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00:00Result of Poll for Devon County. Election of a County Councillor for Willam and
00:06Upcombe on Thursday 1st of May 2025. I, Stephen Walford, being the Deputy
00:14Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of
00:19votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows.
00:25Bury, Claire Louise, Reform UK, 1,194. Buchanan, Laura, Green Party, 330. Clist, Simon, Liberal
00:45Democrats for a Fair Deal, 1,574. Edwards, Terence Joseph, Labour Party, 137. Osman, Paul Andrew,
01:01the Conservative Party candidate, 756. There were seven rejected ballot papers. The turnout
01:12was 36.3%, and I do hereby declare that Simon Clist is duly elected.
01:18Thank you very much. Mr Deputy, Returning Officer and your staff, thank you very much for the
01:35very professional way that you've conducted this election. It truly is amazing that you've
01:43been able to keep everyone that are very emotional at the moment in order. Thank you to my fellow
01:52candidates as well, who behaved impeccably. I don't think I should say gentlemanly, impeccably,
01:58and it hasn't been nasty at all. I owe a great deal of debt to my election agent David Wolfe. David, thank you.
02:13To the Lib Dem family that have supported me over the last six weeks. Thank you. It's been really exhausting.
02:25To my wife Deb's as well. Always there, always encouraging me. Thank you.