Torridge and West Devon County constituency
Torridge and West Devon shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Geoffrey Cox
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

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Boundaries

The constituency is based around the western portion of Devon. The main towns within the constituency are Bideford, Great Torrington, Holsworthy, Okehampton and Tavistock. For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... , Bideford is a small port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. ... The old Town Hall (now the town museum) in the centre of Great Torrington. ... Holsworthy is the name of two different places: Holsworthy, Devon, United Kingdom Holsworthy, Sydney, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Okehampton is a town in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. ... , Tavistock is a market town within West Devon, England on the River Tavy, from which its name derives, and has a population of 11,018. ...

Boundary review

Following a review of constituency boundaries conducted by the Boundary Commission for England in Devon, a significant change to existing constituencies means many electoral wards have been used to become part of a new Central Devon constituency. These changes have now become law. In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... Central Devon will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

The constituency will lose wards of West Devon Borough in the north and west of that local authority surrounding Okehampton. Okehampton is a town in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. ...

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)
• 1983 — 1987: Sir Peter Mills, Conservative (previously MP for the replaced West Devon constituency)
• 1987 — 1997: Emma Nicholson, Conservative until 1995, then Liberal Democrat
• 1997 — 2005: John Burnett, Liberal Democrat
• 2005 — present: Geoffrey Cox, Conservative

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The Labour Party have recently selected the 21 year old, Darren P Jones, to fight the next General Election in Torridge and West Devon.

Election results

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon