Newton Abbot | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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) |
Seats | One |
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]
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.
The District of Teignbridge electoral wards of:
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.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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2010 | Anne Marie Morris | Conservative | |
July 2017 | Independent | ||
December 2017 | Conservative | ||
January 2022 | Independent | ||
May 2022 | Conservative | ||
2024 | Martin Wrigley | Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley [6] | 15,201 | 31.7 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Anne Marie Morris [7] | 12,955 | 27.0 | −28.6 | |
Reform UK | Christopher Hilditch [8] | 8,494 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Jacob Cousens [9] | 7,115 | 14.8 | −2.9 | |
Green | Pauline Wynter [10] | 2,083 | 4.3 | +1.4 | |
South Devon Alliance | Liam Mullone [11] | 1,924 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Heritage | Andre Sabine [12] | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Volt | Annaliese Cude [13] | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,246 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,992 | 65.0 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 73,885 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 19.1 |
2019 notional result [14] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 29,117 | 55.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11,661 | 22.2 | |
Labour | 9,287 | 17.7 | |
Green | 1,505 | 2.9 | |
Others | 840 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 52,410 | 71.8 | |
Electorate | 72,956 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 29,190 | 55.5 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley | 11,689 | 22.2 | +1.4 | |
Labour | James Osben | 9,329 | 17.8 | −4.4 | |
Green | Megan Debenham | 1,508 | 2.9 | +1.1 | |
Independent | David Halpin | 840 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,501 | 33.3 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,556 | 72.5 | +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. [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 28,735 | 55.5 | +8.0 | |
Labour | James Osben | 11,475 | 22.2 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie Chadwick | 10,601 | 20.8 | −3.1 | |
Green | Kathryn Driscoll | 926 | 1.8 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 17,160 | 33.3 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,632 | 72.0 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 22,794 | 47.5 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Younger-Ross | 11,506 | 23.9 | −18.0 | |
UKIP | Rod Peers | 6,726 | 13.9 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Roy Freer | 4,736 | 9.8 | +2.8 | |
Green | Steven Smyth-Bonfield | 2,216 | 4.6 | +3.1 | |
TUSC | Sean Brogan | 221 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,288 | 23.6 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,199 | 69.0 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 20,774 | 43.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Younger-Ross* | 20,251 | 41.9 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Canavan | 3,387 | 7.0 | −4.4 | |
UKIP | Jackie Hooper | 3,088 | 6.4 | −0.1 | |
Green | Corinne Lindsey | 701 | 1.5 | New | |
Independent | Keith Sharp | 82 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 523 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,283 | 69.6 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.8 |
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