MPs constituencies can be a very puzzling thing and can lead to strange results in elections, and especially the forthcoming district and Parliamentary elections which appear to be the most volatile for decades.

For example:

The East Devon constituency (current MP Hugo Swire) includes a chunk of inner Exeter (St Loyes) which comes under Exeter City Council and where your neighbours directly across the street have Ben Bradshaw (Labour) as their MP.

If you live somewhere like Stoke Cannon then your district council is East Devon but your MP is Mid-Devon’s Mel Stride.

If you live in the Tiverton and Honiton constituency, your MP (Neil Parish, farmer) has a totally rural community except for the coastal town of Seaton (with Axmouth and Beer) which has quite different problems to the rest of the constituency.

Uplyme, in the Tiverton and Honiton constituency and under East Devon District Council is geographically and psychologically closer to Lyme Regis (West Dorset)

Could be very interesting!