Election Result.

As some will be aware, in yesterdays election, the outgoing Conservative councillor, John Berry retained the Cullompton Rural seat on Devon county council. This is the seat that includes Silverton. Whilst not sharing the politics of Councillor Berry and taking into account national trends, it is undoubtedly the case that the size of his victory, taking over 53% of the vote, is in part at least, a tribute to his hard work as a local councillor over recent years and the very effective campaign he conducted during the recent election.

Interesting to note also, that Labour finished bottom of the poll in this ward, coming in behind the Greens.