UK Explained

Newton Abbot

Represented in Parliament by Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Martin Wrigley, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Newton Abbot compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 510 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £690£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 130 areas and lower than 518.

UK 3.9%This area 2.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Newton Abbot£6902.3%
Tiverton and Minehead£6952.3%
Central Devon£6922.2%
South Suffolk£6822.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Newton Abbot

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people93,35759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over27%19%8 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home72%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association10%17%7 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
2,246

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Martin Wrigley won with 32% of the votes, and Anne Marie Morris (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat32% · 15,201
Conservative27% · 12,955
Reform UK18% · 8,494
Labour15% · 7,115
Green Party4% · 2,083
South Devon Alliance4% · 1,924
Everyone else0% · 220
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Martin WrigleyLiberal Democrat15,20131.7%
Anne Marie MorrisConservative12,95527.0%
Christopher HilditchReform UK8,49417.7%
Jacob CousensLabour7,11514.8%
Pauline WynterGreen Party2,0834.3%
Liam MulloneSouth Devon Alliance1,9244.0%
Andre SabineHeritage Party1160.2%
Annaliese CudeVolt United Kingdom1040.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£690 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026