Central Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mel Stride of the Conservative Party.

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, which increased seats in the county from 11 to 12. Central Devon covers parts of the East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge and West Devon districts.

The wards from the last election presented a notional Conservative majority of just over 1,700, making it a marginal seat at the first election. Despite this, Mel Stride's majority over the Liberal Democrats was 17.1 percentage points with an absolute majority. Stride held the seat comfortably at the next three elections (2015, 2017 and 2019), but only just held on at the 2024 general election with a majority of 0.1% (61 votes) over the Labour Party candidate.

The constituency contained electoral wards from four districts.

• From East Devon: Exe Valley;
• From Mid Devon: Boniface, Bradninch, Cadbury, Lawrence, Newbrooke, Sandford and Creedy, Silverton, Taw, Taw Vale, Upper Yeo, Way, Yeo;
• From Teignbridge: Ashburton and Buckfastleigh, Bovey Tracey, Chudleigh, Haytor, Kenn Valley, Moorland, Teignbridge North, Teign Valley;
• From West Devon: Chagford, Drewsteignton, Exbourne, Hatherleigh, Lew Valley, North Tawton, Okehampton East, Okehampton West, South Tawton.

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, and a local government boundary review in Mid Devon District which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency is composed of the following:

• The District of Mid Devon wards of: Bradninch (nearly all); Cadbury; Crediton Boniface; Crediton Lawrence; Sandford & Creedy; Silverton; Taw Vale; Upper Yeo & Taw; Way; Yeo.
• The District of Teignbridge wards of: Ashburton & Buckfastleigh; Bovey; Chudleigh; Haytor; Kenn Valley; Moretonhampstead; Teign Valley.
• The Borough of West Devon wards of: Chagford; Drewsteignton; Exbourne; Hatherleigh; Okehampton North; Okehampton South; South Tawton.

The East Devon ward of Exe Valley was included in the new constituency of Exmouth and Exeter East. Otherwise, only a very minor change to the boundary in the District of Teignbridge.

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Mel Stride	Conservative

General election 2024: Central Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Stride	16,831	31.5	−23.8
	Labour	Ollie Pearson	16,770	31.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wooding	8,232	15.4	+0.4
	Reform UK	Jeffrey Leeks	7,784	14.6	N/A
	Green	Gill Westcott	3,338	6.2	+1.3
	Independent	Arthur Price	477	0.9	N/A
Majority			61	0.1	−30.4
Turnout			53,432	70.9	−6.3
Registered electors			75,385
	Conservative hold		Swing	–15.2

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,366	55.3
	Labour	14,066	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	8,503	15.0
	Green	2,789	4.9
Turnout		56,724	77.2
Electorate		73,491

General election 2019: Central Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Stride	32,095	55.3	+1.2
	Labour	Lisa Webb	14,374	24.8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Eden	8,770	15.1	+3.4
	Green	Andy Williamson	2,833	4.9	+2.3
Majority			17,721	30.5	+3.4
Turnout			58,072	77.5	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General election 2017: Central Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Stride	31,278	54.1	+1.9
	Labour	Lisa Webb	15,598	27.0	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alex White	6,770	11.7	−0.5
	Green	Andy Williamson	1,531	2.6	−6.3
	UKIP	Tim Matthews	1,326	2.3	−10.9
	NHA	John Dean	871	1.5	N/A
	Liberal	Lloyd Knight	470	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,680	27.1	−11.9
Turnout			57,844	78.6	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2015: Central Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Stride	28,436	52.2	+0.7
	UKIP	John Conway	7,171	13.2	+7.9
	Labour	Lynne Richards	6,985	12.8	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex White	6,643	12.2	−22.2
	Green	Andy Williamson	4,866	8.9	+7.0
	Independent	Arthur Price	347	0.6	N/A
Majority			21,265	39.0	+11.9
Turnout			54,448	74.9	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Central Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Stride	27,737	51.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hutty	18,507	34.4	−4.4
	Labour	Moira Macdonald	3,715	6.9	−4.7
	UKIP	Bob Edwards	2,870	5.3	−0.5
	Green	Colin Matthews	1,044	1.9	N/A
Majority			9,230	17.1	+12.1
Turnout			53,873	75.7	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.1

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon

• nomis Constituency Profile for Central Devon – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Central Devon Conservatives
• Central Devon Liberal Democrats
• Central Devon Labour Party
• Central Devon UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Central Devon UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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