No-hope Labour and Lib Dem candidates cost Independent Paul Hayward the Axminster seat on DCC
RESULT:
Ian Hall (Conservative) 1672
Paul Hayward (Independent East Devon Alliance) 1439
Oliver Tucker (Labour) 498
Jules Hoyles (Liberal Democrat) 209
Paul Hayward would have been a great County Councillor.
WHY, OH WHY, do these parties insist on standing everywhere, preventing fellow-progressives from ousting the Conservatives?
THE SEATON AND COLYTON RESULT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ANY TIME FROM AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. (I won’t be able to live-blog this from the count, but I will tweet it @MartinShawEDA.