Torridge and Tavistock | |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 2024 |
Type: | County |
Elects Howmany: | One |
Electorate: | 74,802 (2023)[1] |
Mp: | Geoffrey Cox |
Party: | Conservative |
Region: | England |
County: | Devon |
Towns: | Tavistock |
Previous: | Torridge and West Devon & South West Devon |
Torridge and Tavistock 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] It is represented by Conservative Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, who had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Torridge and West Devon from 2005 to 2024.[4]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the bulk of the former Torridge and West Devon seat, excluding the West Devon Borough wards of Buckland Monachorum and Burrator in the south, which were transferred to South West Devon.[6]
2019 notional result[7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
32,708 | 59.8 | ||
9,809 | 17.9 | ||
9,761 | 17.9 | ||
1,843 | 3.4 | ||
Others | 547 | 1.0 | |
Turnout | 54,668 | 73.1 | |
Electorate | 74,802 |