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
CountyDevon
Electorate70,756 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsPlympton, Plymstock and Ivybridge
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentGary Streeter (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromPlymouth Sutton, South Hams

South West Devon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Gary Streeter, a Conservative.[n 2]

Boundaries

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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–present: 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.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, 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

Election Member[4] Party
1997 Sir Gary Streeter Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: South West Devon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Brazil[5]
Reform UK Stephen Horner[6]
Green Georgia Nelson[7]
Conservative Rebecca Smith[8]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South West Devon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 33,286 62.4 +2.6
Labour Alex Beverley 11,856 22.2 –7.7
Liberal Democrats Sima Davarian 6,207 11.6 +6.4
Green Ian Poyser 2,018 3.8 +1.7
Majority 21,430 40.2 +10.3
Turnout 53,367 73.6 –0.4
Registered electors 72,535
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2017: South West Devon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 31,634 59.8 +3.2
Labour Co-op Philippa Davey 15,818 29.9 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Voaden 2,732 5.2 -2.3
UKIP Ian Ross 1,540 2.9 -11.6
Green Win Scutt 1,133 2.1 -2.7
Majority 15,816 29.9 −10.0
Turnout 52,857 74.0 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing -5.0
General election 2015: South West Devon[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 28,500 56.6 +0.6
Labour Chaz Singh 8,391 16.7 +4.3
UKIP Robin Julian 7,306 14.5 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Davies 3,767 7.5 -16.6
Green Win Scutt 2,408 4.8 +3.5
Majority 20,109 39.9 +8.0
Turnout 50,372 70.9 -0.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
General election 2010: South West Devon[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 27,908 56.0 +11.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Pascoe 12,034 24.1 +0.3
Labour Luke Pollard 6,193 12.4 -11.8
UKIP Hugh Williams 3,084 6.2 -1.3
Green Vaughan Brean 641 1.3 New
Majority 15,874 31.9 +11.2
Turnout 49,860 71.2 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South West Devon[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 21,906 44.8 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Judy Evans 11,765 24.1 +5.7
Labour Christopher Mavin 11,545 23.6 -8.0
UKIP Hugh Williams 3,669 7.5 +4.3
Majority 10,141 20.7 +5.5
Turnout 48,885 68.6 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing -3.8
General election 2001: South West Devon[16][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 21,970 46.8 +3.9
Labour Christopher Mavin 14,826 31.6 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty 8,616 18.4 -5.4
UKIP Roger Bullock 1,492 3.2 +2.3
Majority 7,144 15.2 +1.2
Turnout 46,904 66.1 -10.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South West Devon[17][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Streeter 22,659 42.9
Labour Christopher Mavin 15,262 28.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Baldry 12,542 23.8
Referendum Robert Saddler 1,668 3.2
UKIP H.M. King 491 0.9
Natural Law Jon Hyde 159 0.3
Majority 7,397 14.0
Turnout 52,781 76.2
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.

References

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  3. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
  5. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  6. ^ "South West Devon Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Stand at the next general election". South West Green Party. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Conservative Party announce prospective MP candidate to take on Gary Streeter's seat". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Devon South West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ^ "2017 general election candidates in Devon". Devon Live. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ^ "South West Devon results 2010". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b c "South West Devon". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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