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Groups to unite once more
North Devon Journal
|May 15, 2025
JACQI Hodgson has been reappointed as the leader of the Green and independent group after a post-election bounce in seats.
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The Greens jumped to six councillors after the Devon County Council elections on May 1, up from the two they had heading into the ballot.
Councillor Hodgson, who held her Totnes & Dartington seat, said the Greens and two independent members - Cllr Jess Bailey, who held her Otter Valley seat, and Cllr Paul Hayward, who won in Axminster would be a political grouping.
"We had discussions about the things we felt would be possible and what we would be proposing as part of any potential agreement (with the Lib Dems) but there is nothing solid yet," Cllr Hodgson said.
This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of North Devon Journal.
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