Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)

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Plymouth Moor View
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Plymouth Moor View constituency.svg
Boundary of Plymouth Moor View in South West England
County Devon
Electorate 73,378 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Plymouth
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Fred Thomas (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton

Plymouth Moor View is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and has been represented since 2024 by Fred Thomas of the Labour Party. [2] He defeated the incumbent Conservative MP, Johnny Mercer, who had been first elected in 2015.

Contents

The seat was created for the 2010 general election and is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency. [3]

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base. [4]

Boundaries

Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

2010–2024

The City of Plymouth wards of:

2024–present

As above plus polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward. [5]

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was expanded slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring north-western parts of Peverell ward from Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

The remaining wards from the City of Plymouth are in the constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
2010 Alison Seabeck Labour
2015 Johnny Mercer Conservative
2024 Fred Thomas Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Plymouth Moor View [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Thomas 17,665 41.2 +8.9
Conservative Johnny Mercer 12,06128.1–31.7
Reform UK Shaun Hooper9,67022.6+22.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Martin1,7664.1–0.9
Green Georgia Nelson1,6944.0+1.4
Majority5,60413.1N/A
Turnout 42,85657.4–8.2
Registered electors 74,724
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg20.8

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Conservative 28,81059.8
Labour 15,54832.3
Liberal Democrats 2,4305.0
Green 1,2542.6
Brexit Party 1100.2
Turnout48,15265.6
Electorate73,378
General election 2019: Plymouth Moor View [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Johnny Mercer 26,831 60.7 +8.8
Labour Co-op Charlotte Holloway13,93431.5–9.3
Liberal Democrats Sarah Martin2,3015.2+3.2
Green Ewan Flavell1,1732.7+1.5
Majority12,89729.2+18.1
Turnout 44,23963.7–1.8
Registered electors 69,430
Conservative hold Swing +9.1
General election 2017: Plymouth Moor View [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Johnny Mercer 23,567 51.9 +14.3
Labour Sue Dann18,54840.8+5.6
UKIP Wendy Noble1,8494.1–17.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Reed9172.0–1.0
Green Josh Pope5361.2–1.2
Majority5,01911.1+8.7
Turnout 45,41765.5+3.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
General election 2015: Plymouth Moor View [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Johnny Mercer 16,020 37.6 +4.3
Labour Alison Seabeck 14,99435.2–2.0
UKIP Penny Mills9,15221.5+13.8
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bonar1,2653.0–13.9
Green Benjamin Osborn1,0232.4+1.4
TUSC Louise Parker1520.4New
Majority1,0262.4N/A
Turnout 42,60661.6–0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.2
General election 2010: Plymouth Moor View [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Seabeck 15,433 37.2
Conservative Matthew Groves13,84533.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bonar7,01616.9
UKIP Bill Wakeham3,1887.7
BNP Roy Cook1,4383.5
Green Wendy Miller3981.0
Socialist Labour David Marchesi2080.5
Majority1,5883.9
Turnout 41,52661.7
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
  7. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election Results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View

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