East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

East Devon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of East Devon in Devon for the 2010 general election.
Outline map
Location of Devon within England.
County Devon
Electorate 72,406 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Exmouth, Ottery St Mary, Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Hugo Swire (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Honiton
1868–1885
Number of members Two
Type of constituency County constituency
Replaced by Ashburton
Honiton
Torquay
Created from South Devon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

East Devon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Hugo Swire of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

1997–2010: The District of East Devon wards of Axminster Hamlets, Axminster Town, Beer, Budleigh Salterton, Colyton, Edenvale, Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham Rural, Exmouth Littleham Urban, Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth Withycombe Urban, Lympstone, Newbridges, Newton Poppleford and Harpford, Raleigh, Seaton, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Town, Sidmouth Woolbrook, Trinity, Upper Axe, Woodbury, and Yarty.

2010-present: The District of East Devon wards of Broadclyst, Budleigh, Clyst Valley, Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham, Exmouth Town, Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, Newton Poppleford and Harpford, Ottery St Mary Rural, Ottery St Mary Town, Raleigh, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Sidford, Sidmouth Town, Whimple, and Woodbury and Lympstone, and the City of Exeter wards of St Loyes and Topsham.

The constituency is in the county of Devon, directly east of Exeter and has a shoreline on the Jurassic Coast.

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, East Devon was subject to significant boundary changes at the 2010 general election.[2] In particular, the towns of Axminster and Seaton were transferred to the Tiverton and Honiton constituency. Also, two wards from the City of Exeter are now part of the East Devon seat.

Constituency profile

The main settlements in the constituency are the seaside resorts of Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth, and the inland towns of Ottery St Mary and Cranbrook.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1868–1885

  • Constituency created – two seats (1868)
ElectionFirst member[3] First partySecond member[3]Second party
1868 Sir Lawrence Palk, BtConservative Edward CourtenayConservative
1870 Sir John Kennaway, BtConservative
1880 William WalrondConservative
1885 Constituency abolished

The two-seat constituency of East Devon was abolished at the 1885 general election.

MPs 1997-present

At the 1997 general election a new constituency of East Devon was established. Sir Peter Emery, MP for Honiton since a 1967 by-election, represented the new East Devon seat until standing down in 2001, when Hugo Swire was elected.

In 2015 and 2017, the seat saw an unusually strong performance for the Independent anti-austerity candidacy of Claire Wright, a Devon County Councillor, winning 24% of the vote in 2015 and 35% in 2017 and coming second, and significantly ahead of any other candidates, both times.

ElectionMember[3] Party
1997 Sir Peter Emery Conservative
2001 Sir Hugo Swire Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

[4]

General Election 2017: East Devon[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugo Swire 29,306 48.5 +2.1
Independent Claire Wright 21,270 35.2 +11.2
Labour Jan Ross 6,857 11.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Alison Eden 1,468 2.4 −4.4
UKIP Brigitte Graham 1,203 2.0 −10.6
Independent Peter Faithfull 150 0.2 N/A
Independent Michael Davies 128 0.2 N/A
Majority 8,036 13.3
Turnout 60,382 73.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2015: East Devon[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugo Swire 25,401 46.4 −1.9
Independent Claire Wright 13,140 24.0 New
UKIP Andrew Chapman 6,870 12.5 +4.4
Labour Steve Race[7] 5,591 10.2 −0.6
Liberal Democrat Stuart Mole 3,715 6.8 −24.4
Majority 12,261 22.4
Turnout 54,717 73.7
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
General Election 2010: East Devon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugo Swire 25,662 48.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Paull Robathan 16,548 31.2 +3.1
Labour Gareth Manson 5,721 10.8 −7.5
UKIP Mike Amor 4,346 8.2 +2.6
Green Sharon Pavey 815 1.5 +1.5
Majority 9,114 17.2
Turnout 53,092 72.6 +4.6
Conservative hold Swing −1.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: East Devon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugo Swire 23,075 46.9 −0.5
Liberal Democrat Tim Dumper 15,139 30.7 +0.4
Labour James Court 7,598 15.4 -1.3
UKIP Colin McNamee 3,035 6.2 +0.6
Independent (politician) Christopher Way 400 0.8 +0.8
Majority 7,936 16.1
Turnout 49,247 69.4 0.6
Conservative hold Swing −0.5
General Election 2001: East Devon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugo Swire 22,681 47.4 +4.0
Liberal Democrat Tim Dumper 14,486 30.3 +1.2
Labour Phil Starr 7,974 16.7 −1.0
UKIP David Wilson 2,696 5.6 +4.8
Majority 8,195 17.1
Turnout 47,837 68.8 −7.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: East Devon[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Emery 22,797 43.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Rachel Trethewey 15,308 29.1 N/A
Labour Andrew Siantonas 9,292 17.7 N/A
Referendum William Dixon 3,200 6.1 N/A
Liberal Geoffrey Halliwell 1,363 2.6 N/A
UKIP Colin Giffard 459 0.9 N/A
National Democrats Gary Needs 131 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,494 14.25 N/A
Turnout 52,550 76.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 4 Jul 1885: East Devon (1 seat)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Walrond Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1880: East Devon (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Kennaway 4,501 36.2 N/A
Conservative William Walrond 4,457 35.8 N/A
Liberal John Barton Sterling[14] 3,487 28.0 N/A
Majority 970 7.8 N/A
Turnout 7,988 (est) 76.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 10,416
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: East Devon (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Kennaway Unopposed
Conservative William Walrond Unopposed
Registered electors 10,246
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 9 Apr 1870: East Devon (1 seat)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Walrond Unopposed
Conservative hold
  • Caused by Courtenay's resignation.

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1868: East Devon (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lawrence Palk 4,034 35.1 N/A
Conservative Edward Courtenay 4,016 34.9 N/A
Liberal Charles Joseph Wade[15] 3,457 30.0 N/A
Majority 559 4.9 N/A
Turnout 7,482 (est) 75.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 9,933
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.

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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000678
  5. ↑ "Statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and situation of polling stations: East Devon" (PDF). East Devon District Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Labour, East Devon (16 February 2015). "East Devon unanimously and warmly selected Steve Race as their PPC.. Agent Ray Davison said: ' Steve is in every way an MP to be.'".
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Devon East [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  14. ↑ "East Devon Election". Western Times. 7 April 1880. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  15. ↑ "C. J. Wade, Esq". Western Times. 6 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

Sources

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
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