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.^[1]

East Devon Alliance
Leader	Paul Arnott
Chairperson	Cathy Gardner
Founded	2015
Dissolved	2023
Merged into	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Political position	Localism
Slogan	Independents working for you
Website
http://www.eastdevonalliance.com
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections

The party won 10 of the 59 seats in the 2015 East Devon District Council election.^[2] In 2017, EDA elected its first Devon County Councillor, former Labour Party member Martin Shaw, representing Seaton and Colyton.^[3] Martin Shaw is no longer a Devon County Councillor for Seaton and Colyton following the 2021 election when Marcus Hartnell (Conservative) was elected.

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.^[4][5]

References

1. "Registration". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
2. "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.
3. Wilkins, Daniel (5 May 2017). "East Devon Alliance win Seaton and Colyton seat in county vote". Midweek Herald.
4. Kershaw, Rob (23 March 2023). "East Devon Independents to stand as Liberal Democrats in elections". Devon Live. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
5. Arnott, Paul (7 June 2022). "East Devon District Council leader joins national Lib Dems ahead of by-election". Sidmouth Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.