South Hams | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Major settlements | Totnes, Ivybridge, Brixham, part of Paignton |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Totnes, Torbay and Devon West[1] |
Replaced by | Totnes and Devon South West |
South Hams was a county constituency based on the South Hams district of Devon. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. The constituency covered a vast part of the English Riviera on the south Devon coast.