Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newton Abbot
County constituency
for the House of Commons
NewtonAbbot2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Newton Abbot in Devonfor the 2010 general election
EnglandDevon.svg
Location of Devon within England
County Devon
Electorate 69,600 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Anne Marie Morris (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Teignbridge

Newton Abbot is a constituency [n 1] in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 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.

Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

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

Current

The constituency is in the district of Teignbridge and has the following electoral wards: Ambrook, Bishopsteignton, Bradley, Buckland and Milber, Bushell, College, Dawlish Central and North East, Dawlish South West, Ipplepen, Kenton with Starcross, Kerswell-with-Combe, Kingsteignton East, Kingsteignton West, Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead, Teignmouth Central, Teignmouth East and Teignmouth West. [3]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
2010 Anne Marie Morris Conservative
July 2017 Independent
December 2017 Conservative
January 2022 Independent
May 2022 Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Newton Abbot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Wrigley [6]
Reform UK Christopher Hilditch [7]
Green Pauline Wynter [8]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Newton Abbot [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 29,190 55.5 0.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Wrigley11,68922.2+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. [10]

General election 2017: Newton Abbot [11]
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 [12] [13] [14]
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 [15] [n 3]
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.
  3. Swing and vote share changes for this newly created seat are based on estimates used by the BBC and others regarding how this area voted in 2005

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