Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Honiton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Honiton1983Constituency.svg
Honiton in Devon, showing boundaries used from 1983 to 1997.
County Devon
1885–1997
SeatsOne
Created from East Devon
Replaced by East Devon, Tiverton and Honiton
1640–1868
SeatsTwo
Replaced by East Devon

Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until it was abolished in 1868. It was recreated in 1885 as a single-member constituency.

Contents

For the 1997 general election, the town of Honiton was added to the neighbouring constituency of Tiverton to form the Tiverton & Honiton constituency. The remainder continued as the East Devon constituency.

Honiton was regarded as a potwalloper borough by the time of Thomas Cochrane. It was notorious for the bribes demanded by its electors, and was therefore a very expensive seat for a candidate to seek election in. The Yonge family of Colyton, patrons of the borough, were almost ruined by representing Honiton on several occasions. [1] [2] Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet (1678–1741) who had twice represented Honiton at great personal financial expense, made an "earnest request and recommendation" in his will that his son would "never stand as a candidate or if chosen will never be prevailed upon to represent or serve in Parliament for the borough of Honiton". [3]

History

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Axminster, Honiton, Ottery, and Woodbury.

1918–1974: The Borough of Honiton, the Urban Districts of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, and Sidmouth, the Rural Districts of Axminster and Honiton, and part of the Rural District of St Thomas.

1974–1983: The Borough of Honiton, the Urban Districts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, and Sidmouth, the Rural Districts of Axminster and Honiton, and part of the Rural District of St Thomas.

1983–1997: 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, Honiton St Michael's, Honiton St Paul's, Lympstone, Newbridges, Newton Poppleford and Harpford, Otterhead, Patteson, Raleigh, Seaton, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Town, Sidmouth Woolbrook, Trinity, Upper Axe, Woodbury, and Yarty.

Members of Parliament

Honiton re-enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640

MPs 1640–1660

Long Parliament

Honiton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament.

First Protectorate Parliament

Second Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

Long Parliament (restored)

MPs 1660–1868

ElectionFirst member [4] !First partySecond member [4] Second party
1660 Sir John Yonge Samuel Serle
1661 Sir Courtenay Pole Peter Prideaux
1679 Sir Walter Yonge Sir Thomas Putt
1685 Edmond Walrond
1689 Richard Courtenay
1690 Sir William Drake Sir Walter Yonge
1711 James Sheppard
1715 Sir William Courtenay Sir William Yonge Whig
1716 Sir William Pole
1727 James Sheppard
1731 Sir William Pole
1734 William Courtenay
1741 Henry Reginald Courtenay
1747 John Heath (later John Duke)
1754 Henry Reginald Courtenay Sir George Yonge
1761 John Duke
1763 Sir George Yonge
1768 Brass Crosby
1774 Laurence Cox
1780 Alexander Macleod
1781 Jacob Wilkinson
1784 Sir George Collier
1790 George Templer (1755–1819), of Shapwick, Somerset
1796 George Chambers George Shum
1802 Sir John Honywood
1805 Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw Whig [5]
1806 (April) Richard Bateman-Robson
1806 (October) Thomas Cochrane Whig [5]
1807 Sir Charles Hamilton
1812 Richard Howard-Vyse George Robinson
1818 Hon. Peregrine Cust [6] Tory [5] Samuel Crawley Whig [5]
1826 Josiah John Guest [7] Whig [5] Harry Baines Lott [8]
1830 Sir George Warrender Tory [5]
1831 Harry Baines Lott [9]
1832 George Child-Villiers Tory [5] James Ruddell-Todd Whig [5]
1834 Conservative [5]
1835 Hugh Duncan Baillie Conservative [5] Arthur Chichester Conservative [5]
1837 James Stewart Whig [5] [10] [11]
1841 Forster Alleyne McGeachy Conservative [5]
1847 Joseph Locke Whig [12] [13] [14] Sir James Hogg 1st Bt Conservative
1857 Archibald Stuart-Wortley Conservative
1859 Liberal Alexander Baillie-Cochrane Conservative
1860 George Moffatt Liberal
1865 Frederick Goldsmid Liberal
1866 Julian Goldsmid Liberal
1868Constituency abolished, but re-established in 1885

MPs 1885–1997

ElectionMember [4] PartyNotes
1885 John Kennaway Conservative
Jan 1910 Clive Morrison-Bell Conservative
1931 Cedric Drewe Conservative
1955 Robert Mathew Conservative Died 1966
1967 by-election Peter Emery Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Tiverton and Honiton & Devon East

Election results

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East Devon election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Honiton [5] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Josiah Guest Unopposed
Tory George Warrender Unopposed
Whig hold
Tory gain from Nonpartisan
General election 1831: Honiton [5] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Warrender 319 36.7
Nonpartisan Harry Baines Lott 283 32.6
Whig John Josiah Guest 25929.8
Radical John Thomas Mayne80.9
Turnout 492c. 96.5
Registered electors c. 510
Majority364.1
Tory hold
Majority242.8
Nonpartisan gain from Whig
General election 1832: Honiton [5] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory George Child Villiers 360 46.6 +28.3
Whig James Ruddell-Todd 302 39.1 +9.3
Tory James Peel Cockburn11014.2−4.2
Turnout 49296.3c. −0.2
Registered electors 511
Majority587.5+3.4
Tory hold Swing +11.8
Majority19224.9N/A
Whig gain from Nonpartisan Swing −1.4
General election 1835: Honiton [5] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Duncan Baillie 332 42.6 −4.0
Conservative Arthur Chichester 226 29.0 +14.8
Whig James Ruddell-Todd 22128.4−10.7
Majority50.6−6.9
Turnout 44694.7−1.6
Registered electors 471
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +10.1
General election 1837: Honiton [5] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Duncan Baillie 294 40.7 −1.9
Whig James Stewart 225 31.2 +2.8
Conservative Alexander Grant 20328.1−0.9
Turnout 43594.6−0.1
Registered electors 460
Majority699.5+8.9
Conservative hold Swing −1.7
Majority223.1N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Duncan Baillie Unopposed
Conservative Forster Alleyne McGeachy Unopposed
Registered electors 440
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1847: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Hogg Unopposed
Whig Joseph Locke Unopposed
Registered electors 446
Conservative hold
Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Joseph Locke 166 37.6 N/A
Conservative James Hogg 152 34.5 N/A
Conservative Richard Gard [17] 12327.9N/A
Majority143.1N/A
Turnout 221 (est)76.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 287
Whig hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Joseph Locke 214 47.6 +10.0
Conservative Archibald Stuart-Wortley 119 26.4 −1.5
Conservative James Hogg 11726.0−8.5
Majority9521.2+18.1
Turnout 225 (est)85.2 (est)+8.4
Registered electors 264
Whig hold Swing +10.0
Conservative hold Swing −6.8
General election 1859: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Locke Unopposed
Conservative Alexander Baillie-Cochrane Unopposed
Registered electors 287
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Locke's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 October 1860: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Moffatt Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Goldsmid 171 42.9 N/A
Conservative Alexander Baillie-Cochrane 140 35.1 N/A
Liberal Evan Matthew Richards [18] 8822.1N/A
Turnout 200 (est)74.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 267
Majority317.8N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority5213.0N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Goldsmid's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 28 March 1866: Honiton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Julian Goldsmid Unopposed
Liberal hold

In 1868, the seat was absorbed into East Devon. It was later recreated for 1885.

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Honiton [19] [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway 4,540 60.6
Liberal John Budd Phear 2,95739.4
Majority1,58321.2
Turnout 7,49783.2
Registered electors 9,012
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Honiton [19] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Honiton [19] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway 4,591 64.2 N/A
Liberal William Hickman Smith Aubrey2,56535.8New
Majority2,02628.4N/A
Turnout 7,15678.1N/A
Registered electors 9,167
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Honiton [19] [22] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Honiton [19] [22] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Luke
General election 1906: Honiton [19] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kennaway 4,854 56.7 N/A
Liberal William Balkwill Luke3,71143.3New
Majority1,14313.4N/A
Turnout 8,56587.4N/A
Registered electors 9,797
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Honiton [23] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Morrison-Bell 5,604 60.0 +3.3
Liberal William Balkwill Luke3,73340.0−3.3
Majority1,87120.0+6.6
Turnout 9,33788.7+1.3
Registered electors 10,522
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election December 1910: Honiton [23] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Morrison-Bell 5,348 60.9 +0.9
Liberal Harry Geen3,43939.1−0.9
Majority1,90921.8+1.8
Turnout 8,78783.5−5.2
Registered electors 10,522
Conservative hold Swing +0.9

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Clive Morrison-Bell Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Halse
General election 1922: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clive Morrison-Bell 12,972 55.5 N/A
Liberal John George Hawkins Halse10,40444.5New
Majority2,56811.0N/A
Turnout 23,37679.1N/A
Registered electors 29,546
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clive Morrison-Bell 12,470 50.6 −4.9
Liberal John George Hawkins Halse12,17749.4+4.9
Majority2931.2−9.8
Turnout 24,64781.0+1.9
Registered electors 30,443
Unionist hold Swing −4.9
General election 1924: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clive Morrison-Bell 14,804 55.2 +4.6
Liberal John George Hawkins Halse12,02544.8−4.6
Majority2,77910.4+9.2
Turnout 26,82985.5+4.5
Registered electors 31,388
Unionist hold Swing +4.6
General election 1929: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clive Morrison-Bell 17,911 50.9 −4.3
Liberal John George Hawkins Halse16,35346.5+1.7
Labour Rose Davies 9152.6New
Majority1,5584.4−6.0
Turnout 35,17984.3−1.2
Registered electors 41,723
Unionist hold Swing −3.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cedric Drewe 21,854 60.0 +9.1
Liberal John George Hawkins Halse14,56340.0−6.5
Majority7,29120.0+15.6
Turnout 36,41783.5−0.8
Conservative hold Swing +7.8
General election 1935: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cedric Drewe 22,805 71.9 +11.9
Labour J R Morris8,91628.1New
Majority13,88943.8+23.8
Turnout 31,72169.6−13.9
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Honiton [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cedric Drewe 24,499 65.8 −6.1
Labour Henry Thomas Langdon12,73934.2+6.1
Majority11,76031.6−12.2
Turnout 37,23870.3+0.7
Conservative hold Swing -6.1

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cedric Drewe 26,767 57.78
Labour GR Sargeant10,81623.35
Liberal Guy Barrington8,74218.87New
Majority15,95134.43
Turnout 46,29584.43
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cedric Drewe 27,015 58.42
Liberal John B Halse9,85821.32
Labour Norman L Stevens9,36920.26
Majority17,15737.10
Turnout 46,24282.54
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mathew 25,808 57.63
Liberal John B Halse11,06724.71
Labour Frederick W Thornton7,90717.66
Majority14,74132.92
Turnout 44,78279.68
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mathew 25,959 56.69
Liberal John B Halse12,90628.18
Labour Frederick W Morgan6,92815.13
Majority13,05328.51
Turnout 45,79380.10
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mathew 26,475 55.04
Liberal Warwick Deal12,35425.68
Labour Marjorie Clark9,27319.28
Majority14,12129.36
Turnout 48,10278.77
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mathew 26,966 54.4 −0.6
Labour Marjorie Clark13,25726.7+7.4
Liberal Raymond Hicks9,34218.9−6.8
Majority13,70727.7−1.7
Turnout 49,56578.6−0.2
Conservative hold Swing
1967 Honiton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 26,501 57.0 +2.6
Liberal Bridget Trethewey10,50922.6+3.7
Labour Marjorie Clark9,50120.4−6.3
Majority15,99234.4+6.7
Turnout 46,51172.6−6.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.7

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 32,885 59.48
Liberal Bridget Trethewey11,33020.49
Labour Malyn DD Newitt11,07220.03
Majority21,55538.99
Turnout 55,28776.66
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 32,429 54.48
Liberal Victor Howell18,30630.75
Labour Malyn DD Newitt8,79114.77
Majority14,12323.73
Turnout 59,52681.98
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 29,720 53.77
Liberal Victor Howell16,50029.85
Labour RL Spiller9,04816.37
Majority13,22023.92
Turnout 55,26875.64
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Honiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 37,832 62.42
Liberal R Ruffle12,60120.79
Labour T Luesby8,75614.45
Ecology MH Bacon1,4232.35New
Majority25,23141.63
Turnout 60,61277.41
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Honiton [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 32,602 60.58
SDP Alistair Sampson17,83333.14
Labour Raymond Sharpe3,3776.28
Majority14,76927.44
Turnout 53,81274.50
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: Honiton [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 34,931 59.2 −1.4
SDP Gerald Tatton-Brown18,36931.1−2.0
Labour Simon Pollentine4,9888.5+2.2
Monster Raving Loony Stuart Hughes 7471.3New
Majority16,56228.05+0.6
Turnout 59,03576.41+1.91
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Honiton [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Emery 33,533 52.4 −6.8
Liberal Democrats JM Sharratt17,02226.6−4.5
Labour R Davison8,14212.7+4.2
Ind. Conservative DA Owen2,1753.4New
Raving Loony Green Giant Stuart Basil Fawlty Hughes1,4422.3New
Liberal Gerald Halliwell1,0051.6New
Green Alan Tootill6501.0New
Majority16,51125.8−2.2
Turnout 63,96980.7+4.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.1

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Honiton | History of Parliament Online".
  2. ↑ "Honiton | History of Parliament Online".
  3. ↑ "POLE, Sir William, 4th Bt. (1678-1741), of Colcombe Castle, nr. Colyton and Shute, nr. Honiton, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  4. 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp.  70–72. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
  6. ↑ P W Cust lived 1791-1873, according to Rayment
  7. ↑ 1826 general election The Times, Saturday 27 May 1826; p.4; Issue 12978; col E: "Mr. Guest, a great iron founder of Wales comes in for Honiton, without opposition, instead of Mr Cust, who retires". General Election: The Times, Saturday 1 July 1826; p.2; Issue 13008; col A: From the London Gazette, Friday, June 30 - List of members returned to the new parliament . . . Josiah John Guest . . .
  8. ↑ H B Lott lived 1781-1833, according to Rayment. Bridgewater Advertiser reported Harry Lott - magistrate died 1 July 1833, age 51 at Tracey House near Honiton. . . Hansard says Mr Henry Lott served the Honiton Constituency 16 June 1826 - 30 July 1830 and 5 May 1831 - 13 December 1832.
  9. ↑ The Times, Saturday 7 May 1831; pg. 2; Issue 14533; col F: General Election. Members Returned To The New Parliament: HONITON: Sir G Warrender and H B Lott Esq. The Times, Saturday, 28 May 1831; p.3; Issue 14550; col E: "From the London Gazette, Friday, May 27". - "Members Returned To The New Parliament: HONITON: Sir G Warrender and Harry Baines Lott of Tracey-house in the parish of Awliscombe in the county of Devon, Esq."
  10. ↑ "Inverness Courier" . 26 July 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "General Elections" . Bucks Herald. 8 July 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "The General Election" . Morning Post. 24 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "The Railway Parliament" . West Kent Guardian. 21 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Political" . Norfolk News. 31 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. 1 2 Jenkins, Terry. "Honiton". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  17. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 10 July 1852. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 14 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 14 July 1865. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 25 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  20. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  22. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  23. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  25. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  26. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  27. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  29. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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The 2017 Devon County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 60 councillors were elected from 58 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great House, Colyton</span> Historic house in Devon, England

Great House on South Street in the town of Colyton, Devon, is the remnant of an historic Elizabethan mansion house built by the Yonge family, originally prominent wool merchants in the town, later Yonge baronets. It is a grade II* listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Jupp</span> British Conservative politician

Simon James Jupp is a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon from the 2019 general election until the constituency was abolished in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Honiton and Sidmouth (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

Honiton and Sidmouth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The current MP is Richard Foord.

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