Torridge and Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

Torridge and Tavistock is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[3] It is represented by Conservative Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, who had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Torridge and West Devon from 2005 to 2024.^[4]

Torridge and Tavistock
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Torridge and Tavistock in South West England
County	Devon
Electorate	74,802 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Tavistock
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Torridge and West Devon & South West Devon

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Torridge.
• The Borough of West Devon wards of: Bere Ferrers; Bridestowe; Dartmoor; Mary Tavy; Milton Ford; Tamarside; Tavistock North; Tavistock South East; Tavistock South West.^[5]

It comprises the bulk of the former Torridge and West Devon seat, excluding the West Devon Borough wards of Buckland Monachorum and Burrator in the south, which were transferred to South West Devon.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Geoffrey Cox	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Torridge and Tavistock^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	16,049	31.6	−28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hutty	12,099	23.8	+5.9
	Labour	Isabel Saxby	10,765	21.2	+3.3
	Reform UK	Andrew Jackson	9,152	18.0	N/A
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	2,350	4.6	+1.2
	Independent	Alan Edward Rayner	405	0.8	N/A
Majority			3,950	7.8	−34.1
Turnout			50,820	68.0	−5.1
Registered electors			74,727
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.1

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	32,708	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	9,809	17.9
	Labour	9,761	17.9
	Green	1,843	3.4
	Others	547	1.0
Turnout		54,668	73.1
Electorate		74,802