Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)

Totnes
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Totnes in Devon.
Location of Devon within England.
County	Devon
Electorate	67,562 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe and Brixham
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Sarah Wollaston (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Hams constituency
1885–1983
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Teignbridge and South Hams
1295–1868
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Devon Southern
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Totnes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sarah Wollaston, a Conservative.

The current constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, from parts of the former South Hams constituency. This had largely replaced the previous Totnes constituency, which had existed in a wide form since 1885, but in a much narrower form from the Model Parliament.

An original parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness had been created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 election.

The modern constituency has been served by two Conservatives since its 1997 recreation, which suggests a safe seat. However, during this period, while not marginal, the majority won has not been absolute and the next largest party has been the Liberal Democrats, until 2010.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Totnes, and the Sessional Divisions of Ermington and Plympton, and Stanborough and Coleridge.