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Local Election Results 2007

Mid Devon

Whole council up for election. Six councillors were elected unopposed (three Conservative and three Independent).

Note:— Only two candidates were nominated for the three-seat Lower Culm ward.

Other results for Mid Devon: 2003 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Mid Devon (may be incomplete): 1st July 2004 (Cullompton S.) — 22nd June 2006 (Yeo) — 21st June 2007 (Lower Culm) — 25th February 2010 (Yeo) — 15th December 2011 (Clare & Shuttern) — 26th September 2013 (Way) — 14th September 2017 (Westexe) — 7th June 2018 (Cranmore) — 6th May 2021 (Castle; Taw; Westexe) — 17th June 2021 (Upper Culm) — 7th April 2022 (Cullompton S.) — 7th March 2024 (Upper Yeo & Taw) — 20th June 2024 (Tiverton Westexe)
Results for Devon county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Mid Devon 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 8271 36.0% 17
Liberal Democrat 6540 28.5% 10
Independent 6325 27.5% 14
UK Independence Party 1707 7.4% 0
Liberal Party 123 0.5% 0

Boniface (2)

Nicholas Way LD 735 58.7%
John Downes LD 643
Margaret Tucker C 276 22.0%
Robert Edwards UKIP 242 19.3%
Derek Shapland C 206

Bradninch

Edgar Berry C 416 50.1%
Luke Taylor LD 415 49.9%

Cadbury [C gain from Ind]

Robert Deed C 434 60.8%
Timothy Noon Ind 280 39.2%

Canonsleigh (2) [1 C gain from Ind]

Heather Bainbridge C unop.
Melvyn Lucas Ind unop.

Castle (2)

Lester Crocker Ind 669 38.4%
Janet Rendle C 618 35.5%
Elaine Trump LD 270 15.5%
Kenneth Gilderthorp UKIP 186 10.7%
Thomas Winsborough LD 143

Clare and Shuttern (2) [1 C gain from Ind]

Felicity Colthorpe C 810 54.1%
Raymond Stanley C 611
Peter Wood Ind 466 31.1%
Anthony McIntyre UKIP 220 14.7%

Cranmore (3) [2 LD gains from C]

Paul Williams LD 663 40.5%
Laina Howe LD 635
Kevin Wilson LD 622
Brenda Hull C 520 31.8%
Colin Constable C 510
Grahame Partridge UKIP 453 27.7%

Cullompton North (2)

Jane Campbell Ind 522 32.9%
Linda Holloway Ind 460 28.9%
Michael Thompson Ind 355 22.3%
Raymond Weinstein Ind 252 15.9%

Cullompton Outer

Queenie Broom Ind 275 43.4%
David Pugsley Ind 233 36.8%
David Westwood C 125 19.7%

Cullompton South (2)

Terry Snow Ind 547 68.6%
Eileen Andrews Ind 419
Barrie Marshall Ind 261
Pauline Hammett C 250 31.4%
Penelope Thom C 194

Halberton

Raymond Radford C 454 68.5%
Jane Bonnick LD 209 31.5%

Lawrence (2) [2 LD gains from C]

David Nation LD 761 54.2%
Robert Wright LD 729
Charles Haydon C 518 36.9%
William Dixon C 465
David Jaques UKIP 125 8.9%

Lower Culm (3) [1 C gain from Grn; only two candidates nominated]

Diane Brandon Ind unop.
Richard Chesterton C unop.

Lowman (3) [1 C gain from LD]

Dennis Knowles Ind 462 30.0%
Neal Davey C 450 29.2%
Peter Spencer Ind 417
Desmond Hannon LD 405 26.3%
Anthony Abbott LD 403
Philip Gibbs C 386
Paul Graham Ind 256
John Jordan UKIP 225 14.6%
David Whiteway LD 216
Alan Marks Ind 65

Newbrooke

Peter Hare-Scott C 336 55.3%
Christopher Boult LD 272 44.7%

Sandford and Creedy (2)

Michael Lee C 951 69.6%
Margaret Squires C 873
Christine Downes LD 416 30.4%
Douglas Lomax LD 391

Silverton [C gain from Ind]

Lucille Baker C 368 57.9%
Mary Nation LD 145 22.8%
Janett Rice Lib 123 19.3%

Taw

William Daw Ind 404 60.3%
Gillian Elston LD 266 39.7%

Taw Vale

Clive Eginton LD 586 70.7%
Roger Roberts C 243 29.3%

Upper Culm (2)

Glanmor Hughes C unop.
Frank Rosamond Ind unop.

Upper Yeo [C gain from LD]

John Squire C 275 51.7%
Michael Waltho LD 257 48.3%

Way [C gain from Ind]

Sarah Norman C 315 48.2%
Susan Meads Ind 247 37.8%
Janet Way LD 92 14.1%

Westexe (3) [1 C gain from Lab]

Mary Turner Ind 1153 53.2%
Ernest Luxton Ind 572
Alan Griffiths C 516 23.8%
Paul Kenny C 361
Randall Williams UKIP 256 11.8%
Catherine Whiteway LD 244 11.2%

Yeo (2)

David Pullen LD 804 67.0%
Philip Bourne LD 723
Alexander Scougall C 396 33.0%

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