Plymouth, Sutton | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Plymouth, Sutton in Devonfor the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Devon within England | |
County | Devon |
1918–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Plymouth |
Replaced by | Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport |
Plymouth, Sutton was, from 1918 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Plymouth Sutton covered parts of the city of Plymouth, in South West England, and was first contested at the 1918 general election. In a by-election in 1919, it became the second constituency in the UK (and the first in Great Britain) to elect a female MP: Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons (the first female MP was the Sinn Féin member Constance Markievicz, who did not take her seat). Three of its MPs have been members of the Astor family. A more recent prominent MP was the flamboyant Conservative Alan Clark, who represented Plymouth Sutton from 1974 until 1992.
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. [1] The vast majority of the Plymouth Sutton constituency became part of the new Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency. [2]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Friary, Laira, St Andrew, Sutton, and Vintry.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Crownhill, Drake, Friary, Laira, Mutley, St Andrew, Sutton, Valletort, and Vintry, and the parish of Bickleigh in the Rural District of Plympton St Mary.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Crownhill, Drake, Efford, Friary, Mount Gold, St Andrew and Sutton. [3]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Crownhill, Efford, Friary, Mount Gould, Peverell, Sutton, Tamerton, and Trelawney.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Crownhill, Efford, Mount Gould, Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, Plymstock Radford, and Sutton.
1983–1997: The City of Plymouth wards of Efford, Eggbuckland, Mount Gould, Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford.
1997–2010: The City of Plymouth wards of Compton, Drake, Efford, Mount Gould, St Peter, Stoke, Sutton, and Trelawny.
The 1997 boundary changes were highly favourable to Labour in this constituency: what had been a safe Conservative seat became a marginal seat. As such the seat from 1997 until 2010 was closer in its wards to the defunct marginal seat of Plymouth Drake. [4]
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1918 | Waldorf Astor | Conservative | |
1919 by-election | Nancy Astor | Conservative | |
1945 | Lucy Middleton | Labour | |
1951 | Jakie Astor | Conservative | |
1959 | Ian Fraser | Conservative | |
1966 | David Owen | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Alan Clark | Conservative | |
1992 | Gary Streeter | Conservative | |
1997 | Linda Gilroy | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Plymouth Moor View & Plymouth Sutton and Devonport |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Waldorf Astor | 17,091 | 65.9 | |
Labour | William Thomas Gay | 5,334 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal | Sidney Ransom | 3,488 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 11,757 | 45.3 | |||
Turnout | 25,913 | 59.6 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Nancy Astor | 14,495 | 51.9 | −14.0 |
Labour | William Thomas Gay | 9,292 | 33.3 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | Isaac Foot | 4,139 | 14.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 5,203 | 18.6 | −26.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,926 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -13.3 | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Nancy Astor | 13,924 | 47.4 | −18.5 | |
Labour | Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan | 10,831 | 36.8 | +16.2 | |
Ind. Unionist | Hugh Wansey Bayly | 4,643 | 15.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,093 | 10.6 | −34.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,398 | 78.0 | +18.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Nancy Astor | 16,114 | 54.5 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan | 13,438 | 45.5 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 2,676 | 9.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,552 | 77.9 | −0.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Nancy Astor | 18,174 | 58.1 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan | 13,095 | 41.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 5,079 | 16.2 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,269 | 81.6 | +3.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Nancy Astor | 16,625 | 43.2 | −15.9 | |
Labour | William Westwood | 16,414 | 42.7 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Henry Aggett | 5,430 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 211 | 0.5 | −15.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,469 | 81.1 | −0.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nancy Astor | 24,277 | 63.3 | +20.1 | |
Labour | George Ward | 14,073 | 36.7 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 10,204 | 26.6 | +26.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,350 | 80.1 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nancy Astor | 21,491 | 58.3 | −5.0 | |
Labour | George Ward | 15,394 | 41.7 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 6,097 | 16.6 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,425 | 77.6 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucy Middleton | 15,417 | 51.6 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Laurence Douglas Grand | 10,738 | 36.0 | −22.3 | |
Liberal | Joan Arundell Gaved | 3,695 | 12.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,679 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,850 | 71.9 | −5.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucy Middleton | 27,512 | 47.73 | ||
Conservative | Jakie Astor | 26,588 | 46.13 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Henry B Major | 3,541 | 6.14 | ||
Majority | 924 | 1.60 | |||
Turnout | 57,641 | 86.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jakie Astor | 28,908 | 50.62 | ||
Labour | Lucy Middleton | 28,198 | 49.38 | ||
Majority | 710 | 1.24 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,106 | 85.37 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jakie Astor | 30,051 | 53.38 | ||
Labour | Lucy Middleton | 26,241 | 46.62 | ||
Majority | 3,810 | 6.76 | |||
Turnout | 56,292 | 78.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Fraser | 32,752 | 55.75 | ||
Labour | Julian D. Richards | 25,991 | 44.52 | ||
Majority | 6,761 | 11.23 | |||
Turnout | 58,743 | 79.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 24,722 | 43.82 | ||
Labour | John Dunwoody | 24,312 | 43.09 | ||
Liberal | Graham Cocks | 7,383 | 13.09 | New | |
Majority | 410 | 0.73 | |||
Turnout | 56,417 | 76.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Owen | 31,567 | 54.51 | ||
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 26,345 | 45.49 | ||
Majority | 5,222 | 9.02 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,912 | 78.90 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Owen | 29,383 | 50.64 | ||
Conservative | John M. Goss | 28,636 | 49.36 | ||
Majority | 747 | 1.28 | |||
Turnout | 58,019 | 72.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
New constituency boundaries came into effect in time for the following election in February 1974.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Clark | 21,649 | 45.22 | ||
Labour | BW Fletcher | 13,545 | 28.29 | ||
Liberal | Simon Godfrey Banks | 12,683 | 26.49 | New | |
Majority | 8,104 | 16.93 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,876 | 79.07 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Clark | 20,457 | 44.61 | ||
Labour | Julian Priestley | 15,269 | 33.30 | ||
Liberal | Simon Godfrey Banks | 10,131 | 22.09 | ||
Majority | 5,188 | 11.31 | |||
Turnout | 45,858 | 75.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Clark | 28,892 | 54.80 | ||
Labour | Julian Priestley | 17,605 | 33.39 | ||
Liberal | J Scannell | 6,226 | 11.81 | ||
Majority | 11,287 | 21.41 | |||
Turnout | 52,723 | 76.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Clark | 25,203 | 55.12 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Puttick | 13,516 | 29.56 | ||
Labour | Frances Holland | 6,358 | 14.30 | ||
Ecology | Stephen Shaw | 470 | 1.03 | New | |
Majority | 11,687 | 25.56 | |||
Turnout | 45,726 | 76.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Clark | 23,187 | 45.76 | ||
Liberal | Bruce Tidy | 19,174 | 37.84 | ||
Labour | Ralph Maddern | 8,310 | 16.40 | ||
Majority | 4,013 | 7.92 | |||
Turnout | 50,674 | 79.03 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Streeter | 27,070 | 49.5 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Pawley | 15,120 | 27.6 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian P. Brett-Freeman | 12,291 | 22.5 | −15.3 | |
Natural Law | Jeremy J. Bowler | 256 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,950 | 21.9 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,737 | 81.2 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Gilroy | 23,881 | 50.1 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew Crisp | 14,441 | 30.3 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Melia | 6,613 | 13.9 | +0.7 | |
Referendum | Tim Hanbury | 1,654 | 3.5 | New | |
UKIP | Roger Bullock | 499 | 1.1 | New | |
Plymouth First Group | Kevin Kelway | 396 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Frank Lyons | 168 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 9,440 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,650 | 67.4 | −13.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Linda Gilroy | 19,827 | 50.7 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Oliver Colvile [20] | 12,310 | 31.5 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Connett | 5,605 | 14.3 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Alan Whitton | 970 | 2.5 | +1.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Henry Leary | 361 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,517 | 19.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,073 | 57.1 | −10.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Gilroy | 15,497 | 40.6 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Oliver Colvile [20] | 11,388 | 29.8 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Gillard | 8,685 | 22.7 | +8.4 | |
UKIP | Robert Cumming | 2,392 | 6.3 | +3.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Rob Hawkins | 230 | 0.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 4,109 | 10.8 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,192 | 56.8 | −0.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −4.2 |
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