| Totnes County constituency |
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| Totnes shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1885, 1997 |
| MP: | Anthony Steen |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Devon |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Totnes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current county constituency was formed out of the South Hams constituency for the 1997 election.
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Boundaries
There will be minor alterations to the boundaries of this constituency in time for the 2010 general election.
The redrawn constituency will be as follows;
From the District of South Hams: Allington and Loddiswell, Avon and Harbourne, Dartington, Dartmouth and Kingswear, Dartmouth Townstal, East Dart, Eastmoor, Kingsbridge East, Kingsbridge North, Marldon, Salcombe and Malborough, Saltstone, Skerries, South Brent, Stokenham, Thurlestone, Totnes Bridgetown, Totnes Town, West Dart, Westville and Alvington.
From the Borough of Torbay: Berry Head-with-Furzeham, Blatchcombe, Churston-with-Galmpton, St Mary's-with-Summercombe.
Members of Parliament
Before 1660
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- Robert Monson
- 1572 Robert Beale
- 1614-?: Nathaniel Rich
- 1640-?: John Maynard
1660–1868
Two members
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1660 | Thomas Chafe | Thomas Clifford | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet | Tory | ||||
| 1673 | Sir Thomas Berry | |||||
| Feb 1679 | John Kelland | |||||
| Aug 1679 | Edward Seymour (later 4th Baronet) | Tory | ||||
| 1681 | Charles Kelland | John Kelland | ||||
| 1685 | Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet | Tory | ||||
| 1689 | Rawlin Mallock | Sir John Fowell, Bt | ||||
| 1690 | Henry Seymour Portman | |||||
| 1692 | Thomas Coulson | |||||
| 1695 | Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet | Tory | Edward Yarde | |||
| 1698 | Thomas Coulson | |||||
| 1699 | Francis Gwyn | |||||
| 1701 | Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt | |||||
| 1702 | William Seymour | Tory | ||||
| 1705 | Sir Humphrey Mackworth | Tory | ||||
| 1708 | Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet | Tory | George Courtenay | |||
| 1710 | Thomas Coulson | Francis Gwyn | ||||
| 1713 | Stephen Northleigh | |||||
| 1715 | Arthur Champernowne | |||||
| 1717 | Sir John Germain, Bt | |||||
| 1718 | Sir Charles Wills | |||||
| 1722 | Joseph Banks | |||||
| 1727 | Exton Sayer | |||||
| 1732 | Sir Henry Gough, Bt | |||||
| 1734 | Sir Joseph Danvers, Bt | |||||
| 1742 | John Strange | Whig | ||||
| 1747 | Charles Taylor | |||||
| Apr 1754 | Browse Trist | |||||
| Dec 1754 | Sir Richard Lloyd | |||||
| 1759 | Richard Savage Lloyd | |||||
| 1763 | Henry Seymour | |||||
| 1768 | Sir Philip Jennings Clerke, Bt | Peter Burrell | ||||
| 1774 | James Amyatt | |||||
| 1780 | Launcelot Brown | |||||
| 1784 | The Hon. Henry Phipps | Tory | ||||
| 1788 | Viscount Barnard | Whig | ||||
| 1790 | William Powlett Powlett | Sir Francis Buller Yarde, Bt | ||||
| 1796 | The Lord Arden | Lord George Seymour-Conway | ||||
| 1801 | William Adams | |||||
| 1802 | John Berkeley Burland | |||||
| 1804 | Vicary Gibbs | |||||
| 1806 | Benjamin Hall | |||||
| 1811 | Thomas Courtenay | |||||
| 1812 | Ayshford Wise | |||||
| 1818 | William Holmes | Tory | ||||
| 1820 | John Bent | |||||
| 1826 | The Earl of Darlington | |||||
| 1830 | Charles Barry Baldwin | |||||
| 1832 | Jasper Parrott | James Cornish | ||||
| 1835 | Lord Seymour | Whig | ||||
| 1839 | Charles Barry Baldwin | |||||
| 1852 | Thomas Mills | |||||
| 1855 | The Earl of Gifford | |||||
| 1862 | John Pender | Liberal | ||||
| 1863 | Alfred Seymour | |||||
| 1866 | John Pender declared not duly elected and seat left vacant |
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| 1868 | Constituency disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1867 | |||||
1885–1983
One member
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Francis Bingham Mildmay | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Samuel Emile Harvey | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Henry Harvey Vivian | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Samuel Emile Harvey | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Ralph Herbert Rayner | Conservative | |
| 1955 | Raymond Llewellyn Mawby | Conservative | |
Since 1997
Conservative Anthony Steen has held the seat since its re-creation in 1997. He will not contest the 2010 general election saying he did not want to "distract from the real story".[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Anthony Steen | Conservative | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | |||
Election results
| General Election 2010: Totnes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| UKIP | Jeffrey Beer | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Julian Brazil | ||||
| Labour | Carol Whitty | ||||
| Conservative | Dr Sarah Wollaston | ||||
| General Election 2005: Totnes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,112 | 41.7 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Treleaven | 19,165 | 37.9 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Valerie Burns | 6,185 | 12.2 | 0.0 | |
| UKIP | Roger Knapman | 3,914 | 7.7 | +1.6 | |
| Independent | Michael Thompson | 199 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,947 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 50,575 | 67.7 | -0.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Totnes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,914 | 44.5 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Rachel Oliver | 18,317 | 37.2 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Thomas Wildy | 6,005 | 12.2 | -4.2 | |
| UKIP | Craig Mackinlay | 3,010 | 6.1 | +4.3 | |
| Majority | 3,597 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 49,246 | 67.9 | -7.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Expenses row MP is standing down, BBC News Online, 20 May 2009
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