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East Devon, Exmouth Brixington Council by election result 6th October 2016

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East Devon, Exmouth Brixington - Conservative hold
Party   2016 votes      2016 share   since 2015 "top"since 2015 "average"since 2011 "top"since 2011 "average"
Conservative
425
41.1%
+4.6%
+5.5%
+12.5%
+12.6%
Independent East Devon 
324
31.3%
+2.9%
+2.5%
from nowhere
from nowhere
Liberal Democrat
286
27.6%
+8.7%
+8.4%
+13.1%
+12.5%
Labour


-16.2%
-16.5%
-12.0%
-12.5%
Independent 




-31.9%
-30.3%
UKIP




-13.1%
-13.6%
Total votes
1,035

23%
23%
37%
39%

Swing Independent East Devon Alliance to Conservative ~0.9% / 1½% since 2015

Council now 37 Conservative, 15 Independent Group, 6 Liberal Democrat, I Independent

Exmouth Brixington - East Devon DC - David Chapman (Conservative) died at the age of 71. He was a councillor since 2007 and also a member of the Exmouth Town Council. He was the Champion for Sports of the East Devon DC and worked in the Merchant Navy and in banking.

2015: Con 1644/1599/1511, Independent East Devon Alliance 1281, LD 855, Lab 733 
2011: Ind 894/730, Con 800/777/714, LD 408/407, UKIP 366, Lab 335
2007: LD 486/345/316, Con 466/456/433, Lab 185 
2003: LD 826/666/613, Con 534/533/521, Ind 513

The winning Independent of 2011 was the incumbent (Liberal Democrat) councillor.

Robin Humphreys (Independent East Devon Alliance)
Darryl Nicholas (The Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate) 
Alex Sadiq (Liberal Democrats)