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West Devon was a county constituency in Devon, in the South-West of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
West Devon | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Tavistock and Torrington |
Replaced by | Torridge and West Devon and South Hams[1] |
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Torridge and West Devon constituency.
The Boroughs of Great Torrington and Okehampton, and the Rural Districts of Holsworthy, Okehampton, Plympton St Mary, Tavistock, and Torrington.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Peter Mills | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Torridge and West Devon |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter McLay Mills | 23,524 | 50.19 | ||
Liberal | Michael Azariah Pinney | 18,256 | 38.95 | ||
Labour | John Barnet Henry Duffin | 5,089 | 10.86 | ||
Majority | 5,268 | 11.24 | |||
Turnout | 46,869 | 82.26 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter McLay Mills | 22,594 | 50.03 | ||
Liberal | Michael Azariah Pinney | 16,665 | 36.90 | ||
Labour | John Barnet Henry Duffin | 5,899 | 13.06 | ||
Majority | 5,929 | 13.13 | |||
Turnout | 45,158 | 78.63 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter McLay Mills | 29,428 | 60.99 | ||
Liberal | Victor Terry Howell | 12,256 | 25.40 | ||
Labour | RD Maddern | 6,174 | 12.80 | ||
National Front | R Bearsford-Walker | 393 | 0.81 | New | |
Majority | 17,172 | 35.59 | |||
Turnout | 48,251 | 78.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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