The 2019 East Devon Parliamentary Election Result

The East Devon area has had a Conservative MP for more than 150 years. Increasingly that has been challenged.

In the 2019 General Election, voter turnout in East Devon was 73.5%

I won 25,869 votes, coming second once again and increasing my vote share to 40 per cent, compared with the 2017 election where I achieved over 21,000 votes and a 35 per cent share.

My first parliamentary election in East Devon was in 2015, where I gained over 13,000 votes.

Between 1974 and 2019, the Conservatives had a large majority on East Devon District Council, a majority that was lost in the 2019 local elections when Independent councillors managed to gain control of the council for the first time in its 45 year history.

Nationally, large political parties are faltering and fracturing and failing to represent people’s views. Increasingly, people are turning to Independent alternatives.