A member of the Independent East Devon Alliance and a Conservative will represent the Ottery St Mary Rual Ward.
Matt Coppell, of the EDA, secured 1,507 votes and Tory Paul Carter netted 1,255.
The EDA’s Crawford Winlove came agonisingly cloe to election with 1,226 votes.
Conservative Alasdair Bruce recieved 896 votes.
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