Elections and Referendums 2021

Devon County Council Election 2021

Devon County Council has 60 councillors elected to make decisions about county-wide issues (such as education and social services).

On Thursday 6 May 2021 an election was held for County Councillors at Devon County Council. The results for the divisions which fall within the West Devon Borough Council boundary are shown below.

These Divisions are:

Hatherleigh and Chagford
Okehampton Rural
Tavistock
Yelverton Rural

Results

Hatherleigh and Chagford (Turnout 41.93%)

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes
DANIEL Lynn Christine	Green Party	1142
DEXTER George Herbert	Liberal Democrat	458
MCINNES James Raymond	The Conservative Party Candidate	2355 ELECTED
MORTON Matthew Dean	Reform UK	89
SMITH Douglas Arthur	Labour Party	330

Okehampton Rural (Turnout 36.42%)

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes
EDWARDS Terence Joseph	Labour Party	424
GILBERT Patrick William	Liberal Democrat	235
LEECH Anthony Frank	Independent	948
RUSH Robert	Reform UK	90
SAMUEL Lois Esther	The Conservative Party Candidate	1942 ELECTED
WOOD Brian Patrick	Green Party	552

Tavistock (Turnout 41.81%)

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes
EWINGS Mandy Victoria Louise	Independent	1085
JORDAN Christopher Alan	Green Party	364
SELLIS Deborah Katherine Anne	The Conservative Party Candidate	1847 ELECTED
SPARLING Michael Harry	Labour Party	442
SQUIRE Peter Cyril	Liberal Democrats	464

Yelverton Rural (Turnout 43.69%)

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes
MACIEJOWSKA Judy Sara Marguerita	Green Party	737
MARCHESE Anthony Peter	Labour Party	598
RENDERS Mark Christian	Independent	1123
SANDERS Philip Richard	The Conservative Party Candidate	2263 ELECTED
WEST Ashley-Ross Christopher	Liberal Democrats	272

Lamerton Parish Council

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of votes
DEEKS Sam	A Plan for Lamerton	192
DREHER Karen Drissa Rowene	A Plan for Lamerton	204
EVANS Jess		166
EXLEY-DEANE Martin John	A Plan for Lamerton	203
MEIKLE Barbara Anne		192
PEDDER Brian Malcolm		152
WHITE Claire		164

Ballots issued: 384

Rejected ballots: 7

Turnout: 59.26%

Sam Deeks, Karen Dreher, Jess Evans, Martin Exley-Deane and Barbara Meikle were duly elected

Sampford Courtenay Parish Council

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of votes
COLLINS Philip Robert		129 ELECTED
MCILWRAITH James William Fergus	Independent	118
MCILWRAITH Matthew Kerr	Independent	95
MORRISSEY Martin St. John		144 ELECTED

Ballots issued: 266

Rejected ballots: 1

Turnout: 50.86%

Philip Collins and Martin Morrissey were duly elected.

Highampton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum

A referendum on the neighbourhood plan for Highampton was held on Thursday 6 May 2021

Please visit our Neighbourhood Planning Website for full details of the Highampton Neighbourhood Plan

The results of the referendum are as follows:

Do you want West Devon Borough Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Highampton to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
	Votes Recorded	Percentage
Number cast in favour of a YES	100	81.3%
Number cast in favour of a NO	23	18.7%

Turnout: 39.94%

More than half of those voting have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan.

North Tawton Neighbourhood Plan

A referendum on the neighbourhood plan for North Tawton was held on Thursday 6 May 2021

Please visit our Neighbourhood Planning Website for full details of the North Tawton Neighbourhood Plan

The results of the referendum are as follows:

Do you want West Devon Borough Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for North Tawton to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
	Votes Recorded	Percentage
Number cast in favour of a YES	484	87%
Number cast in favour of a NO	66	12%

Turnout: 35.21%

More than half of those voting have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan.

Bere Ferrers - 18 November 2021

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes
BLACKMAN Angela	Conservative Party Candidate	362 ELECTED
MACIEJOWSKA Judy Sara	The Green Party	176
REED Graham Richard	Liberal Democrats	216
SAXBY Isabel Angela	Labour Party	361

Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum - 12 August 2021

A Neighbourhood Plan Referendum was held in the Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Plan Area on Thursday, 12 August 2021.

Please visit our Neighbourhood Planning website for full details of the Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Plan.

The results were as follows:

Do you want West Devon Borough Council and the Dartmoor National Park Authority to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Bridestowe and Sourton to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
	Votes Recorded	Percentage
Number cast in favour of a YES	201	94.8%
Number cast in favour of a NO	11	5.2%

More than half of those voting have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan

Police and Crime Commissioner Election - 2021 Result

First Round Count

The total number of	Amount
ballot papers verified is:	17799
rejected ballot papers is:	581
valid first preference votes is:	17221

After the first round of counting, the total number of valid first preference votes for each of the candidates is as follows:

Candidate	Votes
BLAKE	2912
DERRICK	2515
HERNANDEZ	9461
JACKSON	2333

The number of ballot papers rejected at the first count was as follows:

Reason for rejection	Amount
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote	131
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	6
Unmarked as to the first preference vote	254
Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote	190
Total rejected papers at the first count	581

As no candidate received more than 50% of the valid first preference votes, the second preference votes were counted for the candidates who were not eliminated from the contest.

The remaining candidates were:

DERRICK
HERNANDEZ

Second Round Count and Results

The total number of	Amount
ballet papers verified is:	5245
rejected ballot papers is:	634
valid second preference votes is:	4609

After the second round of counting, the total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the candidates is as follows:

Candidate	Votes
DERRICK	1622
HERNANDEZ	979
Votes for eliminated candidates	2008

The number of ballot papers rejected at the second count was as follows:

Reason for rejection	Amount
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote	25
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	0
Unmarked as to the second preference vote	434
Void for uncertainty as to the second preference vote	175
Total rejected papers at the second count	634