Tootill Grn 256 12.3%
MJ Teare Lab 234

Honiton St Paul's (2)

V Ash Ind 574 36.5%
RHH Cross C 478 30.4%
RW Boote C 452
MR Olive LD 349 22.2%
RE Coombs LD 311
ER Hayler Lab 107 6.8%
ER McIvor Grn 64 4.1%

Newbridges

AJM Drake C 654 66.3%
JWR Underwood LD 333 33.7%

Newton Poppleford and Harpford

SM Merrit C 397 56.2%
DG Atkins Ind 206 29.1%
WA Greenwood Ind 104 14.7%

Otterhead

DRA Key C 639 80.1%
RAH Price Lab 159 19.9%

Ottery St Mary Rural (2)

AJ Wilkinson C 1001 73.4%
SM Randall Johnson C 985
RV Newman UKIP 363 26.6%

Ottery St Mary Town (2)

AR Giles Ind 1220 52.7%
DJ Cox C 494 21.4%
SA Rotherham LD 334 14.4%
AV Blackwell Lab 265 11.5%

Raleigh

AE Liverton C 362 57.0%
PW Frewin-Smith LD 273 43.0%

Seaton (3)

MA Rogers LD 1455 48.8%
PE Burrows LD 1125
N Rogers LD 1024
JA Knight C 943 31.6%
AT Ffoulkes C 938
JR Meakin C 857
CJ Donelan Ind 404 13.5%
SP Pollentine Lab 181 6.1%

Sidmouth Rural

AWJ Reed C 558 83.3%
R Davison Lab 112 16.7%

Sidmouth Sidford (3)

S Hughes C 1193 41.4%
CE Drew C 928
CH Wale C 914
SJ Brokenshire Ind 598 20.8%
GB Purkiss LD 465 16.2%
SL Howe Grn 324 11.3%
MA Johnson Lab 299 10.4%
SJ Wozniak Ind 235

Sidmouth Town (3)

GK Liverton C 1700 63.0%
BH Clark C 1381
AS Pascoe C 1231
DJ Mills Lab 997 37.0%

Tale Vale

PJ Skinner C unop.

Trinity

KW George LD 473 51.7%
PHF Burton C 375 41.0%
JE Melanaphy Grn 67 7.3%

Whimple

AEJ Dinnis C 405 62.4%
GA Blackmore LD 244 37.6%

Woodbury and Lympstone (2)

JH Glanvill LD 667 46.5%
BO Ingham C 600 41.8%
IS Chenery C 545
J Mitchell LD 468
JP Kelly UKIP 167 11.6%

Yarty

PA Diviani C 627 64.2%
WTA Foster LD 350 35.8%

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