Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)

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Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.svg
Boundary of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport in South West England
County Devon
Electorate 73,495 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Plymouth
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Luke Pollard (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
Created from Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton

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.

Contents

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. [2]

Boundaries

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

2010–2024

The City of Plymouth wards of:

2024–present

As above les polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward. [4]

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. [3] It is largely based on the former Plymouth Sutton. To this is added smaller parts of the former Plymouth Devonport seat.

History of results
Results for the UK Commons seat named and for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Results of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.svg
Results for the UK Commons seat named and for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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. [5]

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. [6] Additionally about 35,000 postal voters received two polling cards, and some postal votes were not sent out. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
2010 Oliver Colvile Conservative
2017 Luke Pollard Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luke Pollard 20,795 49.4 +1.0
Reform UK Peter Gold7,46717.7+12.0
Conservative Gareth Streeter6,87316.3–21.7
Green Cam Hayward3,1867.6+4.6
Liberal Democrats Holly Greenberry-Pullen2,4415.8+0.9
Independent Chaz Singh6191.5N/A
Workers Party Guy Haywood3110.7N/A
TUSC Alex Moore2200.5N/A
Socialist Labour Robert Hawkins1830.4N/A
Majority13,32831.7+22.7
Turnout 42,09555.9–11.1
Registered electors 75,313
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote %
Labour 23,84748.4
Conservative 18,72538.0
Brexit Party 2,7995.7
Liberal Democrats 2,4164.9
Green 1,4763.0
Turnout49,26367.0
Electorate73,495
General election 2019: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luke Pollard 25,461 47.9 –5.4
Conservative Rebecca Smith 20,70438.9–1.1
Brexit Party Ann Widdecombe 2,9095.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Graham Reed2,5454.8+2.4
Green James Ellwood1,5572.9+1.7
Majority4,7579.0–4.3
Turnout 53,17668.3+1.3
Registered electors 77,852
Labour Co-op hold Swing –2.2
General election 2017: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport [13] [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luke Pollard 27,283 53.3 +16.6
Conservative Oliver Colvile 20,47640.0+2.2
UKIP Richard Ellison1,3642.7–11.3
Liberal Democrats Henrietta Bewley1,2442.4–1.8
Green Dan Sheaff6041.2–5.9
Independent Danny Bamping2370.5N/A
Majority6,80713.3N/A
Turnout 51,20867.0+1.5
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +7.2
General election 2015: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Colvile 18,120 37.8 +3.5
Labour Co-op Luke Pollard 17,59736.7+5.0
UKIP Roy Kettle6,73114.0+7.5
Green Libby Brown3,4017.1+5.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Reed2,0084.2–20.5
Communist Laura-Jane Rossington1060.2N/A
Majority5231.1Decrease2.svg1.5
Turnout 47,96365.5Increase2.svg3.7
Conservative hold Swing –0.8
General election 2010: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Colvile 15,050 34.3
Labour Linda Gilroy 13,90131.7
Liberal Democrats Judy Evans10,82924.7
UKIP Andrew Leigh2,8546.5
Green Tony Brown9042.1
Independent Brian Gerrish2230.5
Socialist Labour Robert Hawkins1230.3
Majority1,1492.6
Turnout 43,89461.8
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/
  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 2 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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