Exmouth and Exeter East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Major settlements | Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Exeter, Exmouth, Topsham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Devon, Exeter (part) & Central Devon (part) |
Exmouth and Exeter East is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested in the 2024 general election. [2] [3]
The constituency name refers to the seaside Devon town of Exmouth and the eastern suburbs of the city of Exeter.
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Arnott [7] | ||||
Labour | Helen Dallimore [8] | ||||
Green | Olly Davey [9] | ||||
Conservative | David Reed [10] | ||||
Reform UK | Garry Sutherland [11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing | |||||
Budleigh Salterton is a seaside town on the coast in East Devon, England, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Exeter. It lies within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms much of the electoral ward of Budleigh, whose ward population at the 2021 census was 7,671.
Exmouth is a port town, civil parish and seaside resort, sited on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Exeter.
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Seaton and Sidmouth, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
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