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Exeter — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Exeter was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,937 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Exeter from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 James Wentworth Buller (Whig); Edward Divett (Radical) 1,121 43.4% (top seat) William Webb Follett (Conservative) 136 (3.6 pts) 63.0%
1835 William Webb Follett (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) 1,176 39.3% (top seat) James Wentworth Buller (Whig) 147 (4.0 pts) 56.0%
1837 William Webb Follett (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 William Webb Follett (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) 1,192 36.0% (top seat) Algernon George Percy (Conservative) 73 (2.0 pts) 48.9%
1847 John Thomas Buller Duckworth (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 John Thomas Buller Duckworth (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) 1,191 34.5% (top seat) George Stucley Buck (Conservative) 80 (2.3 pts) 70.2%
1857 Richard Sommers Gard (Conservative); Edward Divett (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Richard Sommers Gard (Conservative); Edward Divett (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Edward Baldwin Courtenay (Conservative); John Duke Coleridge (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 John Duke Coleridge (Liberal); Edgar Alfred Bowring (Liberal) 2,247 25.8% (top seat) John Burgess Karslake (Conservative) 29 (0.3 pts) 73.0%
1874 Arthur Mills (Conservative); John George Johnson (Conservative) 2,330 27.5% (top seat) Edgar Alfred Bowring (Liberal) 66 (0.7 pts) 72.4%
1880 Edward Johnson (Liberal); Henry Stafford Northcote (Conservative) 2,590 37.2% (top seat) Arthur Mills (Conservative) 45 (0.5 pts) 55.5%
1885 Henry Stafford Northcote (Conservative) 3,315 51.9% Edward Johnson (Liberal) 241 (3.8 pts) 91.8%
1886 Henry Stafford Northcote (Conservative) 3,222 52.8% Edward Johnson (Liberal) 343 (5.6 pts) 87.6%
1892 Henry Stafford Northcote (Conservative) 3,884 53.8% Albert Edward Dunn (Liberal) 555 (7.7 pts) 90.5%
1895 Henry Stafford Northcote (Conservative) 3,857 53.4% Adam Spencer Hogg (Liberal) 494 (6.8 pts) 81.0%
1900 Edgar Vincent (Conservative) 4,001 54.1% Allan Heywood Bright (Liberal) 613 (8.3 pts) 84.9%
1906 George William Kekewich (Liberal) 4,469 50.5% Edgar Vincent (Conservative) 85 (1.0 pts) 92.5%
Jan 1910 Henry Edward Duke (Conservative) 4,902 50.1% Richard Harold St Maur (Liberal) 26 (0.3 pts) 94.2%
Dec 1910 Henry Edward Duke (Conservative) 4,777 50.0% Richard Harold St Maur (Liberal) 1 (0.0 pts) 92.0%
1918 Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman (Unionist) 12,524 58.7% Leonard Wilfred James Costello (Liberal) 3,718 (17.4 pts) 68.2%
1922 Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman (Unionist) 14,326 56.7% Leonard Wilfred James Costello (Liberal) 3,406 (13.5 pts) 85.6%
1923 Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman (Unionist) 14,908 67.7% Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small (Labour) 7,785 (35.3 pts) 72.6%
1924 Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman (Unionist) 14,522 57.5% Arthur John Penny (Labour) 8,163 (32.3 pts) 82.1%
1929 Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman (Independent) 16,642 49.5% Lloyd Jones (Labour) 7,281 (21.6 pts) 81.9%
1931 Arthur Conrad Reed (Conservative) 20,360 55.2% Eleanor Margaret Acland (Liberal) 11,789 (32.0 pts) 84.8%
1935 Arthur Conrad Reed (Conservative) 21,192 60.8% John Stafford Cripps (Labour) 7,518 (21.6 pts) 75.9%
1945 John Cyril Maude (Conservative) 16,420 43.3% Reginald Travess (Labour) 1,175 (3.1 pts) 74.3%
1950 John Cyril Maude (Conservative) 24,339 53.5% Thomas Lewis Horabin (Labour) 3,204 (7.0 pts) 86.0%
1951 Rolf Dudley Williams (Conservative) 23,218 50.8% Edward Bishop (Labour) 4,642 (10.2 pts) 84.1%
1955 Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams (Conservative) 24,147 56.3% Leslie C Merrion (Labour) 5,388 (12.6 pts) 79.3%
1959 Rolf Dudley-Williams (Conservative) 21,579 48.7% Albert John Rogers (Labour) 5,661 (12.8 pts) 82.0%
1964 Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams (Conservative) 18,035 41.4% Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (Labour) 1,362 (3.1 pts) 80.3%
1966 Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) 22,199 48.6% Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams (Conservative) 3,586 (7.8 pts) 83.6%
1970 John Hannam (Conservative) 21,680 44.5% Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) 1,271 (2.6 pts) 82.1%
Oct 1974 John Hannam (Conservative) 21,970 40.7% F Keith Taylor (Labour) 2,348 (4.3 pts) 80.3%
Feb 1974 Sir John Hannam (Conservative) 22,762 40.1% Graham Powell (Labour) 5,076 (8.9 pts) 85.2%
1979 Sir John Hannam (Conservative) 27,173 48.4% Garfield William Hobbs (Labour) 8,027 (14.3 pts) 81.6%
1983 Sir John Hannam (Conservative) 26,660 46.5% Stephen John Mennell (Social Democratic Party) 9,880 (17.2 pts) 78.0%
1987 Sir John Hannam (Conservative) 26,922 44.4% Mike Thomas (Social Democratic Party) 7,656 (12.6 pts) 80.6%
1992 Sir John Hannam (Conservative) 25,543 41.1% John Lloyd (Labour) 3,045 (4.9 pts) 80.9%
1997 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 29,938 48.0% Adrian Rogers (Conservative) 12,245 (19.6 pts) 78.8%
2001 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 26,194 49.8% Anne Jobson (Conservative) 11,759 (22.4 pts) 64.2%
2005 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 22,619 41.1% Peter Cox (Conservative) 7,665 (13.9 pts) 64.8%
2010 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 19,942 38.2% Hannah Foster (Conservative) 2,721 (5.2 pts) 67.8%
2015 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 25,062 46.4% Dom Morris (Conservative) 7,183 (13.3 pts) 70.4%
2017 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 34,336 62.0% James Taghdissian (Conservative) 16,117 (29.1 pts) 71.8%
2019 Ben Bradshaw (Labour) 29,882 53.2% John Gray (Conservative) 10,403 (18.5 pts) 68.8%
2024 Steve Race (Labour) 18,225 45.3% Tessa Tucker (Conservative) 11,937 (29.7 pts) 59.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Wentworth Buller Whig 1,61543.4% Yes
Edward Divett Radical 1,12130.1% Yes
William Webb Follett Conservative 98526.5% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Webb Follett Conservative 1,42539.3% Yes
Edward Divett Radical 1,17632.4% Yes
James Wentworth Buller Whig 1,02928.3% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Webb Follett Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Divett Radical Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Webb Follett Conservative 1,30236.0% Yes
Edward Divett Radical 1,19233.0% Yes
Algernon George Percy Conservative 1,11931.0% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Thomas Buller Duckworth Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Divett Radical Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Thomas Buller Duckworth Conservative 1,21034.5% Yes
Edward Divett Radical 1,19133.9% Yes
George Stucley Buck Conservative 1,11131.6% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Sommers Gard Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Divett Radical Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Sommers Gard Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Divett Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Baldwin Courtenay Conservative Unopposed Yes
John Duke Coleridge Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Duke Coleridge Liberal 2,31725.8% Yes
Edgar Alfred Bowring Liberal 2,24725.0% Yes
John Burgess Karslake Conservative 2,21824.7% No
Arthur Mills Conservative 2,20624.5% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Mills Conservative 2,52327.5% Yes
John George Johnson Conservative 2,33025.4% Yes
Edgar Alfred Bowring Liberal 2,26424.7% No
Edward Johnson Liberal 2,05322.4% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Johnson Liberal 3,03837.2% Yes
Henry Stafford Northcote Conservative 2,59031.7% Yes
Arthur Mills Conservative 2,54531.1% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Stafford Northcote Conservative 3,31551.9% Yes
Edward Johnson Liberal 3,07448.1% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Stafford Northcote Conservative 3,22252.8% Yes
Edward Johnson Liberal 2,87947.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Stafford Northcote Conservative 3,88453.8% Yes
Albert Edward Dunn Liberal 3,32946.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Stafford Northcote Conservative 3,85753.4% Yes
Adam Spencer Hogg Liberal 3,36346.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edgar Vincent Conservative 4,00154.1% Yes
Allan Heywood Bright Liberal 3,38845.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George William Kekewich Liberal 4,46950.5% Yes
Edgar Vincent Conservative 4,38449.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Edward Duke Conservative 4,90250.1% Yes
Richard Harold St Maur Liberal 4,87649.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Edward Duke Conservative 4,77750.0% Yes
Richard Harold St Maur Liberal 4,77650.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman Unionist 12,52458.7% Yes
Leonard Wilfred James Costello Liberal 8,80641.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman Unionist 14,32656.7% Yes
Leonard Wilfred James Costello Liberal 10,92043.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman Unionist 14,90867.7% Yes
Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small Labour 7,12332.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman Unionist 14,52257.5% Yes
Arthur John Penny Labour 6,35925.2% No
Thomas Fairchild Day Liberal 4,35917.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman Independent 16,64249.5% Yes
Lloyd Jones Labour 9,36127.8% No
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts Unionist 7,62222.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Conrad Reed Conservative 20,36055.2% Yes
Eleanor Margaret Acland Liberal 8,57123.2% No
James Viner Delahaye Labour 7,95821.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Conrad Reed Conservative 21,19260.8% Yes
John Stafford Cripps Labour 13,67439.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cyril Maude Conservative 16,42043.3% Yes
Reginald Travess Labour 15,24540.2% No
Freda Evelyn Griffith Morgan Liberal 6,22016.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cyril Maude Conservative 24,33953.5% Yes
Thomas Lewis Horabin Labour 21,13546.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rolf Dudley Williams Conservative 23,21850.8% Yes
Edward Bishop Labour 18,57640.6% No
Ellen Tinkham Liberal 3,9088.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams Conservative 24,14756.3% Yes
Leslie C Merrion Labour 18,75943.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rolf Dudley-Williams Conservative 21,57948.7% Yes
Albert John Rogers Labour 15,91835.9% No
Gordon Taylor Liberal 6,85215.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams Conservative 18,03541.4% Yes
Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody Labour 16,67338.3% No
Ronald Cuthbert Thompson Liberal 8,81520.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour 22,19948.6% Yes
Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams Conservative 18,61340.7% No
Ronald Thompson Liberal 4,86910.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hannam Conservative 21,68044.5% Yes
Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour 20,40941.9% No
David Morrish Liberal 6,07212.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hannam Conservative 21,97040.7% Yes
F Keith Taylor Labour 19,62236.4% No
David Morrish Liberal 12,34222.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Hannam Conservative 22,76240.1% Yes
Graham Powell Labour 17,68631.2% No
David Morrish Liberal 16,32228.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Hannam Conservative 27,17348.4% Yes
Garfield William Hobbs Labour 19,14634.1% No
Howard Iain Marsh Liberal 8,75615.6% No
Peter Robert Frings Green 1,0531.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Hannam Conservative 26,66046.5% Yes
Stephen John Mennell Social Democratic Party 16,78029.3% No
Richard John Evans Labour 13,08522.8% No
Peter Robert Frings Green 7791.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Hannam Conservative 26,92244.4% Yes
Mike Thomas Social Democratic Party 19,26631.8% No
John Vincent Labour 13,64322.5% No
Raymond Vail Green 5971.0% No
Nigel Byles LAPP 2090.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Hannam Conservative 25,54341.1% Yes
John Lloyd Labour 22,49836.2% No
Graham Oakes Liberal Democrat 12,05919.4% No
Alison Micklem Liberal 1,1191.8% No
Tim Brenan Green 7641.2% No
Michael Turnbull Natural Law 980.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 29,93848.0% Yes
Adrian Rogers Conservative 17,69328.4% No
Dennis Brewer Liberal Democrat 11,14817.9% No
David Morrish Liberal 2,0623.3% No
Paul Edwards Green 6431.0% No
John Stuart Independent 6381.0% No
James Meakin Pensioner 2820.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 26,19449.8% Yes
Anne Jobson Conservative 14,43527.4% No
Richard Copus Liberal Democrat 6,51212.4% No
David Morrish Liberal 2,5964.9% No
Paul Edwards Green 1,2402.4% No
John Stuart UKIP 1,1092.1% No
Francis Choules Socialist Alliance 5301.0% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 22,61941.1% Yes
Peter Cox Conservative 14,95427.2% No
Jon Underwood Liberal Democrat 11,34020.6% No
Margaret Danks Liberal 2,2144.0% No
Tim Brenan Green 1,8963.4% No
Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker UKIP 1,8543.4% No
John Stuart Independent 1910.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 19,94238.2% Yes
Hannah Foster Conservative 17,22133.0% No
Graham Oakes Liberal Democrat 10,58120.3% No
Keith Crawford UKIP 1,9303.7% No
Chris Gale Liberal 1,1082.1% No
Paula Black Green 7921.5% No
Robert Farmer BNP 6731.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 25,06246.4% Yes
Dom Morris Conservative 17,87933.1% No
Keith Crawford UKIP 5,0759.4% No
Diana Moore Green 3,4916.5% No
Joel Mason Liberal Democrat 2,3214.3% No
Ed Potts Left Unity 1900.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 34,33662.0% Yes
James Taghdissian Conservative 18,21932.9% No
Vanessa Newcombe Liberal Democrat 1,5622.8% No
Joe Levy Green 1,0271.9% No
Jonathan West Independent 2120.4% No
Jonathan Bishop Independent 670.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Bradshaw Labour 29,88253.2% Yes
John Gray Conservative 19,47934.7% No
Joe Levy Green 4,8388.6% No
Leslie Willis Brexit Party 1,4282.5% No
Daniel Page Independent 3060.5% No
Duncan Odgers UKIP 2590.5% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Steve Race Labour 18,22545.3% Yes
Tessa Tucker Conservative 6,28815.6% No
Andrew Bell Green 5,90714.7% No
Lee Bunker Reform UK 4,91412.2% No
Will Aczel Liberal Democrat 4,20110.5% No
Wiliam Poulter Independent 4661.2% No
Robert Spain Independent 1940.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 3.6 pts 1835: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1841: Conservative margin 2.0 pts 1852: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1868: Liberal margin 0.3 pts 1874: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1880: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1885: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 5.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1895: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1900: Conservative margin 8.3 pts 1906: Liberal margin 1.0 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 0.3 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 0.0 pts 1918: Unionist margin 17.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 13.5 pts 1923: Unionist margin 35.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 32.3 pts 1929: Independent margin 21.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 32.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 21.6 pts 1945: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1950: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 10.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 12.6 pts 1959: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1964: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 7.8 pts 1970: Conservative margin 2.6 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 4.3 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 14.3 pts 1983: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1987: Conservative margin 12.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 4.9 pts 1997: Labour margin 19.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 22.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 13.9 pts 2010: Labour margin 5.2 pts 2015: Labour margin 13.3 pts 2017: Labour margin 29.1 pts 2019: Labour margin 18.5 pts 2024: Labour margin 29.7 pts 1832 1835 1841 1852 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Exeter has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Independent, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Exeter in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Exeter in 2024 with 18,225 votes (45.3%), a majority of 11,937 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Exeter since 1832?

Since 1832, Exeter has been won by: Conservative, Independent, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Exeter?

The closest result on record for Exeter was Dec 1910, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 1 votes (0.0 percentage points).

Did Exeter ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Exeter elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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