Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tiverton and Honiton County constituency

Tiverton and Honiton shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Angela Browning
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South East England

Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in east Devon, covering the towns of Tiverton and Honiton and the surrounding areas. It covers much of the district of Mid Devon.

[edit] History

The present constituency of Tiverton and Honiton is the result of the merger of the formerly separate constituences Honiton and Tiverton, the former having existed from 1640 and the latter from 1615. Both elected two members of parliament until the 1884 Reform Bill reduced the number for both to one.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 Angela Browning

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Tiverton and Honiton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Browning	27,838	47.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Nation	16,787	28.9	-6.9
	Labour	Fiona Bentley	7,944	13.7	+1.8
	UK Independence	Bob Edwards	2,499	4.3	+2.0
	Liberal	Roy Collins	1,701	2.9	+1.8
	Green	Colin Matthews	1,399	2.4	+0.6
Majority			11,051	19
Turnout			58,168	69.8	0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 2001: Tiverton and Honiton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Browning	26,258	47.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Barnard	19,974	35.8	-2.7
	Labour	Isabel Owen	6,647	11.9	-0.9
	UK Independence	Alan Langmaid	1,281	2.3	N/A
	Green	Matthew Burgess	1,030	1.8	+1.0
	Liberal	Jenny Roach	594	1.1	N/A
Majority			6,284	11.3
Turnout			55,784	69.2	-8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

[edit] References

Leigh Rayment. List of Parliamentary constituencies. 'T' constituencies. Retrieved on August 6, 2005.
David Boothroyd. Constituencies in the unreformed House. Constituency enfranchisment dates. Retrieved on August 6, 2005.

[edit] External links

Midweek Herald Local newspaper covering the Honiton, Axminster and Seaton areas.
Mid Devon Gazette Local Newspaper serving Tiverton, Crediton and the Culm Valley.

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)