| Tiverton and Minehead | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Tiverton and Minehead in South West England | |
| County | Somerset (majority) Devon (minority) |
| Electorate | 70,829 (2023)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bridgwater and West Somerset,Taunton Deane &Tiverton and Honiton |
Tiverton and Minehead is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the2024 general election.[3] Its first MP isLiberal DemocratRachel Gilmour, who defeatedIan Liddell-Grainger, theConservative MP forBridgwater thenBridgwater and West Somerset from 2001 to 2024.
The constituency is named after theDevon town ofTiverton and theSomerset town ofMinehead.[4]
The constituency, which crosses the boundary between the counties ofDevon andSomerset, is defined as composing the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset.[6] In addition, a local government boundary review was carried out in Mid Devon which came into effect in May 2023.[7][8] The constituency therefore now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
The seat covers the following areas:[9]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rachel Gilmour | Liberal Democrat | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Gilmour | 18,326 | 38.6 | +19.1 | |
| Conservative | Ian Liddell-Grainger | 14,819 | 31.2 | –30.1 | |
| Reform | Frederick Keen | 7,787 | 16.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jonathan Barter | 4,325 | 9.1 | –5.2 | |
| Green | Laura Buchanan | 2,234 | 4.7 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 3,507 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,491 | 66.1 | –3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,843 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing |  24.6 | |||
| 2019notional result[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 30,297 | 61.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,632 | 19.5 | |
| Labour | 7,070 | 14.3 | |
| Green | 2,103 | 4.3 | |
| Independent | 309 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | 49,411 | 69.8 | |
| Electorate | 70,829 | ||