A magnetic torque sensing device comprising: a generally disk-shaped member having opposite generally circular spaced apart surfaces, and forming a central axis of rotation; a radially-extending magnetostrictive magnetically conditioned region disposed on or in at least a portion of the disk-shaped member forming a magnetoelastically active region for producing a magnetic field that varies with a torque applied to the disk-shaped member, wherein the magnetically active region is annularly shaped and possesses sufficient magnetic anisotropy to return the magnetization in the magnetoelastically active region to an initial state when the torque applied to the disk-shaped member is reduced to zero, wherein the magnetoelastically active region comprises at least two radially distinct, annular, oppositely polarized magnetically conditioned regions (142, 144) defining the magnetoelastically active region and wherein there is no radial gap between the two regions (142, 144); and a plurality of magnetic field sensor pairs (552, 554), each comprising a first and a second magnetic field sensor, disposed adjacent to one another and proximate to the magnetically conditioned region such that each magnetic field sensor is placed over a respective magnetically conditioned region, each of the magnetic field sensors of the sensor pair having a sensitive direction that is perpendicular to a direction of polarization of the magnetically conditioned region, wherein the magnetic field sensors of each pair are symmetrically arranged such that, for the first magnetic field sensor having its sensitive direction oriented in a first direction, the second corresponding magnetic field sensor has its sensitive direction oriented in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to cancel the effect of common mode noise sensed by the first and second magnetic field sensors, wherein the plurality of sensor pairs are evenly spaced angularly about the magnetoelastically active region, wherein the magnetic field sensors provide an output signal that is representative of the torque applied to the disk-shaped member, wherein variation in the output signal is substantially linear with respect to variation in the torque applied to the disk-shaped member, and wherein the magnetic torque sensing device further comprises a shielding member configured to provide magnetic shielding to at least some of the magnetic field sensors. a generally disk-shaped member having opposite generally circular spaced apart surfaces, and forming a central axis of rotation; a radially-extending magnetostrictive magnetically conditioned region disposed on or in at least a portion of the disk-shaped member forming a magnetoelastically active region for producing a magnetic field that varies with a torque applied to the disk-shaped member, wherein the magnetically active region is annularly shaped and possesses sufficient magnetic anisotropy to return the magnetization in the magnetoelastically active region to an initial state when the torque applied to the disk-shaped member is reduced to zero, wherein the magnetoelastically active region comprises at least two radially distinct, annular, oppositely polarized magnetically conditioned regions (142, 144) defining the magnetoelastically active region and wherein there is no radial gap between the two regions (142, 144); and a plurality of magnetic field sensor pairs (552, 554), each comprising a first and a second magnetic field sensor, disposed adjacent to one another and proximate to the magnetically conditioned region such that each magnetic field sensor is placed over a respective magnetically conditioned region, each of the magnetic field sensors of the sensor pair having a sensitive direction that is perpendicular to a direction of polarization of the magnetically conditioned region, wherein the magnetic field sensors of each pair are symmetrically arranged such that, for the first magnetic field sensor having its sensitive direction oriented in a first direction, the second corresponding magnetic field sensor has its sensitive direction oriented in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to cancel the effect of common mode noise sensed by the first and second magnetic field sensors, wherein the plurality of sensor pairs are evenly spaced angularly about the magnetoelastically active region, wherein the magnetic field sensors provide an output signal that is representative of the torque applied to the disk-shaped member, wherein variation in the output signal is substantially linear with respect to variation in the torque applied to the disk-shaped member, and wherein the magnetic torque sensing device further comprises a shielding member configured to provide magnetic shielding to at least some of the magnetic field sensors.