Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

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The ceremonial county of Devon, which includes the unitary authorities of Torbay and Plymouth, is divided into 13 Parliamentary constituencies: 4 Borough constituencies and 9 County constituencies, one of which crosses the county boundary with Somerset.

Constituencies

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

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Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Central Devon 75,385 61 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Mel Stride style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Ollie Pearson‡
File:Central Devon Constituency 2023.svg
Exeter 67,840 11,937 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Steve Race style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Tessa Tucker†
File:Exeter Constituency 2023.svg
Exmouth and Exeter East 79,983 121 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  David Reed style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Helen Dallimore‡
File:Exmouth and Exeter East Constituency 2023.svg
Honiton and Sidmouth 75,537 6,700 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Richard Foord¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Simon Jupp
File:Honiton and Sidmouth Constituency 2023.svg
Newton Abbot 73,885 2,246 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Martin Wrigley¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Anne-Marie Morris
File:Newton Abbot Constituency 2023.svg
North Devon 79,068 6,744 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Ian Roome¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Selaine Saxby
File:North Devon Constituency 2023.svg
Plymouth Moor View 74,724 5,604 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Fred Thomas style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Johnny Mercer
File:Plymouth Moor View Constituency 2023.svg
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 75,313 13,328 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Luke Pollard style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Peter Gold
(Reform UK)
File:Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Constituency 2023.svg
South Devon 70,755 7,127 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Caroline Voaden¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Anthony Mangnall
File:South Devon Constituency 2023.svg
South West Devon 77,600 2,112 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Rebecca Smith style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Sarah Allen‡
File:South West Devon Constituency 2023.svg
Torbay 76,179 5,349 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Steve Darling¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Kevin Foster
File:Torbay Constituency 2023.svg
Torridge and Tavistock 74,727 3,950 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Geoffrey Cox style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Phil Hutty¤
File:Torridge and Tavistock Constituency 2023.svg
Tiverton and Minehead (part) 71,843 3,507 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Rachel Gilmour¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Ian Liddell-Grainger
File:Tiverton and Minehead Constituency 2023 in Devon.svg

2024 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Central Devon CC
  2. East Devon CC
  3. Exeter BC
  4. Newton Abbot CC
  5. North Devon CC
  6. Plymouth Moor View BC
  7. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC
  8. South West Devon CC
  9. Tiverton and Honiton CC
  10. Torbay BC
  11. Torridge and West Devon CC
  12. Totnes CC
2010-2024 constituencies in Devon
2010-2024 constituencies in Devon
  1. Central Devon CC
  2. Exeter BC
  3. Exmouth and Exeter East CC
  4. Honiton and Sidmouth CC
  5. Newton Abbot CC
  6. North Devon CC
  7. Plymouth Moor View BC
  8. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC
  9. South Devon CC
  10. South West Devon CC
  11. Tiverton and Minehead CC
  12. Torbay BC
  13. Torridge and Tavistock CC
Constituencies in Devon since 2024
Constituencies in Devon since 2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Devon 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 were abolished, 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 were renamed Torridge and Tavistock, and South Devon respectively, despite only minor boundary changes to each.[1][2]

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

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[3]

2024

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 165,316 28.7% Decrease25.2% 4 Decrease6
Liberal Democrats 143,624 24.9% Increase10.2% 5 Increase5
Labour 135,300 23.5% Increase0.7% 3 Increase1
Reform 85,711 14.9% Increase14.9% 0 0
Greens 41,036 7.1% Increase3.8% 0 0
Others 4,690 0.8% Decrease3.8% 0 0
Total 575,677 100.0 12

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% 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

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

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

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 1906 (13 MPs)

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Constituency 1885 1886 91 1892 1895 98 99 00 1900 02 04
Ashburton colspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Seale-Hayne bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Eve
Barnstaple bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Pitt-Lewis bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Billson bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Gull colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Soares
Devonport (two MPs) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Puleston colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Morton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Lockie bgcolor="Template:Party color" |J. Benn
bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Price colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Kearley
Exeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Northcote bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Vincent
Honiton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="11" |Kennaway
Plymouth (two MPs) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Clarke bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Guest bgcolor="Template:Party color" |
bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Bates bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Pearce bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Harrison colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mendl bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Duke
South Molton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Wallop bgcolor="Template:Party color" | colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Lambert
Tavistock bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Fortescue bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" | colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Luttrell bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Spear
Tiverton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="11" |Walrond
Torquay bgcolor="Template:Party color" |McIver bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Mallock bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Philpotts colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Layland-Barratt
Totnes bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mildmay bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="10" |

1906 to 1918 (13 MPs)

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Constituency 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 12 15 18
Ashburton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Eve bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Morrison-Bell bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Buxton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Morrison-Bell bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |
Barnstaple colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Soares colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Baring
Devonport (two MPs) colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |J. Benn bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Jackson
colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Kearley bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Kinloch-Cooke
Exeter colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Kekewich bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Duke bgcolor="Template:Party color" |St Maur bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Duke bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Newman
Honiton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Kennaway bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Morrison-Bell
Plymouth (two MPs) colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Dobson bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Williams bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |W. Astor
colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mallet bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |A. Benn
South Molton colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Lambert
Tavistock colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Luttrell bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Spear
Tiverton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Walrond jnr bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Carew
Torquay colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Layland-Barratt bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Burn bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |
Totnes bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |

1918 to 1950 (11 MPs)

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Constituency 1918 19 1922 23 1923 1924 28 1929 31 1931 1935 37 42 1945
Barnstaple bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Rees bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |B. Peto bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Rees bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |B. Peto colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |R. Dyke Acland bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" |C. Peto
Exeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Newman bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Reed bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Maude
Honiton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Morrison-Bell bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Drewe
Plymouth Devonport bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Kinloch-Cooke colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Hore-Belisha bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Foot
Plymouth Drake bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |A. Benn bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Moses bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |F. Guest bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |C. Guest bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Medland
Plymouth Sutton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |W. Astor bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="12" |N. Astor bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Middleton
South Molton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Lambert colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Drewe bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Lambert bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Lambert jnr
Tavistock bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Williams colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Thornton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Kenyon-Slaney bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Wright bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Patrick bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Studholme
Tiverton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Carew bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Sparkes colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|F. Dyke Acland bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Acland-Troyte bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Heathcoat-Amory
Torquay bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Burn bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Thompson bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Williams
Totnes bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Mildmay bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Harvey bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Vivian bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Harvey bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Rayner

1950 to 1983 (10 MPs)

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Constituency 1950 1951 1955 55 58 1959 60 1964 1966 67 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979 81
Tavistock bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Studholme bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Heseltine
Devon North bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |C. Peto bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Lindsay colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Thorpe bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Speller
Exeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Maude bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Dudley-Williams bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Dunwoody bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Hannam
Honiton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Drewe bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Mathew bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Emery
Plymouth Devonport bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Foot bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Vickers bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Owen bgcolor="Template:Party color" |
Plymouth Sutton bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Middleton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |J. Astor bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Fraser bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Owen bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Clark
Tiverton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Heathcoat-Amory bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Maxwell-Hyslop
Torquay / Torbay (1974) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Williams bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="12" |Bennett
Torrington / Devon West (1974) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Lambert jnr bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bonham-Carter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Browne bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Mills
Totnes bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Rayner bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="13" |Mawby
Plymouth Drake bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Fookes

1983 to 2010 (11 MPs)

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Constituency 1983 1987 90 1992 95 1997 2001 2005
Plymouth Drake bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Fookes
Devon North bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Speller bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Harvey
Devon West and Torridge bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mills bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Nicholson bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Burnett bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Cox
Exeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Hannam colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bradshaw
Honiton (1983–97) / East Devon (1997) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Emery bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Swire
Plymouth Devonport bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Owen bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Jamieson bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Seabeck
Plymouth Sutton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Clark bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Streeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Gilroy
South Hams (1983–97) / Totnes (1997) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Steen
Teignbridge bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Nicholls bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Younger-Ross
Tiverton (1983–97) / Tiverton & Honiton (1997) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Maxwell-Hyslop bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Browning
Torbay bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bennett bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Allason bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Sanders
South West Devon colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Streeter

2010 to present (12 MPs)

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Constituency 2010 2015 2017 17 17 19 2019 22 2024
Central Devon colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Stride
Devon North bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Harvey bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Heaton-Jones colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Saxby bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Roome
Devon W & Torridge (2010–24) / Torridge & Tavistock (2024) colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Cox
East Devon (2010–24) / Exmouth & Exeter East (2024) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Swire colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Jupp bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Reed
Exeter colspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bradshaw bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Race
Newton Abbot bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Morris bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Wrigley
Plymouth Moor View bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Seabeck colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mercer bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Thomas
Plymouth Sutton & Devonport bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Colvile colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Pollard
South West Devon colspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Streeter bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Smith
Tiverton & Honiton1 / Honiton & Sidmouth (2024) colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Parish bgcolor="Template:Party color" | colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Foord
Torbay bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Sanders colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Foster bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Darling
Totnes (2010–24) / South Devon (2024) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Wollaston bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mangnall bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Voaden

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

See also

Notes

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References

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