Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)

Plymouth, Devonport was, from 1832 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covered part of the city of Plymouth in South West England, including the former borough of Devonport.

History

The constituency was created as Devonport in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one. Following the amalgamation of Devonport into Plymouth, the constituency was renamed as Plymouth, Devonport.

Devonport has had a number of prominent MPs, including Leslie Hore-Belisha, Michael Foot (who began his Commons career in the seat), and the former SDP leader David Owen. One of its longest serving MPs was the National Liberal, later Conservative Dame Joan Vickers, who held the seat from 1955 until her defeat at the General Election of February 1974.

Abolition

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, constituencies in Plymouth were reorganised, with both Plymouth Sutton and Plymouth Devonport being replaced by new constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and Plymouth Moor View from 2010. The vast majority (nearly 90%) of the Plymouth Devonport constituency became part of the new Plymouth Moor View constituency; the exception was Devonport ward which became part of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Nelson, St Aubyn, and St Budeaux.

1950–1951: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Mount Edgecumbe, Nelson, Pennycross, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke; and the parish of Tamerton Foliot in the Rural District of Plympton St Mary.

1951–1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, Peverell, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, Stoke, Tamerton, and Trelawney.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Drake, Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1983–1997: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

1997–2010: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Eggbuckland, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

From 1950 to 1983, the constituency included Plymouth city centre.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1918

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Edward Codrington	Whig	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir George Grey	Whig
1840 by-election	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Henry Tufnell	Whig
1847	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir John Romilly	Whig
1852	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir George Berkeley	Conservative
1854 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Thomas Erskine Perry	Whig
1857	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			James Wilson	Whig
1859	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		Liberal		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Liberal
1859 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Michael Seymour	Liberal
1859 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal
1863 by-election	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	William Ferrand	Conservative
Jun 1865 by-election	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Thomas Brassey	Liberal
Jul 1865	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			John Fleming	Conservative
1866 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Lord Eliot	Liberal	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Montague Chambers	Liberal
1868	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Delaware Lewis	Liberal
1874	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir John Henry Puleston	Conservative	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	George Edward Price	Conservative
1892	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	E. J. C. Morton	Liberal	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Hudson Kearley	Liberal
1902 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Lockie	Conservative
1904 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Benn	Liberal
1910 (January)	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir John Jackson	Conservative	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative
1918	reduced to one seat

MPs 1918–2010

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922		Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931		Liberal National
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1942		National Independent
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Michael Foot	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1955	Dame Joan Vickers	Conservative and National Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1964		Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Feb 1974	David Owen	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1981		SDP
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1988		SDP (1988)
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1990		Independent Social Democrat
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1992	David Jamieson	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2005	Alison Seabeck	Labour
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1835: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Robert Dawson	764	27.0
Majority			192	6.7
Turnout			1,626	87.0
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Grey was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.

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Elections in the 1840s

Codrington resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, causing a by-election.

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Grey was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 10 July 1846: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1847: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Romilly	1,022	34.1
		Joseph Sandars	842	28.1
Majority			180	6.0
Turnout			1,921 (est)	82.0 (est)
	hold		Swing	+1.2
	hold		Swing	−0.1

Romilly was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 3 April 1848: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1850s

Romilly was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 17 July 1850: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Romilly was appointed Master of the Rolls, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 2 April 1851: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1852: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Romilly	1,046	24.8
		John Heron-Maxwell	1,032	24.5
Turnout			2,107 (est)	87.5 (est)
Majority			47	1.1
	hold		Swing	−11.5
Majority			10	0.3
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Tufnell resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 11 May 1854: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Heron-Maxwell	689	38.7
Majority			402	22.6
Turnout			1,780	73.6
	hold		Swing	+10.9

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General election 1857: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1859: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Ferrand	1,075	23.7
		Archibald Peel	1,039	22.9
Majority			123	2.8
Turnout			2,264 (est)	82.1 (est)
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Wilson was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 27 June 1859: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Perry resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 9 August 1859: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Ferrand	1,047	48.9
Majority			49	2.2
Turnout			2,143	77.7
	hold		Swing	−2.3

Wilson resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 17 August 1859: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Ferrand	1,114	48.4
Majority			75	3.2
Turnout			2,303	83.5
	hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 1860s

Seymour resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 12 February 1863: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Grey	1,204	49.4
Majority			30	1.2
Turnout			2,438	88.4
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Buller resigned in order to contest the 1865 Liskeard by-election.

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By-election, 22 June 1865: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Fleming	1,208	48.9
Majority			56	2.2
Turnout			2,472	87.7
	hold		Swing	−2.3

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General election 1865: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Brassey	1,279	25.0
		Thomas Phinn	1,243	24.3
Majority			11	0.2
Majority			64	1.2
Turnout			2,560 (est)	90.8 (est)
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The election was declared void on petition, on account of bribery and corrupt practices, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 22 May 1866: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Cecil Raikes	1,216	24.4
		Reginald Abbot	1,215	24.4
Majority			53	1.1
Majority			60	1.2
Turnout			2,488 (est)	88.2 (est)
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General election 1868: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Ferrand	1,370	23.6
		William Palliser	1,365	23.6
Majority			149	2.6
Majority			176	3.0
Turnout			2,898 (est)	85.9 (est)
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Delaware Lewis	1,327	23.8
		George William Culme Soltau Symons	1,250	22.4
Majority			156	2.8
Majority			275	4.9
Turnout			2,793 (est)	83.4 (est)
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Delaware Lewis	1,509	23.3
		Alexander Craig Sellar	1,476	22.8
Majority			237	3.6
Turnout			3,242 (est)	85.5 (est)
	hold		Swing	+0.1
	hold		Swing	−0.1

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General election 1885: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Webb Medley	2,653	23.7
		Thomas Terrell	2,635	23.5
Majority			291	2.6
Turnout			5,646	86.5
	hold		Swing	−0.6
	hold		Swing	−0.6

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General election 1886: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Ford	1,963	20.1
		Herbert Lionel Showers	1,918	19.6
Majority			980	10.0
Turnout			4,936	75.6
	hold		Swing	+3.8
	hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1890s

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Kearley

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General election 1892: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Price	3,012	23.8
		Robert Harvey	2,972	23.5
Majority			313	2.5
Majority			382	2.9
Turnout			6,378 (est)	83.6
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Morton

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General election 1895: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Pridham Henry Pridham Whippell	3,303	24.2
		TU Thynne	3,263	23.9
Majority			208	1.5
Turnout			6,875 (est)	86.9
	hold		Swing	−0.3
	hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Lockie	3,458	24.7
		F McCormick Goodheart	3,394	24.2
Majority			80	0.5
Turnout			14,016	85.1
	hold		Swing	−0.4
	hold		Swing	−0.4

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1902 Devonport by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Brassey	3,757	49.8
Majority			28	0.4
Turnout			7,542	84.3
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John Benn

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1904 Devonport by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Jackson	5,179	45.4
Majority			1,040	9.2
Turnout			11,398	79.3
	hold		Swing	+3.5

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General election 1906: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Jackson	5,239	22.0
		F Holme-Summer	5,080	21.4
Majority			1,288	5.5
Turnout			23,769	81.4
	hold		Swing	+3.0
	hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Benn	5,146	24.2
		Samuel Lithgow	5,140	24.2
Majority			140	0.7
Majority			518	2.5
Turnout			21,230	89.2
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Godfrey Baring

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General election December 1910: Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Lithgow	4,841	24.3
		Godfrey Baring	4,782	24.0
Majority			270	1.4
Turnout			19,904	83.0
	hold		Swing	−0.4
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General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Clement Kinloch-Cooke, John Jackson
• Liberal: Samuel Lithgow
• Labour:

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Fred Bramley	4,115	19.3
		Samuel Lithgow	3,930	18.5
Majority			9,125	42.9
Turnout			21,285	67.2
	hold		Swing	+15.2

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General election 1922: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Hore-Belisha	8,538	34.5
		Barrington Bates	5,742	23.2
Majority			1,921	7.8
Turnout			24,739	79.1
	hold		Swing

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General election 1923: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clement Kinloch-Cooke	10,428	38.8
		Joseph Harris	4,158	15.5
Majority			1,841	6.9
Turnout			26,855	82.7
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General election 1924: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Gluckstein	10,534	37.6
		Holford Knight	6,350	22.7
Majority			581	2.1
Turnout			27,999	84.4
	hold		Swing	-2.4

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General election 1929: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Gluckstein	10,688	32.0
		Donald B. Fraser	7,428	22.3
Majority			4,545	13.7
Turnout			33,349	82.3
	hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Reed	9,039	27.81
Majority			14,420	44.38
Turnout			32,498	78.18
	hold		Swing

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General election 1935: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Brown	9,756	31.87
Majority			11,096	36.26
Turnout			30,608	72.27
	hold		Swing	+4.06

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal National: Leslie Hore-Belisha
• Labour: Michael Foot

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Plymouth Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Hore-Belisha	11,382	45.94
Majority			2,013	8.12
Turnout			24,777	71.11
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Randolph Churchill	27,329	44.87
		Alfred Charles Cann	2,766	4.54
Majority			3,483	5.72
Turnout			60,907	87.16
	hold		Swing	-1.20

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General election 1951: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Randolph Churchill	29,768	48.07
Majority			2,390	3.86
Turnout			61,926	85.28
	hold		Swing	-0.93

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General election 1955: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Foot	24,721	46.96
		Arthur Russell Mayne	3,100	5.89
Majority			100	0.19
Turnout			52,642	77.15
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General election 1959: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Foot	22,027	43.61
Majority			6,454	12.78
Turnout			50,508	78.63
	hold		Swing	+6.26

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rowland Edward Crabb	20,615	45.96
Majority			3,626	8.08
Turnout			44,856	73.58
	hold		Swing	–2.35

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General election 1966: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rowland Edward Crabb	22,441	49.65
Majority			319	0.70
Turnout			45,201	76.21
	hold		Swing	–3.69

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		F Keith Taylor	20,471	48.38
Majority			1,372	3.24
Turnout			42,314	70.95
	hold		Swing	+1.27

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General election February 1974: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joan Vickers	15,382	41.0
		Nicholas Westbrook	6,298	16.8
Majority			437	1.2
Turnout			37,499	75.3
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General election October 1974: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joan Vickers	15,139	41.1
		N E Westbrook	3,953	10.7
		J N Hill	312	0.9
Majority			2,259	6.2
Turnout			36,490	73.5
	hold		Swing	+2.5

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General election 1979: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kenneth Hughes	15,544	44.6
		Michael James	2,360	6.8
		Leonard Bearsford-Walker	243	0.7
		Richard Stoner	203	0.6
Majority			1,001	2.8
Turnout			34,895	72.3
	hold		Swing	−1.7

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ann Widdecombe	15,907	33.8
		Julian Priestley	9,845	21.0
		James Sullivan	292	0.6
		Robert Bearsford-Walker	72	0.2
	Christian Democrat	Faith Hill	51	0.1
Majority			4,936	10.5
Turnout			47,010	76.1
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.

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General election 1987: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tom Jones	14,569	29.3
		Ian Flintoff	14,166	28.4
Majority			6,470	13.0
Turnout			49,774	77.2
	hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Simpson	17,541	34.3
		Murdoch MacTaggart	6,315	12.3
		Harold Luscombe	2,152	4.2
		Francis Lyons	255	0.5
Majority			7,412	14.4
Turnout			51,216	77.8
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.7

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General election 1997: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Johnson	12,562	24.2
		Richard Corpus	5,570	10.7
		Clive Norsworthy	1,486	2.9
		Caroline Farrand	478	0.9
		Stephen Ebbs	238	0.4
Majority			19,067	36.7
Turnout			51,963	69.8
	hold		Swing	+12.6

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Glen	11,289	27.1
		Keith Baldry	4,513	10.8
		Michael Parker	958	2.3
		Tony Staunton	334	0.8
		Rob Hawkins	303	0.7
Majority			13,033	31.2
Turnout			41,719	56.6
	hold		Swing	−2.7

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General election 2005: Plymouth, Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Cuming	10,509	25.0
		Judith Jolly	8,000	19.1
		Bill Wakeham	3,324	7.9
		Keith Greene	747	1.8
		Rob Hawkins	445	1.1
		Tony Staunton	376	0.9
Majority			8,103	19.3
Turnout			41,982	57.6
	hold		Swing	−6.0

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon

Notes and references

Template:Reflist Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.

External links

• Plymouth, Devonport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK