East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

East Devon County constituency

East Devon shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1868, 1997
MP:	Hugo Swire
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

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East Devon is a county 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.

The constituency, as the name suggests, is based around the eastern portion of the county of Devon.

Election		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
	1868	Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt	Conservative	Lord Courtenay	Conservative
	1870	Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt	Conservative	Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative
	1880	William Hood Walrond	Conservative	Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative
1885		Constituency abolished

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Sir Peter Emery	Conservative
	2001	Hugo Swire	Conservative

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)

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England
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 England European constituency	Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1)

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