Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)

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Exeter Borough constituency
Exeter shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Ben Bradshaw
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

Exeter is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently represented by Ben Bradshaw a Labour MP, with Hannah Foster being the Conservative candidate.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the city of Exeter in Devon. It has a high student population centred around the University of Exeter but is otherwise fairly affluent and middle-class.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1702 — 1708: John Snell (MP)
• c 1702 Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
•  ? — 1734: Francis Drewe
•  ? — 1734: John Belfield
• 1734 — 1735: John King
• 1734 — 1741: Thomas Balle
• 1735 — 1743: Sir Henry Northcote
• 1741 — ?: Humphrey Sydenham
• 1743 — 1747: Sir Richard Bampfylde
• 1747 — ?: John Tuckfield

(incomplete)

•  ? — 1865: Richard Sommers Gard
•  ? — 1868: Edward Courtenay
• 1865 — 1873: John Coleridge, Liberal
• 1868 — 1874: Edgar Alfred Bowring
• 1873 — 1880: Arthur Mills
• 1874 — 1880: John George Johnson
• 1880 — 1885: Edward Johnson
• 1880 — 1899: Henry Northcote, Conservative
• 1899 — 1906: Edgar Vincent, Conservative

(incomplete)

• 1910 — 1918: Henry Duke, Conservative
• 1918 — 1929: Sir Robert Newman, Conservative
• 1929 — 1931: Sir Robert Newman, Independent
• 1931 — 1945: Authur C Reed, Conservative
• 1945 — 1951: John Cyril Maude, Conservative
• 1951 — 1966: Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams, Conservative
• 1966 — 1970: Gwyneth Dunwoody, Labour
• 1970 — 1997: Sir John Hannam, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Ben Bradshaw, Labour

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bradshaw
	UK Independence	William Dartmouth
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Oakes
	Conservative	Hannah Foster

General Election 2005: Exeter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bradshaw	22,619	41.1	-8.7
	Conservative	Peter Cox	14,954	27.2	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Underwood	11,340	20.6	+8.2
	Liberal	Margaret Danks	2,214	4.0	-0.9
	Green	Tim Brenan	1,896	3.4	+1.0
	UK Independence	Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker	1,854	3.4	+1.3
	Independent	John Stuart	191	0.3	+0.3
Majority			7,665	13.9
Turnout			55,068	64.8	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

General Election 2001: Exeter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bradshaw	26,194	49.8	+2.3
	Conservative	Anne Jobson	14,435	27.4	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Copus	6,512	12.4	-5.6
	Liberal	David Morrish	2,596	4.9	+1.6
	Green	Paul Edwards	1,240	2.4	+1.3
	UK Independence	John Stuart	1,109	2.1	+1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Francis Choules	530	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,759	22.4
Turnout			52,616	64.2	-13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England Conservative Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring Liberal Democrat Bath • Bristol West • Cheltenham • Falmouth and Camborne • Mid Dorset and North Poole • North Cornwall • North Devon • Northavon • Somerton and Frome • South East Cornwall • St Ives • Taunton • Teignbridge • Torbay • Truro and St Austell • Yeovil Labour Bristol East • Bristol North West • Bristol South • Exeter • Gloucester • Kingswood • North Swindon • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Sutton • South Dorset • South Swindon • Stroud • Wansdyke South West England European constituency Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1)