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Newton Abbot

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Martin Wrigley
Party
Liberal Democrat
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
73,885
Turnout
65.0%
Majority
2,246

Where is Newton Abbot?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

Newton Abbot Torbay Exeter Exmouth and Exeter East South Devon Central Devon South West Devon Honiton and Sidmouth Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Torridge and Tavistock South East Cornwall West Dorset North Cornwall England
Newton Abbot

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Newton Abbot is a constituency in the South West region of England. The seat has been held by Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat) since July 2024.

Current MP

Martin Wrigley MP

Liberal Democrat

Represents Newton Abbot in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Liberal Democrat
Majority
2,246
Turnout
65.0%
Full candidate result (8 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Martin WrigleyElectedLiberal Democrat15,20131.7%9.4%
Anne Marie MorrisConservative12,95527.0%-28.6%
Christopher HilditchReform UK8,49417.7%
Jacob CousensLabour7,11514.8%-2.9%
Pauline WynterGreen Party2,0834.3%1.5%
Liam MulloneSouth Devon Alliance1,9244.0%
Andre SabineHeritage Party1160.2%
Annaliese CudeVolt United Kingdom1040.2%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for Newton Abbot, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population94,947
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth West

Age profile

0 to 1717.3% · 16,422 people
18 to 245.5% · 5,261 people
25 to 3410.3% · 9,810 people
35 to 4917.0% · 16,119 people
50 to 6422.0% · 20,923 people
65 and over27.8% · 26,412 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

41,472 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners70.6% · 29,278 households
Private renters18.3% · 7,584 households
Social renters9.7% · 4,027 households
Other tenure1.4% · 583 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

41,472 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households31.2% · 12,935 households
Families with dependent children23.3% · 9,652 households
Other single-family households42.0% · 17,400 households
Other household types3.6% · 1,485 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

93,355 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot8.6% · 8,020 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little12.5% · 11,626 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act79.0% · 73,709 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question1 July 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to question 8227 on Members: Correspondence, when her Department plans to respond to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on the correspondence sent on 21 April 2026…

Written question30 June 2026

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the department plans to respond to written question 3633 on Climate Change: Environment Protection tabled by the hon. member for Newton Abbot on 20 May.

Written question29 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot sent on 14 May 2026 under case ref MW15899.

Written question23 June 2026

5G: Devon

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the merger of Vodafone and Three on the rollout of 5G services in (a) Devon and (b) Newton Abbot constituency.

Written question22 June 2026

Horses: Newton Abbot

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of Natural England's proposals to include Dartmoor ponies in livestock counts on the future population and conservation of Dartmo

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Written question12 June 2026

Unfair Practices: Newton Abbot

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to tackle rogue builders and traders in Newton Abbot constituency.

Written question9 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Hon. Member for Newton Abbot on the email ref 2026-0065504 sent on the 21 of April 2026.

Written question9 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her department plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 April 2026 from the hon. member for Newton Abbot with case ref MW15547.

Written question9 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot sent on 24 April 2026 with case ref MW15524.

Written question1 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. member for Newton Abbot sent on the 25th of March under case reference MW12483.

Written question13 May 2026

Alcoholism: Newton Abbot

Raised by Martin Wrigley MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support residents who are suffering from alcoholic addiction in Newton Abbot.

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency566
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency401
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency350
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency340
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency222
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

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Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency174
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency143
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency136
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded50
Total awarded£1,779,431

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026

Recruitment and employment of Volunteer Co-ordinator

Volunteering In Health

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Volunteering In Health - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 19 June 2026

Animal and nature outdoor well being intervention

A kind of magic equine centre CIC

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

A kind of magic equine centre CIC - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 19 June 2026

Courtenay Centre Improvement Project

Newton Abbot Community Centres CIO

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Newton Abbot Community Centres CIO - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 19 June 2026

SkillStart: Community Skills & Employability Programme

The Teignbridge Community Project CIC

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

The Teignbridge Community Project CIC - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 4 June 2026

Neighbours with Nature

Green Futures Newton Abbot

£19,325

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Green Futures Newton Abbot - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England

45 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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