Devon Central
2010 Results:
Conservative: 27737 (51.49%)
Labour: 3715 (6.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 18507 (34.35%)
UKIP: 2870 (5.33%)
Green: 1044 (1.94%)
Majority: 9230 (17.14%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 19843 (42.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 18099 (38.7%)
Labour: 5020 (10.7%)
Other: 3858 (8.2%)
Majority: 1744 (3.7%)
New seat: The extra Devon seat takes areas from Teignbridge, Tiverton and Honiton, Devon West and Torridge, Totnes and Devon North. The provisional proposals had included the Western suburbs of Exeter, but these were removed in the revised recommendations.
Profile: A large rural seat in the centre of Devon, includes small towns such as Bovey Tracey, Crediton, Okehampton, Chudleigh, Ashburton and Buckfastleigh. To the West the constituency includes part of Dartmoor.
Current MP: Mel Stride (Conservative) Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Oxford University. Entrepreneur.
Mel Stride (Conservative) Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Oxford University. Entrepreneur.Moira Macdonald (Labour) Born South Africa. Coordinator and speaker for Fawcett Devon.Phil Hutty (Liberal Democrat)Colin Matthews (Green) Born 1977. Managing director of a recycling co-operative. Contested Tiverton and Honiton 2005.Bob Edwards (UKIP) Born 1946, Surrey. Educated at Wellington College. Former Royal Marines Officer. Contested Devon 1989 European elections for the continuing SDP. Contested South West England 1999 European elections, West Devon 2001, Tiverton and Honiton 2005 for UKIP.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 81858
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 21.4%
Over 60: 25.7%
Born outside UK: 3.9%
White: 77.3%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 74.6%
Full time students: 1.8%
Graduates 16-74: 21.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 26.3%
Owner-Occupied: 75%
Social Housing: 10.1% (Council: 7.2%, Housing Ass.: 2.9%)
Privately Rented: 10.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 15.2%
Always difficult to predict a newly created seat. If I am forced, I would take LD by 1%!
CON HOLD
CON 3300
Mel Stride’s has worked in the community consistently over the last 4 years and been involved in campaigns locally where as Sally Morgan stood down and has a late replacement. This coupled with the Lib Dem internal problems in the constituency will see this as a Conservative win by 4,500
Con by 2000 here.
as i predicted about six months ago a majority of 9000. great result mel. you have worked very hard for this seat
Well, a good win or was it a disastrous loss? Previous LD PPC did not a lot and now has worked hard in N.A. – guess for what result?
Will the LDs ever learn? Good PR is what it’s all about and it looks like this has been very lacking in Cen Dev.
What with air quality, hospitals and alledged “tenant harrassment” plus a last minute presence in Oke, whatever next.
Mel deserves to win but what a give-a-way over 51% of vote!
I never believed this was anything other than a conservative seat really – Mostly rural
So you were lying upthread then, Chris when you predicted “LD but by less than 1000″.
Perhaps you should have made the predictions that you actually thought might happen instead of using the site to push the party wishlist!
What are the most populous towns in this seat?
It looks that Crediton and Okehampton are the largest towns, followed by Ashburton, Chudleigh and Buckfastleigh.
pre-election : now you see him
post-election : now you don’t !
Where is the MP for Central Devon ? On his Thames house boat?
Do you live in Devon Central or Newton Abbot? And are you really a floating voter?
@Floating Voter.
You’ll find that, along with every other MP he’s in Westminster during the week and doing surgeries in the constituency every weekend. Do you have a problem with this..?