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North Devon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ian Roome from the Liberal Democrats. Before that it was represented since 2019 by Selaine Saxby of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
North Devon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of North Devon in South West England | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 76,455 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Barnstaple and Ilfracombe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Ian Roome (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Barnstaple and South Molton |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Devon |
Replaced by | South Molton Barnstaple Tiverton Honiton |
1832–1868: The Hundreds of Bampton, Black Torrington, Braunton, Crediton, Fremington, Halberton, Hartland, Hayridge, Hemyock, North Tawton and Winkleigh, Shebbear, Sherwill, South Molton, Tiverton, Witheridge, and West Budleigh.[2]
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bampton, Braunton, Crediton, Fremington, Halberton, Hartland, Hayridge, Hemyock, North Tawton, Shebbear, Sherwill, South Molton, Tiverton, Winkleigh, Witheridge, and West Budleigh.[3]
1950–1974: The Boroughs of Barnstaple and South Molton, the Urban Districts of Ilfracombe and Lynton, and the Rural Districts of Barnstaple and South Molton.
1974–1983: The Boroughs of Barnstaple and Bideford, the Urban Districts of Ilfracombe, Lynton, and Northam, and the Rural Districts of Barnstaple, Bideford, and South Molton.
1983–2010: The District of North Devon, and the District of Mid Devon wards of Taw, Taw Vale, and West Creedy.
2010–2024: The District of North Devon.
2024-present Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 United Kingdom general election will be unchanged.[4]
A two-seat constituency of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885, formally titled the 'Northern Division of Devon'.
This began at the 1832 general election, when the Reform Act 1832 divided the former two-seat Devon into Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs using the bloc vote system of election. The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when the Redistribution of Seats Act split the county into smaller single-seat divisions. Its second creation is current, and began at the 1950 general election (covering a smaller area than before). Prior to 1950, its territory was split between the old constituencies of Barnstaple and South Molton.
In the 20th century this area had a prominent national MP, Jeremy Thorpe, who led a Liberal Party revival countrywide, with particular strength in the south-west. The Liberal Democrats and its predecessor the Liberal Party have, since the Second World War, performed strongly in this seat; it was held for twenty years by Thorpe as the Liberal leader. He lost it in the 1979 general election, amid a scandal as a married man in love with Norman Scott and Thorpe's alleged involvement in a plot to murder him, of which he was found not guilty the same year. At the 1992 general election Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey regained the seat from the Conservatives. He lost the seat 23 years later.
Election | 1st Member[5] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[5] | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1832 | Viscount Ebrington | Whig[6][7] | Hon. Newton Fellowes | Whig[6][8] | ||
1837 | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt | Conservative[6] | ||||
1839 by-election | Lewis William Buck | Conservative[6] | ||||
1857 | James Wentworth Buller | Whig[6][9] | Charles Trefusis | Conservative | ||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1865 by-election | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt | Liberal | ||||
1866 by-election | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1885 by-election | John Moore-Stevens | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished by Redistribution of Seats Act |
The Member of Parliament for the constituency is Ian Roome of the Liberal Democrats who succeeded the previous Conservative MP Peter Heaton-Jones at the 2024 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Roome[11] | 21,820 | 42.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Selaine Saxby[12] | 15,076 | 29.3 | −27.3 | |
Reform UK | Nigel James[13] | 8,137 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Nicky Edwards | 3,216 | 6.3 | −2.9 | |
Green | Cassius Lay[14] | 2,348 | 4.6 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Steve Cotten | 820 | 1.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 6,744 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,417 | 65.0 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 79,068 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Selaine Saxby | 31,479 | 56.5 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex White | 16,666 | 29.9 | −8.1 | |
Labour | Finola O'Neill | 5,097 | 9.1 | −3.6 | |
Green | Robbie Mack | 1,759 | 3.2 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Steve Cotten | 580 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,813 | 26.6 | +18.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,581 | 73.3 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Heaton-Jones | 25,517 | 45.8 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 21,185 | 38.0 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Mark Cann | 7,063 | 12.7 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Steve Crowther | 1,187 | 2.1 | −12.7 | |
Green | Ricky Knight | 753 | 1.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 4,332 | 7.8 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,705 | 73.2 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Heaton-Jones[18] | 22,341 | 42.7 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey[19] | 15,405 | 29.4 | −18.0 | |
UKIP | Steve Crowther[20] | 7,719 | 14.8 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Mark Cann[18] | 3,699 | 7.1 | +1.9 | |
Green | Ricky Knight[18] | 3,018 | 5.8 | +4.4 | |
Communist | Gerry Sables | 138 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 6,936 | 13.3 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 52,453 | 70.2 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 24,305 | 47.4 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Philip Milton | 18,484 | 36.0 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Steve Crowther | 3,720 | 7.2 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Mark Cann | 2,671 | 5.2 | −3.7 | |
Green | L'Anne Knight | 697 | 1.4 | −2.3 | |
BNP | Gary Marshall | 614 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Rodney Cann | 588 | 1.1 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Nigel Vidler | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Communist | Gerry Sables | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,821 | 11.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,321 | 68.9 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 23,840 | 45.9 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Orlando Fraser | 18,868 | 36.3 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Mark Cann | 4,656 | 9.0 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | John Browne | 2,740 | 5.3 | +0.3 | |
Green | Ricky Knight | 1,826 | 3.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 4,972 | 9.6 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,930 | 68.1 | −0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 21,784 | 44.2 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Clive Allen | 18,800 | 38.2 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Vivian Gale | 4,995 | 10.1 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Roger Knapman | 2,484 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Green | Anthony Bown | 1,191 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,984 | 6.0 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,254 | 68.3 | −9.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −5.8[n 3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 27,824 | 50.8 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Ashworth | 21,643 | 39.5 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Eithne "Annie" Brenton | 5,347 | 9.8 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 6,181 | 11.3 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,814 | 77.7 | −6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Harvey | 27,414 | 47.1 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Tony Speller | 26,620 | 45.7 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Paul Donner | 3,410 | 5.9 | −0.4 | |
Green | Cathrine Simmons | 658 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Gray Treadwell | 107 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 794 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,209 | 84.4 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Speller | 28,071 | 50.9 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Michael Pinney | 23,602 | 42.8 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Ann Marjoram | 3,467 | 6.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 4,469 | 8.1 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,140 | 81.7 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Speller | 28,066 | 55.1 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Roger Blackmore | 19,339 | 37.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Peter James | 2,893 | 5.7 | −5.6 | |
Ecology | Roger Joanes | 669 | 1.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 8,727 | 17.2 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 50,967 | 80.1 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Speller | 31,811 | 50.1 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 23,338 | 36.7 | −11.4 | |
Labour | Antony John Saltern | 7,108 | 11.2 | −3.0 | |
Ecology | Tony Whittaker | 729 | 1.2 | N/A | |
National Front | John Morley Price | 237 | 0.4 | N/A | |
English National | Frank Hansford-Miller | 142 | 0.2 | −0.8 | |
Dog Lover's Party | Auberon Waugh | 79 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Wessex Regionalist | Henrietta Elizabeth Rous | 50 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | Bill Boaks | 20 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,473 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,514 | 81.7 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 28,209 | 48.1 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Tony Speller | 21,488 | 36.6 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Alexandra Jessie Golant | 8,536 | 14.2 | +4.5 | |
English National | Frank Hansford-Miller | 568 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,721 | 11.5 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,621 | 74.58 | −11.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 34,052 | 53.9 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Timothy Carleton Keigwin | 22,980 | 36.4 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Terence Kendrick Marston | 6,140 | 9.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 11,072 | 17.5 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 63,172 | 86.49 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 18,893 | 44.1 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Timothy Carleton Keigwin | 18,524 | 43.2 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Chris Mullin | 5,268 | 12.3 | −3.6 | |
Democratic Party | Barry Gray Morris | 175 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 369 | 0.9 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,860 | 84.9 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 16,797 | 43.6 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Timothy Carleton Keigwin | 15,631 | 40.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour | James H. Rayner | 6,127 | 15.9 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,166 | 3.1 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,555 | 85.3 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 19,031 | 50.71 | +7.77 | |
Conservative | Michael Peto | 13,895 | 37.02 | −4.94 | |
Labour | Frank Paton | 4,603 | 12.27 | −2.83 | |
Majority | 5,136 | 13.69 | +12.71 | ||
Turnout | 37,529 | 84.32 | −0.46 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 15,831 | 42.94 | +10.49 | |
Conservative | James Lindsay | 15,469 | 41.96 | −5.17 | |
Labour | Geoffrey W. Pitt | 5,567 | 15.10 | −5.32 | |
Majority | 362 | 0.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,867 | 84.78 | +3.67 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lindsay | 16,784 | 47.13 | −5.18 | |
Liberal | Jeremy Thorpe | 11,558 | 32.45 | +13.04 | |
Labour | Harold Heslop | 7,272 | 20.42 | −7.65 | |
Majority | 5,226 | 14.68 | −9.56 | ||
Turnout | 35,614 | 81.11 | 00.00 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Peto | 19,780 | 52.41 | +6.08 | |
Labour | William H. Wilkey | 10,632 | 28.17 | +4.93 | |
Liberal | G. Alexander Halse | 7,326 | 19.41 | −11.02 | |
Majority | 9,148 | 24.24 | +8.34 | ||
Turnout | 35,614 | 81.11 | −4.58 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Peto | 17,724 | 46.33 | ||
Liberal | Guy Naylor | 11,640 | 30.43 | ||
Labour | W.A. Barker | 8,892 | 23.24 | ||
Majority | 6,084 | 15.90 | |||
Turnout | 38,256 | 85.69 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Moore-Stevens[32] | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,496 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,829 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | 3,967 | 34.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Dyke Acland | 3,898 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Walrond | 3,520 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 7,642 (est) | 82.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,260 | ||||
Majority | 69 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Majority | 378 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Trefusis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,746 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Wentworth Buller | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Trefusis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,764 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 3,652 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Trefusis | 2,322 | 28.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | 2,105 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,547 | 19.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,866 (est) | 80.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,264 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis William Buck | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,064 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis William Buck | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,597 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis William Buck | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,869 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis William Buck | 3,720 | 53.4 | ||
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 3,240 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 480 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,960 | 88.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,871 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Dyke Acland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,757 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Newton Fellowes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,236 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Newton Fellowes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,368 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
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