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Conservative Stuart Hughes has won the Devon County Council election for the Sidmouth electoral division.
The results were as follows:
Jeannie Alderdice (Greens) 165
Ray Davison (Labour) 207
Stuart Hughes (Conservatives) 2,390
Lewis Ragbourn (Liberal Democrats) 237
Marianne Rixson (Independent East Devon Alliance) 1,909
Richard Wright (UKIP) 145
Five ballot papers were rejected. There was a 41.5 per cent turnout.
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