Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Torridge and West Devon County constituency
Torridge and West Devon shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Geoffrey Cox
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

Torridge and West Devon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the western portion of Devon. The main towns within the constituency are Bideford, Great Torrington, Holsworthy, Okehampton and Tavistock.

[edit] Boundary review

Following a review of constituency boundaries conducted by the Boundary Commission for England in Devon, a significant change to existing constituencies means many electoral wards have been used to become part of a new Central Devon constituency. These changes have now become law.

The constituency will lose wards of West Devon Borough in the north and west of that local authority surrounding Okehampton.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)
• 1983 — 1987: Sir Peter Mills, Conservative (previously MP for the replaced West Devon constituency)
• 1987 — 1997: Emma Nicholson, Conservative until 1995, then Liberal Democrat
• 1997 — 2005: John Burnett, Liberal Democrat
• 2005 — present: Geoffrey Cox, Conservative

Prospective Parliamentary Candidates

The Labour Party have recently selected the 21 year old, Darren P Jones, to fight the next General Election in Torridge and West Devon.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Devon West and Torridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	25,013	42.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Walter	21,777	37.2	-5.0
	Labour	Rebecca Richards	6,001	10.2	-0.5
	UK Independence	Matthew Jackson	3,790	6.5	+1.7
	Green	Peter Christie	2,003	3.4	+1.1
Majority			3,236	5.5
Turnout			58,584	70.2	-0.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+3.9

General Election 2001: Torridge and West Devon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Burnett	23,474	42.2	+0.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	22,280	40.0	+1.5
	Labour	David Brenton	5,959	10.7	-1.7
	UK Independence	Bob Edwards	2,674	4.8	+1.7
	Green	Martin Quinn	1,297	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,194	2.2
Turnout			55,684	70.5	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

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