Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tiverton and Honiton County constituency |
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| Tiverton and Honiton shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Angela Browning |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Devon |
| EP constituency: | South East 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located in east Devon, covering the towns of Tiverton and Honiton and the surrounding areas. Currently it covers much of the district of Mid Devon.
The Boundary Commission for England has recommended that Devon should in future be divided into 12 constituencies. Therefore the Central Devon CC has been proposed. This new constituency, and also the East Devon constituency, will take parts of the current Tiverton and Honiton seat, which will in turn take eastern parts of the current East Devon constituency.
The redrawn Tiverton and Honiton constituency will consist of the following wards;
From the District of East Devon:- 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 District of Mid Devon:- Canonsleigh, Castle, Clare and Shuttern, Cranmore, Cullompton North, Cullompton Outer, Culllompton South, Halberton, Lower Culm, Lowman, Upper Culm, and Westexe.
The redrawn constituency will have a notional Conservative majority.
[edit] History
The present constituency of Tiverton and Honiton is the result of the merger of the formerly separate constituencies Honiton and Tiverton, the former having existed from 1640 and the latter from 1615. Both elected two members of parliament until the 1884 Reform Bill reduced the number for both to one.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 Angela Browning
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Tiverton and Honiton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Angela Browning | 27,838 | 47.9 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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] References
- Leigh Rayment. List of Parliamentary constituencies. 'T' constituencies. Retrieved on August 6, 2005.
- David Boothroyd. Constituencies in the unreformed House. Constituency enfranchisment dates. Retrieved on August 6, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Midweek Herald Local newspaper covering the Honiton, Axminster and Seaton areas.
- Mid Devon Gazette Local Newspaper serving Tiverton, Crediton and the Culm Valley.
| Constituencies in South West England | |
|---|---|
| Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
