Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)
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Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is a constituency created in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Luke Pollard of the Labour and Co-operative Party. The seat is a borough constituency (for the purposes of type of returning officer and election expenses). As with all current constituencies it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.
Pollard's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains for the Labour Party. The seat was in 2010 and 2015 a very marginal win for Oliver Colvile of the Conservative Party, his greatest majority being 2.6%.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the south of the city and includes the city centre and HMNB Devonport, and has a large student population attending the University of Plymouth.[1]
Boundaries
2010–2024
The City of Plymouth wards of:
- Compton, Devonport, Stonehouse, Drake (which includes the University and Mutley), Efford and Lipson, Peverell, St Peter and the Waterfront, Stoke, and Sutton and Mount Gould.[2]
2024–present
As above les polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward.[3]
Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring north-western parts of Peverell ward to Plymouth Moor View.
History
- History of boundaries
The 2007 review by the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of this seat and Plymouth Moor View, which was duly approved by Parliament.[2] It is largely based on the former Plymouth Sutton. To this is added smaller parts of the former Plymouth Devonport seat.
- History of results
This constituency was won on creation in 2010 by a Conservative, Oliver Colvile. In 2015, against opinion polls for losing, Colvile held it (but narrowly) over the Labour candidate Luke Pollard. The 2015 result gave the seat the 7th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[4]
In 2017, Pollard defeated Colvile to gain the seat with a majority of 6,807; originally, the majority was declared as 6,002, but a spreadsheet error meant the votes from the Efford and Lipson wards were not included in the declaration on the night of the count.[5] Additionally about 35,000 postal voters received two polling cards, and some postal votes were not sent out.[6]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Oliver Colvile | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2017 | Luke Pollard | Labour Co-op |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party linkTemplate:Election box registered electors| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Gold | 7,467 | 17.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Gareth Streeter | 6,873 | 16.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Cam Hayward | 3,186 | 7.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Holly Greenberry-Pullen | 2,441 | 5.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Independent | Chaz Singh | 619 | 1.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Guy Haywood | 311 | 0.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alex Moore | 220 | 0.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Robert Hawkins | 183 | 0.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 13,328 | 31.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 42,095 | 55.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Party color cell | Labour | 23,847 | 48.4 |
| Template:Party color cell | Conservative | 18,725 | 38.0 |
| Template:Party color cell | Brexit Party | 2,799 | 5.7 |
| Template:Party color cell | Liberal Democrats | 2,416 | 4.9 |
| Template:Party color cell | Green | 1,476 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | 49,263 | 67.0 | |
| Electorate | 73,495 | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Rebecca Smith | 20,704 | 38.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ann Widdecombe | 2,909 | 5.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Graham Reed | 2,545 | 4.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Ellwood | 1,557 | 2.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 4,757 | 9.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 53,176 | 68.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | –2.2 | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Oliver Colvile | 20,476 | 40.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Ellison | 1,364 | 2.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henrietta Bewley | 1,244 | 2.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dan Sheaff | 604 | 1.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Danny Bamping | 237 | 0.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 6,807 | 13.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 51,208 | 67.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" | | Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | +7.2 | ||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Luke Pollard | 17,597 | 36.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Kettle | 6,731 | 14.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Libby Brown | 3,401 | 7.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Graham Reed | 2,008 | 4.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Laura-Jane Rossington | 106 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 523 | 1.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 47,963 | 65.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | –0.8 | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party linkTemplate:Election box new seat win| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Linda Gilroy | 13,901 | 31.7 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Judy Evans | 10,829 | 24.7 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Andrew Leigh | 2,854 | 6.5 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tony Brown | 904 | 2.1 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Brian Gerrish | 223 | 0.5 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Robert Hawkins | 123 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,149 | 2.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 43,894 | 61.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
Sources
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, UKPollingReport
External links
- Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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- ↑ UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/
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- ↑ BBC Election Results, Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, bbc.co.uk; retrieved 7 May 2010.