Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)

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Plymouth, Devonport Borough constituency

Plymouth, Devonport shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1832
MP:	Alison Seabeck
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

Plymouth, Devonport 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. It covers parts of Plymouth around Devonport in South West England.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Member of Parliament
4 Election results
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Under the proposed Boundary Commission for England plan of 2004, northern parts, including St Budeaux, of the current constituency will become Plymouth Moor View and the rest will join with parts of Plymouth, Sutton to form Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one. Its current name is Plymouth, Devonport but it previously was known as Devonport.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Constituency created (1832)
1832 — 1839: Sir Edward Codrington (resigned 1839)
1839 — 1847: Sir George Grey
1840 — 1854: Henry Tufnell, elected in a by-election January 24, died June 15, 1854
1847 — 1852: Sir John Romilly
1852 — 1857: Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley
1854 — 1859: Thomas Erskine Perry, elected in a by-election May 11
1857 — 1859: James Wilson (UK politician)
1859 — 1863: Sir Michael Seymour (left the House in 1863)
1859 — 1865: Sir Arthur William Buller
1863 — 1865: William Ferrand, elected in a by-election February 12
1865 — 1866: Thomas Brassey
1865 — 1866: John Fleming
1866 — 1868: Lord Eliot
1866 — 1874: Montague Chambers
1868 — 1874: John Delaware Lewis
1874 — 1892: Sir John Henry Puleston
1874 — 1892: George Edward Price
1892 — 1902: Edward John Chalmers Morton (died October 3, 1902)
1892 — 1910: Sir Hudson Ewbanke Kearley
1902 — 1906: John Lockie, elected in a by-election October 22
1906 — 1910: John Williams Benn
1910 — 1918: Sir John Jackson
1910 — 1922: Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, Membership reduced to one (1918)
1923 — 1945: Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal until 1931, National Liberal until 1942, then National Independent
1945 — 1955: Michael Foot, Labour
1955 — Feb 1974: Dame Joan Vickers, Conservative
Feb 1974 — 1992: David Owen, Labour until 1981, then Social Democrat until 1990, then Independent
1992 — 2005: David Jamieson, Labour
2005 — present: Alison Seabeck, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Seabeck	18,610	44.3	-14.0
	Conservative	Richard Cuming	10,509	25.0	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Jolly	8,000	19.1	+8.3
	UK Independence	Bill Wakeham	3,324	7.9	+5.6
	Independent	Keith Greene	747	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	445	1.1	+0.4
	Respect	Tony Staunton	347	0.8	N/A
Majority			8,101	19.3
Turnout			41,982	57.6	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

General Election 2001: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,322	58.3	-2.6
	Conservative	John Glen	11,289	27.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Baldry	4,513	10.8	+0.1
	UK Independence	Michael Parker	958	2.3	+1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Tony Staunton	334	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	303	0.7	N/A
Majority			13,033	31.2
Turnout			41,719	56.6	-13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 1997: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jamieson	31,629	60.9	+13.8
	Conservative	Anthony Johnson	12,562	24.2	-11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Corpus	5,570	10.7	-2.5
	Referendum Party	Clive Norsworthy	1,486	2.9	N/A
	UK Independence	Caroline Farrand	478	0.9	N/A
	National Democrat	Stephen Ebbs	238	0.4	N/A
Majority			19,067	36.7
Turnout			51,963	69.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.6

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,953	48.7	+20.3
	Conservative	K. R. Simpson	17,541	34.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. MacTaggart	6,315	12.3
	Social Democrat	H. M. Luscombe	2,152	4.2
	Natural Law	F. A. Lyons	255	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,412	14.4
Turnout			51,216	77.8	+0.6
	Labour gain from Social Democrat		Swing

General Election 1987: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat)	David Owen	21,039	42.3	-2.0
	Conservative	T. F. R. Jones	14,569	29.3	-4.5
	Labour	I. Flintoff	14,166	28.4	+7.4
Majority			6,470	13.0
Turnout			49,774	77.2
	SDP-Liberal Alliance hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat)	David Owen	20,843	44.3
	Conservative	Ann Widdecombe	15,907	33.8
	Labour	J. G. Priestley	9,845	21.0
	Independent Conservative	J. E. Sullivan	292	0.6
	National Front	R. E. D. Bearsford-Walker	72	0.2
	Christian Democrat	Mrs F. Hill	51	0.1
Majority			4,936	10.5
Turnout			47,010	76.1
	SDP-Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not possible.

General Election 1979: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Owen	16,545	47.4	+0.1
	Conservative	K. Hughes	15,544	44.6	+3.5
	Liberal	M James	2,360	6.8	-3.9
	National Front	L. Bearsford-Walker	243	0.7	N/A
	Independent (politician)	R. Stoner	203	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,001	2.9
Turnout			34,895	72.3	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Owen	17,398	47.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	15,139	41.1	+0.1
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	3,953	10.7	-6.1
	Independent Liberal	J N Hill	312	0.9	N/A
Majority			2,259	6.1
Turnout				73.5	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Owen	15,819	42.2
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	15,382	41.0
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	6,298	16.8
Majority			437	1.2
Turnout				75.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East \| Bournemouth West \| Bridgwater \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| Devizes \| East Devon \| Forest of Dean \| North Dorset \| North Wiltshire \| Poole \| Salisbury \| South West Devon \| Tewkesbury \| Tiverton and Honiton \| Torridge and West Devon \| Totnes \| Wells \| West Dorset \| Westbury \| Weston-super-Mare \| Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath \| Bristol West \| Cheltenham \| Falmouth and Camborne \| Mid Dorset and North Poole \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| Northavon \| Somerton and Frome \| South East Cornwall \| St Ives \| Taunton \| Teignbridge \| Torbay \| Truro and St Austell \| Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East \| Bristol North West \| Bristol South \| Exeter \| Gloucester \| Kingswood \| North Swindon \| Plymouth Devonport \| Plymouth Sutton \| South Dorset \| South Swindon \| Stroud \| Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| Labour (1)