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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 CandidateDescription (if any)Number of Votes
DANIEL
Lynn Christine
Green Party1142
DEXTER
George Herbert
Liberal Democrat458
MCINNES
James Raymond
The Conservative Party Candidate2355 ELECTED
MORTON
Matthew Dean
Reform UK89
SMITH
Douglas Arthur
Labour Party330

Okehampton Rural (Turnout 36.42%)

Name of CandidateDescription (if any)Number of Votes
EDWARDS
Terence Joseph
Labour Party424
GILBERT
Patrick William
Liberal Democrat235
LEECH
Anthony Frank
Independent948
RUSH
Robert
Reform UK90
SAMUEL
Lois Esther
The Conservative Party Candidate1942 ELECTED
WOOD
Brian Patrick
Green Party552

Tavistock  (Turnout 41.81%)

Name of CandidateDescription (if any)Number of Votes
EWINGS
Mandy Victoria Louise
Independent1085
JORDAN
Christopher Alan
Green Party364
SELLIS
Deborah Katherine Anne
The Conservative Party Candidate1847 ELECTED
SPARLING
Michael Harry
Labour Party442
SQUIRE
Peter Cyril
Liberal Democrats464

 


Yelverton Rural (Turnout 43.69%)

Name of CandidateDescription (if any)Number of Votes
MACIEJOWSKA
Judy Sara Marguerita
Green Party737
MARCHESE
Anthony Peter
Labour Party598
RENDERS
Mark Christian
Independent1123
SANDERS
Philip Richard
The Conservative Party Candidate2263 ELECTED
WEST
Ashley-Ross Christopher
Liberal Democrats272

Lamerton Parish Council 

Name of CandidateDescription
(if any)
Number of votes
DEEKS
Sam
A Plan for Lamerton192
DREHER
Karen Drissa Rowene
A Plan for Lamerton204
EVANS
Jess
 166
EXLEY-DEANE
Martin John
A Plan for Lamerton203
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 CandidateDescription
(if any)
Number of votes
COLLINS
Philip Robert
 129 ELECTED
MCILWRAITH
James William Fergus
Independent118
MCILWRAITH
Matthew Kerr
Independent95
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 RecordedPercentage
Number cast in favour of a YES10081.3%
Number cast in favour of a NO2318.7%


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 RecordedPercentage
Number cast in favour of a YES48487%
Number cast in favour of a NO6612%


Turnout: 35.21%

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


Bere Ferrers - 18 November 2021

Name of CandidateDescription
(if any)
Number of Votes
BLACKMAN
Angela
Conservative Party Candidate362 ELECTED
MACIEJOWSKA
Judy Sara
The Green Party176
REED
Graham Richard
Liberal Democrats216
SAXBY
Isabel Angela
Labour Party361

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 RecordedPercentage
Number cast in favour of a YES20194.8%
Number cast in favour of a NO115.2%


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:

CandidateVotes
BLAKE2912
DERRICK2515
HERNANDEZ9461
JACKSON2333

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

Reason for rejectionAmount
Want of an official mark0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote131
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified6
Unmarked as to the first preference vote254
Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote190
Total rejected papers at the first count581


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 ofAmount
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:

CandidateVotes
DERRICK1622
HERNANDEZ979
Votes for eliminated candidates2008


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

Reason for rejectionAmount
Want of an official mark0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote25
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified0
Unmarked as to the second preference vote434
Void for uncertainty as to the second preference vote175
Total rejected papers at the second count634

 

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