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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 since 2024[edit]

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Devon elected the following MPs:

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Central Devon   Mel Stride†
Exeter   Steve Race‡
Exmouth and Exeter East 121   David Reed†   Helen Dallimore‡
Honiton and Sidmouth
Newton Abbot 2,246   Martin Wrigley¤   Anne-Marie Morris†
North Devon
Plymouth Moor View
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
South Devon 7,127   Caroline Voaden¤   Anthony Mangnall†
South West Devon 2,112   Rebecca Smith†   Sarah Allen‡
Torridge and Tavistock
Tiverton and Minehead

2024 boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

The Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] 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.[4][5]

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[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

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% Increase2.8% 10 0
Labour 150,169 22.8% Decrease6.2% 2 0
Liberal Democrats 96,809 14.7% Increase2.2% 0 0
Greens 22,004 3.3% Increase1.3% 0 0
Brexit 4,337 0.7% new 0 0
Others 30,836 4.6% Decrease0.8% 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
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918-1945[edit]

  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950-1979[edit]

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

1983-present[edit]

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    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
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)[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
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)[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 Oct 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 2024
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 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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

References[edit]

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