Newton Abbot | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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] in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Anne Marie Morris, a Conservative. [n 2]
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 eleven to twelve.
It replaced the southern part of the former Teignbridge seat, including the town of Newton Abbot itself, as well as Dawlish and Teignmouth. [2] Nominally, the 2010 result 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 at the 2010 election.
The constituency is in the district of Teignbridge and has the following 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. [3]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025. [4]
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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2010 | Anne Marie Morris | Conservative | |
July 2017 | Independent | ||
December 2017 | Conservative | ||
January 2022 | Independent | ||
May 2022 | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley [6] | ||||
Reform UK | Christopher Hilditch [7] | ||||
Green | Pauline Wynter [8] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 29,190 | 55.5 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wrigley | 11,689 | 22.2 | +1.4 | |
Labour | James Osben | 9,329 | 17.8 | -4.4 | |
Green | Megan Debenham | 1,508 | 2.9 | +1.1 | |
Independent | David Halpin | 840 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,501 | 33.3 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,556 | 72.5 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Additionally Richard Manley stood as PPC for the Renew Party, standing down in favour of Martin Wrigley as part of the Unite to Remain pact. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 28,735 | 55.5 | +8.0 | |
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 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,632 | 72.0 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Marie Morris | 22,794 | 47.5 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Younger-Ross | 11,506 | 23.9 | -18.0 | |
UKIP | Rod Peers | 6,726 | 13.9 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Roy Freer | 4,736 | 9.8 | +2.8 | |
Green | Steven Smyth-Bonfield | 2,216 | 4.6 | +3.1 | |
TUSC | Sean Brogan | 221 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,288 | 23.6 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,199 | 69.0 | -0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Independent | Keith Sharp | 82 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 523 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,283 | 69.6 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.8 |