1991_East_Devon_District_Council_election

1991 East Devon District Council election

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The 1991 East Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of East Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. There were minor changes to the district boundaries for this election.

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[1] [1]
"The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1987". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[East_Devon_Results-2] [2]
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "East Devon District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[1991_Results-3] [3]
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. Voysey	305	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Gudge	302	37.2
	Labour	H. Self	204	25.2
Turnout				60.7
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Moulding	1,032	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	D. Hull	832	38.3
	Conservative	A. Drake	787
	Labour	R. Birnie	156	7.2
	Green	P. Woods	152	7.0
	Labour	M. Mincham	132
Turnout				69.5
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Boalch	428	58.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rogers	309	41.9
Turnout				62.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	D. Button	886	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. Gent	797	36.2
	Conservative	H. Dowell	519	23.6
	Conservative	E. Derham	496
Turnout				57.9
	Liberal gain from Alliance
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Franklin	1,726	41.2
	Conservative	R. Mitchell	1,422	34.0
	Conservative	E. Brookes	1,383
	Conservative	C. Piper	1,231
	Green	J. Philbrick	620	14.8
	Labour	H. Leahy	419	10.0
Turnout				67.1
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Hart	613	74.5
	Labour	G. Beamer	210	25.5
Turnout				53.0
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Laptain	397	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Dunning	245	33.2
	Labour	G. Gregory	95	12.9
Turnout				56.3
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Collier	412	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Porch	269	39.5
Turnout				28.7
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Waterworth	492	51.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Olive	468	48.8
Turnout				61.4
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Whidden	481	53.3
	Liberal	G. Burns	307	34.0
	Green	M. Shearing	114	12.6
Turnout				56.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Toye	1,188	35.7
	Conservative	K. Durkin	1,145	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hardy	1,126
	Conservative	J. Mountford	1,029
	Conservative	B. Ingham	1,025
	Labour	S. Haine	594	17.9
	Green	J. Rosser	397	11.9
Turnout				58.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Hughes	1,132	42.9
	Conservative	A. Handford	1,068
	Conservative	J. Elson	1,067
	Liberal Democrats	K. Richardson	901	34.1
	Labour	S. Gazzard	608	23.0
Turnout				66.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Shenton	1,065	37.4
	Conservative	D. Gibbons	1,033
	Conservative	M. Stokes	1,028
	Liberal Democrats	A. Toye	857	30.1
	Labour	C. Davison	502	17.6
	Green	M. Rosser	427	15.0
Turnout				66.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Willoughby	617	40.0
	Conservative	D. Scott	612
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hardy	453	29.3
	Labour	H. Tapper	257	16.6
	Green	R. Guest	217	14.1
Turnout				53.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Chamberlain	1,104	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Taylor	933
	Liberal Democrats	K. Turner	845
	Conservative	B. Costello	804	33.9
	Conservative	G. Phillips	694
	Labour	J. Salter	463	19.5
Turnout				52.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance
	Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance

Honiton St. Michaels^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Cogger	660	30.9
	Green	A. Tootill	637	29.8
	SDP	R. Coombs	554	25.9
	Conservative	N. Page-Turner	492
	Labour	M. Macdonald	284	13.3
Turnout				61.3
	Conservative hold
	Green gain from Alliance

Newbridges^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. Bowles	486	57.7
	Liberal Democrats	S. Ward	263	31.2
	Labour	P. Clive-Francis	94	11.2
Turnout				54.5
	Conservative hold

Newton Poppleford & Harpford^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. Webber	378	46.7
	Independent	G. Compton	296	36.5
	Raving Loony Green Giant	S. Greenwood	74	9.1
	Labour	S. Scott	62	7.7
Turnout				54.8
	Conservative hold

Ottery St. Mary Rural^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Randall Johnson	1,063	38.5
	Independent	E. Hadley	1,054	38.2
	Conservative	G. Brown	962
	Green	D. Hulin	382	13.8
	Labour	J. Holme	185	6.7
	Raving Loony Green Giant	D. Bamford	75	2.7
Turnout				45.5
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Parkinson	740	37.5
	Conservative	J. Squire	587	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	B. Worts	578
	Conservative	P. Marshall	455
	Labour	K. Eastwood	445	22.6
	Green	D. Hill	199	10.1
Turnout				62.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance
	Conservative gain from Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	V. Ash	909	36.3
	Conservative	R. Gigg	898	35.9
	Conservative	A. Glanvill	841
	Labour	R. Sharpe	694	27.7
Turnout				67.8
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Hinchliffe	518	58.5
	Conservative	D. Atkins	329	37.2
	Labour	H. Davey	38	4.3
Turnout				65.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Bartlett	382	55.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cornish	262	38.0
	Labour	E. Hayler	46	6.7
Turnout				35.9
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Ferguson	736	26.6
	Green	P. Foggitt	676	24.4
	Independent	B. Small	618	22.3
	Conservative	R. Stuart	534
	Liberal	P. O'Neil	392	14.2
	Labour	J. Gregory	347	12.5
Turnout				61.1
	Conservative hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Bolt	680	53.0
	Liberal Democrats	D. Rotherham	295	23.0
	Independent	R. Bell	194	15.1
	Labour	R. Price	113	8.8
Turnout				57.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Atkinson	0	N/A
Turnout				0.0
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Ffoulkes	1,399	30.6
	Conservative	V. Hetherington	1,353
	Liberal Democrats	N. Rogers	1,272	27.8
	Conservative	J. Knight	1,153
	Independent	S. Kastner	845	18.5
	Green	R. Damon	533	11.7
	Labour	T. Farnhill	521	11.4
Turnout				60.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Gush	1,650	49.9
	Conservative	J. Sutherland-Earl	1,401
	Conservative	F. Pinney	1,305
	Liberal Democrats	C. Wale	860	26.0
	Labour	S. Mills	481	14.5
	Raving Loony Green Giant	R. Ackford	315	9.5
Turnout				64.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Clark	1,207	61.8
	Conservative	T. Fraser	1,097
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lee	445	22.8
	Labour	D. Dorey	207	10.6
	Raving Loony Green Giant	V. Prince	93	4.8
Turnout				67.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1991_East_Devon_District_Council_election

New district boundaries

Ward results

Axminster Hamlets

Axminster Town

Beer

Broadclyst

Budleigh Salterton

Clyst Valley

Clystbeare

Colyton

Eden Vale

Exe Valley

Exmouth Brixington

Exmouth Halsdon

Exmouth Littleham Rural

Exmouth Littleham Urban

Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh

Exmouth Withycombe Urban

Honiton St. Michaels

Honiton St. Pauls

Lympstone

Newbridges

Newton Poppleford & Harpford

Otterhead

Ottery St. Mary Rural

Ottery St. Mary Town

Patteson

Raleigh

Seaton

Sidmouth Rural

Sidmouth Town

Sidmouth Woolbrook

Tale Vale

Trinity

Upper Axe

Woodbury

Yarty

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Liverton	1,141	38.7
	Conservative	F. Lock	1,051
	Raving Loony Green Giant	S. Hughes	865	29.4
	Conservative	G. Denton	797
	Raving Loony Green Giant	J. Hughes	540
	Liberal Democrats	R. Murch	524	17.8
	Labour	S. Pollentine	417	14.1
	Raving Loony Green Giant	C. Patch	359
Turnout				68.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Raving Loony Green Giant gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Thorne	598	67.6
	Green	W. Lees	170	19.2
	Labour	L. Black	116	13.1
Turnout				56.0
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Manfield	478	40.8
	Conservative	B. Mason	416	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hodder	184	15.7
	Labour	S. Newman	53	4.5
	Green	A. Evans	42	3.6
Turnout				66.2
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sharratt	622	63.4
	Conservative	J. Dugdale	325	33.1
	Labour	R. Goodland	34	3.5
Turnout				71.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Owen	649	73.9
	Labour	T. Neal	229	26.1
Turnout				43.8
	Conservative gain from Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Long	647	67.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Metcalfe	215	22.3
	Green	C. Tootill	52	5.4
	Labour	K. Kellam	50	5.2
Turnout				61.4
	Conservative hold