East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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East Devon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of East Devon in Devon for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of Devon within England | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 72,406 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Exmouth and Sidmouth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Simon Jupp (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Honiton |
1868–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Ashburton Honiton Torquay |
Created from | South Devon |
East Devon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Simon Jupp of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
A report by the Electoral Reform Society found the seat (and its precursors) has been held by the Conservative Party since 1835, meaning it has been held for 186 years. This is currently the longest held seat by one party anywhere in the country.[2]
Boundaries[]
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Axminster, Cliston, Colyton, East Budleigh, Exminster, Ottery St. Mary, Haytor, and Teignbridge, and Exeter Castle, and the parts of the hundred of Wonford that are not included in the city of Exeter.[3]
1997–2010: The District of East Devon wards of Axminster Hamlets, Axminster Town, Beer, Budleigh Salterton, Colyton, Edenvale, Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham Rural, Exmouth Littleham Urban, Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth Withycombe Urban, Lympstone, Newbridges, Newton Poppleford and Harpford, Raleigh, Seaton, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Town, Sidmouth Woolbrook, Trinity, Upper Axe, Woodbury, and Yarty.
2010–present: The District of East Devon wards of Broadclyst, Budleigh, Clyst Valley, Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham, Exmouth Town, Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, Newton Poppleford and Harpford, Ottery St Mary Rural, Ottery St Mary Town, Raleigh, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Sidford, Sidmouth Town, Whimple, and Woodbury and Lympstone, and the City of Exeter wards of St Loyes and Topsham.
The constituency is in the county of Devon, directly east of Exeter, and has a shoreline on the Jurassic Coast.
Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, which has increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, East Devon was subject to significant boundary changes at the 2010 general election.[4] In particular, the towns of Axminster and Seaton were transferred to the Tiverton and Honiton constituency. In addition, two wards from the City of Exeter are now part of the East Devon seat.
Constituency profile[]
The main settlements in the constituency are the seaside resorts of Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth, and the inland towns of Ottery St Mary and Cranbrook.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1868–1885[]
- Constituency created – two seats (1868)
Election | First member[5] | First party | Second member[5] | Second party | ||
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1868 | Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt | Conservative | Edward Courtenay | Conservative | ||
1870 | Sir John Kennaway, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1880 | William Walrond | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
The two-seat constituency of East Devon was abolished at the 1885 general election.
MPs 1997-present[]
At the 1997 general election a new constituency of East Devon was established. Sir Peter Emery, MP for Honiton since a 1967 by-election, represented the new East Devon seat until standing down in 2001, when Hugo Swire was elected.
In 2015, 2017 and 2019, the seat saw an unusually strong Independent performance, by the anti-austerity candidate Claire Wright, a Devon county councillor. She won 24% of the vote in 2015, 35.2% in 2017 and 40.4% in 2019, coming second (and significantly ahead of any other candidate) each time.
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Sir Peter Emery | Conservative | |
2001 | Sir Hugo Swire | Conservative | |
2019 | Simon Jupp | Conservative |
Elections[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/East_Devon_election_results.png)
Elections in the 2010s[]
In 2019, East Devon was one of five English constituencies (the others being Cheltenham, Esher and Walton, Westmorland and Lonsdale and Winchester) where Labour failed to obtain over 5% of the vote, and thus lost its deposit.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Jupp | 32,577 | 50.8 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Claire Wright | 25,869 | 40.4 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Dan Wilson | 2,870 | 4.5 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Rylance | 1,771 | 2.8 | +0.4 | |
Green | Henry Gent | 711 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Peter Faithfull | 275 | 0.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 6,708 | 10.5 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,073 | 73.8 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Swire | 29,306 | 48.5 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Claire Wright | 21,270 | 35.2 | +11.2 | |
Labour | Jan Ross | 6,857 | 11.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Eden | 1,468 | 2.4 | −4.4 | |
UKIP | Brigitte Graham | 1,203 | 2.0 | −10.5 | |
Independent | Peter Faithfull | 150 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Michael Davies | 128 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,036 | 13.3 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,382 | 73.3 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Swire | 25,401 | 46.4 | −1.9 | |
Independent | Claire Wright | 13,140 | 24.0 | New | |
UKIP | Andrew Chapman | 6,870 | 12.5 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Steve Race[11] | 5,591 | 10.2 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mole | 3,715 | 6.8 | −24.4 | |
Majority | 12,261 | 22.4 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,717 | 73.7 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Swire | 25,662 | 48.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paull Robathan | 16,548 | 31.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Gareth Manson | 5,721 | 10.8 | −7.5 | |
UKIP | Mike Amor | 4,346 | 8.2 | +2.6 | |
Green | Sharon Pavey | 815 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,114 | 17.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 53,092 | 72.6 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Swire | 23,075 | 46.9 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Dumper | 15,139 | 30.7 | +0.4 | |
Labour | James Court | 7,598 | 15.4 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Colin McNamee | 3,035 | 6.2 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Christopher Way | 400 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 7,936 | 16.2 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,247 | 69.4 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Swire | 22,681 | 47.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Dumper | 14,486 | 30.3 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Phil Starr | 7,974 | 16.7 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | David Wilson | 2,696 | 5.6 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 8,195 | 17.1 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,837 | 68.8 | −7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Emery | 22,797 | 43.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Trethewey | 15,308 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | Andrew Siantonas | 9,292 | 17.7 | ||
Referendum | William Dixon | 3,200 | 6.1 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Halliwell | 1,363 | 2.6 | ||
UKIP | Colin Giffard | 459 | 0.9 | ||
National Democrats | Gary Needs | 131 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 7,494 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 52,550 | 76.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Walrond | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Walrond's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kennaway | 4,501 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Walrond | 4,457 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Barton Sterling[18] | 3,487 | 28.0 | New | |
Majority | 970 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,988 (est) | 76.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,416 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kennaway | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Walrond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,246 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Walrond | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Courtenay's resignation.
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lawrence Palk | 4,034 | 35.1 | ||
Conservative | Edward Courtenay | 4,016 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal | Charles Joseph Wade[19] | 3,457 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 559 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,482 (est) | 75.3 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 9,933 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References[]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Walker, Peter (2 December 2019). "14m UK voters live in areas held by same party since second world war". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). London. 1867. pp. 1165–1198. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-11-24. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ "Election results 2019: Greens lose the most deposits - BBC News".
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and situation of polling stations: East Devon" (PDF). East Devon District Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Devon East parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Labour, East Devon (16 February 2015). "East Devon unanimously and warmly selected Steve Race as their PPC.. Agent Ray Davison said: ' Steve is in every way an MP to be.'".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Devon East [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ a b c d e Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "East Devon Election". Western Times. 7 April 1880. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "C. J. Wade, Esq". Western Times. 6 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources[]
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Devon
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997