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| South West Devon | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of South West Devon in Devon | |
 Location of Devon within England | |
| County | Devon |
| Electorate | 70,756 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Plympton, Plymstock and Ivybridge |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Gary Streeter (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Plymouth 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
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):
- The City of Plymouth wards of: Plympton Chaddlewood; Plympton Erle; Plympton St. Mary; Plymstock Dunstone; Plymstock Radford.
- The District of South Hams wards of: Bickleigh & Cornwood; Ermington & Ugborough; Ivybridge East; Ivybridge West; Newton & Yealmpton; Wembury & Brixton; Woolwell.
- The Borough of West Devon wards of: Buckland Monachorum; Burrator.[2]
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sarah Allen[5] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil[6] | ||||
| Reform UK | Stephen Horner[7] | ||||
| Green | Georgia Nelson[8] | ||||
| Conservative | Rebecca Smith[9] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||