Paul Arnott to stand for new Exmouth constituency
Paul Arnott, leader of East Devon District Council and long-time Colyton resident, is to stand for the Liberal Democrats in the new Exmouth & Exeter East constituency. Paul, who has been an inspiring leader of EDDC, co-founded the East Devon Alliance of Independents in 2013 and joined the Lib Dems when Richard Foord was fighting to become our MP in the 2022 by-election.
Most of the new Exmouth constituency is the old East Devon seat held first by Hugo Swire and now by Simon Jupp. Claire Wright, who stood as an Independent and was second in the last three elections (running Jupp close in 2019) is supporting Paul this time, and got together with him this week (above).
Since Labour have said that Exmouth (like Honiton & Sidmouth) is not a ‘battleground seat’ for them, Paul is now the frontrunner to defeat the Tories in this seat. Together, Paul and Richard could give East Devon an excellent voice in the new Parliament.
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