Parliamentary election 4 July 2024

4 July 2024

North Devon Constituency

Result declared Friday 5 July

Electorate: 79,079
Seats: 1
Turnout: 65.19%
Postal votes issued: 13301
Postal votes returned: 11532 - 88.01% (includes rejected postal votes)
Spoilt papers: 132

Name of Candidate Description Number of votes
COTTEN, Stephen Independent 820
EDWARDS, Nicky Labour Party 3,216
JAMES, Nigel Howard Reform UK 8,137
LAY, Cas Green Party candidate 2,348
ROOME, Ian Liberal Democrats 21,820 ELECTED
SAXBY, Selaine Rachel The Conservative Party Candidate 15,076

Data released today for the North Devon constituency shows the number of people who brought ID to the polling station for the UK Parliamentary General election.

The data shows that 99.9% of electors voting in North Devon polling stations brought photo ID that met voter ID requirements. 

Collated figures across the area show 40122 electors voted at our 102 polling stations in the general election.

At the end of polling day, 24 electors who tried to vote in a polling station were not given a ballot paper because they did not meet the voter ID requirements – 0.1%. 

The figures also show while 58 electors were initially turned away, 34 returned with acceptable ID and were able to vote. This means 58.6% of those initially turned away returned and were issued with a ballot paper.