Honiton and Sidmouth (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Honiton and Sidmouth
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Previous:	Tiverton and Honiton & East Devon
Electorate:	74,365 (2023)^[1]
Mp:	Richard Foord
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Region:	England
County:	Devon
Elects Howmany:	One
Towns:	Axminster, Honiton, Seaton, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Cullompton

Honiton and Sidmouth 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] The current MP is Richard Foord, a Liberal Democrat who was first elected for the now abolished seat of Tiverton and Honiton at a byelection in 2022. He defeated Simon Jupp, who had been the Conservative MP for the now abolished seat East Devon from 2019 to 2024.

The constituency name refers to the Devon towns of Honiton and Sidmouth.^[4] It is considered by BBC News to be a battleground between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.^[5]

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):^[6]

• 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.¹

It comprises the following areas:^[7]

• The towns of Axminster, Honiton and Seaton and the surrounding rural areas of East Devon District, transferred from the constituency of Tiverton and Honiton (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, also transferred from Tiverton and Honiton

¹ Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,^{[8] [9]} the parts in the District of Mid Devon now comprise the following wards from the 2024 general election:

• Cullompton Padbrook; Cullompton St Andrews; Cullompton Vale; Lower Culm (part); and very small parts of Bradninch and Halberton wards.

Members of Parliament

2024–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[10]
Party		Vote	%
		34,307	60.4
		8,078	14.2
		6,850	12.1
		5,432	9.6
		1,174	2.1
		968	1.7
Turnout		56,809	76.4
Electorate		74,365

External links

• Honiton and Sidmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West . Boundary Commission for England . 27 June 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: South West Boundary Commission for England . 2023-06-20 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
3. Web site: Reporter . Local Democracy . 2023-07-24 . East Devon MPs go head-to-head for new Honiton & Sidmouth seat . 2023-07-29 . East Devon News . en-GB.
4. Web site: Reporter . Ollie Heptinstall-Local Democracy . 2023-07-06 . New 'Honiton and Sidmouth' constituency among final Boundary Commission proposals . 2024-05-18 . Seaton Nub News . en.
5. Web site: 2024-05-24 . What voters want in Devon election battleground . 2024-06-09 . BBC News . en-GB.
6. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
7. Web site: New Seat Details - Honiton and Sidmouth . 2023-07-29 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
8. Web site: LGBCE . Mid Devon LGBCE . 2024-04-04 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
9. Web site: The Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 .
10. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.