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May local election materials are already being stuffed through letterboxes as Devon’s political parties race to get ahead of the start of the official election campaign period, which begins on Tuesday.

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This year’s local elections, which are being held on 1 May, will include the election of 60 Devon county councillors, as the four-year terms of the incumbents end.

Electors in Exeter will also be asked to cast their votes for two new city councillors following the sudden resignations of Naima Allcock in Mincinglake & Whipton and Josh Ellis-Jones in Topsham.

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