Tiverton and Minehead

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Tiverton and Minehead
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Tiverton and Minehead constituency.svg
Boundary of Tiverton and Minehead in South West England
County Somerset (majority)
Devon (minority)
Electorate 70,829 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Bridgwater and West Somerset, Taunton Deane & Tiverton and Honiton

Tiverton and Minehead 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] Its first MP is Liberal Democrat Rachel Gilmour, who defeated Ian Liddell-Grainger, the Conservative MP for Bridgwater then Bridgwater and West Somerset from 2001 to 2024.

Contents

The constituency is named after the Devon town of Tiverton and the Somerset town of Minehead. [4]

Boundaries

The constituency, which crosses the boundary between the counties of Devon and Somerset, is defined as composing the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. [6] In addition, a local government boundary review was carried out in Mid Devon which came into effect in May 2023. [7] [8] The constituency therefore now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

The seat covers the following areas: [9]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Rachel Gilmour Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Tiverton and Minehead [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Gilmour 18,326 38.6 +19.1
Conservative Ian Liddell-Grainger 14,81931.2–30.1
Reform Frederick Keen7,78716.4N/A
Labour Jonathan Barter4,3259.1–5.2
Green Laura Buchanan2,2344.7+0.4
Majority 3,5077.4N/A
Turnout 47,49166.1–3.7
Registered electors 71,843
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg24.6
2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote%
Conservative 30,29761.3
Liberal Democrats 9,63219.5
Labour 7,07014.3
Green 2,1034.3
Independent 3090.6
Turnout49,41169.8
Electorate70,829

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 29 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Shake-up revealed for Somerset MPs' boundaries". BBC News. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  4. ↑ Mumby, Daniel; Wimperis, John (2024-05-23). "Situation in every Somerset seat as General Election called". Somerset Live. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  6. ↑ "The Somerset (Structural Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ↑ LGBCE. "Mid Devon | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  8. ↑ "The Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  9. 1 2 "New Seat Details - Tiverton and Minehead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  10. ↑ "Election result for Tiverton and Minehead". UK Parliament . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "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.
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