Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Borough constituency | |
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| 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 |
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.Members of Parliament
- 1945 — 1951: JC Maude, Conservative
- 1951 — 1966: Dudley Williams, Conservative
- 1966 — 1970: Gwyneth Dunwoody, Labour
- 1970 — 1997: Sir John Hannam, Conservative
- 1997 — present: Ben Bradshaw, Labour
Election results
See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| 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 European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
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