And another one: Exmouth council byelection – split opposition lets Tories retain seat

Posted on May 3, 2024

From East Devon Watch:

See below for Owl’s analysis East Devon District Council – By-election 2 May 2024 Declaration of results for East Devon District Council Exmouth Brixington Ward 2 May 2024 Exmouth Brixington Name of CandidateDescription (if any)Number of votesElected?BAILEY Aurora EConservative Party Candidate586electedBENNETT, JulieThe Labour Party339 CONDUIT, DianneLiberal Democrats513 ROSSER, Michael JThe Green Party136  Electorate: 6110Ballot Papers Issued: 1593Rejected…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2024/05/03/brixington-by-election-split-opposition-lets-tories-retain-seat-on-38-of-the-vote/

Discredited Tory police commissioner hangs on because big anti-Tory majority splits its votes

Posted on May 3, 2024

It’s a big disappointment that Alison Hernández, the Conservative Devon & Cornwall police commissioner, has been re-elected with 131,000 votes to 107,000 for Labour and 64,000 for the Lib Dems.

This is a clear lesson here for the General Election – there is a clear anti-Tory majority in our region (171,000 to 131,000 in this case) and we can remove most of their MPs. But if we split our votes between two or three opposition candidates in a constituency, the Tories will survive.

www.devonandcornwall-pcc.gov.uk/news-and-blog/multimedia-hub/alison-hernandez-has-been-returned-as-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-devon-and-cornwall-for-a-third-term-after-winning-a-majority-of-xxxx-votes/