East Devon Alliance

The East Devon Alliance, also known as the Independent East Devon Alliance, was registered as a political party in East Devon at the Electoral Commission in 2015. It provides a protective umbrella for non-national party Independent candidates in local elections. It has no whip.

East Devon Alliance
LeaderPaul Arnott
ChairpersonCathy Gardner
Founded2015
Political positionLocalism
SloganIndependents working for you
East Devon District Council seats [1]
0 / 60
Devon county council
0 / 60
Website
http://www.eastdevonalliance.com

It had its origins in 2013 as a community activist and pressure group opposed to large-scale unsustainable development providing poor quality homes with very few affordables.[2] Under electoral law it was obliged to register as a political party in 2015 when it won 10 of the 59 seats in the 2015 East Devon District Council election.[3] In May 2015, the voters of East Devon elected 10 EDA district councillors and 5 independents. In 2017, EDA elected its first Devon County Councillor, former Labour Party member Martin Shaw, representing Seaton and Colyton.[4] Martin Shaw is no longer a Devon County Councillor for Seaton and Colyton following the 2021 election when Marcus Hartnell (Conservative) was elected.

It campaigns strongly to save community beds in hospitals, for reform in local governance, for affordable homes and a developing green agenda[5]

In May 2019, the party increased its number of district councillors to 11.[1] The party did not contest the 2023 East Devon District Council election, after which it therefore had no councillors. Of the 12 councillors it had prior to the election, four stood as Liberal Democrats, five stood as independent candidates and three did not stand for re-election. The East Devon Alliance leader Paul Arnott, who was also leader of East Devon District Council, was one of those who stood as a Liberal Democrat, having already joined that party at a national level in 2022.[6][7]

References
  1. Clark, Daniel (3 May 2019). "Full results as Conservatives lose control of East Devon District Council". Devon Live.
  2. "East Devon Alliance - Homepage". East Devon Alliance. Retrieved 4 May 2019. The EDA was born from the coming together of several groups campaigning to prevent inappropriate and unsustainable large-scale development in East Devon
  3. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Mark R. Williams, Returning Officer. 9 May 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. Wilkins, Daniel (5 May 2017). "East Devon Alliance win Seaton and Colyton seat in county vote". Midweek Herald.
  5. "Independents Working for you". East Devon Alliance. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. Kershaw, Rob (23 March 2023). "East Devon Independents to stand as Liberal Democrats in elections". Devon Live. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  7. Arnott, Paul (7 June 2022). "East Devon District Council leader joins national Lib Dems ahead of by-election". Sidmouth Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.


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