List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon

Constituencies edit

† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat Independent

Constituency^{[nb 1]}	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]^{[nb 2]}
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 edit

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.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
East 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 Devon

Proposed boundary changes edit

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

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 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 edit

Primary 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 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 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	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 edit

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 edit

1885-1910 edit

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918-1945 edit

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950-1979 edit

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979

1983-present edit

1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019

Historical results by party edit

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 1906 (13 MPs) edit

Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	91	1892	1895	98	99	00	1900	02	04
Ashburton	Seale-Hayne										Eve
Barnstaple	Pitt-Lewis	→		Billson	Gull				Soares
Devonport (two MPs)	Puleston			Morton						Lockie	J. Benn
Devonport (two MPs)	Price			Kearley
Exeter	Northcote						Vincent
Honiton	Kennaway
Plymouth (two MPs)	Clarke							Guest			→
Plymouth (two MPs)	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) edit

Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1906	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	12	15	18
Ashburton	Eve	Morrison-Bell	Buxton	Morrison-Bell		→
Barnstaple	Soares				Baring
Devonport (two MPs)	J. Benn		Jackson
Devonport (two MPs)	Kearley		Kinloch-Cooke
Exeter	Kekewich		Duke	St Maur	Duke			Newman
Honiton	Kennaway		Morrison-Bell
Plymouth (two MPs)	Dobson		Williams	W. Astor
Plymouth (two MPs)	Mallet			A. Benn
South Molton	Lambert
Tavistock	Luttrell			Spear
Tiverton	Walrond jnr						Carew
Torquay	Layland-Barratt			Burn		→
Totnes	→					→

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	1945
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) edit

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

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	55	58	1959	60	1964	1966	67	1970	Feb 74	1979	81
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) edit

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

Constituency	1983	1987	90	1992	95	1997	2001	2005
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) edit

Change UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats

Constituency	2010	2015	2017	17	17	19		2019	22
Central Devon	Stride
Devon North	Harvey	Heaton-Jones						Saxby
Devon W & Torridge (2010–24) / Torridge & Tavistock (2024)	Cox
East Devon (2010–24) / Exmouth & Exeter East (2024)	Swire							Jupp
Exeter	Bradshaw
Newton Abbot	Morris			→	→				→	→
Plymouth Moor View	Seabeck	Mercer
Plymouth Sutton & Devonport	Colvile		Pollard
South West Devon	Streeter
Tiverton & Honiton¹ / Honiton & Sidmouth (2024)	Parish								→	Foord
Torbay	Sanders	Foster
Totnes (2010–24) / South Devon (2024)	Wollaston					→	→	Mangnall

¹parts transferred in 2024 to Tiverton and Minehead which is mostly in Somerset

Notes 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".

[1] BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

[4] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[2] Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".

[:0-3] "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[Results-5] "The results". Mid Devon District Council. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[6] "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[7] "Electoral map shake-up for Devon". DevonLive. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[8] "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.

[9] Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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