Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Devon
County constituency
Image:CentralDevonConstituency.png
Central Devon shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created: in time for 2009 or 2010 election
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Type: House of Commons
County: Devon
EP constituency: South West England

Central Devon will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Devon, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new constituency of Central Devon.

[edit] Boundaries

Central Devon is a constituency formed by the most recent review of UK parliamentary constituencies, and takes a number of electoral wards from existing Devon seats.

  • Exe Valley ward from East Devon
  • Boniface, Bradninch, Cadbury, Lawrence, Newbrooke, Sandford and Creedy, Silverton, Taw, Taw Vale, Upper Yeo, Way and Yeo from the district of Mid Devon
  • From the Teignbridge district, Ashburton and Buckfastleigh, Bovey, Chudleigh, Haytor, Kenn Valley, Moorland, Teignbridge North, and Teign Valley
  • Chagford, Drewsteignton, Exbourne, Hatherleigh, Lew Valley, North Tawton, Okehampton East, Okehampton West and South Tawton from West Devon

The constituency has a notional Conservative majority of over 1,700.

[edit] See also

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 European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1)