Stuart Hughes (politician)

Stuart Hughes is an English politician who has represented voters at all three levels of local government in Devon, in the West of England. He represents Sidmouth Sidford as a councillor on East Devon District Council and is also a Sidmouth town councillor. He was the councillor for Sidmouth on Devon County Council until the 2025 Devon County Council election, and was also the Cabinet member for Highways Management.

After twice standing unsuccessfully for the House of Commons as a Raving Loony, he was elected at the district and county level in Devon in 1991 and 1993 for the Raving Loony Green Giant Party, becoming the party's first successful candidate at a contested election of any kind. However, he defected to the Conservatives in 1997 and was subsequently reelected in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

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