List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon
The ceremonial county of Devon, which includes the unitary authorities of Torbay and Plymouth, is divided into 12 Parliamentary constituencies: 4 Borough constituencies and 8 County constituencies.
Constituencies
editIn the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Devon elected the following MPs:
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Map | ||
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Central Devon | 75,385 | 61 | Mel Stride† | Ollie Pearson‡ | |||
Exeter | 67,840 | 11,937 | Steve Race‡ | Tessa Tucker† | |||
Exmouth and Exeter East | 79,983 | 121 | David Reed† | Helen Dallimore‡ | |||
Honiton and Sidmouth | 75,537 | 6,700 | Richard Foord¤ | Simon Jupp† | |||
Newton Abbot | 73,885 | 2,246 | Martin Wrigley¤ | Anne-Marie Morris† | |||
North Devon | 79,068 | 6,744 | Ian Roome¤ | Selaine Saxby† | |||
Plymouth Moor View | 74,724 | 5,604 | Fred Thomas‡ | Johnny Mercer† | |||
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | 75,313 | 13,328 | Luke Pollard‡ | Peter Gold (Reform UK) |
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South Devon | 70,755 | 7,127 | Caroline Voaden¤ | Anthony Mangnall† | |||
South West Devon | 77,600 | 2,112 | Rebecca Smith† | Sarah Allen‡ | |||
Torbay | 76,179 | 5,349 | Steve Darling¤ | Kevin Foster† | |||
Torridge and Tavistock | 74,727 | 3,950 | Geoffrey Cox† | Phil Hutty¤ | |||
Tiverton and Minehead | 71,843 | 3,507 | Rachel Gilmour¤ | Ian Liddell-Grainger† |
2024 boundary changes
editSee 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Former name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
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The Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[1] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that Devon be combined with Avon and Somerset as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Devon, East Devon, and Tiverton and Honiton would disappear, being replaced by Exmouth and Exeter East, Honiton and Sidmouth, and the cross-county boundary constituency of Tiverton and Minehead. Torridge and West Devon and Totnes would be renamed Torridge and Tavistock, and South Devon respectively.[2][3]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from East Devon
- Exmouth and Exeter East (part)
- Honiton and Sidmouth (part)
Containing electoral wards from Exeter
- Exeter
- Exmouth and Exeter East (part)
Containing electoral wards from Mid Devon
- Central Devon (part)
- Honiton and Sidmouth (part)
- Tiverton and Minehead (part in the Somerset District of Somerset West and Taunton)
Containing electoral wards from North Devon
Containing electoral wards from Plymouth
Containing electoral wards from South Hams
- South West Devon (part)
- South Devon (part)
Containing electoral wards from Teignbridge
- Central Devon (part)
- Newton Abbot
Containing electoral wards from Torbay
- Torbay
- South Devon (part)
Containing electoral wards from Torridge
- Torridge and Tavistock (part)
Containing electoral wards from West Devon
- Central Devon (part)
- South West Devon (part)
- Torridge and Tavistock (part)
Results history
editPrimary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
2024
editParty | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
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Conservative | 165,316 | 28.7% | 25.2% | 4 | 6 |
Labour | 135,300 | 23.5% | 0.7% | 3 | 1 |
Liberal Democrats | 143,624 | 24.9% | 10.2% | 5 | 5 |
Greens | 41,036 | 7.1% | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
reform | 85,711 | 14.9% | 14.9% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 4,690 | 0.8% | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 575,677 | 100.0 | 12 |
2019
editThe number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Devon in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 355,052 | 53.9% | 2.8% | 10 | 0 |
Labour | 150,169 | 22.8% | 6.2% | 2 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 96,809 | 14.7% | 2.2% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 22,004 | 3.3% | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 4,337 | 0.7% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 30,836 | 4.6% | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 659,207 | 100.0 | 12 |
Percentage votes
editElection year | 1924 | 1929 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
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1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative1 | 52.3 | 43.0 | 49.3 | 50.3 | 55.8 | 55.3 | 52.9 | 47.6 | 47.5 | 52.8 | 45.5 | 45.0 | 43.9 | 52.8 | 49.5 | 47.6 | 36.8 | 39.0 | 38.1 | 43.3 | 46.2 | 51.1 | 53.9 |
Labour | 13.7 | 16.3 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 36.5 | 33.3 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 32.8 | 29.4 | 21.8 | 24.9 | 22.1 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 19.2 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 20.4 | 14.2 | 18.0 | 29.0 | 22.8 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 34.0 | 36.4 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 19.5 | 25.5 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 32.6 | 29.9 | 22.8 | 35.4 | 36.6 | 30.3 | 31.3 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 14.7 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.6 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 6.1 | 14.6 | 1.7 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.7 |
Other | - | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966 and one National candidate in 1945
2pre-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Meaningful vote percentages are not available for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923, 1931 and 1935 since at least one seat was gained unopposed.
Seats
editElection year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
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1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Labour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
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Historical results by party
editA cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1906 (13 MPs)
editConservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 91 | 1892 | 1895 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 1900 | 02 | 04 |
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Ashburton | Seale-Hayne | Eve | |||||||||
Barnstaple | Pitt-Lewis | → | Billson | Gull | Soares | ||||||
Devonport (two MPs) | Puleston | Morton | Lockie | J. Benn | |||||||
Price | Kearley | ||||||||||
Exeter | Northcote | Vincent | |||||||||
Honiton | Kennaway | ||||||||||
Plymouth (two MPs) | Clarke | Guest | → | ||||||||
Bates | Pearce | Harrison | Mendl | Duke | |||||||
South Molton | Wallop | → | Lambert | ||||||||
Tavistock | Fortescue | → | Luttrell | Spear | |||||||
Tiverton | Walrond | ||||||||||
Torquay | McIver | Mallock | Philpotts | Layland-Barratt | |||||||
Totnes | Mildmay | → |
1906 to 1918 (13 MPs)
editConservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1906 | 08 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
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Ashburton | Eve | Morrison-Bell | Buxton | Morrison-Bell | → | |||
Barnstaple | Soares | Baring | ||||||
Devonport (two MPs) | J. Benn | Jackson | ||||||
Kearley | Kinloch-Cooke | |||||||
Exeter | Kekewich | Duke | St Maur | Duke | Newman | |||
Honiton | Kennaway | Morrison-Bell | ||||||
Plymouth (two MPs) | Dobson | Williams | W. Astor | |||||
Mallet | A. Benn | |||||||
South Molton | Lambert | |||||||
Tavistock | Luttrell | Spear | ||||||
Tiverton | Walrond jnr | Carew | ||||||
Torquay | Layland-Barratt | Burn | → | |||||
Totnes | → | → |
1918 to 1950 (11 MPs)
editCoalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Common Wealth Conservative Independent Conservative Independent National Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68)
Constituency | 1918 | 19 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 42 | 1945 |
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Barnstaple | Rees | B. Peto | Rees | B. Peto | R. Dyke Acland | → | C. Peto | |||||||
Exeter | Newman | → | Reed | Maude | ||||||||||
Honiton | Morrison-Bell | Drewe | ||||||||||||
Plymouth Devonport | Kinloch-Cooke | Hore-Belisha | → | → | Foot | |||||||||
Plymouth Drake | A. Benn | Moses | F. Guest | C. Guest | Medland | |||||||||
Plymouth Sutton | W. Astor | N. Astor | Middleton | |||||||||||
South Molton | Lambert | → | Drewe | Lambert | → | Lambert jnr | ||||||||
Tavistock | Williams | Thornton | Kenyon-Slaney | Wright | Patrick | Studholme | ||||||||
Tiverton | Carew | Sparkes | F. Dyke Acland | Acland-Troyte | Heathcoat-Amory | |||||||||
Torquay | Burn | Thompson | Williams | |||||||||||
Totnes | Mildmay | Harvey | Vivian | Harvey | Rayner |
1950 to 1983 (10 MPs)
editConservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 55 | 58 | 1959 | 60 | 1964 | 1966 | 67 | 1970 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 | 81 |
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Tavistock | Studholme | Heseltine | |||||||||||||
Devon North | C. Peto | Lindsay | Thorpe | Speller | |||||||||||
Exeter | Maude | Dudley-Williams | Dunwoody | Hannam | |||||||||||
Honiton | Drewe | Mathew | Emery | ||||||||||||
Plymouth Devonport | Foot | Vickers | → | Owen | → | ||||||||||
Plymouth Sutton | Middleton | J. Astor | Fraser | Owen | Clark | ||||||||||
Tiverton | Heathcoat-Amory | Maxwell-Hyslop | |||||||||||||
Torquay / Torbay (1974) | Williams | Bennett | |||||||||||||
Torrington / Devon West (1974) | Lambert jnr | Bonham-Carter | Browne | Mills | |||||||||||
Totnes | Rayner | Mawby | |||||||||||||
Plymouth Drake | Fookes |
1983 to 2010 (11 MPs)
editConservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Social Democratic (1983-88) / Social Democratic Party (1988-90)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 90 | 1992 | 95 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 |
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Plymouth Drake | Fookes | |||||||
Devon North | Speller | Harvey | ||||||
Devon West and Torridge | Mills | Nicholson | → | Burnett | Cox | |||
Exeter | Hannam | Bradshaw | ||||||
Honiton (1983–97) / East Devon (1997) | Emery | Swire | ||||||
Plymouth Devonport | Owen | → | Jamieson | Seabeck | ||||
Plymouth Sutton | Clark | Streeter | Gilroy | |||||
South Hams (1983–97) / Totnes (1997) | Steen | |||||||
Teignbridge | Nicholls | Younger-Ross | ||||||
Tiverton (1983–97) / Tiverton & Honiton (1997) | Maxwell-Hyslop | Browning | ||||||
Torbay | Bennett | Allason | Sanders | |||||
South West Devon | Streeter |
2010 to present (12 MPs)
editChange UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 2024 | ||
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Central Devon | Stride | ||||||||||
Devon North | Harvey | Heaton-Jones | Saxby | Roome | |||||||
Devon W & Torridge (2010–24) / Torridge & Tavistock (2024) | Cox | ||||||||||
East Devon (2010–24) / Exmouth & Exeter East (2024) | Swire | Jupp | Reed | ||||||||
Exeter | Bradshaw | Race | |||||||||
Newton Abbot | Morris | → | → | → | → | Wrigley | |||||
Plymouth Moor View | Seabeck | Mercer | Thomas | ||||||||
Plymouth Sutton & Devonport | Colvile | Pollard | |||||||||
South West Devon | Streeter | Smith | |||||||||
Tiverton & Honiton1 / Honiton & Sidmouth (2024) | Parish | → | Foord | ||||||||
Torbay | Sanders | Foster | Darling | ||||||||
Totnes (2010–24) / South Devon (2024) | Wollaston | → | → | Mangnall | Voaden |
1parts transferred in 2024 to Tiverton and Minehead which is mostly in Somerset
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
References
edit- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Electoral map shake-up for Devon". DevonLive. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1127-1178. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".