Exmouth and Exeter East

Exmouth and Exeter East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Exmouth and Exeter East in South West England
County	Devon
Electorate	79,983 (2024) [1]
Major settlements	Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Exeter, Exmouth, Topsham
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	David Reed (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	East Devon, Exeter & Central Devon

Exmouth and Exeter East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] It was first contested in the 2024 general election ^{[3] [4]} and is currently represented by David Reed of the Conservative Party.

The constituency name refers to the seaside Devon town of Exmouth and the eastern suburbs of the city of Exeter.

Constituency profile

The Exmouth and Exeter East constituency is located in Devon. It covers the eastern suburbs of the city of Exeter (Pinhoe, St Loyes and Topsham) and the towns of Exmouth, Cranbrook and Budleigh Salterton. Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton are popular seaside resort towns, and Cranbrook is a new town which began development in 2011 and continues to grow. ^{[5] [6]} The constituency contains the headquarters of the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. The office is located in Pinhoe and is an important local employer. The constituency has low levels of deprivation and house prices are above the national average. ^{[7] [8]}

In general, residents of the constituency are older and have average levels of education, income and professional employment compared to the rest of the country. White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census. ^[8] At the local council level, most of the constituency is represented by Liberal Democrats, with some Conservatives elected in Exmouth, Labour Party and Reform UK councillors in the Exeter suburbs and Greens around Cranbrook. An estimated 53% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, similar to the nationwide figure. ^[8]

Boundaries

The constituency was created in the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and is composed of the following wards:

• The District of East Devon wards of Broadclyst, Budleigh & Raleigh, Clyst Valley, Cranbrook, Exe Valley, Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham, Exmouth Town, Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, Whimple & Rockbeare, and Woodbury & Lympstone.
• The City of Exeter wards of Pinhoe, St Loyes, and Topsham. ^[9]

It comprises the following:

• Approximately three quarters ^[10] of the abolished East Devon constituency, including the towns of Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Exmouth and Topsham, and the surrounding rural areas
• The City of Exeter suburb of Pinhoe from Exeter
• The Exe Valley ward from Central Devon. ^[11]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Exmouth and Exeter East ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Reed	14,728	28.7	−21.1
	Labour	Helen Dallimore	14,607	28.5	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Arnott	11,387	22.2	+19.2
	Reform	Garry Sutherland	7,085	13.8	+13.5
	Green	Olly Davey	2,331	4.5	+2.8
	Independent	Dan Wilson	590	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Peter Faithfull	454	0.9	+0.4
	Climate	Mark Baldwin	134	0.3	N/A
Majority			121	0.2	−15.6
Turnout			51,478	64.4	−10.5
Registered electors			79,983
	Conservative hold		Swing	−19.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,828	49.8
	Others	19,294	34.4
	Labour	5,878	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,691	3.0
	Green	970	1.7
	Brexit Party	171	0.3
Turnout		55,832	74.9
Electorate		74,502

References

1. "UK General Election results July 2024". East Devon District Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
2. "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
3. Heptinstall, Ollie Heptinstall; Segal, Andrew (2023-06-28). "Parliamentary constituency of Exmouth and East Exeter proposed". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
4. "Boundary Commission revises name of Exmouth's new parliamentary constituency". Exmouth Journal. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
5. "Creating Cranbrook" (PDF). East Devon Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
6. "Cranbrook (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
7. "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
8. "Seat Details - Exmouth and Exeter East". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
9. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
10. "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?". Commonslibrary.parliament.uk.
11. "New Seat Details – Exmouth and Exeter East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
12. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Exmouth and Exeter East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK