An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Devon, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by Hugo Swire with a majority of 8,036 - 13.3% - on a turnout of 73.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SWIRE, Hugo | Con | 29,306 | 48.5% | 2.1% |
WRIGHT, Claire | Ind | 21,270 | 35.2% | - |
ROSS, Jan | Lab | 6,857 | 11.4% | 1.1% |
EDEN, Alison | LD | 1,468 | 2.4% | -4.4% |
GRAHAM, Brigitte | UKIP | 1,203 | 2.0% | -10.6% |
FAITHFULL, Peter | Ind | 150 | 0.2% | - |
VAL DAVIES, Michael | Ind | 128 | 0.2% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 82,369, having a valid vote count of 60,382 and an invalid vote count of 61.
Result declared at 04:18 on 9 June 2017.