Tiverton and Minehead is a proposed
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
of the
House of Commons in the
UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies is the current cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons. The process for periodic reviews of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom is gover ...
, it will first be contested at the
next general election.
Boundaries
The constituency, which crosses the boundary between the counties of
Devon and
Somerset, will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* The District of Mid Devon wards of: Canonsleigh; Castle; Clare and Shuttern; Cranmore; Halberton; Lower Culm; Lowman; Upper Culm; Westexe.
* The District of Somerset West and Taunton wards of: Alcombe; Cotford St. Luke & Oake; Dulverton & District; Exmoor; Milverton & District; Minehead Central; Minehead North; Old Cleeve & District; Periton & Woodcombe; Porlock & District; Quantock Vale; South Quantock; Watchet & Williton; Wiveliscombe & District.
It will comprise the following areas:
* The town of
Tiverton and surrounding rural areas, currently comprising northern parts of the current 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 renamed
Honiton and Sidmouth
Honiton and Sidmouth is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Boundari ...
)
* The area covered by the former
District of West Somerset, including the towns of
Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...
and
Watchet, currently part of the constituency of
Bridgwater and West Somerset (to be renamed
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...
)
* Rural areas to the west of
Taunton, centred around the small town of
Wiveliscombe, transferred from
Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Ta ...
(to be renamed
Taunton and Wellington)
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. In addition, a local government boundary review was carried out in Mid Devon which came into effect in May 2023.
The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the next general election:
* The District of Mid Devon wards of: Canonsleigh; Clare and Shuttern; Halberton (nearly all); Lower Culm (majority); Tiverton Castle; Tiverton Cranmore; Tiverton Lowman; Tiverton Westexe; Upper Culm.
* The Somerset electoral divisions of: Dulverton and Exmoor; Dunster; Lydeard (majority); Minehead; Upper Tone (most); Watchet and Stogursey.
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
References
Proposed constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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