Election 97

Totnes


Result 97 Con gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Michael Steen
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 19,637 (36.5%)
Labour 97 8,796 (16.4%)
LibDem 97 18,760 (34.9%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 6,576 (12.2%)
Elected party 97 Con
Electorate 97 70,473
Turnout 97 53,769 (76.3%)



1992 MP Michael Steen
Old constituency name South Hams
Majority 92 8,626 (15.3%)
Conservative 92 28,736 (50.8%)
Labour 92 6,842 (12.1%)
LibDem 92 20,110 (35.6%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 853 ( 1.5%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 68,071
Turnout 92 56,541 (83.1%)
Totnes



Tory change -14.3%
Labour change +4.3%
Lib Dem change -0.7%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +10.7%
Electorate change +3.5%
Turnout Change -6.8%
Robert Waller wrote

The South Devon district of South Hams enjoys some of the most attractive scenery in England, but it is scarcely developed for tourism and in no way ruined by commercial exploitation.

In boundary changes, the South Hams constituency (excluding the western end, now part of the controversial SW Devon constituency) has been brought together with some 11,000 voters from the Teignbridge seat, and the name of South Hams is dropped in favour of the more historic Totnes.

Boundary changes have meant a change of constituency for the Golden Lion Hotel at Ashburton, the national headquarters of the Raving Loony Party.

Alan Hope of the Raving Loony party only secured 437 votes in Teignbridge in 1992 and unless there is a huge swing towards some kind of lunacy next time it is safe to predict that the Conservatives should hold the Totness seat easily, with the Liberal Democrats in second place.


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