Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

The ceremonial county of Devon , which includes the unitary authorities of Torbay and Plymouth, is divided into 13 Parliamentary constituencies: 4 Borough constituencies and 9 County constituencies, one of which crosses the county boundary with Somerset.

Constituencies

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Devon elected the following MPs:

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Central Devon	75,385	61		Mel Stride†		Ollie Pearson‡
Exeter	67,840	11,937		Steve Race‡		Tessa Tucker†
Exmouth and Exeter East	79,983	121		David Reed†		Helen Dallimore‡
Honiton and Sidmouth	75,537	6,700		Richard Foord¤		Simon Jupp†
Newton Abbot	73,885	2,246		Martin Wrigley¤		Anne-Marie Morris†
North Devon	79,068	6,744		Ian Roome¤		Selaine Saxby†
Plymouth Moor View	74,724	5,604		Fred Thomas‡		Johnny Mercer†
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	75,313	13,328		Luke Pollard‡		Peter Gold (Reform UK)
South Devon	70,755	7,127		Caroline Voaden¤		Anthony Mangnall†
South West Devon	77,600	2,112		Rebecca Smith†		Sarah Allen‡
Torbay	76,179	5,349		Steve Darling¤		Kevin Foster†
Torridge and Tavistock	74,727	3,950		Geoffrey Cox†		Phil Hutty¤
Tiverton and Minehead (part)	71,843	3,507		Rachel Gilmour¤		Ian Liddell-Grainger†

2024 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Central Devon  CC East Devon  CC Exeter  BC Newton Abbot  CC North Devon  CC Plymouth Moor View  BC Plymouth Sutton and Devonport  BC South West Devon  CC Tiverton and Honiton  CC Torbay  BC Torridge and West Devon  CC Totnes  CC	2010-2024 constituencies in Devon	Central Devon  CC Exeter  BC Exmouth and Exeter East  CC Honiton and Sidmouth  CC Newton Abbot  CC North Devon  CC Plymouth Moor View  BC Plymouth Sutton and Devonport  BC South Devon  CC South West Devon  CC Tiverton and Minehead  CC Torbay  BC Torridge and Tavistock  CC	Constituencies in Devon since 2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Devon with Avon and Somerset as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Devon, East Devon, and Tiverton and Honiton were abolished, being replaced by Exmouth and Exeter East, Honiton and Sidmouth, and the cross-county boundary constituency of Tiverton and Minehead. Torridge and West Devon and Totnes were renamed Torridge and Tavistock, and South Devon respectively, despite only minor boundary changes to each. ^{[1] [2]}

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from East Devon

• Exmouth and Exeter East (part)
• Honiton and Sidmouth (part)

Containing electoral wards from Exeter

• Exeter
• Exmouth and Exeter East (part)

Containing electoral wards from Mid Devon

• Central Devon (part)
• Honiton and Sidmouth (part)
• Tiverton and Minehead (part in the Somerset District of Somerset West and Taunton)

Containing electoral wards from North Devon

• North Devon

Containing electoral wards from Plymouth

• Plymouth Moor View
• Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
• South West Devon (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Hams

• South West Devon (part)
• South Devon (part)

Containing electoral wards from Teignbridge

• Central Devon (part)
• Newton Abbot

Containing electoral wards from Torbay

• Torbay
• South Devon (part)

Containing electoral wards from Torridge

• Torridge and Tavistock (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Devon

• Central Devon (part)
• South West Devon (part)
• Torridge and Tavistock (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[3]

2024

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	165,316	28.7%	25.2%	4	6
Liberal Democrats	143,624	24.9%	10.2%	5	5
Labour	135,300	23.5%	0.7%	3	1
Reform	85,711	14.9%	14.9%	0	0
Greens	41,036	7.1%	3.8%	0	0
Others	4,690	0.8%	3.8%	0	0
Total	575,677	100.0		12

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Devon in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	355,052	53.9%	2.8%	10	0
Labour	150,169	22.8%	6.2%	2	0
Liberal Democrats	96,809	14.7%	2.2%	0	0
Greens	22,004	3.3%	1.3%	0	0
Brexit	4,337	0.7%	new	0	0
Others	30,836	4.6%	0.8%	0	0
Total	659,207	100.0		12

Percentage votes

Election year	1924	1929	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative 1	52.3	43.0	49.3	50.3	55.8	55.3	52.9	47.6	47.5	52.8	45.5	45.0	43.9	52.8	49.5	47.6	36.8	39.0	38.1	43.3	46.2	51.1	53.9
Labour	13.7	16.3	34.1	34.1	36.5	33.3	27.6	26.9	32.8	29.4	21.8	24.9	22.1	11.1	13.1	19.2	25.9	23.6	20.4	14.2	18.0	29.0	22.8
Liberal Democrat 2	34.0	36.4	16.2	15.6	7.7	11.3	19.5	25.5	19.6	17.8	32.6	29.9	22.8	35.4	36.6	30.3	31.3	31.9	32.7	33.4	13.2	12.5	14.7
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.6	5.6	2.0	3.3
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	6.1	14.6	1.7	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7
Other	-	4.2	0.4	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.9	6.1	5.5	8.8	1.3	2.3	3.7	4.6

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966 and one National candidate in 1945

²pre-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Meaningful vote percentages are not available for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923, 1931 and 1935 since at least one seat was gained unopposed.

Seats

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative 1	8	9	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	5	4	5	8	11	10	10
Labour	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	1	2	2
Liberal Democrat 2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	0	0	0
Total	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
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  Dec 1910

1918-1945

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979

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  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  1974 Feb
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  1974 Oct
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  1979

1983-present

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  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2010
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  2015
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  2024

Historical results by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1906 (13 MPs)

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	91	1892	1895	98	99	00	1900	02	04
Ashburton	Seale-Hayne										Eve
Barnstaple	Pitt-Lewis	→		Billson	Gull				Soares
Devonport (two MPs)	Puleston			Morton						Lockie	J. Benn
	Price			Kearley
Exeter	Northcote						Vincent
Honiton	Kennaway
Plymouth (two MPs)	Clarke							Guest			→
	Bates			Pearce	Harrison	Mendl			Duke
South Molton	Wallop	→	Lambert
Tavistock	Fortescue	→		Luttrell					Spear
Tiverton	Walrond
Torquay	McIver	Mallock			Philpotts				Layland-Barratt
Totnes	Mildmay	→

1906 to 1918 (13 MPs)

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1906	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	12	15	18
Ashburton	Eve	Morrison-Bell	Buxton	Morrison-Bell		→
Barnstaple	Soares				Baring
Devonport (two MPs)	J. Benn		Jackson
	Kearley		Kinloch-Cooke
Exeter	Kekewich		Duke	St Maur	Duke			Newman
Honiton	Kennaway		Morrison-Bell
Plymouth (two MPs)	Dobson		Williams	W. Astor
	Mallet			A. Benn
South Molton	Lambert
Tavistock	Luttrell			Spear
Tiverton	Walrond jnr						Carew
Torquay	Layland-Barratt			Burn		→
Totnes	→					→

1918 to 1950 (11 MPs)

   Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Common Wealth    Conservative    Independent Conservative    Independent National    Labour    Liberal    National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency	1918	19	1922	23	1923	1924	28	1929	31	1931	1935	37	42	1945
Barnstaple	Rees		B. Peto		Rees	B. Peto					R. Dyke Acland		→	C. Peto
Exeter	Newman							→		Reed				Maude
Honiton	Morrison-Bell									Drewe
Plymouth Devonport	Kinloch-Cooke				Hore-Belisha				→				→	Foot
Plymouth Drake	A. Benn							Moses		F. Guest		C. Guest		Medland
Plymouth Sutton	W. Astor	N. Astor												Middleton
South Molton	Lambert		→			Drewe		Lambert	→					Lambert jnr
Tavistock	Williams		Thornton			Kenyon-Slaney	Wright			Patrick			Studholme
Tiverton	Carew		Sparkes	F. Dyke Acland		Acland-Troyte								Heathcoat-Amory
Torquay	Burn				Thompson	Williams
Totnes	Mildmay		Harvey		Vivian	Harvey					Rayner

1950 to 1983 (10 MPs)

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal    National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	55	58	1959	60	1964	1966	67	1970	Feb 74	Oct 74	1979	81
Tavistock	Studholme								Heseltine
Devon North	C. Peto		Lindsay			Thorpe								Speller
Exeter	Maude	Dudley-Williams							Dunwoody		Hannam
Honiton	Drewe		Mathew							Emery
Plymouth Devonport	Foot		Vickers					→				Owen			→
Plymouth Sutton	Middleton	J. Astor				Fraser			Owen			Clark
Tiverton	Heathcoat-Amory						Maxwell-Hyslop
Torquay / Torbay (1974)	Williams			Bennett
Torrington / Devon West (1974)	Lambert jnr				Bonham-Carter	Browne		Mills
Totnes	Rayner		Mawby
Plymouth Drake												Fookes

1983 to 2010 (11 MPs)

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Social Democratic (1983-88) / Social Democratic Party (1988-90)

Constituency	1983	1987	90	1992	95	1997	2001	2005
Plymouth Drake	Fookes
Devon North	Speller			Harvey
Devon West and Torridge	Mills	Nicholson			→	Burnett		Cox
Exeter	Hannam					Bradshaw
Honiton (1983–97) / East Devon (1997)	Emery						Swire
Plymouth Devonport	Owen		→	Jamieson				Seabeck
Plymouth Sutton	Clark			Streeter		Gilroy
South Hams (1983–97) / Totnes (1997)	Steen
Teignbridge	Nicholls						Younger-Ross
Tiverton (1983–97) / Tiverton & Honiton (1997)	Maxwell-Hyslop			Browning
Torbay	Bennett	Allason				Sanders
South West Devon						Streeter

2010 to present (12 MPs)

   Change UK    Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	2010	2015	2017	17	17	19		2019	22		2024
Central Devon	Stride
Devon North	Harvey	Heaton-Jones						Saxby			Roome
Devon W & Torridge (2010–24) / Torridge & Tavistock (2024)	Cox
East Devon (2010–24) / Exmouth & Exeter East (2024)	Swire							Jupp			Reed
Exeter	Bradshaw										Race
Newton Abbot	Morris			→	→				→	→	Wrigley
Plymouth Moor View	Seabeck	Mercer									Thomas
Plymouth Sutton & Devonport	Colvile		Pollard
South West Devon	Streeter										Smith
Tiverton & Honiton 1 / Honiton & Sidmouth (2024)	Parish								→	Foord
Torbay	Sanders	Foster									Darling
Totnes (2010–24) / South Devon (2024)	Wollaston					→	→	Mangnall			Voaden

¹parts transferred in 2024 to Tiverton and Minehead which is mostly in Somerset

See also

• List of constituencies in South West England

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

References

1. "Electoral map shake-up for Devon". DevonLive. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1127-1178. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
3. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".