Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newton Abbot
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Newton Abbot constituency.svg
Boundary of Newton Abbot in South West England
County Devon
Electorate 72,956 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Teignbridge

Newton Abbot is a constituency [n 1] in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Martin Wrigley of the Liberal Democrats. It was previously represented since its 2010 creation by Anne Marie Morris, a Conservative. [n 2]

Contents

History

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposing to create this constituency for the 2010 general election which increased the number of seats in the county from eleven to twelve.

It replaced the southern part of the former Teignbridge seat, including the town of Newton Abbot itself, as well as Dawlish and Teignmouth. [2] Nominally, the 2010 result was a gain of the seat (LD-Conservative) on a swing of 5.8%. Teignbridge's other successor saw a very similar 6% swing, with a much larger margin for the same winning party in Central Devon at the 2010 election.

Boundaries

2010–2024

The District of Teignbridge electoral wards of:

2024–present

Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the District of Teignbridge (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Very minor change to the boundary with Central Devon.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
2010 Anne Marie Morris Conservative
July 2017 Independent
December 2017 Conservative
January 2022 Independent
May 2022 Conservative
2024 Martin Wrigley Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Newton Abbot [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Wrigley 15,201 31.7 +9.5
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 12,95527.0−28.6
Reform UK Christopher Hilditch8,49417.7N/A
Labour Jacob Cousens7,11514.8−2.9
Green Pauline Wynter2,0834.3+1.4
South Devon Alliance Liam Mullone1,9244.0N/A
Heritage Andre Sabine1160.2N/A
Volt Annaliese Cude1040.2N/A
Majority2,2464.7N/A
Turnout 47,99265.0−6.8
Registered electors 73,885
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg19.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote %
Conservative 29,11755.6
Liberal Democrats 11,66122.2
Labour 9,28717.7
Green 1,5052.9
Others8401.6
Turnout52,41071.8
Electorate72,956
General election 2019: Newton Abbot [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 29,190 55.5 0.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Wrigley 11,68922.2+1.4
Labour James Osben9,32917.8−4.4
Green Megan Debenham1,5082.9+1.1
Independent David Halpin8401.6New
Majority17,50133.30.0
Turnout 52,55672.5+0.5
Conservative hold Swing

Additionally Richard Manley stood as PPC for the Renew Party, standing down in favour of Martin Wrigley as part of the Unite to Remain pact. [9]

General election 2017: Newton Abbot [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 28,735 55.5 +8.0
Labour James Osben11,47522.2+12.4
Liberal Democrats Marie Chadwick10,60120.8−3.1
Green Kathryn Driscoll9261.8−2.8
Majority17,16033.3+9.7
Turnout 51,63272.0+3.0
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
General election 2015: Newton Abbot [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 22,794 47.5 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Younger-Ross 11,50623.9−18.0
UKIP Rod Peers6,72613.9+7.5
Labour Roy Freer4,7369.8+2.8
Green Steven Smyth-Bonfield2,2164.6+3.1
TUSC Sean Brogan2210.5New
Majority11,28823.6+22.5
Turnout 48,19969.0−0.6
Conservative hold Swing +11.2
General election 2010: Newton Abbot [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 20,774 43.0 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Younger-Ross*20,25141.9−3.6
Labour Patrick Canavan3,3877.0−4.4
UKIP Jackie Hooper3,0886.4−0.1
Green Corinne Lindsey7011.5New
Independent Keith Sharp820.2New
Majority5231.1N/A
Turnout 48,28369.6+0.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.8
*Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  6. ↑ "Newton Abbot results". BBC News. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Renew and Unite to Remain Joint Statement". Renew Party. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "2017 general election candidates in Devon". Devon Live. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Osborn, Matt; Franklin, Will; Clarke, Seán; Straumann, Ralph. "2015 UK general election results in full". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Richard Younger-Ross". Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Newton Abbot". news.bbc.co.uk.

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