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50°43′19″N 3°32′02″W / 50.722°N 3.534°W / 50.722; -3.534

Exeter
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Exeter in Devon
Outline map
Location of Devon within England
CountyDevon
Electorate76,796 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsExeter
Current constituency
Created1295
Member of ParliamentBen Bradshaw (Labour)
Seats1295–1885: Two
1885–present: One

Exeter /ˈɛksətər/ is a constituency[n 1] composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2] The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation and has been represented since 1997 by Ben Bradshaw of the Labour Party, who served in government as a Health Minister and as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2009–2010).

Boundaries

1918-1983: The County Borough of Exeter.

1983-2010: The City of Exeter.

2010–present: The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David’s, St James, St Leonard’s, St Thomas, and Whipton and Barton.

The constituency covers most of the city of Exeter in Devon. 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, two wards of the City of Exeter (St Loyes and Topsham) have been transferred to the neighbouring East Devon constituency.[2]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1351 John Prescott[3]
1353 John Prescott[3]
1365 John Prescott[3]
1368 John Prescott[3]
1386 John Grey Richard Bosom[4]
1388 (Feb) Peter Hadley Thomas Raymond[4]
1388 (Sep) Peter Hadley Adam Creedy[4]
1390 (Jan) Adam Golde William Frye[4]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Grey William Frye[4]
1393 John Grey Robert Cobbley[4]
1394 John Grey Richard Bosom[4]
1395 John Grey William Wilford[4]
1397 (Jan) John Grey William Wilford[4]
1397 (Sep) William Frye William Wilford[4]
1399 Roger Golde Robert Cobbley[4]
1401 Adam Scut John Coscombe[4]
1402 Roger Golde William Morehay[4]
1404 (Jan) William Wilford Thomas Raymond[4]
1404 (Oct) John Nywaman John Lake[4]
1406 Roger Golde William Dimmock[4]
1407 Nicholas Clerk William Morehay[4]
1410 Richard Raymond John Shaplegh I[4]
1411 William Wilford John Lake[4]
1413 (Feb) Thomas Eston Peter Sturt[4]
1413 (May) Richard Bosom John Pollow[4]
1414 (Apr) John Wilford John Shaplegh II[4]
1414 (Nov) Roger Golde John Wilford[4]
1415 Richard Crese John Pollow[4]
1416 (Mar) Roger Golde Robert Vessy[4]
1416 (Oct) Roger Golde John Pollow[4]
1417 John Shaplegh II Thomas Cook[4]
1419 John Shaplegh II John Pollow[4]
1420 John Shaplegh II Richard Crese[4]
1421 (May) John Cutler alias Carwithan Roger Shillingford[4]
1421 (Dec) John Shaplegh II John Shillingford[4]
1510 Thomas Andrew John Orenge[5]
1512 Richard Hewet John Simon[5]
1515 Richard Hewet John Simon[5]
1523 John Noseworthy John Bridgeman[5]
1529 Henry Hamlin John Blackaller,
replaced 1534 by John Vowell alias Hooker[5]
1536 ?
1539 John Hull William Hurst[5]
1542 Thomas Spurway William Hurst[5]
1543 Gilbert Kirk replaced Spurway and John Pasmore replaced Hurst[5]
1543 (substitution reversed) Thomas Spurway replaced Kirk, William Hurst replaced Pasmore[5]
1545 John Grenville William Hurst[5]
1547 John Hull, died
and replaced 1549 by Thomas Prestwood		 Griffith Ameredith[5]
1553 (Mar) Robert Weston Richard Hart[5]
1553 (Oct) John Ridgeway Richard Hart[5]
1554 (Apr) John Ridgeway Richard Hart[5]
1554 (Nov) John Grenville John Petre[5]
1555 Sir John Pollard Edmund Sture[5]
1558 John Grenville Walter Staplehill[5]
1558/9 Sir John Pollard Richard Prestwood[6]
1562/3 Thomas Williams, died
and replaced 1566 by Sir Peter Carew		 Geoffrey Tothill[6]
1571 Geoffrey Tothill John Vowell alias Hooker[6]
1572 Geoffrey Tothill, died
and replaced 1576 by Edward Ameredith		 Simon Knight[6]
1584 Thomas Bruarton Richard Prowse[6]
1586 Edward Drew John Vowell alias Hooker[6]
1588 Edward Drew John Peryam[6]
1593 John Hele John Peryam[6]
1597 John Hele William Martin[6]
1601 John Hele John Howell[6]
1604 George Smith John Prowse
1614 John Prowse Thomas Martyn
1621–1622 John Prowse Ignatius Jordain
1624 John Prowse Nicholas Duck
1625 Ignatius Jordain Nicholas Duck
1626 Ignatius Jordain John Hayne
1628-1629 Ignatius Jordain John Lynn
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
Apr 1640 Robert Walker Simon Snow in place of Jacob Tucker
Nov 1640 Robert Walker
disabled 1643		 Simon Snow
1645 Simon Snow
secluded in Pride's Purge		 Samuel Clark
1648 Samuel Clark (one seat only)
1653 Exeter not represented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Thomas Bampfield Thomas Gibbons
1656 Thomas Bampfield Thomas Westlake
1659 Thomas Bampfield Maj. Thomas Gibbon

MPs 1660–1885

Two members

Year First member[7] First party Second member[7] Second party
1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Maynard style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Bampfield
1661 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir James Smyth style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Walker
1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Walker
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Glyde style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Malachi Pyne
1681 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Carew style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Walker
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Walker rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Edward Seymour Tory
Jan 1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Pollexfen
Jun 1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Christopher Bale
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Seyward style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Joseph Tily
1698 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Sir Edward Seymour Tory style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Bartholomew Shower
1702 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | John Snell Tory
Apr 1708 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | John Harris Whig
May 1708 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Nicholas Wood Tory
1710 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Sir Coplestone Bampfylde Tory style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | John Snell Tory
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Rolle rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Drewe
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bampfylde
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Rolle
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Molyneux
1728 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Belfield
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John King rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Balle
1735 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Northcote
1741 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Humphrey Sydenham
1743 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Bampfylde, Bt
1747 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Tuckfield
1754 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Rolle Walter
1767 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Spicer
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Buller
1774 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde
1776 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Baring
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Buller
1796 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde
1802 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Buller
1812 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Courtenay
1818 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert William Newman
Feb 1826 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich
Jun 1826 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lewis William Buck
1830 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Wentworth Buller
1832 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Divett
1835 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Webb Follett
1845 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, Bt
1857 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Sommers Gard
1864 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Courtenay
1865 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Coleridge Liberal
1868 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edgar Alfred Bowring
1873 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Mills
1874 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John George Johnson
1880 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Johnson style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Northcote Conservative
1885 representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election Member[7] Party
1885 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Northcote Conservative
1899 by-election style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Edgar Vincent Conservative
1906 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir George Kekewich Liberal
January 1910 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Duke Conservative
December 1910[8] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harold St Maur Liberal
1911[8] style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Duke Conservative
1918 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Robert Newman Conservative
1929 style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent
1931 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Conrad Reed Conservative
1945 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Cyril Maude Conservative
1951 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams, Bt Conservative
1966 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour
1970 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir John Hannam Conservative
1997 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ben Bradshaw Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Exeter[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 34,336 62.0 +15.6
Conservative James Taghdissian 18,219 32.9 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Newcombe 1,562 2.8 −1.5
Green Joe Levy 1,027 1.9 −4.6
Independent Jonathan West 212 0.4 N/A
Independent Jonathan Bishop 67 0.1 N/A
Majority 16,117 29.1 +15.8
Turnout 55,423 71.7 +1.5
Labour hold Swing +7.9
General Election 2015: Exeter[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 25,062 46.4 +8.2
Conservative Dom Morris 17,879 33.1 +0.1
UKIP Keith Crawford 5,075 9.4 +5.7
Green Diana Moore 3,491 6.5 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Joel Mason 2,321 4.3 −16.2
TUSC Ed Potts 190 0.4 N/A
Majority 7,183 13.3 +8.1
Turnout 54,018 70.2 +2.5
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General Election 2010: Exeter[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 19,942 38.2 −4.0
Conservative Hannah Foster 17,221 33.0 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Oakes 10,581 20.3 −0.7
UKIP Keith Crawford 1,930 3.7 +0.3
Liberal Chris Gale 1,108 2.1 −2.3
Green Paula Black 792 1.5 −2.3
BNP Robert Farmer 673 1.3 +1.3
Majority 2,721 5.2
Turnout 52,247 67.7 +3.4
Labour hold Swing −6.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Exeter[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 22,619 41.1 −8.7
Conservative Peter Cox 14,954 27.2 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Jon Underwood 11,340 20.6 +8.2
Liberal Margaret Danks 2,214 4.0 −0.9
Green Tim Brenan 1,896 3.4 +1.0
UKIP Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker 1,854 3.4 +1.3
Independent John Stuart 191 0.3 +0.3
Majority 7,665 13.9
Turnout 55,068 64.8 0.6
Labour hold Swing −4.2
General Election 2001: Exeter[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 26,194 49.8 +2.3
Conservative Anne Jobson 14,435 27.4 −1.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Copus 6,512 12.4 −5.6
Liberal David J Morrish 2,596 4.9 +1.6
Green Paul Edwards 1,240 2.4 +1.3
UKIP John Stuart 1,109 2.1 +1.1
Socialist Alliance Francis Choules 530 1.0 N/A
Majority 11,759 22.4
Turnout 52,616 64.2 −13.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Exeter[15][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Bradshaw 29,398 47.5 +11.8
Conservative Adrian Rogers 17,693 28.6 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Brewer 11,148 18.0 −1.1
Liberal David J Morrish 2,062 3.3 +1.5
Green Paul Edwards 643 1.0 +0.2
Independent Corrine Haynes 638 1.0 N/A
Independent James Meakin 282 0.5 N/A
Majority 11,705 18.9
Turnout 61,864 78.2 −4.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.5
General Election 1992: Exeter[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 25,543 41.1 −3.3
Labour John N. Lloyd 22,498 36.2 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Graham J. Oakes 12,059 19.4 −12.3
Liberal Alison C. Micklem 1,119 1.8 +1.8
Green Tim J.R. Brenan 764 1.2 +0.2
Natural Law Michael J. Turnbull 98 0.2 N/A
Majority 3,045 4.9 −7.7
Turnout 62,081 80.5 −0.1
Conservative hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Exeter[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 26,922 44.40 −2.12
SDP Mike Thomas 19,266 31.77 +2.49
Labour John Vincent 13,643 22.50 −0.34
Green Raymond Vail 597 0.98 −0.38
L.A.P.P Nigel Byles 209 0.34
Majority 7,656 12.63
Turnout 60,637 80.63
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Exeter[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 26,660 46.52 −1.89
SDP S. Mennell 16,780 29.28 +13.68
Labour R. Evans 13,088 22.84 −11.27
Ecology P. Frings 779 1.36 −0.52
Majority 9,880 17.24
Turnout 57,307 78.03
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 27,173 48.41
Labour G.W. Hobbs 19,146 34.11
Liberal H. Marsh 8,756 15.60
Ecology P. Frings 1,053 1.88
Majority 8,027 14.30
Turnout 56,128 81.55
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 21,970 40.73
Labour F Keith Taylor 19,622 36.38
Liberal David J Morrish 12,342 22.88
Majority 2,348 4.35
Turnout 53,934 80.28
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 22,762 40.10
Labour G. Powell 17,686 31.15
Liberal David J Morrish 16,322 28.75
Majority 5,076 8.94
Turnout 56,770 85.28
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hannam 21,680 45.02
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 20,409 42.38
Liberal David J Morrish 6,672 13.61
Majority 1,271 2.64
Turnout 48,761 81.05
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 22,199 48.60 +10.29
Conservative Rolf Dudley-Williams 18,613 40.75 −0.69
Liberal Ronald Cuthbert Thompson 4,869 10.66 −9.59
Majority 3,586 7.85
Turnout 45,681 83.63
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1964: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rolf Dudley-Williams 18,035 41.44 −7.22
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 16,673 38.31 +2.42
Liberal Ronald Cuthbert Thompson 8,815 20.25 +4.8
Majority 1,362 3.13
Turnout 43,523 80.34
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rolf Dudley-Williams 21,579 48.66
Labour Albert John Rogers 15,918 35.89
Liberal Gordon Taylor 6,852 15.45
Majority 5,661 12.76
Turnout 44,349 82.00
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rolf Dudley-Williams 24,147 56.28
Labour Leslie C. Merrion 18,759 43.72
Majority 5,388 12.56
Turnout 42,906 79.31
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rolf Dudley-Williams 23,218 50.80
Labour Edward S.D. Bishop 18,576 40.65
Liberal Ellen E Tinkham 3,908 8.55
Majority 4,642 10.16
Turnout 45,702 84.13
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Maude 24,339 53.52
Labour Tom Horabin 21,135 46.48
Majority 3,204 7.05
Turnout 45,474 86.00
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Maude 16,420 43.34 −17.44
Labour Reginald J Travess 15,245 40.24 +1.02
Liberal Freda Evelyn Griffith Morgan 6,220 16.42 +16.42
Majority 1,175 3.10
Turnout 37,885 74.46
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1935: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Reed 21,192 60.78 +5.59
Labour John Stafford Cripps 13,674 39.22 +17.65
Majority 7,518 21.56
Turnout 34,866 75.86
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Exeter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Reed 20,360 55.19 +32.49
Liberal Eleanor Acland 8,571 23.23 +23.23
Labour James Viner Delahaye 7,958 21.57 −6.23
Majority 11,789 31.96
Turnout 36,889 84.77
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Exeter[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist Robert Newman 16,642 49.5 −8.0
Labour J. Lloyd Jones 9,361 27.8 +2.6
Unionist Geoffrey Dorling Roberts 7,622 22.7 n/a
Majority 7,281 21.7 −10.6
Turnout 81.9 −0.2
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist Swing n/a
General Election 1924: Exeter[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Newman 14,522 57.5 −10.2
Labour A J Penny 6,359 25.2 −7.1
Liberal Thomas Fairchild Day 4,359 17.3 n/a
Majority 8,163 32.3 −3.1
Turnout 82.1 +9.5
Unionist hold Swing -1.5
General Election 1923: Exeter [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Newman 14,908 67.7 +11.0
Labour Lothian Small 7,123 32.3 n/a
Majority 7,785 35.4 +22.0
Turnout 72.6 −13.0
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Leonard Costello
General Election 1922 : Exeter[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Newman 14,326 56.7 −2.0
Liberal Leonard Costello 10,920 43.3 +2.0
Majority 13.4 −4.0
Turnout 85.6 +17.4
Unionist hold Swing -2.0

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Exeter [24][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Northcote 3,315 51.9 n/a
Liberal Edward Johnson 3,074 48.1 n/a
Majority 241 3.8 n/a
Turnout 6,389 91.8 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Exeter [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Northcote 3,222 52.8 +0.9
Liberal Edward Johnson 2,879 47.2 −0.9
Majority 343 5.6 +1.8
Turnout 6,101 87.6 −4.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Exeter [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Northcote 3,884 53.8
Liberal Albert Dunn 3,329 46.2
Majority 555 7.6
Turnout 7,213 90.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: Exeter [24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Northcote 3,857 53.4 −0.4
Liberal Adam Spencer Hogg 3,363 46.6 +0.4
Majority 494 6.8 −0.8
Turnout 7,220 88.1 −2.4
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Exeter by-election, 1899 [24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edgar Vincent 4,030 54.5
Liberal Allan Bright 3,371 45.5
Majority 659 9.0
Turnout 7,401 86.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Exeter [24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edgar Vincent 4,001 54.1 −0.4
Liberal Allan Bright 3,388 45.9 +0.4
Majority 613 8.2
Turnout 84.9 −1.2
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Kekewich
General Election 1906: Exeter [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Kekewich 4,469 50.5 +4.6
Conservative Edgar Vincent 4,384 49.5 −4.6
Majority 85 1.0 9.2
Turnout 8,853 92.5 +7.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Exeter [24][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Duke 4,902 50.1 +0.6
Liberal Harold St. Maur 4,876 49.9 −0.6
Majority 26 0.3 1.2
Turnout 9,778 94.2 +1.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.6
St Maur
General Election December 1910 Exeter[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Duke 4,777 50.0 −0.1
Liberal 4,776 50.0 +0.1
Majority 1 0.0 −0.1
Turnout 9,553 92.0 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
  • St Maur was elected but unseated on petition to the courts

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1918 Exeter[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 12,524 58.7
Liberal Leonard Costello 8,806 41.3
Majority 3,718 17.4
Turnout 21,330 68.2
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 Exeter[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Kekewich 4,469 50.5
Conservative Edgar Vincent 4,384 49.5
Majority 85 1.0
Turnout 8,853 92.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, Exeter elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "PRESCOTT, John (c.1327-1412), of Prescott, Rake and Exeter, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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  28. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  29. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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