| South Hams | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Devon |
| Major settlements | Totnes, Ivybridge, Brixham, part of Paignton |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Totnes and Devon South West |
| Created from | Totnes |
South Hams was a county constituency based on the South Hams district of Devon. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
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This was a safe seat for the Conservative Party. During the fourteen years and three parliaments of its existence, it was held by a single member, Anthony Steen.
The main towns of this South Devon constituency were Totnes and Ivybridge. It was divided in 1997 to form parts of the new constituencies of Totnes and Devon South West.
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Anthony Steen | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Totnes and Devon South West | ||
| General Election 1992: South Hams[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Anthony Steen | 35,951 | 53.4 | −2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | RV Evans | 22,240 | 33.0 | −1.1 | |
| Labour | Ms. E Cohen | 8,091 | 12.0 | +3.8 | |
| Green | CG Titmuss | 846 | 1.3 | −0.6 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs LJ Somerville | 227 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 13,711 | 20.4 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 67,355 | 81.0 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||