| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | County |
| Electorate: | 72,956 (2023) [1] |
| Region: | England |
| European: | South West England |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
Newton Abbot is a constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Martin Wrigley of the Liberal Democrats. It was previously represented since its 2010 creation by Anne Marie Morris, a Conservative.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposing to create this constituency for the 2010 general election which increased the number of seats in the county from eleven to twelve.
It replaced the southern part of the former Teignbridge seat, including the town of Newton Abbot itself, as well as Dawlish and Teignmouth.[2] Nominally, the 2010 result was a gain of the seat (LD-Conservative) on a swing of 5.8%. Teignbridge's other successor saw a very similar 6% swing, with a much larger margin for the same winning party in Central Devon at the 2010 election.
The constituency is in the district of Teignbridge and has the following electoral wards: Ambrook, Bishopsteignton, Bradley, Buckland and Milber, Bushell, College, Dawlish Central and North East, Dawlish South West, Ipplepen, Kenton with Starcross, Kerswell-with-Combe, Kingsteignton East, Kingsteignton West, Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead, Teignmouth Central, Teignmouth East and Teignmouth West.[3]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[4]
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Anne Marie Morris | Conservative | ||
| July 2017 | Independent | |||
| December 2017 | Conservative | |||
| January 2022 | Independent | |||
| May 2022 | Conservative | |||
| 2024 | Martin Wrigley | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2019 notional result[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 29,117 | 55.6 | ||
| 11,661 | 22.2 | ||
| 9,287 | 17.7 | ||
| 1,505 | 2.9 | ||
| Others | 840 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | 52,410 | 71.8 | |
| Electorate | 72,956 | ||
Additionally Richard Manley stood as PPC for the Renew Party, standing down in favour of Martin Wrigley as part of the Unite to Remain pact.[6]
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament