Tiverton and Honiton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Tiverton and Honiton in Devon.
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Location of Devon within England.
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County | Devon |
Electorate | 75,839 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Tiverton, Honiton, Axminster, Seaton and Cullompton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Neil Parish (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Tiverton, Honiton |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Coordinates: 50°49′37″N 3°20′56″W / 50.827°N 3.349°W
Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Neil Parish, a Conservative.
1997-2010: The District of Mid Devon except the wards of Taw, Taw Vale, and West Creedy, and the District of East Devon wards of Broadclyst, Clystbeare, Clyst Valley, Exe Valley, Honiton St Michael's, Honiton St Paul's, Otterhead, Ottery St Mary Rural, Ottery St Mary Town, Patteson, and Tale Vale.
2010-present: The District of Mid Devon wards of Canonsleigh, Castle, Clare and Shuttern, Cranmore, Cullompton North, Cullompton Outer, Cullompton South, Halberton, Lower Culm, Lowman, Upper Culm, and Westexe, and the District of East Devon wards of Axminster Rural, Axminster Town, Beer and Branscombe, Coly Valley, Dunkeswell, Feniton and Buckerell, Honiton St Michael’s, Honiton St Paul’s, Newbridges, Otterhead, Seaton, Tale Vale, Trinity, and Yarty.
The constituency is in east Devon, covering the towns of Tiverton and Honiton and their surrounding villages (which include extensive farmland, rivers popular with kayakers and part of the Blackdown Hills) These settlements are in the Mid Devon and East Devon districts.