Torridge and Tavistock

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Torridge and Tavistock
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Torridge and Tavistock constituency.svg
Boundary of Torridge and Tavistock in South West England
County Devon
Electorate 74,802 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Tavistock
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Torridge and West Devon & South West Devon

Torridge and Tavistock 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] It is represented by Conservative Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, who had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Torridge and West Devon from 2005 to 2024. [4]

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It comprises the bulk of the former Torridge and West Devon seat, excluding the West Devon Borough wards of Buckland Monachorum and Burrator in the south, which were transferred to South West Devon. [6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Geoffrey Cox Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Torridge and Tavistock [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Cox 16,049 31.6 −28.2
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty12,09923.8+5.9
Labour Isabel Saxby10,76521.2+3.3
Reform Andrew Jackson9,15218.0N/A
Green Judy Maciejowska2,3504.6+1.2
Independent Alan Edward Rayner4050.8N/A
Majority 3,9507.8−34.1
Turnout 50,82068.0−5.1
Registered electors 74,727
Conservative hold Swing −17.1
2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote%
Conservative 32,70859.8
Liberal Democrats 9,80917.9
Labour 9,76117.9
Green 1,8433.4
Others5471.0
Turnout54,66873.1
Electorate74,802

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. ↑ "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Have your say on major new boundary changes for Devon". Tavistock Times Gazette. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Sir Geoffrey Cox - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  6. ↑ "New Seat Details - Torridge and Tavistock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Torridge and Tavistock - General election results 2024". BBC News . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "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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