Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)
50°32′46″N 3°29′49″W / 50.546°N 3.497°W
| Newton Abbot | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Newton Abbot in Devon for the 2010 general election | |
 Location of Devon within England | |
| County | Devon |
| Electorate | 69,600 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Anne-Marie Morris (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Teignbridge |
Newton Abbot is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Anne-Marie Morris.[n 2] In each election Morris was elected as a Conservative. Morris was suspended from her party on 10 July 2017 after making a racist comment in public,[2] and sat as an Independent MP until the Conservative Party whip was restored to Morris on 12 December 2017.
History
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposing to create this constituency for the 2010 general election which increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12. It replaces the southern part of the former Teignbridge seat, including the town of Newton Abbot itself, as well as Dawlish and Teignmouth.[3] Nominally the 2010 results was a gain of the seat (LD-Conservative) on a swing of 5.8%. Teignbridge's other successor saw a very similar 6% swing with a much larger margin for the same winning party in Central Devon in the 2010 election.
Boundaries
The constituency is in the district of Teignbridge and has electoral wards:
- Ambrook, Bishopsteignton, Bradley, Buckland and Milber, Bushell, College, Dawlish Central and North East, Dawlish South West, Ipplepen, Kenton with Starcross, Kerswell-with-Combe, Kingsteignton East, Kingsteignton West, Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead, Teignmouth Central, Teignmouth East and Teignmouth West.[4]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Anne Marie Morris | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Independent | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 28,735 | 55.5 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | James Osben | 11,475 | 22.2 | +12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marie Chadwick | 10,601 | 20.8 | −3.1 | |
| Green | Kathryn Driscoll | 926 | 1.8 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 17,160 | 33.3 | +9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,632 | 72.0 | +3.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing |  2.1
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 22,794 | 47.5 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Younger-Ross | 11,506 | 23.9 | −18.1 | |
| UKIP | Rod Peers | 6,726 | 13.9 | +7.6 | |
| Labour | Roy Freer | 4,736 | 9.8 | +2.8 | |
| Green | Steven Smyth-Bonfield | 2,216 | 4.6 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 11,288 | 23.4 | +22.3 | ||
| Turnout | 47,978 | 69 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 20,774 | 43.0 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Younger-Ross* | 20,251 | 41.9 | −3.6 | |
| Labour | Patrick Canavan | 3,387 | 7.0 | −4.4 | |
| UKIP | Jackie Hooper | 3,088 | 6.4 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Corinne Lindsey | 701 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Independent | Keith Sharp | 82 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 523 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 48,283 | 69.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.8 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Swing and vote share changes for this newly created seat are based on estimates used by the BBC and others regarding how this area voted in 2005
- References
- ^ "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) - ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/10/tories-urgently-investigating-after-mp-uses-n-word-at-public-event
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-11-24. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
- ^ "2017 General Election candidates in Devon". Devon Live. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Osborn, Matt; Franklin, Will; Clarke, Seán; Straumann, Ralph. "2015 UK general election results in full". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/richard_younger_ross
- ^ "BBC: Election Results 2010".