Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°49′37″N 3°20′56″W / 50.827°N 3.349°W
| Tiverton and Honiton | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Tiverton and Honiton in Devon. |
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 Location of Devon within England. |
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| County | Devon |
| Electorate | 75,839 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Neil Parish (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Tiverton, Honiton |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Neil Parish of the Conservative Party, elected at the 2010 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located in east Devon, covering the towns of Tiverton and Honiton and the surrounding areas, including parts of the Mid Devon and East Devon districts.
Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, which has increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, the Tiverton and Honiton seat was subject to boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election.[2] Some wards in the Mid Devon district have been transferred to the new Central Devon constituency, and some parts of the East Devon constituency, including the towns of Axminster and Seaton, have been transferred to Tiverton and Honiton to compensate.
The revised Tiverton and Honiton constituency contains the following electoral wards:[2]
- From the East Devon district: Axminster Rural, Axminster Town, Beer and Branscombe, Coly Valley, Dunkeswell, Feniton and Buckerell, Honiton St Michael's, Honiton St Paul's, Newbridges, Otterhead, Seaton, Tale Vale, Trinity, and Yarty.
- From the Mid Devon district: Canonsleigh, Castle, Clare and Shuttern, Cranmore, Cullompton North, Cullompton Outer, Culllompton South, Halberton, Lower Culm, Lowman, Upper Culm, and Westexe.
[edit] History
The present constituency of Tiverton and Honiton is the result of the merger of the formerly separate constituencies of Honiton and Tiverton in 1997. Both were long-established seats, with the former having existed from 1640 and the latter from 1615. Both elected two Members of Parliament until the 1884 Reform Act reduced the number for both to one.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Angela Browning | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Neil Parish | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Tiverton and Honiton[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Neil Parish | 27,614 | 50.3 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jon Underwood | 18,294 | 33.3 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Vernon Whitlock | 4,907 | 8.9 | -4.4 | |
| UKIP | Daryl Stanbury | 3,277 | 6.0 | +1.2 | |
| Green | Cathy Connor | 802 | 1.5 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 9,320 | 17 | |||
| Turnout | 54,894 | 71.5 | +1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Tiverton and Honiton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Angela Browning | 27,838 | 47.9 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Nation | 16,787 | 28.9 | -6.9 | |
| Labour | Fiona Bentley | 7,944 | 13.7 | +1.8 | |
| UKIP | Bob Edwards | 2,499 | 4.3 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | Roy Collins | 1,701 | 2.9 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Colin Matthews | 1,399 | 2.4 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 11,051 | 19 | |||
| Turnout | 58,168 | 69.8 | 0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Tiverton and Honiton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Angela Browning | 26,258 | 47.1 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jim Barnard | 19,974 | 35.8 | -2.7 | |
| Labour | Isabel Owen | 6,647 | 11.9 | -0.9 | |
| UKIP | Alan Langmaid | 1,281 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Matthew Burgess | 1,030 | 1.8 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal | Jenny Roach | 594 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,284 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 55,784 | 69.2 | -8.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-11-24. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Devon_Plymouth_Torbay.doc. Retrieved 2010-04-25.[dead link]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
- ^ Finan, Kevin (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated - Tiverton & Honiton" (MS Word). Acting Returning Officer, Mid Devon District Council. http://www.middevon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13492&p=0. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
[edit] Sources
- David Boothroyd. "Constituencies in the unreformed House". Constituency enfranchisment dates. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
