EDDC leader loses Conservative parlimentary race
EAST Devon District Council leader Sara Randall-Johnson has missed out in her bid to become the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Totnes.
EAST Devon District Council leader Sara Randall-Johnson has missed out in her bid to become the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Totnes.
Miss Randall-Johnson, a district councillor for the Ottery St Mary Rural ward and county councillor for the Honiton St Michael's ward, was beaten by Chagford GP Dr Sarah Wollaston in the race to represent the party at the next general election.
Dr Wollaston bagged 7,914 votes with Miss Randall-Johnson close behind with 5,495.
All 69,000 Totnes voters were sent a postal ballot, the first time a British party has done so to select a candidate.
You may also want to watch:
Totnes MP Anthony Steen is stepping down at the next general election after a row about his expenses.
Most Read
- 1 Council spending on temporary housing soars as crisis grows
- 2 Are you ready to play hotel's Game of Stones?
- 3 Judges and lawyers pay tribute to 'simply the best' Anna
- 4 Man left with serious injures after crash on Woodbury Common
- 5 Councillors call for a U-turn on universal credit £20 decision
- 6 Exmouth Harriers pounding the roads of York and Portsmouth
- 7 Drink spiking crackdown after needle attack - Devon Police
- 8 Exe Raid Regatta on Exmouth water
- 9 Property supply continues to be an issue as we approach the end of the year
- 10 Concept of 'live local' more important than ever in housing crisis
