Elections and Referendums 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: Rejected ballots: 7 Turnout: 59.26% Rejected ballots: 1 Turnout: 50.86% 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: More than half of those voting have voted in favour of the 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: More than half of those voting have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan. 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: The remaining candidates were: Devon County Council Election 2021
Results
Hatherleigh and Chagford (Turnout 41.93%)
Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes DANIEL
Lynn ChristineGreen Party 1142 DEXTER
George HerbertLiberal Democrat 458 MCINNES
James RaymondThe Conservative Party Candidate 2355 ELECTED MORTON
Matthew DeanReform UK 89 SMITH
Douglas ArthurLabour Party 330 Okehampton Rural (Turnout 36.42%)
Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes EDWARDS
Terence JosephLabour Party 424 GILBERT
Patrick WilliamLiberal Democrat 235 LEECH
Anthony FrankIndependent 948 RUSH
RobertReform UK 90 SAMUEL
Lois EstherThe Conservative Party Candidate 1942 ELECTED WOOD
Brian PatrickGreen Party 552 Tavistock (Turnout 41.81%)
Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes EWINGS
Mandy Victoria LouiseIndependent 1085 JORDAN
Christopher AlanGreen Party 364 SELLIS
Deborah Katherine AnneThe Conservative Party Candidate 1847 ELECTED SPARLING
Michael HarryLabour Party 442 SQUIRE
Peter CyrilLiberal Democrats 464 Yelverton Rural (Turnout 43.69%)
Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes MACIEJOWSKA
Judy Sara MargueritaGreen Party 737 MARCHESE
Anthony PeterLabour Party 598 RENDERS
Mark ChristianIndependent 1123 SANDERS
Philip RichardThe Conservative Party Candidate 2263 ELECTED WEST
Ashley-Ross ChristopherLiberal Democrats 272 Lamerton Parish Council
Name of Candidate Description
(if any)Number of votes DEEKS
SamA Plan for Lamerton 192 DREHER
Karen Drissa RoweneA Plan for Lamerton 204 EVANS
Jess 166 EXLEY-DEANE
Martin JohnA Plan for Lamerton 203 MEIKLE
Barbara Anne 192 PEDDER
Brian Malcolm 152 WHITE
Claire 164
Ballots issued: 384Sam 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 FergusIndependent 118 MCILWRAITH
Matthew KerrIndependent 95 MORRISSEY
Martin St. John 144 ELECTED
Ballots issued: 266Philip Collins and Martin Morrissey were duly elected.
Highampton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum
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%North Tawton Neighbourhood Plan
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%Bere Ferrers - 18 November 2021
Name of Candidate Description
(if any)Number of Votes BLACKMAN
AngelaConservative Party Candidate 362 ELECTED MACIEJOWSKA
Judy SaraThe Green Party 176 REED
Graham RichardLiberal Democrats 216 SAXBY
Isabel AngelaLabour Party 361 Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum - 12 August 2021
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 PlanPolice 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.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