Local Elections 2023: Seaton Town and new Colyford Parish results

The results of Seaton Town Council election have been announced, with two new members set to join the authority after yesterday's polling.

Twelve candidates stood for the 11 seats on the town council.

Existing councillor and former Mayor of Seaton, Daniel Ledger, topped the poll with 1,460 votes.

Marcus Hartnell followed him in the polls with 1,259 votes. Both he and Cllr Ledger were also re-elected to East Devon District Council to represent Seaton.

The current Mayor of Seaton, Amrik Singh, won 931 votes, and Derek 'Del' Haggerty won 892 votes to regain his place on Seaton Town Council, while also taking a seat on East Devon District Council.

Other existing Seaton town councillors re-elected were as follows: Cheryl Wood (770), Peter Burrows (669), Kenneth Beer (551), Jack Russel (487) and Eric Bowman (361).

New candidates Karen Brooks (782) and Angela Mendham (513) also won seats on Seaton Town Council.

Richard Webster missed out on a seat having polled 332 votes.

A total of 2,134 ballot papers were issued out of an electorate of 5,908, with 26 ballot papers rejected, equating to a turnout of 36.1%.

Click here for results of the East Devon District Council elections in the Seaton and Beer & Branscombe wards.

Colyford to form new parish council after first election

The turnout was just over 52 per cent at the first election for the newly-formed Colyford Parish Council.

Colyford was given the go-ahead to formally split from Colyton Parish Council and form its own independent parish council in Decembr 2022, following a petition from residents.

A total of eight candidates stood for seven seats on the new council.

Winning candidates were as follows: Gilly Girling (233 votes), Eddie Jones (202), Sheree Manton (195), Ian Priestly (223), Adrian Slade (160), Michael Watt (184), and Tim Wheeler (223).

Neil Anderson was unsuccessful after receiving 150 votes.

A total of 380 ballot papers were issued out of a potential electorate of 726, with 30 ballot papers rejected, equating to a turnout of 52.3%.

There was no parish council election in Colyton, as not enough candidates put themselves forward for the 11 seats, which has been reduced from 13 following the split with Coyford.

Click here for the results of the East Devon District Council elections in the Coly Valley ward.