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List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon

August 18, 2023

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

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Independent

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Central Devon CC 74,926 17,721   Mel Stride†   Lisa Robillard Webb‡
 
East Devon CC 87,168 6,708   Simon Jupp†   Claire Wright
 
Exeter BC 82,054 10,403   Ben Bradshaw‡   John Gray†
 
Newton Abbot CC 72,529 17,501   Anne-Marie Morris†   Martin Wrigley¤
 
North Devon CC 75,859 14,813   Selaine Saxby†   Alex White¤
 
Plymouth, Moor View BC 69,430 12,897   Johnny Mercer†   Charlotte Holloway‡
 
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport BC 77,852 4,757   Luke Pollard‡   Rebecca Smith†
 
South West Devon CC 72,535 21,430   Gary Streeter†   Philippa Davey‡
 
Tiverton and Honiton CC 42,707[3] 6,144[3]   Richard Foord¤   Helen Hurford†
 
Torbay BC 75,054 17,749   Kevin Foster†   Lee Howgate¤
 
Torridge and West Devon CC 80,403 24,992   Geoffrey Cox†   David Chalmers¤
 
Totnes CC 69,863 12,724   Anthony Mangnall†   Sarah Wollaston¤
 

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats in Devon from 11 to 12, with the creation of Central Devon, which impacted on neighbouring constituencies. An adjusted Teignbridge constituency was renamed Newton Abbot. Plymouth, Devonport, and Plymouth, Sutton were renamed Plymouth, Moor View, and Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport respectively following a small realignment of the boundary between the two constituencies.

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[4] 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.[5][6]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from East Devon

Containing electoral wards from Exeter

  • Exeter
  • Exmouth and Exeter East (part)

Containing electoral wards from Mid Devon

Containing electoral wards from North Devon

Containing electoral wards from Plymouth

Containing electoral wards from South Hams

Containing electoral wards from Teignbridge

Containing electoral wards from Torbay

Containing electoral wards from Torridge

Containing electoral wards from West Devon

  • Central Devon (part)
  • South West Devon (part)
  • Torridge and Tavistock (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019

The 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
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

Election year 1924 1929 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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

Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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

1885-1910

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    1885

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    1886

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    1892

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    1895

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    1900

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    1906

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    Jan 1910

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    Dec 1910

1918-1945

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    1918

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    1922

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    1923

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    1924

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    1929

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    1931

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    1935

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    1945

1950-1979

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    1950

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    1959

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    1966

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    1970

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    1974 Oct

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    1979

1983-present

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    1983

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    1987

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    1992

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    1997

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    2010

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    2015

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    2017

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    2019

Historical results by party

A 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 1918 (13 MPs)

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950 (11 MPs)

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Common Wealth   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Independent National   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)

1950 to 1983 (10 MPs)

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic

1983 to present (11, then 12 MPs)

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Social Democratic (1983-88) / Social Democratic Party (1988-90)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The results". Mid Devon District Council. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Electoral map shake-up for Devon". DevonLive. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

August 18, 2023
list, parliamentary, constituencies, devon, ceremonial, county, devon, which, includes, unitary, authorities, torbay, plymouth, divided, into, parliamentary, constituencies, borough, constituencies, county, constituencies, contents, constituencies, 2010, bound. 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 Contents 1 Constituencies 2 2010 boundary changes 3 Proposed boundary changes 4 Results history 4 1 2019 4 2 Percentage votes 4 3 Seats 4 4 Maps 4 4 1 1885 1910 4 4 2 1918 1945 4 4 3 1950 1979 4 4 4 1983 present 5 Historical results by party 5 1 1885 to 1918 13 MPs 5 2 1918 to 1950 11 MPs 5 3 1950 to 1983 10 MPs 5 4 1983 to present 11 then 12 MPs 6 See also 7 Notes 8 ReferencesConstituencies EditFurther information 2019 United Kingdom general election Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Independent Constituency nb 1 Electorate 1 Majority 2 nb 2 Member of Parliament 2 Nearest opposition 2 MapCentral Devon CC 74 926 17 721 Mel Stride Lisa Robillard Webb East Devon CC 87 168 6 708 Simon Jupp Claire Wright Exeter BC 82 054 10 403 Ben Bradshaw John Gray Newton Abbot CC 72 529 17 501 Anne Marie Morris Martin Wrigley North Devon CC 75 859 14 813 Selaine Saxby Alex White Plymouth Moor View BC 69 430 12 897 Johnny Mercer Charlotte Holloway Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC 77 852 4 757 Luke Pollard Rebecca Smith South West Devon CC 72 535 21 430 Gary Streeter Philippa Davey Tiverton and Honiton CC 42 707 3 6 144 3 Richard Foord Helen Hurford Torbay BC 75 054 17 749 Kevin Foster Lee Howgate Torridge and West Devon CC 80 403 24 992 Geoffrey Cox David Chalmers Totnes CC 69 863 12 724 Anthony Mangnall Sarah Wollaston 2010 boundary changes EditUnder the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats in Devon from 11 to 12 with the creation of Central Devon which impacted on neighbouring constituencies An adjusted Teignbridge constituency was renamed Newton Abbot Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton were renamed Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport respectively following a small realignment of the boundary between the two constituencies Former name Boundaries 1997 2010 Current name Boundaries 2010 presentEast Devon CC Exeter BC North Devon CC Plymouth Devonport BC Plymouth Sutton BC South West Devon CC Teignbridge CC Tiverton and Honiton CC Torbay BC Torridge and West Devon CC Totnes CC Parliamentary constituencies in Devon in 2005 Central Devon CC East Devon CC Exeter BC Newton Abbot CC North Devon CC Plymouth Moor View BC Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC South West Devon CC Tiverton and Honiton CC Torbay BC Torridge and West Devon CC Totnes CC 2010 constituencies in DevonProposed boundary changes EditSee 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review the 2018 review the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 4 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 5 6 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 North DevonContaining electoral wards from Plymouth Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport South West Devon part Containing electoral wards from South Hams South West Devon part South Devon part Containing electoral wards from Teignbridge Central Devon part Newton AbbotContaining 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 7 2019 Edit The 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 2017Conservative 355 052 53 9 2 8 10 0Labour 150 169 22 8 6 2 2 0Liberal Democrats 96 809 14 7 2 2 0 0Greens 22 004 3 3 1 3 0 0Brexit 4 337 0 7 new 0 0Others 30 836 4 6 0 8 0 0Total 659 207 100 0 12Percentage votes Edit Election year 1924 1929 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 Feb 1974 Oct 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019Conservative1 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 9Labour 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 8Liberal 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 7Green Party 1 6 5 6 2 0 3 3UKIP 6 1 14 6 1 7 Brexit Party 0 7Other 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 61Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966 and one National candidate in 19452pre 1979 Liberal 1983 amp 1987 SDP Liberal Alliance Included in OtherMeaningful vote percentages are not available for the elections of 1918 1922 1923 1931 and 1935 since at least one seat was gained unopposed Seats Edit Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 Feb 1974 Oct 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019Conservative1 8 9 10 9 9 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 5 4 5 8 11 10 10Labour 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 2Liberal Democrat2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 0 0 0Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 121Includes National Liberal Party up to 196621950 1979 Liberal 1983 amp 1987 SDP Liberal Alliance Maps Edit 1885 1910 Edit 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 19101918 1945 Edit 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 19451950 1979 Edit 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 Feb 1974 Oct 19791983 present Edit 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019Historical 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 1918 13 MPs Edit Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist Constituency 1885 1886 91 1892 1895 98 99 00 1900 02 04 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 12 15 18Ashburton Seale Hayne Eve Morrison Bell Buxton Morrison Bell Barnstaple Pitt Lewis Billson Gull Soares BaringDevonport two MPs Puleston Morton Lockie J Benn JacksonPrice Kearley Kinloch CookeExeter Northcote Vincent Kekewich Duke St Maur Duke NewmanHoniton Kennaway Morrison BellPlymouth two MPs Clarke Guest Dobson Williams W AstorBates Pearce Harrison Mendl Duke Mallet A BennSouth Molton Wallop LambertTavistock Fortescue Luttrell Spear Luttrell SpearTiverton Walrond Walrond jnr CarewTorquay McIver Mallock Philpotts Layland Barratt Burn Totnes Mildmay 1918 to 1950 11 MPs Edit Coalition 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 1945Barnstaple Rees B Peto Rees B Peto R Dyke Acland C PetoExeter Newman Reed MaudeHoniton Morrison Bell DrewePlymouth Devonport Kinloch Cooke Hore Belisha FootPlymouth Drake A Benn Moses F Guest C Guest MedlandPlymouth Sutton W Astor N Astor MiddletonSouth Molton Lambert Drewe Lambert Lambert jnrTavistock Williams Thornton Kenyon Slaney Wright Patrick StudholmeTiverton Carew Sparkes F Dyke Acland Acland Troyte Heathcoat AmoryTorquay Burn Thompson WilliamsTotnes Mildmay Harvey Vivian Harvey Rayner1950 to 1983 10 MPs Edit Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal 1931 68 Social Democratic Constituency 1950 1951 1955 55 58 1959 60 1964 1966 67 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 81Devon North C Peto Lindsay Thorpe SpellerExeter Maude Dudley Williams Dunwoody HannamHoniton Drewe Mathew EmeryPlymouth Devonport Foot Vickers Owen Plymouth Drake FookesPlymouth Sutton Middleton J Astor Fraser Owen ClarkTavistock Studholme HeseltineTiverton Heathcoat Amory Maxwell HyslopTorquay 1950 74 Torbay 1974 83 Williams BennettTorrington 1950 74 Devon W 1974 83 Lambert jnr Bonham Carter Browne MillsTotnes Rayner Mawby1983 to present 11 then 12 MPs Edit Change UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Social Democratic 1983 88 Social Democratic Party 1988 90 Constituency 1983 1987 90 1992 95 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 17 17 19 2019 22Plymouth Drake FookesHoniton East Devon 1997 Emery Swire JuppExeter Hannam BradshawPlymouth Devonport Plymouth Moor View 2010 Owen Jamieson Seabeck MercerPlymouth Sutton Plymouth Sutton amp Devonport 2010 Clark Streeter Gilroy Colvile PollardTeignbridge Newton Abbot 2010 Nicholls Younger Ross Morris Torbay Bennett Allason Sanders FosterDevon North Speller Harvey Heaton Jones SaxbyDevon West and Torridge Mills Nicholson Burnett CoxSouth Hams Totnes 1997 Steen Wollaston MangnallTiverton 1983 97 Tiverton amp Honiton 1997 Maxwell Hyslop Browning Parish FoordSouth West Devon StreeterCentral Devon StrideSee also EditList of constituencies in South West EnglandNotes Edit BC denotes borough constituency CC denotes county constituency The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival References Edit Baker Carl Uberoi Elise Cracknell Richard 28 January 2020 General Election 2019 full results and analysis a b c Constituencies A Z Election 2019 BBC News Retrieved 24 April 2020 a b The results Mid Devon District Council 23 June 2022 Retrieved 28 June 2022 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon amp oldid 1168443344, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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