Torridge and Tavistock
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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Torridge and Tavistock is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] It is represented by Conservative Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, who had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Torridge and West Devon from 2005 to 2024.[4]
| Torridge and Tavistock | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Torridge and Tavistock in South West England | |
| County | Devon |
| Electorate | 74,802 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Tavistock |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Geoffrey Cox (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Torridge and West Devon & South West Devon |
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Torridge.
- The Borough of West Devon wards of: Bere Ferrers; Bridestowe; Dartmoor; Mary Tavy; Milton Ford; Tamarside; Tavistock North; Tavistock South East; Tavistock South West.[5]
It comprises the bulk of the former Torridge and West Devon seat, excluding the West Devon Borough wards of Buckland Monachorum and Burrator in the south, which were transferred to South West Devon.[6]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey Cox | 16,049 | 31.6 | −28.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Hutty | 12,099 | 23.8 | +5.9 | |
| Labour | Isabel Saxby | 10,765 | 21.2 | +3.3 | |
| Reform | Andrew Jackson | 9,152 | 18.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Judy Maciejowska | 2,350 | 4.6 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Alan Edward Rayner | 405 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,950 | 7.8 | −34.1 | ||
| Turnout | 50,820 | 68.0 | −5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,727 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −17.1 | |||
| 2019 notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 32,708 | 59.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,809 | 17.9 | |
| Labour | 9,761 | 17.9 | |
| Green | 1,843 | 3.4 | |
| Others | 547 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | 54,668 | 73.1 | |
| Electorate | 74,802 | ||