Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°32′46″N 3°29′49″W / 50.546°N 3.497°W

Newton Abbot
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newton Abbot in Devon for the 2010 general election.
Location of Devon within England.
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)
Number of members	One
Created from	Teignbridge
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Newton Abbot is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Anne-Marie Morris, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

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 11 to 12. It replaces 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 results 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 in the 2010 election.

Boundaries

The constituency is in the district of Teignbridge and has 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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	2010	Anne-Marie Morris	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Newton Abbot^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anne Marie Morris	22,794	47.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Younger-Ross[7]	11,506	23.9	-18.1
	UKIP	Rod Peers	6,726	13.9	+7.6
	Labour	Roy Freer[8]	4,736	9.8	+2.8
	Green	Steven Smyth-Bonfield[9]	2,216	4.6	+3.1
Majority			11,288	23.4	+22.3
Turnout			47,978	69	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.2

General Election 2010: Newton Abbot^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anne Marie Morris	20,774	43.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	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	+1.5
	Independent	Keith Sharp	82	0.2	+0.2
Majority			523	1.1
Turnout			48,283	69.6	+0.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+5.8

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

Notes and references

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. 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
3. "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-11-24. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. http://www.libdems.org.uk/richard_younger_ross
8. "Roy Freer PPC page". Labour Party (UK). Retrieved 31 January 2015.
9. http://southwest.greenparty.org.uk/general-election-2015.html
10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.