UK Explained

Exmouth and Exeter East

Represented in Parliament by David Reed (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

David Reed, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Exmouth and Exeter East 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 233 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £780£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 81 areas and lower than 567.

UK 3.9%This area 2.1%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
Exmouth and Exeter East£7802.1%
Hexham£7792.1%
Mid Dorset and North Poole£7762.1%
Selby£7752.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Exmouth and Exeter East

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 people99,93159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%1 points higher
Households that own their home72%62%9 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
David Reed

Conservative

MAJORITY
121

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

David Reed won with 29% of the votes, and Helen Dallimore (Labour) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Conservative29% · 14,728
Labour28% · 14,607
Liberal Democrat22% · 11,387
Reform UK14% · 7,085
Green Party5% · 2,331
Independent2% · 1,044
Everyone else0% · 134
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David ReedConservative14,72828.7%
Helen DallimoreLabour14,60728.5%
Paul ArnottLiberal Democrat11,38722.2%
Garry SutherlandReform UK7,08513.8%
Olly DaveyGreen Party2,3314.5%
Daniel WilsonIndependent5901.1%
Peter FaithfullIndependent4540.9%
Mark BaldwinClimate Party1340.3%

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
£780 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
2.1%
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