19th century included Whig politician Joseph Locke, a railway pioneer, who was MP for Honiton, and Lord Palmerston, who, while MP for Tiverton, served as the first Prime Minister from the newly formed Liberal Party (1855–1858 and 1859–1865). The area served by the constituency had not been represented by a party other than the Conservative Party in Westminster since 1923. Following the 2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election, the Liberal Democrats gained the seat from the Conservatives. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2020s Elections in the 2010s Elections prior to the 2010s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon Notes References Sources Parliamentary constituencies in Devon Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Tiverton, Devon