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Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Torridge and West Devon County constituency |
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| 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.
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The constituency is based around the western portion of Devon. The main towns within the constituency are Bideford, Great Torrington, Holsworthy, Okehampton and Tavistock.
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.
- 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
| General Election 2005: Devon West and Torridge | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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 |
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| Labour | |
| South West England European constituency |
Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1) |