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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South West
75,742 electors
Active Seat

Torbay

Current MP
Steve Darling
Steve Darling

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
64.5%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Steve Darling Gain from Conservative
Majority 5,349
Turnout 60.5% ↓6.7pp
Total Votes 46,115
Winner Swing ↓18.2pp
✓ Steve Darling
Liberal Democrats
18,937 41.1%
↑16.8pp
Kevin Foster
Conservative
13,588 29.5%
↓29.6pp
Gordon Scott
Reform UK
8,660 18.8%
—
Chris Wongsosaputro
Labour
3,276 7.1%
↓5.9pp
Charlie West
Green Party
1,420 3.1%
↑0.7pp
Paul Moor
Workers Party of Britain
234 0.5%
—
Conservative Kevin Foster Hold
Majority 17,749
Turnout 67.2% ↓0.2pp
Total Votes 50,426
Winner Swing ↑6.2pp
✓ Kevin Foster
Conservative
29,863 59.2%
↑6.2pp
Lee Howgate
Liberal Democrats
12,114 24.0%
↓1.1pp
Michele Middleditch
Labour
6,562 13.0%
↓5.2pp
Sam Moss
Green Party
1,239 2.5%
↑1.2pp
James Channer
—
648 1.3%
—
Conservative Kevin Foster Hold
Majority 14,283
Turnout 67.4% ↑4.4pp
Total Votes 51,174
Winner Swing ↑12.4pp
✓ Kevin Foster
Conservative
27,141 53.0%
↑12.4pp
Deborah Brewer
Liberal Democrats
12,858 25.1%
↓8.7pp
Paul Raybould
Labour
9,310 18.2%
↑9.5pp
Tony McIntyre
—
1,213 2.4%
↓11.2pp
Sam Moss
Green Party
652 1.3%
↓2.0pp
Conservative Kevin Foster Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 3,286
Turnout 63.0% ↓1.6pp
Total Votes 48,079
Winner Swing ↓6.3pp
✓ Kevin Foster
Conservative
19,551 40.7%
↑2.0pp
Adrian Sanders
Liberal Democrats
16,265 33.8%
↓13.2pp
Tony McIntyre
—
6,540 13.6%
↑8.3pp
Su Maddock
Labour
4,166 8.7%
↑2.1pp
Paula Hermes
Green Party
1,557 3.2%
↑2.3pp
Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders Hold
Majority 4,078
Turnout 64.5%
Total Votes 49,210
✓ Adrian Sanders
Liberal Democrats
23,126 47.0%
↑5.2pp
Marcus Wood
Conservative
19,048 38.7%
↑2.9pp
David Pedrick-Friend
Labour
3,231 6.6%
↓7.9pp
Julien Parrott
—
2,628 5.3%
↓2.7pp
Ann Conway
—
709 1.4%
—
Sam Moss
Green Party
468 1.0%
—

Turnout Trend

64.5%
'10
63.0%
'15
67.4%
'17
67.2%
'19
60.5%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
26.4% ▲3.9pp
50 to 64
21.9%
0 to 17
17.8%
35 to 49
17.0%
25 to 34
11.0%
18 to 24
5.9%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
95.7%
Asian or Asian British
1.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.6%
Other
0.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
📊 Age
65 and over
26.4%
45 to 64
21.9%
Under 18
17.8%
30 to 44
17.0%
18 to 29
16.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.2%
No religion
43.4%
Not answered
6.4%
Other religion
0.6%
Muslim
0.6%
Buddhist
0.4%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.2%
Asian or Asian British
1.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.9%
65 and over
22.5%
Under 18
19.0%
30 to 44
17.6%
18 to 29
13.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
62.9%
No religion
27.8%
Religion not stated
7.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Muslim
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Kevin Foster Conservative 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Mr Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat 1997-05-01 2015-03-30
Rupert Allason Conservative 1987-06-11 1997-05-01
Sir Frederic Bennett Conservative 1955-12-15 1987-06-11