Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Torbay Borough constituency |
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| Torbay shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Adrian Sanders |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Devon |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Torbay is a borough 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 based around the unitary authority of Torbay in Devon. It includes the eleven wards of the Borough of Torbay:
- Clifton-with-Maidenway
- Cockington-with-Chelston
- Ellacombe
- Goodrington-with-Roselands
- Preston
- Roundham-with-Hyde
- St Marychurch
- Shiphay-with-the-Willows
- Tormohun
- Watcombe
- Wellswood.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Constituency created (February 1974)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Frederic Mackarness Bennett | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Rupert Allason | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Adrian Sanders | Liberal Democrat | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Torbay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Sanders | 19,317 | 40.8 | -9.7 | |
| Conservative | Marcus Wood | 17,288 | 36.5 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | David Pedrick-Friend | 6,972 | 14.7 | +5.3 | |
| UKIP | Graham Booth | 3,726 | 7.9 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 2,029 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,303 | 61.9 | -0.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Torbay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Sanders | 24,015 | 50.5 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Christian Sweeting | 17,307 | 36.4 | -3.2 | |
| Labour | John MacKay | 4,484 | 9.4 | -5.4 | |
| UKIP | Graham Booth | 1,512 | 3.2 | -0.5 | |
| Independent (politician) | Pam Neale | 251 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,708 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,569 | 62.5 | -11.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| 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) | |
