Exeter is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It has been represented since 1997 by Ben Bradshaw

Ben Bradshaw

Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Exeter since 1997, and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport....

 of the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

, the Shadow Culture Secretary.

Boundaries

The constituency covers most of the city of Exeter

Exeter

Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...

 in Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

. Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, which has increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, two wards of the City of Exeter (St Loyes and Topsham) have been transferred to the neighbouring East Devon

East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

East Devon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

 constituency.

Exeter is formed from electoral wards entirely within the boundaries of the city of Exeter:
Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St Davids, St James, St Leonards, St Thomas, Whipton Barton

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Grey	Richard Bosom
1388 (Feb)	Peter Hadley	Thomas Raymond
1388 (Sep)	Peter Hadley	Adam Creedy
1390 (Jan)	Adam Golde	William Frye
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Grey	William Frye
1393	John Grey	Robert Cobbley
1394	John Grey	Richard Bosom
1395	John Grey	William Wilford
1397 (Jan)	John Grey	William Wilford
1397 (Sep)	William Frye	William Wilford
1399	Roger Golde	Robert Cobbley
1401	Adam Scut	John Coscombe
1402	Roger Golde	William Morehay
1404 (Jan)	William Wilford	Thomas Raymond
1404 (Oct)	John Nywaman	John Lake
1406	Roger Golde	William Dimmock
1407	Nicholas Clerk	William Morehay
1410	Richard Raymond	John Shaplegh I
1411	William Wilford	John Lake
1413 (Feb)	Thomas Eston	Peter Sturt
1413 (May)	Richard Bosom	John Pollow
1414 (Apr)	John Wilford	John Shaplegh II
1414 (Nov)	Roger Golde	John Wilford
1415	Richard Crese	John Pollow
1416 (Mar)	Roger Golde	Robert Vessy
1416 (Oct)	Roger Golde	John Pollow
1417	John Shaplegh II	Thomas Cook
1419	John Shaplegh II	John Pollow
1420	John Shaplegh II	Richard Crese
1421 (May)	John Cutler alias Carwithan	Roger Shillingford
1421 (Dec)	John Shaplegh II	John Shillingford
1510	Thomas Andrew	John Orenge
1512	Richard Hewet	John Simon
1515	Richard Hewet	John Simon
1523	John Noseworthy	John Bridgeman
1529	Henry Hamlin	John Blackaller, replaced 1534 by John Vowell alias Hooker
1536	?
1539	John Hull	William Hurst
1542	Thomas Spurway	William Hurst
1543	Gilbert Kirk replaced Spurway and John Pasmore replaced Hurst
1543	(substitution reversed) Thomas Spurway replaced Kirk, William Hurst replaced Pasmore
1545	John Grenville	William Hurst
1547	John Hull, died and replaced 1549 by Thomas Prestwood	Griffith Ameredith
1553 (Mar)	Robert Weston	Richard Hart
1553 (Oct)	John Ridgeway	Richard Hart
1554 (Apr)	John Ridgeway	Richard Hart
1554 (Nov)	John Grenville	John Petre
1555	Sir John Pollard	Edmund Sture
1558	John Grenville	Walter Staplehill
1558/9	Sir John Pollard	Richard Prestwood
1562/3	Thomas Williams, died and replaced 1566 by Sir Peter Carew	Geoffrey Tothill
1571	Geoffrey Tothill	John Vowell alias Hooker
1572	Geoffrey Tothill, died and replaced 1576 by Edward Ameredith	Simon Knight
1584	Thomas Bruarton	Richard Prowse
1586	Edward Drew	John Vowell alias Hooker
1588	Edward Drew	John Peryam
1593	John Hele	John Peryam
1597	John Hele	William Martin
1601	John Hele	John Howell
1604	George Smith	John Prowse
1614	John Prowse	Thomas Martyn
1621–1622	John Prowse	Ignatius Jordan
1624	John Prowse	Nicholas Duck Nicholas Duck Nicholas Duck , was an English lawyer.Duck was born at Heavitree, Devonshire, in 1570, the eldest son of Richard Duck by Joanna, his wife, and entered Exeter College, Oxford, on 12 July, 1584. He left the university without a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar, and...
1625	Ignatius Jordan	Nicholas Duck Nicholas Duck Nicholas Duck , was an English lawyer.Duck was born at Heavitree, Devonshire, in 1570, the eldest son of Richard Duck by Joanna, his wife, and entered Exeter College, Oxford, on 12 July, 1584. He left the university without a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar, and...
1626	Ignatius Jordan	John Haynes
1628-1629	Ignatius Jordan	John Lynn John Lynn John Lynn VC DCM was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
Apr 1640	Robert Walker Robert Walker (MP) Robert Walker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1673. He was a strong Royalist during the English Civil War....	Simon Snow Simon Snow (MP) Simon Snow was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War...  in place of Jacob Tucker
Nov 1640	Robert Walker Robert Walker (MP) Robert Walker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1673. He was a strong Royalist during the English Civil War....   disabled 1643	Simon Snow Simon Snow (MP) Simon Snow was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War...
1645	Simon Snow Simon Snow (MP) Simon Snow was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War...   secluded in Pride's Purge	Samuel Clark
1648	Samuel Clark	(one seat only)
1653	Exeter not represented in the Barebones Parliament
1654	Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde was an English Member of Parliament who was briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.He sat for Exeter in the First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament and the Third Protectorate Parliament...	Thomas Gibbons
1656	Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde was an English Member of Parliament who was briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.He sat for Exeter in the First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament and the Third Protectorate Parliament...	Thomas Westlake
1659	Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde was an English Member of Parliament who was briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.He sat for Exeter in the First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament and the Third Protectorate Parliament...	Maj. Thomas Gibbon

MPs 1660–1885

Two members

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1660		John Maynard John Maynard (MP) Sir John Maynard KS was an English lawyer and politician, prominent under the reigns of Charles I, the Commonwealth, Charles II, James II and William III.-Origins and education:...			Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde was an English Member of Parliament who was briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.He sat for Exeter in the First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament and the Third Protectorate Parliament...
1661		Sir James Smyth James Smyth (MP) Sir James Smyth was an English Member of Parliament. The Smyths were a prominent family in Exeter and he married a Cornish heiress...			Robert Walker Robert Walker (MP) Robert Walker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1673. He was a strong Royalist during the English Civil War....
1673					Thomas Walker
1679		William Glyde			Malachi Pyne
1681		Sir Thomas Carew Thomas Carew (died 1681) Sir Thomas Carew was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1681....			Thomas Walker
1685		James Walker			Edward Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
Jan 1689		Henry Pollexfen Henry Pollexfen Sir Henry Pollexfen was a British judge and politician. He was the son of Andrew Pollexfen and his wife Joan, and the brother of John Pollexfen, the British political economist. He entered Inner Temple in 1652, was called to the bar in 1658 and by 1662 he was pleading before the high courts at...
Jun 1689		Christopher Bale
1695		Edward Seyward			Sir Joseph Tily
1698		Sir Edward Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...		Sir Bartholomew Shower
1702					John Snell John Snell (MP) John Snell was a member of the British House of Commons representing Exeter from 1702-1708.Snell was the son of Rev. John Snell of Thurlestone Devon and was born about 1638. His father as a Royalist had been dispossessed of his living during the Commonwealth. He was made Freeman of Exeter in...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
Apr 1708		John Harris	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
May 1708					Nicholas Wood Nicholas Wood Nicholas Wood was an English colliery and steam locomotive engineer. He helped engineer and design many steps forward in both engineering and mining safety, and helped bring about the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, holding the position of President from its...
1710		Sir Coplestone Bampfylde	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...		John Snell John Snell (MP) John Snell was a member of the British House of Commons representing Exeter from 1702-1708.Snell was the son of Rev. John Snell of Thurlestone Devon and was born about 1638. His father as a Royalist had been dispossessed of his living during the Commonwealth. He was made Freeman of Exeter in...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1713		John Rolle			Francis Drewe
1715		John Bampfylde
1722		John Rolle
1727		Samuel Molyneux Samuel Molyneux Samuel Molyneux FRS , son of William Molyneux, was an 18th-century member of the British parliament from Kew and an amateur astronomer whose work with James Bradley attempting to measure stellar parallax led to the discovery of the aberration of light...
1728		John Belfield
1734		John King John King, 2nd Baron King John King, 2nd Baron King, FRS was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1727 to 1734 and for Exeter from 1734 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1735....			Thomas Balle
1735		Sir Henry Northcote Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet , English politician, was a member of a family which had long been settled in Devon, tracing their descent from Galfridas de Nordcote who settled there in 1103....
1741					Humphrey Sydenham
1743		Sir Richard Bampfylde, Bt Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the only son of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet and his wife Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet, and he was baptised in Poltimore in Devon. In 1727, aged only five, he succeeded his father as...
1747		John Tuckfield
1754					John Rolle Walter
1767		William Spicer
1768		John Buller
1774		Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Life and career:He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington, and he was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in...
1776					John Baring
1790		James Buller
1796		Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Life and career:He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington, and he was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in...
1802					James Buller
1812		William Courtenay
1818					Robert William Newman Sir Robert William Newman, 1st Baronet Sir Robert William Newman, 1st Baronet was a British Whig politician. He was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bletchingley at a by-election in December 1812....
Feb 1826		Samuel Trehawke Kekewich Samuel Trehawke Kekewich Samuel Trehawke Kekewich was an English Tory and later Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830 and from 1858 to 1873....
Jun 1826					Lewis William Buck
1830		James Wentworth Buller James Wentworth Buller James Wentworth Buller was a British Whigpolitician. He was a Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1830 to 1835, and for North Devon from 1857 to 1865.He lived at Downes, Crediton, Devon, England....
1832					Edward Divett
1835		Sir William Webb Follett William Webb Follett Sir William Webb Follett , was an English lawyer and politician.-Background and education:Follett was born at Topsham in Devon, the son of Captain Benjamin Follett, who had retired from the army in 1790 and gone into business, and his wife Ann Webb, daughter of John Webb. His younger brother was...
1845		Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, Bt
1857		Richard Sommers Gard
1864					Viscount Courtenay Edward Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon , styled Lord Courtenay between 1859 and 1888, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...
1865		John Coleridge John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge PC was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He held the posts, in turn, of Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England.-Background and...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868					Edgar Alfred Bowring Edgar Alfred Bowring Edgar Alfred Bowring was a British translator, author and civil servant, serving as librarian and registrar to the Board of Trade , secretary to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, and Liberal Member of Parliament for Exeter .He was the youngest son of Sir John Bowring, and brother of...
1873		Arthur Mills Arthur Mills (MP) Arthur Mills was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Taunton [1852-53 and 1857-1865] and Exeter [1873-1880]. In his career, he was also a barrister, magistrate, and author in Cornwall and London...
1874					John George Johnson
1880		Edward Johnson			Henry Northcote Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC , known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election

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1899 by-election

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January 1910

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December 1910

Harold St Maur Harold St Maur Maj. Richard Harold St. Maur, of Horton, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucester JP DL was claimant to the Dukedom of Somerset, and briefly the Liberal MP for Exeter, being unseated on petition by a single vote....

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1911

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Independent

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John Cyril Maude

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