Torridge and Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

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Torridge and Tavistock
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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 [8] 16,049 31.6 –28.2
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty [9] 12,09923.8+5.9
Labour Isabel Saxby [10] 10,76521.2+3.3
Reform UK Andrew Jackson [11] 9,15218.0N/A
Green Judy Maciejowska [12] 2,3504.6+1.2
Independent Alan Edward Rayner4050.8N/A
Majority3,9507.8–34.1
Turnout 50,82068.0–5.1
Registered electors 74,727
Conservative hold Swing –17.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [13]
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

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