South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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South West Devon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of South West Devon in Devon
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Location of Devon within England
County Devon
Electorate 75,731 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Plympton, Plymstock and Ivybridge
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Rebecca Smith (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Plymouth Sutton, South Hams

South West Devon is a constituency [n 1] most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024, by Sir Gary Streeter, a Conservative. Plymstock Radford Councillor Rebecca Smith retained the seat for the Conservatives in the 4 July 2024 general election after Sir Gary Streeter didn't stand for re-election. [n 2]

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Boundaries

South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1997–2010: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Brixton, Charterlands, Cornwood and Harford, Erme Valley, Ivybridge, Modbury, Newton and Noss, Sparkwell, Ugborough, Wembury, and Yealmpton, the City of Plymouth wards of Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford, and the Borough of West Devon ward of Buckland Monachorum.

2010–2024: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Charterlands, Cornwood and Sparkwell, Erme Valley, Ivybridge Central, Ivybridge Filham, Ivybridge Woodlands, Newton and Noss, Wembury and Brixton, and Yealmpton, and the City of Plymouth wards of Plympton Chaddlewood, Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford.

The constituency is a south-western portion of Devon and includes the easternmost part of the city of Plymouth, namely the suburban small towns of Plympton (which as the borough constituency of Plympton Erle returned its own MPs until the Reform Act of 1832 abolished the seat as a 'rotten borough') and Plymstock which are so close as to be contiguous with the city's eastern parts, as well as the town of Ivybridge and much of the South Hams. Its landscape includes the edge of Dartmoor and a southern coastline.


2024-present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Minor changes including the gain of the two West Devon Borough wards from Torridge and West Devon and the loss of the Charterlands ward in the east to the newly named constituency of South Devon.

History

The areas covered in the seat were previously served by the South Hams and Plymouth Sutton seats. Both seats had been represented by the Conservative Party, and Gary Streeter, who became the first MP for the new constituency in 1997, had been MP for Plymouth Sutton from 1992 until 1997.

Constituency profile

Unemployment, at 1.3% in November 2012, was significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1997 Sir Gary Streeter Conservative
2024 Rebecca Smith Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South West Devon [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Smith 17,916 34.3 –28.3
Labour Sarah Allen15,80430.3+8.9
Reform UK Stephen Horner9,36117.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Julian Brazil5,55110.6–1.5
Green Lauren McLay2,9255.6+1.7
Independent Alan Spencer4380.8N/A
TUSC Ben Davy1410.3N/A
Heritage Darryl Ingram1060.2N/A
Majority2,1124.0–36.2
Turnout 52,24266.5–7.9
Registered electors 77,600
Conservative hold Swing –18.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote %
Conservative 35,10262.6
Labour 12,01221.4
Liberal Democrats 6,80712.1
Green 2,1793.9
Turnout56,10074.4
Electorate75,371
General election 2019: South West Devon [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 33,286 62.4 +2.6
Labour Alex Beverley11,85622.2–7.7
Liberal Democrats Sima Davarian6,20711.6+6.4
Green Ian Poyser2,0183.8+1.7
Majority21,43040.2+10.3
Turnout 53,36773.6–0.4
Registered electors 72,535
Conservative hold Swing 5.15
General election 2017: South West Devon [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 31,634 59.8 +3.2
Labour Co-op Philippa Davey15,81829.9+13.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Voaden 2,7325.2−2.3
UKIP Ian Ross1,5402.9−11.6
Green Win Scutt1,1332.1−2.7
Majority15,81629.9−10.0
Turnout 52,85774.0+3.1
Conservative hold Swing -5.0
General election 2015: South West Devon [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 28,500 56.6 +0.6
Labour Chaz Singh8,39116.7+4.3
UKIP Robin Julian7,30614.5+8.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Davies3,7677.5−16.6
Green Win Scutt2,4084.8+3.5
Majority20,10939.9+8.0
Turnout 50,37270.9−0.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
General election 2010: South West Devon [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 27,908 56.0 +11.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Pascoe12,03424.1+0.3
Labour Luke Pollard 6,19312.4−11.8
UKIP Hugh Williams 3,0846.2−1.3
Green Vaughan Brean6411.3N/A
Majority15,87431.9+11.2
Turnout 49,86071.2+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South West Devon [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 21,906 44.8 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Judy Evans11,76524.1+5.7
Labour Christopher Mavin11,54523.6−8.0
UKIP Hugh Williams 3,6697.5+4.3
Majority10,14120.7+5.5
Turnout 48,88568.6+2.5
Conservative hold Swing -3.8
General election 2001: South West Devon [15] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 21,970 46.8 +3.9
Labour Christopher Mavin14,82631.6+2.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty8,61618.4−5.4
UKIP Roger Bullock1,4923.2+2.3
Majority7,14415.2+1.2
Turnout 46,90466.1−10.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South West Devon [16] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 22,659 42.9
Labour Christopher Mavin15,26228.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Baldry12,54223.8
Referendum Robert Saddler1,6683.2
UKIP H.M. King4910.9
Natural Law Jon Hyde1590.3
Majority7,39714.0
Turnout 52,78176.2
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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