TORRIDGE - Bideford East RESULT (INDY HOLD)

Torridge, Bideford East - Independent hold

Party	2014 votes	2014 share	since 2011 "top"	since 2011 "average"	since 2007 "top"	since 2007 "average"
Ind Robinson	295	39.5%
Conservative	150	20.1%	-9.1%	-10.2%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Labour	140	18.7%	+4.9%	+3.7%	+9.3%	+8.0%
Ind Ratcliff	106	14.2%
Lib Dem	39	5.2%	-13.0%	-14.5%	-32.7%	-27.9%
Ind Smith	17	2.3%
All Independents			+34.7%	+40.1%	+14.0%	+13.5%
UKIP			-17.5%	-19.0%	-10.7%	-13.8%
Total votes	747		-1,340	-1,173	-869	-364

Swing not particularly meaningful
- number of ballot papers issued in 2011 was 1,559 and in 2007 1,359; by-election relative turnout was 48% compared to 2011 and 55% to 2007 

James CRAIGIE (Labour Party Candidate)
Dermot MCGEOUGH (Conservative Party Candidate)
David RATCLIFF (Independent)
Sam ROBINSON (Independent)
Alan SMITH (Independent)
Bob WOOTTON (Liberal Democrats)

Surprised to see no UKIP candidate here as they won the county seat last year.

EDIT - Sam Robinson appears to have been nominated by the incumbent UKIP county councillor Gaston Dezart. He is also the former Conservative county councillor who was defeated by Dezart last year