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Local Election Results 2007

East Devon

Whole council up for election. Three councillors were elected unopposed (two Conservative and one Independent).

Other results for East Devon: 2003 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 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 23241 50.8% 43
Liberal Democrat 11003 24.1% 10
Independent 7547 16.5% 6
UK Independence Party 1958 4.3% 0
Labour 1895 4.1% 0
Liberal Party 79 0.2% 0

Axminster Rural

John Jeffery C 607 75.6%
Chris Baigent LD 196 24.4%

Axminster Town (2)

Andrew Moulding C 765 46.8%
Douglas Hull LD 762 46.7%
Reg Brown C 596
Susan Linton LD 408
Jerry Walden Lab 106 6.5%

Beer and Branscombe

Mike Green Ind unop.

Broadclyst (2)

Peter Bowden C 913 47.5%
Derek Button LD 804 41.8%
Chris Edwards C 665
Sue Button LD 641
Martin Arthurs Ind 207 10.8%

Budleigh (3) [2 C gains from Ind]

Raymond Franklin C 1638 51.7%
Stephen Hall C 1527
Malcolm Florey C 1162
Caz Sismore-Hunt Ind 1117 35.3%
Roger Bowen Ind 735
Graham Hooker Ind 640
Darren Pannell LD 413 13.0%

Clyst Valley

Bob Peachey C 634 73.9%
Stephen Schlich LD 224 26.1%

Coly Valley (2) [1 C gain from Ind]

Helen Parr C 1316 55.0%
Graham Godbeer C 1057
Christopher Way Ind 652 27.2%
Jonathan Underwood LD 425 17.8%

Dunkeswell

Marcelle Boote C 411 63.1%
John Gleed LD 240 36.9%

Exe Valley

Stuart Luxton C 531 69.1%
Marion Minards-Gammell LD 158 20.6%
Grace Burns Lib 79 10.3%

Exmouth Brixington (3) [2 C gains from LD]

Trevor Cope LD 486 42.7%
Darryl Nicholas C 466 41.0%
David Chapman C 456
Madeleine Chapman C 433
Bill Heath LD 345
Andrew Toye LD 316
Stuart Fegan Lab 185 16.3%

Exmouth Halsdon (3)

Jill Elson C 1002 46.4%
Pauline Stott C 939
Vivien Duval Steer C 933
Ron Roberts LD 623 28.9%
Brian Toye LD 596
Helen Whitworth LD 512
David Wilson UKIP 332 15.4%
John Kelly UKIP 274
Lesley Kelly UKIP 269
Carole Newton Lab 201 9.3%

Exmouth Littleham (3) [2 C gains from LD]

John Humphreys C 1276 47.8%
Mark Williamson C 1203
Timothy Wood C 1154
Ron Mudge LD 930 34.9%
Gina Kerler LD 833
Tom Reeves LD 802
Raymond Davison Lab 246 9.2%
Keith Wakefield UKIP 216 8.1%

Exmouth Town (3)

Pat Graham LD 864 49.7%
Eileen Wragg LD 832
May Hardy LD 693
Anthony Robinson C 450 25.9%
Richard Ward C 428
Heather Lane Ind 426 24.5%
David Speight C 389

Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh (3)

Brenda Taylor LD 929 62.4%
Steve Wragg LD 850
Geoff Chamberlain LD 829
Sandy Sutton C 560 37.6%
Richard Turner C 545
Joy Whipps C 537

Feniton and Buckerell

Graham Brown C 401 50.6%
Ken Hopkins LD 391 49.4%

Honiton St Michael's (3)

Chris Tratt C 1101 69.8%
Barry Nicholson C 1072
Roger Boote C 929
Michael Teare Lab 476 30.2%

Honiton St Paul's (2)

Vivienne Ash Ind 801 36.7%
Peter Halse C 733 33.6%
Bob Buxton C 521
Roy Coombs LD 490 22.4%
Alfred Boom Lab 159 7.3%

Newbridges

Iain Chubb C 735 69.3%
Martin Paley LD 325 30.7%

Newton Poppleford and Harpford

Kenneth Potter C 500 75.2%
Sylvia Brownlee UKIP 165 24.8%

Otterhead

David Key C 513 69.0%
Kay Friend LD 230 31.0%

Ottery St Mary Rural (2)

Raymond Bloxham C 1213 75.9%
Sara Randall Johnson C 1196
Ron Newman UKIP 386 24.1%

Ottery St Mary Town (2)

Roger Giles Ind 1532 63.3%
David Cox C 674 27.9%
Ian Holmes Ind 495
Andrew Blackwell Lab 214 8.8%

Raleigh

Ann Liverton C unop.

Seaton (3) [2 C gains from LD]

Jim Knight C 1329 42.3%
Margaret Rogers LD 1282 40.8%
Stephanie Jones C 1123
John Meakin C 1059
Peter Burrows LD 1022
Larry Garner LD 921
Gordon Langford UKIP 362 11.5%
Elaine Langford UKIP 343
Jim Partridge-Hogbin UKIP 331
Judy Blackwell Lab 169 5.4%

Sidmouth Rural

Tony Reed C unop.

Sidmouth Sidford (3)

Stuart Hughes C 1414 64.7%
Christine Drew C 1342
Graham Troman C 956
Chris Wale Ind 770 35.3%
Jack Brokenshire Ind 741

Sidmouth Town (3)

Graham Liverton C 1353 50.4%
Chris Gibbings C 1214
Frances Newth C 1146
John Dyson Ind 832 31.0%
Lawrie Brownlee UKIP 497 18.5%

Tale Vale

Philip Skinner C 750 84.4%
Sally Boom Lab 139 15.6%

Trinity [Ind gain from LD]

Ken George Ind 442 50.4%
Bob Collier C 435 49.6%

Whimple

Andrew Dinnis C 419 52.9%
Martin Gammell LD 373 47.1%

Woodbury and Lympstone (2) [1 Ind gain from LD, 1 Ind gain from C]

Ben Ingham Ind 768 44.2%
David Atkins Ind 519
Ian Chenery C 490 28.2%
John Glanvill LD 480 27.6%

Yarty

Paul Diviani C 612 61.8%
Bill Foster LD 378 38.2%

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