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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1295 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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|caption2 = Boundary of Exeter in South West England
|year = 1295
|abolished =
|type = Borough
|elects_howmany = 1295–1885: Two<br />1885–present: One
|previous =
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|electorate = 71,713 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-west/#lg_exeter-bc-71713
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=27 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}</ref>
|mp = [[Steve Race (British politician)|Steve Race]]
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|region = England
|county = [[Devon]]
|european = South West England
|towns = [[Exeter]]
}}
'''Exeter''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ɛ|k|s|ɪ|t|ər}} {{respell|EK|sit|ər}}) is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} composed of the [[cathedral city]] and [[county town]] of [[Devon]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since 2024 by [[Steve Race (British politician)|Steve Race]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As
==History==
The constituency existed continuously as a [[parliamentary borough]]/[[borough constituency]], electing two MPs from 1295 (the [[Model Parliament]]) until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one MP by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]].
The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], Independent and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] representation. Since 1997, it has been held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which currently has a majority of over 10,000, suggesting this is a safe seat for the party.
==Constituency profile==
{{expand section|date=May 2020}}
The constituency covers the majority of the city, including the [[University of Exeter|University]], [[Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital]] and the [[Met Office]] which are significant employers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/exeter/|title=UK Polling Report}}</ref> {{asof|2022}}, median gross weekly in pay for full-time workers is below the figure for Great Britain as a whole but above that for [[South West England]]. Median hourly pay, however, is below that for both the region and for Great Britain. There are a large number of students for a small city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380009/report.aspx?town=Exeter#tabearn|title=Labour Market Profile – Exeter Parliamentary Constituency|publisher=Office for National Statistics|website=Nomis|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
== Boundaries ==
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) 2010}}|frame=yes|frame-height=210|frame-width=250|text=Map of present boundaries}}'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Exeter.
'''1950–1974''': As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
'''1974–1983''': As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
'''1983–2010''': The City of Exeter.
'''2010–2024''': The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David's, St James, St Leonard's, St Thomas, and Whipton and Barton.
'''2024–present''': The following wards of the City of Exeter (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* Alphington, Duryard & St James, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake & Whipton, Newtown & St Leonard's, Pennsylvania, Priory, St David's, and St Thomas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region}}</ref>
The constituency currently covers most of the city of [[Exeter]] in [[Devon]]. It covered the entire city until 2010, when, under the [[Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], which increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, two [[Ward (politics)|wards]] of the City of Exeter (St Loyes and Topsham) were transferred to the neighbouring [[East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|East Devon]] constituency.<ref name="BCEDevon">{{cite web |date=2004-11-24 |title=Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay |url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Devon_Plymouth_Torbay.doc |url-status=usurped |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091102211237/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Devon_Plymouth_Torbay.doc |archive-date=2009-11-02 |access-date=2010-04-25 |publisher=[[Boundary Commission for England]]}}</ref>
The [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] concluded that the electoral wards of [[Pinhoe]], St Loyes and Topsham (which incorporates part of the [[Countess Wear]] area) would be included in the new constituency of [[Exmouth and Exeter East (UK Parliament constituency)|Exmouth and Exeter East]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Parliamentary constituency of Exmouth and East Exeter proposed |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpe9x7w31d3o |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Members of Parliament ==
===MPs 1295–1660===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Parliament!!First member!!Second member
|-
| 1351|| [[John Prescott (died 1412)|John Prescott]]<ref name = JP>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/prescott-john-1327-1412|title = PRESCOTT, John (c.1327–1412), of Prescott, Rake and Exeter, Devon.|publisher= History of Parliament Online| access-date = 11 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 1353||[[John Prescott (died 1412)|John Prescott]]<ref name = JP/>
|-
| 1365||[[John Prescott (died 1412)|John Prescott]]<ref name = JP/>
|-
| 1368||[[John Prescott (died 1412)|John Prescott]]<ref name = JP/>
|-
| 1386|| [[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[Richard Bosom]]<ref name = HoP1>{{cite web |url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/exeter| title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date= 2011-10-24}}</ref>
|-
| 1388 (Feb)||[[Peter Hadley]]|| [[Thomas Raymond (MP)|Thomas Raymond]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1388 (Sep)||[[Peter Hadley]]|| [[Adam Creedy]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1390 (Jan)||[[Adam Golde]]|| [[William Frye (MP)|William Frye]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1390 (Nov)||
|-
| 1391|| [[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[William Frye (MP)|William Frye]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1393|| [[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[Robert Cobbley]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1394|| [[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[Richard Bosom]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1395|| [[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[William Wilford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1397 (Jan)||[[John Grey (died 1413)|John Grey]]|| [[William Wilford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1397 (Sep)||[[William Frye (MP)|William Frye]]|| [[William Wilford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1399|| [[Roger Golde]]|| [[Robert Cobbley]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1401|| [[Adam Scut]]|| [[John Coscombe]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1402|| [[Roger Golde]]|| [[William Morehay]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1404 (Jan)||[[William Wilford]]|| [[Thomas Raymond (MP)|Thomas Raymond]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1404 (Oct)||[[John Nywaman]]|| [[John Lake (MP)|John Lake]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1406|| [[Roger Golde]]|| [[William Dimmock]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1407|| [[Nicholas Clerk (politician)|Nicholas Clerk]]|| [[William Morehay]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1410|| [[Richard Raymond (MP)|Richard Raymond]]|| [[John Shapleigh (died 1414)|John Shaplegh I]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1411|| [[William Wilford]]|| [[John Lake (MP)|John Lake]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1413 (Feb)||[[Thomas Eston]]|| [[Peter Sturt]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1413 (May)||[[Richard Bosom]]|| [[John Pollow]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1414 (Apr)||[[John Wilford (MP)|John Wilford]]|| [[John Shapleigh (fl.1414-1427)|John Shaplegh II]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1414 (Nov)||[[Roger Golde]]|| [[John Wilford (MP)|John Wilford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1415||[[Richard Crese]]|| [[John Pollow]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1416 (Mar)||[[Roger Golde]]|| [[Robert Vessy]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1416 (Oct)||[[Roger Golde]]|| [[John Pollow]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1417|| [[John Shapleigh (fl.1414-1427)|John Shaplegh II]]|| [[Thomas Cook (MP for Exeter)|Thomas Cook]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1419|| [[John Shapleigh (fl.1414-1427)|John Shaplegh II]]|| [[John Pollow]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1420|| [[John Shapleigh (fl.1414-1427)|John Shaplegh II]]|| [[Richard Crese]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1421 (May)||[[John Cutler alias Carwithan]]|| [[Roger Shillingford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1421 (Dec)||[[John Shapleigh (fl.1414-1427)|John Shaplegh II]]|| [[John Shillingford]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1510|| [[Thomas Andrew (MP)|Thomas Andrew]]|| [[John Orenge]]<ref name = HoP2>{{cite web |url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/exeter| title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date= 2011-10-24}}</ref>
|-
| 1512|| [[Richard Hewet]]|| [[John Simon (died 1524)|John Simon]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1515|| [[Richard Hewet]]|| [[John Simon (died 1524)|John Simon]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1523|| [[John Noseworthy (English politician)|John Noseworthy]]|| [[John Bridgeman (died 1523)|John Bridgeman]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1529|| [[Henry Hamlin]]|| [[John Blackaller]],<br /> ''replaced 1534 by'' [[Robert Hooker (MP)|Robert Hooker]] alias Vowell<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1536||?||
|-
| 1539|| [[John Hull (died 1549)|John Hull]]|| [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1542|| [[Thomas Spurway]]|| [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1543|| colspan = "2"|[[Gilbert Kirk]] ''replaced Spurway and'' [[John Pasmore]] ''replaced Hurst''<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1543|| colspan = "2"|''(substitution reversed)'' [[Thomas Spurway]] ''replaced Kirk'', [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]] ''replaced Pasmore''<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1545|| [[John Grenville (MP for Exeter)|John Grenville]]|| [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1547|| [[John Hull (died 1549)|John Hull]], ''died <br /> and replaced 1549 by'' [[Thomas Prestwood (died 1558)|Thomas Prestwood]] || [[Griffith Ameredith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1553 (Mar)||[[Robert Weston]]||[[Richard Hart (died 1578)|Richard Hart]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1553 (Oct)||[[John Ridgeway (died 1560)|John Ridgeway]]|| [[Richard Hart (died 1578)|Richard Hart]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Apr)||[[John Ridgeway (died 1560)|John Ridgeway]]|| [[Richard Hart (died 1578)|Richard Hart]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Nov)||[[John Grenville (MP for Exeter)|John Grenville]]|| [[John Petre (died 1581)|John Petre]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1555|| [[John Pollard (died 1575)|Sir John Pollard]]|| [[Edmund Sture]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1558|| [[John Grenville (MP for Exeter)|John Grenville]]|| [[Walter Staplehill]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1558–9||[[John Pollard (died 1575)|Sir John Pollard]]|| [[Richard Prestwood]]<ref name = HoP3>{{cite web |url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/exeter| title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date= 2011-10-24}}</ref>
|-
| 1562–3||[[Thomas Williams (speaker)|Thomas Williams]], ''died <br /> and replaced 1566 by'' [[Peter Carew (adventurer)|Sir Peter Carew]]|| [[Geoffrey Tothill]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1571|| [[Geoffrey Tothill]]|| [[John Vowell]] alias Hooker<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1572|| [[Geoffrey Tothill]], ''died <br /> and replaced 1576 by'' [[Edward Ameredith]]|| [[Simon Knight]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1584|| [[Thomas Bruarton]]|| [[Richard Prowse]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1586|| [[Edward Drew]]|| [[John Vowell]] alias Hooker<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1588|| [[Edward Drew]]|| [[John Peryam]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1593|| [[John Hele (died 1608)|John Hele]]|| [[John Peryam]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1597|| [[John Hele (died 1608)|John Hele]]|| [[William Martin (MP for Exeter)|William Martin]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1601|| [[John Hele (died 1608)|John Hele]]|| [[John Howell (MP for Exeter)|John Howell]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1604||[[George Smith (MP for Exeter)|George Smith]]|| [[John Prowse (MP)|John Prowse]]
|-
| 1614||[[John Prowse (MP)|John Prowse]]|| [[Thomas Martyn (MP)|Thomas Martyn]]
|-
| 1621–1622|| [[John Prowse (MP)|John Prowse]]|| [[Ignatius Jordain]]
|-
| 1624|| [[John Prowse (MP)|John Prowse]]|| [[Nicholas Duck]]
|-
| 1625|| [[Ignatius Jordain]]|| [[Nicholas Duck]]
|-
| 1626|| [[Ignatius Jordain]]|| [[John Hayne]]
|-
| 1628–1629||[[Ignatius Jordain]]|| [[John Lynn (MP)|John Lynn]]
|-
| 1629–1640||colspan = "2"|''No Parliaments summoned''
|-
| Apr 1640||[[Robert Walker (MP)|Robert Walker]]|| [[Simon Snow (MP)|Simon Snow]] ''in place of'' [[Jacob Tucker (MP)|Jacob Tucker]]
|-
| Nov 1640||[[Robert Walker (MP)|Robert Walker]] <br /> ''disabled 1643''|| [[Simon Snow (MP)|Simon Snow]]
|-
| 1645||[[Simon Snow (MP)|Simon Snow]] <br />''secluded in Pride's Purge''|| [[Samuel Clark (MP)|Samuel Clark]]
|-
| 1648||[[Samuel Clark (MP)|Samuel Clark]]||''(one seat only)''
|-
| 1653||colspan = "2"|''Exeter not represented in the Barebones Parliament''
|-
| 1654||[[Thomas Bampfield]]|| [[Thomas Gibbons (MP)|Thomas Gibbons]]
|-
| 1656||[[Thomas Bampfield]]|| [[Thomas Westlake]]
|-
| 1659||[[Thomas Bampfield]]|| [[Thomas Gibbon|Maj. Thomas Gibbon]]
|}
===MPs 1660–1885===
''Two members''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!!!First member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!First party!!!!Second member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Second party
|-
|1660 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John Maynard (1604–1690)|John Maynard]]||<!-- party --> <!-- 18 Jul 1604 8 Oct 1690 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Thomas Bampfield]] ||<!-- party --><!-- c 1623 8 Oct 1693 -->
|-
|1661 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" |[[James Smyth (English MP)|Sir James Smyth]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1679) c 1621 18 Nov 1681 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Robert Walker (MP)|Robert Walker]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- c 1597 23 Aug 1673 -->
|-
|1673 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Thomas Walker (MP)|Thomas Walker]]||<!-- party --><!-- c 1632 24 Nov 1682 -->
|-
|1679 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[William Glyde]]||<!-- party --><!-- d. 20 Aug 1710 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Malachi Pyne]]||<!-- party --><!-- d. c 1683 -->
|-
|1681 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Thomas Carew (died 1681)|Sir Thomas Carew]]||<!-- party --> <!-- 19 Jul 1624 25 Jul 1681 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Thomas Walker (MP)|Thomas Walker]]||<!-- party --><!-- c 1632 24 Nov 1682 -->
|-
|1685 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[James Walker (MP for Exeter)|James Walker]]||<!-- party --><!-- c 1635 16 Jan 1692 -->
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" |[[Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet|Edward Seymour]] ||rowspan="3" |[[Tory]] <!-- (to 1695) 1633 17 Feb 1708 -->
|-
|Jan 1689 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Sir Henry Pollexfen]]||<!-- party --> <!-- c 1632 15 Jun 1691 -->
|-
|Jun 1689 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Christopher Bale]]||<!-- party --><!-- d. by Dec 1708 -->
|-
|1695 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Edward Seyward]]||<!-- party --><!-- 28 Oct 1634 1 Mar 1704 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Joseph Tily|Sir Joseph Tily]]||<!-- party --><!-- c 1654 Jan 1708 -->
|-
|1698 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet|Sir Edward Seymour]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Tory]] <!-- (to Apr 1708) 1633 17 Feb 1708 -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Sir Bartholomew Shower]]||<!-- party --> <!-- 14 Dec 1658 4 Dec 1701 -->
|-
|1702 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[John Snell (died 1717)|John Snell]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Tory]]
|-
|Apr 1708 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[John Harris (merchant)|John Harris]]|| rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|May 1708 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|[[Nicholas Wood (merchant)|Nicholas Wood]]||[[Tory]]<!-- d. 1742 -->
|-
|1710 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|[[Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet|Sir Coplestone Bampfylde]]|| [[Tory]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|[[John Snell (died 1717)|John Snell]] ||[[Tory]]
|-
|1713 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John Rolle (1679–1730)|John Rolle]]||<!-- party --> <!-- 8 Dec 1679 6 May 1730 -->
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="5" |[[Francis Drewe]] ||rowspan="5" |<!-- party --><!-- (to 1734) c 1674 13 Sep 1734 -->
|-
|1715 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John Bampfylde (1691–1750)|John Bampfylde]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 8 Apr 1691 17 Sep 1750 -->
|-
|1722 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John Rolle (1679–1730)|John Rolle]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 8 Dec 1679 6 May 1730 -->
|-
|1727 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Samuel Molyneux]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 16 Jul 1689 13 Apr 1728 -->
|-
|1728 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John Belfield]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 21 Dec 1669 19 Oct 1751 -->
|-
|1734 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[John King, 2nd Baron King|John King]]||<!-- party -->
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Thomas Balle]]|| rowspan="2" |<!-- party --><!-- (to 1741) 28 Jun 1671 11 Jun 1749 -->
|-
|1735 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet|Sir Henry Northcote]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party -->
|-
|1741 ||rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3" |[[Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)|Humphrey Sydenham]] ||rowspan="3" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1754) 24 Oct 1694 12 Aug 1757 -->
|-
|1743 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet|Sir Richard Bampfylde, Bt]] ||<!-- party -->
|-
|1747 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" |[[John Tuckfield (MP)|John Tuckfield]]|| rowspan="2" |<!-- party --><!-- (to 1767) c 1719 6 Dec 1767 -->
|-
|1754 ||rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="4" |[[John Rolle Walter]] ||rowspan="4" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1776) c 1714 30 Nov 1779 -->
|-
|1767 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[William Spicer (MP for Exeter)|William Spicer]]||<!-- party --><!-- c 1735 21 Oct 1788 -->
|-
|1768 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Buller (1745–1793)|John Buller]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 28 Feb 1745 26 Nov 1793 -->
|-
|1774 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet|Sir Charles Bampfylde]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
|last=Stooks Smith
|first=Henry.
|editor=[[F. W. S. Craig|Craig, F. W. S.]]
|title=The Parliaments of England
|orig-year=1844–1850
|edition=2nd
|year=1973
|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
|___location=Chichester
|isbn=0-900178-13-2
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/69 69–70]
|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/69
}}</ref> <!-- 23 Jan 1753 19 Apr 1823 (to 1790) -->
|-
|1776 ||rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3" |[[John Baring (1730–1816)|John Baring]] ||rowspan="3" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1802) 5 Oct 1730 29 Jan 1816 -->
|-
|1790 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[James Buller (1766–1827)|James Buller]]||<!-- party -->
|-
|1796 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet|Sir Charles Bampfylde]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- 23 Jan 1753 19 Apr 1823 (to 1812) -->
|-
|1802 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[James Buller (1766–1827)|James Buller]]|| rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><!-- (to 1818) 14 May 1766 18 Aug 1827 -->
|-
|1812 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon|William Courtenay]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to Feb 1826) 19 Jun 1777 19 Mar 1859 -->
|-
|1818 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet|Robert Newman]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- later [1836] 1st baronet (to Jun 1826) 18 Aug 1776 24 Jan 1848 -->
|-
|Feb 1826 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Samuel Trehawke Kekewich]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to 1830) 1796 1 Jun 1873 -->
|-
|Jun 1826 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Lewis William Buck]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to 1832) 1784 25 Apr 1858 -->
|-
|1830 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[James Wentworth Buller]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to 1835) 1 Oct 1798 13 Mar 1865 -->
|-
|1832 ||rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="4" |[[Edward Divett]] ||rowspan="4" | [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836|date=1836|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiJkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA72|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Dod, Charles Roger|author2=Dod, Robert Phipps|author-link1=Charles Roger Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15|date=1847|publisher=[[Dod's Parliamentary Companion]]|pages=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1MNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref> <!-- (to 1864) d. 25 Jul 1864 -->
|-
|1835 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[William Webb Follett|Sir William Webb Follett]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- 2 Feb 1798 28 Jun 1845 47 -->
|-
|1845 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Sir John Duckworth, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Duckworth, Bt]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] <!-- 17 Mar 1809 29 Nov 1887 -->
|-
|1857 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Richard Gard]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<!-- (to 1865) 1797 16 Dec 1868 -->
|-
|1864 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Edward Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon|Viscount Courtenay]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] <!-- (to 1868) -->
|-
|1865 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|John Coleridge]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Liberal party (UK)|Liberal]]<!-- (to 1873) -->
|-
|1868 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Edgar Alfred Bowring]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] <!-- (to 1874) -->
|-
|1873 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Arthur Mills (MP)|Arthur Mills]] ||rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] <!-- (to 1880) -->
|-
|1874 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John George Johnson]]||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<!-- (to 1880) -->
|-
|1880
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Edward Johnson (MP)|Edward Johnson]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|colspan="6"|''representation reduced to one member''
|}
=== MPs since 1885 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment" />!!Party
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
| [[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1899 Exeter by-election|1899 by-election]]
| [[Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon|Sir Edgar Vincent]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
| [[George William Kekewich|Sir George Kekewich]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910]]
| [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|December 1910]]<ref name="december1910">At the December 1910 election, [[Harold St Maur]] was declared the winner by 4 votes, and the same majority was recorded after a recount. However, an electoral petition was decided on April 11, 1911, at which [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]] was declared the winner by 1 vote ( "Exeter Election Petition— Sensational Finish: Liberals Lose the Seat by a Majority of One", ''Staffordshire Sentinel'', April 11, 1977, p. 1)</ref>
| [[Harold St Maur]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|''1911''<ref name="december1910" />
| [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Sir Robert Newman]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]
| Independent
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
| [[Arthur Reed (politician)|Arthur Reed]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]
| [[John Maude]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]
| [[Rolf Dudley-Williams|Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams, Bt]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
| [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
| [[John Hannam|Sir John Hannam]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| [[Ben Bradshaw|Sir Ben Bradshaw]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
|[[Steve Race (politician)|Steve Race]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}
== Elections ==
[[File:Exeter election results.png|frameless|centre|upright=2.5|Exeter election results since 1900]]
=== Elections in the 2020s ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Exeter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Notices – Exeter City Council|url=https://exeter.gov.uk/media/a54mwlv0/statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll-ukpge-4-july-2024.pdf|access-date=7 June 2024|publisher=Exeter City Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Exeter - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001231 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 July 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Steve Race (politician)|Steve Race]]|votes=18,225|percentage=45.3|change=−9.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tessa Tucker|votes=6,288|percentage=15.6|change=−16.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Andrew Bell|votes=5,907|percentage=14.7|change=+5.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Lee Bunker|votes=4,914|percentage=12.2|change=+9.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Will Aczel|votes=4,201|percentage=10.5|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=William Poulter|votes=466|percentage=1.2|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Robert Spain|votes=194|percentage=0.5|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=11,937|percentage=29.7|change=+11.2}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=40,195|percentage=59.2|change=−8.2}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=67,840}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing={{increase}}3.5}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2010s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 26,500 ||align=right| 54.8
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 15,512 ||align=right| 32.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 4,516 ||align=right| 9.3
|-
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}}
| [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 1,257 ||align=right| 2.6
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others ||align=right| 565 ||align=right| 1.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 8 ||align=right| <0.1
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout'''
|align=right|48,358
|align=right|67.4
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Electorate'''
|align=right|71,713
|}
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Exeter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exeter.gov.uk/media/4950/sopn-ukpge-exeter-12-dec-2019.pdf|title=Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll|date=14 November 2019 |website =Exeter City Council |first=John|last=Street|publisher=Acting Returning Officer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000698|title=Exeter parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|date=13 December 2019|website =BBC News|publisher=BBC}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Ben Bradshaw]]|votes=29,882|percentage=53.2|change = −8.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Gray|votes=19,479|percentage=34.7|change= +1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Joe Levy|votes=4,838|percentage=8.6|change= +6.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Leslie Willis|votes=1,428|percentage=2.5|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Daniel Page|votes=306|percentage=0.5|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Duncan Odgers|votes=259|percentage=0.5|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,403
|percentage = 18.5
|change = −10.6
}}
{{
|votes = 56,192
|percentage = 68.5
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −5.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Exeter<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.devonlive.com/devon-general-election-candidates-2017/story-30327104-detail/story.html |title=2017 general election candidates in Devon |work=Devon Live |date=11 May 2017 |access-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511193850/http://www.devonlive.com/devon-general-election-candidates-2017/story-30327104-detail/story.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|votes = 34,336
|percentage = 62.0
|change = +15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Taghdissian
|votes = 18,219
|percentage = 32.9
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Vanessa Newcombe
|votes = 1,562
|percentage = 2.8
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joe Levy
|votes = 1,027
|percentage = 1.9
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jonathan West
|votes = 212
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jonathan Bishop
|votes = 67
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 16,117
|percentage = 29.1
|change = +15.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 55,423
|percentage = 71.7
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +7.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083226/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|votes = 25,062
|percentage = 46.4
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dom Morris
|votes = 17,879
|percentage = 33.1
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Keith Crawford
|votes = 5,075
|percentage = 9.4
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Diana Moore
|votes = 3,491
|percentage = 6.5
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Joel Mason
|votes = 2,321
|percentage = 4.3
|change = −16.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Ed Potts
|votes = 190
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,183
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,018
|percentage = 70.2
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exeter.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=14104&p=0|title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll|date=20 April 2010|format=PDF|last=Bostock|first=Philip|publisher=Acting Returning Officer, Exeter City Council|access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|votes = 19,942
|percentage = 38.2
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hannah Foster
|votes = 17,221
|percentage = 33.0
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham Oakes
|votes = 10,581
|percentage = 20.3
|change = −0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Keith Crawford
|votes = 1,930
|percentage = 3.7
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Chris Gale
|votes = 1,108
|percentage = 2.1
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Paula Black
|votes = 792
|percentage = 1.5
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Robert Farmer
|votes = 673
|percentage = 1.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,721
|percentage = 5.2
|change = -12.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 52,247
|percentage = 67.7
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −6.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2000s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|votes = 22,619
|percentage = 41.1
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Cox
|votes = 14,954
|percentage = 27.2
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jon Underwood
|votes = 11,340
Line 47 ⟶ 784:
|change = +8.2
}}
{{
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Margaret Danks
|votes = 2,214
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tim Brenan
Line 61 ⟶ 798:
|change = +1.0
}}
{{
|party =
|candidate = Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker
|votes = 1,854
Line 68 ⟶ 805:
|change = +1.3
}}
{{
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Stuart
|votes = 191
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 7,665
|percentage = 13.9
|change = -8.5
}}
{{
|votes = 55,068
|percentage = 64.8
|change = +0.6
}}
{{
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{
{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
Line 103 ⟶ 835:
|change = +2.3
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Jobson
|votes = 14,435
|percentage = 27.4
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Copus
|votes = 6,512
|percentage = 12.4
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = David Morrish
Line 124 ⟶ 856:
|change = +1.6
}}
{{
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Paul Edwards
|votes = 1,240
|percentage = 2.4
|change = +1.
}}
{{
|party =
|candidate = John Stuart
|votes = 1,109
|percentage = 2.1
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = Francis Choules
|votes = 530
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''
}}
{{
|votes = 11,759
|percentage = 22.4
|change = +3.5
}}
{{
|votes = 52,616
|percentage = 64.2
|change
}}
{{
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.7
}}
{{
===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/934/exeter|title=Exeter: Constituency|work=The Guardian|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2001/rp01-038.pdf|title=General Election results, 1 May 1997|date=29 March 2001|last=Morgan|first=Bryn|publisher=Social & General Statistics Section, House of Commons Library|access-date=7 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204091528/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2001/rp01-038.pdf|archive-date=4 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ben Bradshaw]]
|votes = 29,398
|percentage = 47.5
|change = +11.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Rogers
|votes = 17,693
|percentage = 28.6
|change = −13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Brewer
|votes = 11,148
|percentage = 18.0
|change = −1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = David Morrish
|votes = 2,062
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Paul Edwards
|votes = 643
|percentage = 1.0
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Corrine Haynes
|votes = 638
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pensioners Party (England)
|candidate = James Meakin
|votes = 282
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,705
|percentage = 18.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 61,864
|percentage = 78.2
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +12.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 25,543
|percentage = 41.1
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John N. Lloyd
|votes = 22,498
|percentage = 36.2
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham J. Oakes
|votes = 12,059
|percentage = 19.4
|change = −12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Alison C. Micklem
|votes = 1,119
|percentage = 1.8
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tim J.R. Brenan
|votes = 764
|percentage = 1.2
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Michael J. Turnbull
|votes = 98
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,045
|percentage = 4.9
|change = −7.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 62,081
|percentage = 80.5
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −8.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1980s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 26,922
|percentage = 44.4
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Mike Thomas (politician)|Mike Thomas]]
|votes = 19,266
|percentage = 31.8
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Vincent
|votes = 13,643
|percentage = 22.5
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Vail
|votes = 597
|percentage = 1.0
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = L.A.P.P
|candidate = Nigel Byles
|votes = 209
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,656
|percentage = 12.6
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 60,637
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Exeter<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 26,660
|percentage = 46.5
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Mennell
|votes = 16,780
|percentage = 29.3
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Evans
|votes = 13,088
|percentage = 22.8
|change = −11.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Frings
|votes = 779
|percentage = 1.4
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,880
|percentage = 17.2
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 57,307
|percentage = 78.0
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -7.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1970s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Exeter }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 27,173
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G.W. Hobbs
|votes = 19,146
|percentage = 34.1
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Marsh
|votes = 8,756
|percentage = 15.6
|change = −7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Frings
|votes = 1,053
|percentage = 1.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,027
|percentage = 14.3
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 56,128
|percentage = 81.6
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 21,970
|percentage = 40.7
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = F Keith Taylor
|votes = 19,622
|percentage = 36.4
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Morrish
|votes = 12,342
|percentage = 22.9
|change = −5.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,348
|percentage = 4.3
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 53,934
|percentage = 80.3
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -2.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 22,762
|percentage = 40.1
|change = −5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Powell
|votes = 17,686
|percentage = 31.2
|change = −9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Morrish
|votes = 16,322
|percentage = 28.8
|change = +15.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,076
|percentage = 8.9
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 56,770
|percentage = 85.3
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hannam]]
|votes = 21,680
|percentage = 45.0
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]]
|votes = 20,409
|percentage = 42.4
|change = −6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Morrish
|votes = 6,672
|percentage = 13.6
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,271
|percentage = 2.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,761
|percentage = 81.1
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +5.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1960s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]]
|votes = 22,199<ref>The Returning Officer gave Dunwoody 22,189 when announcing the result on the night. This was broadcast on the BBC election Night coverage</ref>
|percentage = 48.6
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rolf Dudley-Williams]]
|votes = 18,613
|percentage = 40.8
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Ronald Cuthbert Thompson
|votes = 4,869
|percentage = 10.7
|change = −9.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,586
|percentage = 7.85
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,681
|percentage = 83.63
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.49
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rolf Dudley-Williams]]
|votes = 18,035
|percentage = 41.4
|change = −7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]]
|votes = 16,673
|percentage = 38.3
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Ronald Cuthbert Thompson
|votes = 8,815
|percentage = 20.3
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,362
|percentage = 3.1
|change = −9.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,523
|percentage = 80.3
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −4.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1950s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rolf Dudley-Williams]]
|votes = 21,579
|percentage = 48.7
|change = −7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert John Rogers
|votes = 15,918
|percentage = 35.9
|change = −7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon Taylor
|votes = 6,852
|percentage = 15.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,661
|percentage = 12.8
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 44,349
|percentage = 82.0
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rolf Dudley-Williams]]
|votes = 24,147
|percentage = 56.28
|change = +5.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leslie Merrion]]
|votes = 18,759
|percentage = 43.72
|change = +3.08
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,388
|percentage = 12.56
|change = +2.41
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 42,906
|percentage = 79.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.20
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Exeter
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rolf Dudley-Williams]]
|votes = 23,218
|percentage = 50.80
|change = −2.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston|Edward Bishop]]
|votes = 18,576
|percentage = 40.65
|change = −5.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Ellen E Tinkham
|votes = 3,908
|percentage = 8.55
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,642
|percentage = 10.15
|change = +3.11
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,702
|percentage = 84.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.56
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Maude]]
|votes = 24,339
|percentage = 53.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Tom Horabin]]
|votes = 21,135
|percentage = 46.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,204
|percentage = 7.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,474
|percentage = 86.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Election in the 1940s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Maude]]
|votes = 16,420
|percentage = 43.34
|change = −17.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald J Travess
|votes = 15,245
|percentage = 40.24
|change = +1.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Freda Evelyn Griffith Morgan
|votes = 6,220
|percentage = 16.42
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,175
|percentage = 3.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,885
|percentage = 74.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1930s===
'''General Election 1939–40''':
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
*'''Conservative''': [[Arthur Reed (politician)|Arthur Reed]]
*'''Labour''': [[William Robert Robins]]<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>
*'''Liberal''': Henry Gebhardt
*'''[[British Union]]''': Rafe Temple Cotton
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Arthur Reed (politician)|Arthur Reed]]|votes=21,192|percentage=60.78|change=+5.59}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[John Stafford Cripps]]|votes=13,674|percentage=39.22|change=+17.65}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7,518|percentage=21.56|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=34,866|percentage=75.86|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Exeter}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Reed (politician)|Arthur Reed]]
|votes = 20,360
|percentage = 55.19
|change = +32.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Eleanor Acland]]
|votes = 8,571
|percentage = 23.23
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Viner Delahaye
|votes = 7,958
|percentage = 21.57
|change = −6.23
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,789
|percentage = 31.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,889
|percentage = 84.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1920s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Exeter<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
|votes = 16,642
|percentage = 49.5
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Lloyd Jones
|votes = 9,361
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Dorling Roberts
|votes = 7,622
|percentage = 22.7
|change = -34.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,281
|percentage = 21.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,625
|percentage = 81.9
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Unionist
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Exeter<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
|votes = 14,522
|percentage = 57.5
|change = −10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A J Penny
|votes = 6,359
|percentage = 25.2
|change = −7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Fairchild Day
|votes = 4,359
|percentage = 17.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,163
|percentage = 32.3
|change = −3.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,240
|percentage = 82.1
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = −1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Exeter <ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
|votes = 14,908
|percentage = 67.7
|change = +11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Lothian Small]]
|votes = 7,123
|percentage = 32.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,785
|percentage = 35.4
|change = +22.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,031
|percentage = 72.6
|change = −13.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:1922 Leonard Costello.jpg|thumb|120px|Leonard Costello]]
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Exeter<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
|votes = 14,326
|percentage = 56.7
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leonard Costello]]
|votes = 10,920
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,406
|percentage = 13.4
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,246
|percentage = 85.6
|change = +17.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = −2.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Election results 1885–1918==
===Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Liberal Year Book, 1907</ref><ref>Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|votes =3,315
|percentage =51.9
|change = −10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Johnson (British politician)|Edward Johnson]]
|votes =3,074
|percentage =48.1
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =241
|percentage =3.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =6,389
|percentage =91.8
|change = +15.3 (est)
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,963
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −10.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|votes =3,222
|percentage =52.8
|change =+0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Johnson (British politician)|Edward Johnson]]
|votes =2,879
|percentage =47.2
|change = −0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =343
|percentage =5.6
|change =+1.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =6,101
|percentage =87.6
|change = −4.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,963
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1890s ===
[[File:1906 Edward Dunn MP.jpg|120px|thumb]]
{{Election box begin| title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|votes =3,884
|percentage =53.8
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Albert Dunn]]
|votes =3,329
|percentage =46.2
|change = −1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =555
|percentage =7.6
|change =+2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,213
|percentage =90.5
|change =+2.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,972
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =+1.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|votes =3,857
|percentage =53.4
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Adam Spencer Hogg
|votes =3,363
|percentage =46.6
|change =+0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =494
|percentage =6.8
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,220
|percentage =88.1
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,198
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1899 Exeter by-election]]<ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon|Edgar Vincent]]
|votes =4,030
|percentage =54.5
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Allan Heywood Bright|Allan Bright]]
|votes =3,371
|percentage =45.5
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =659
|percentage =9.0
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,401
|percentage =86.1
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,595
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1900s ===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon|Edgar Vincent]]
|votes =4,001
|percentage =54.1
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Allan Heywood Bright|Allan Bright]]
|votes =3,388
|percentage =45.9
|change = -0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 613
|percentage = 8.2
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,389
|percentage =84.9
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,708
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:Sir George William Kekewich MP postcard.jpg|thumb|120px|Kekewich]]
{{Election box begin| title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George William Kekewich|George Kekewich]]
|votes = 4,469
|percentage = 50.5
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon|Edgar Vincent]]
|votes =4,384
|percentage = 49.5
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 85
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,853
|percentage = 92.5
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,567
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1910s ===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Exeter <ref name="Reference85-18"/><ref>Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
|votes = 4,902
|percentage = 50.1
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harold St. Maur]]
|votes = 4,876
|percentage = 49.9
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,778
|percentage = 94.2
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,383
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:Harold St Maur.jpg|thumb|120px|St Maur]]
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Exeter<ref name="Reference85-18"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
|votes = 4,777
|percentage = 50.0
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harold St. Maur]]
|votes = 4,776
|percentage = 50.0
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1
|percentage = 0.0
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,553
|percentage = 92.0
|change = −2.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,383
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
Upon petition, this election was subject to a recount due to the closeness of the results. On the first count, St. Maur led with 4,786 votes to Duke's 4,782. On a second count, St. Maur again led with 4,782 votes to Duke's 4,778. Closer scrutiny led to the above count, allowing Duke to retain the seat.
'''General Election 1914–15''':
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*'''Unionist''': [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
*'''Liberal''':
Duke is appointed [[Chief Secretary for Ireland|Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], prompting a by-election.
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[1916 Exeter by-election|By-election, 1916]] Exeter<ref name="Reference85-18"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Duke is appointed [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Lord Justice of Appeal]] and resigns, prompting a by-election.
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[1918 Exeter by-election|By-election, 1918]] Exeter<ref name="Reference85-18"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Exeter<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead|Robert Newman]]
|votes = 12,524
|percentage = 58.7
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leonard Costello]]
|votes = 8,806
|percentage = 41.3
|change = −8.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,718
|percentage = 17.4
|change = +17.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,330
|percentage = 68.2
|change = −23.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +8.7
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
==Election results 1868–1880==
===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon|Edward Courtenay]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|John Coleridge]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,088
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|John Coleridge]]
|votes = 2,317
|percentage = 25.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edgar Alfred Bowring]]
|votes = 2,247
|percentage = 25.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Burgess Karslake]]
|votes = 2,218
|percentage = 24.7
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Arthur Mills (MP)|Arthur Mills]]
|votes = 2,206
|percentage = 24.5
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 0.3
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,494 (est)
|percentage = 73.0 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,156
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Coleridge was appointed [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]], requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 Exeter by-election|By-election, 21 December 1868]]: Exeter (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|John Coleridge]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1870s===
Coleridge resigned after being appointed Chief Justice of the [[Court of Common Pleas (England)|Court of Common Pleas]]
{{Election box begin| title=[[1873 Exeter by-election|By-election, 11 Dec 1873]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Arthur Mills (MP)|Arthur Mills]]
|votes = 2,346
|percentage = 53.7
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Watkin]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Exeter Representation|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000265/18731110/009/0004|access-date=29 December 2017|work=Western Times|date=10 November 1873|pages=3–4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 2,025
|percentage = 46.3
|change = −4.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 321
|percentage = 7.4
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,371
|percentage = 70.4
|change = −2.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,206
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Arthur Mills (MP)|Arthur Mills]]
|votes = 2,523
|percentage = 27.5
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[John George Johnson]]
|votes = 2,330
|percentage = 25.4
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edgar Alfred Bowring]]
|votes = 2,264
|percentage = 24.7
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Johnson (British politician)|Edward Johnson]]
|votes = 2,053
|percentage = 22.4
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 66
|percentage = 0.7
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,585 (est)
|percentage = 72.4 (est)
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,337
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|___location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Johnson (British politician)|Edward Johnson]]
|votes = 3,038
|percentage = 37.2
|change = −9.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|votes = 2,590
|percentage = 31.7
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Arthur Mills (MP)|Arthur Mills]]
|votes = 2,545
|percentage = 31.1
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 448
|percentage = 5.5
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,628 (est)
|percentage = 76.5 (est)
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,361
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Election results 1832–1868==
===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =[[James Wentworth Buller]]
|votes = 1,615
|percentage = 43.4
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
|votes = 1,121
|percentage = 30.1
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[William Webb Follett]]
|votes = 985
|percentage = 26.5
|change = −6.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,055
|percentage = 69.6
|change = {{circa|−0.4}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,952
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 494
|percentage = 13.3
|change= +1.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +2.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 136
|percentage = 3.6
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Tories (British political party)
|swing = +5.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Webb Follett]]
|votes = 1,425
|percentage = 39.3
|change = +12.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
|votes = 1,176
|percentage = 32.4
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =[[James Wentworth Buller]]
|votes = 1,029
|percentage = 28.3
|change = −15.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,242
|percentage = 69.2
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,239
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 249
|percentage = 6.9
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +10.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 147
|percentage = 4.1
|change= +0.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = +4.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Webb Follett]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 3,488
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[William Webb Follett]]
|votes = 1,302
|percentage = 36.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
|votes = 1,192
|percentage = 33.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland|Algernon Percy]]
|votes = 1,119
|percentage = 31.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,302
|percentage = 62.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,698
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 110
|percentage = 3.0
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 73
|percentage = 2.0
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
Follett was appointed [[Solicitor General of England and Wales]], requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 Exeter by-election|By-election, 13 September 1841]]: Exeter<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[William Webb Follett]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Follett was appointed [[Attorney General of England and Wales]], requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1844 Exeter by-election|By-election, 20 April 1844]]: Exeter<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[William Webb Follett]]
|votes = 1,293
|percentage = 71.0
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Briggs (East India Company officer)|John Briggs]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Derbyshire Courier |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000395/18440420/019/0002 |access-date=5 November 2018 |date=20 April 1844 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 529
|percentage = 29.0
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 764
|percentage = 42.0
|change= +39.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,822
|percentage = 48.9
|change = −13.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,728
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Follett's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1845 Exeter by-election|By-election, 7 July 1845]]: Exeter<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir John Duckworth, 2nd Baronet|John Duckworth]]
|votes = 1,258
|percentage = 68.1
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Briggs (East India Company officer)|John Briggs]]
|votes = 588
|percentage = 31.9
|change = −1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 670
|percentage = 36.2
|change= +33.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,846
|percentage = 49.5
|change = −12.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,728
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir John Duckworth, 2nd Baronet|John Duckworth]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Divett]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,798
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Sir John Duckworth, 2nd Baronet|John Duckworth]]
|votes = 1,210
|percentage = 34.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
|votes = 1,191
|percentage = 33.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Stucley|George Buck]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Exeter Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18520710/036/0004|access-date=7 May 2018|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=10 July 1852|pages=4, 7|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 1,111
|percentage = 31.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,352 (est)
|percentage = 94.0 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,501
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.6
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 2.3
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Richard Gard]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,162
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Richard Gard]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Divett]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,216
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1860s===
Divett's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1864 Exeter by-election|By-election, 4 August 1864]]: Exeter (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon|Edward Courtenay]]
|votes = 1,096
|percentage = 50.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|John Coleridge]]
|votes = 1,070
|percentage = 49.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26
|percentage = 1.2
|change= ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,166
|percentage = 84.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,564
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner =Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Elections before 1832==
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Terry |title=Exeter |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/exeter |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =[[James Wentworth Buller]]
|votes = 753
|percentage = 44.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate =[[Lewis William Buck]]
|votes = 548
|percentage = 32.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate =[[Edward Divett]]
|votes = 379
|percentage = 22.6
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 910
|percentage = {{circa|70.0}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = {{circa|1,300}}
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 205
|percentage = 12.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 169
|percentage = 10.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Exeter (2 seats)<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Lewis William Buck]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[James Wentworth Buller]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
== See also ==
* [[List of
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=n}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13087.html Exeter UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66033.html Exeter UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168815.html Exeter UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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