Honiton and Sidmouth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Honiton and Sidmouth in South West England | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 74,365 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Axminster, Honiton, Seaton, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Cullompton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Foord (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Tiverton and Honiton & East Devon |
Honiton and Sidmouth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] The current MP is Richard Foord.
The constituency name refers to the Devon towns of Honiton and Sidmouth. [4] It is considered by BBC News to be a battleground between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. [5]
The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following areas: [7]
Following a local government boundary review in Mid Devon which came into effect in May 2023, [8] [9] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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2024 | Richard Foord | Liberal Democrats | Previously MP for Tiverton and Honiton from 2022. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Foord [11] | 23,007 | 45.4 | +35.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Jupp [12] | 16,307 | 32.2 | −28.2 | |
Reform UK | Paul Quickenden [13] | 6,289 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Jake Bonetta [14] | 2,947 | 5.8 | −8.4 | |
Green | Henry Gent [15] | 1,394 | 2.8 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Vanessa Coxon | 467 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Party of Women | Hazel Exon | 244 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,700 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,655 | 67.1 | –9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 75,537 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +32.1 | |||
2019 notional result [16] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 34,307 | 60.4 | |
Labour | 8,078 | 14.2 | |
Independent | 6,850 | 12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,432 | 9.6 | |
Green | 1,174 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | 968 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 56,809 | 76.4 | |
Electorate | 74,365 |
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