Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)
| Plymouth Moor View | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 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) |
| Seats | One |
| 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]
The seat was created for the 2010 general election and is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.[3]
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base.[4]
Boundaries
[edit]
2010-2024: Plymouth Moor View covers the northern part of Plymouth. The electoral wards which make up the constituency are Budshead, Eggbuckland, Ham, Honicknowle, Moor View, St Budeaux and Southway.[3]
The remaining wards from the City of Plymouth are in the constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon.
2024-present: The composition of the constituency from the 2024 United Kingdom general election will be expanded slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by adding north-western parts of the City of Plymouth ward of Peverell - namely polling districts KC and KD - to be transferred from Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alison Seabeck | Labour | |
| 2015 | Johnny Mercer | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Fred Thomas | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Thomas | 17,665 | 41.2 | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 12,061 | 28.1 | –31.7 | |
| Reform UK | Shaun Hooper | 9,670 | 22.6 | +22.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Martin | 1,766 | 4.1 | –0.9 | |
| Green | Georgia Nelson | 1,694 | 4.0 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 5,604 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,856 | 57.4 | –8.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,724 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  20.8
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Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,810 | 59.8 | |
| Labour | 15,548 | 32.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,430 | 5.0 | |
| Green | 1,254 | 2.6 | |
| Brexit Party | 110 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | 48,152 | 65.6 | |
| Electorate | 73,378 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 26,831 | 60.7 | +8.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | Charlotte Holloway | 13,934 | 31.5 | –9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Martin | 2,301 | 5.2 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Ewan Flavell | 1,173 | 2.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 12,897 | 29.2 | +18.1 | ||
| Turnout | 44,239 | 63.7 | –1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 69,430 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 23,567 | 51.9 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Sue Dann | 18,548 | 40.8 | +5.6 | |
| UKIP | Wendy Noble | 1,849 | 4.1 | –17.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 917 | 2.0 | –1.0 | |
| Green | Josh Pope | 536 | 1.2 | –1.2 | |
| Majority | 5,019 | 11.1 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 45,417 | 65.5 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 16,020 | 37.6 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Alison Seabeck | 14,994 | 35.2 | –2.0 | |
| UKIP | Penny Mills | 9,152 | 21.5 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bonar | 1,265 | 3.0 | –13.9 | |
| Green | Benjamin Osborn | 1,023 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
| TUSC | Louise Parker | 152 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 1,026 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,606 | 61.6 | –0.1 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Seabeck | 15,433 | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Groves | 13,845 | 33.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bonar | 7,016 | 16.9 | ||
| UKIP | Bill Wakeham | 3,188 | 7.7 | ||
| BNP | Roy Cook | 1,438 | 3.5 | ||
| Green | Wendy Miller | 398 | 1.0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | David Marchesi | 208 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,588 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 41,526 | 61.7 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "Plymouth Moor View results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election Results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Plymouth Moor View Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Plymouth Moor View parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View
External links
[edit]- Plymouth, Moor View UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Plymouth Moor View UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
