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[]

† 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	82,953	24,239	Neil Parish†	Alex Beverley‡
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.

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		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

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 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.^[3]

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, Honiton, and the cross-county boundary constituency of Tiverton and Minehead. Torridge and West Devon would be renamed Torridge and Tavistock.^[4]^[5] The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from East Devon

Central Devon (part)
(part)
Honiton (part)

Containing electoral wards from Exeter

Exeter
Exmouth (part)

Containing electoral wards from Mid Devon

Central Devon (part)
Honiton (part)
(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)
Totnes (part)

Containing electoral wards from Teignbridge

Central Devon (part)
Newton Abbot

Containing electoral wards from Torbay

Torbay
Totnes (part)

Containing electoral wards from Torridge

(part)

Containing electoral wards from West Devon

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

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history[]

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

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[]

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
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

Constituency	1885	1886	91	1892	1895	98	99	00	1900	02	04	1906	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	12	15	18
Ashburton	Seale-Hayne										Eve		Morrison-Bell	Buxton	Morrison-Bell		→
Barnstaple	Pitt-Lewis	→		Billson	Gull				Soares							Baring
Devonport (two MPs)	Puleston			Morton						Lockie	J. Benn			Jackson
Devonport (two MPs)	Price			Kearley										Kinloch-Cooke
Exeter	Northcote						Vincent					Kekewich		Duke	St Maur	Duke			Newman
Honiton	Kennaway													Morrison-Bell
Plymouth (two MPs)	Clarke							Guest			→	Dobson		Williams	W. Astor
Plymouth (two MPs)	Bates			Pearce	Harrison	Mendl			Duke			Mallet			A. Benn
South Molton	Wallop	→	Lambert
Tavistock	Fortescue	→		Luttrell					Spear			Luttrell			Spear
Tiverton	Walrond											Walrond jnr						Carew
Torquay	McIver	Mallock			Philpotts				Layland-Barratt						Burn		→
Totnes	Mildmay	→															→

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)

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)[]

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

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	55	58	1959	60	1964	1966	67	1970	Feb 1974	1979	81
Devon North	C. Peto		Lindsay			Thorpe							Speller
Exeter	Maude	Dudley-Williams							Dunwoody		Hannam
Honiton	Drewe		Mathew							Emery
Plymouth Devonport	Foot		Vickers					→				Owen		→
Plymouth Drake												Fookes
Plymouth Sutton	Middleton	J. Astor				Fraser			Owen			Clark
Tavistock	Studholme								Heseltine
Tiverton	Heathcoat-Amory						Maxwell-Hyslop
Torquay (1950–74) / Torbay (1974-83)	Williams			Bennett
Torrington (1950–74) / Devon W (1974-83)	Lambert jnr				Bonham-Carter	Browne		Mills
Totnes	Rayner		Mawby

1983 to present[]

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	19	2019	22
Plymouth Drake	Fookes
Honiton / East Devon (1997)	Emery						Swire									Jupp
Exeter	Hannam					Bradshaw
Plymouth Devonport / Plymouth Moor View (2010)	Owen		→	Jamieson				Seabeck		Mercer
Plymouth Sutton / Plymouth Sutton & Devonport (2010)	Clark			Streeter		Gilroy			Colvile		Pollard
Teignbridge / Newton Abbot (2010)	Nicholls						Younger-Ross		Morris			→	→				→
Torbay	Bennett	Allason				Sanders				Foster
Devon North	Speller			Harvey						Heaton-Jones						Saxby
Devon West and Torridge	Mills	Nicholson			→	Burnett		Cox
South Hams / Totnes (1997)	Steen								Wollaston					→	→	Mangnall
Tiverton (1983–97) / Tiverton & Honiton (1997)	Maxwell-Hyslop			Browning					Parish
South West Devon						Streeter
Central Devon									Stride

Notes[]

^ 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[]

^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ Electoral map shake-up for Devon Devon Live
^ 2023 review South West Boundary Commission for England
^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "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 (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".

[:0-3] "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

[5] "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[6] Electoral map shake-up for Devon Devon Live

[7] 2023 review South West Boundary Commission for England

[8] Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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