Honiton and Sidmouth is a proposed
constituency
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of the
House of Commons in the
UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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, it will first be contested at the
next general election.
Boundaries
The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* The District of East Devon wards of: Axminster; Beer & Branscombe; Coly Valley; Dunkeswell & Otterhead; Feniton; Honiton St. Michael’s; Honiton St. Paul’s; Newbridges; Newton Poppleford & Harpford; Ottery St. Mary; Seaton; Sidmouth Rural; Sidmouth Sidford; Sidmouth Town; Tale Vale; Trinity; West Hill & Aylesbeare; Yarty.
* The District of Mid Devon wards of: Cullompton North; Cullompton Outer; Cullompton South.
It will comprise the following areas:
* The towns of
Axminster,
Honiton and
Seaton and the surrounding rural areas of
East Devon District
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census).
The district was formed on ...
, transferred from the constituency of
Tiverton and Honiton
Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency in Devon, England. The current MP is Richard Foord of the Liberal Democrats, elected at a by-election on 23 June 2022.
Prior to the by-election, the constituency had always returned a Conservative MP s ...
(to be abolished)
* The towns of
Ottery St Mary and
Sidmouth in East Devon District transferred from the constituency of
East Devon (to be abolished)
* The town of
Cullompton in
Mid Devon District
Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district ...
, also transferred from Tiverton and Honiton
Following a local government boundary review in Mid Devon which came into effect in May 2023,
the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:
*The District of East Devon wards of: Axminster; Beer & Branscombe; Coly Valley; Dunkeswell & Otterhead; Feniton; Honiton St. Michael’s; Honiton St. Paul’s; Newbridges; Newton Poppleford & Harpford; Ottery St. Mary; Seaton; Sidmouth Rural; Sidmouth Sidford; Sidmouth Town; Tale Vale; Trinity; West Hill & Aylesbeare; Yarty.
* The District of Mid Devon wards of: Cullompton Padbrook; Cullompton St Andrews; Cullompton Vale; Lower Culm (part); and very small parts of Bradninch and Halberton wards.
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
References
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Proposed constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary constituencies in Devon