- South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°23′42″N 3°59′31″W / 50.395°N 3.992°W
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 Ivybridge Current constituency Created 1997 Member of Parliament Gary Streeter (Conservative) Number of members One Overlaps European Parliament constituency South West England South West Devon is a county 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency is based around the south-western portion of Devon and includes the eastern part of the city of Plymouth, namely the suburbs of Plympton and Plymstock, as well as the town of Ivybridge and much of the South Hams. The remainder of Plymouth is not included in the constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election Member [2] Party 1997 Gary Streeter Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: South West Devon[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gary Streeter 27,908 56.0 +11.6 Liberal Democrat 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 +1.3 Majority 15,874 31.8 Turnout 49,860 71.2 +2.9 Conservative hold Swing +5.6 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: South West Devon[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gary Streeter 21,906 44.8 -2.0 Liberal Democrat 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 Turnout 48,885 68.6 2.5 Conservative hold Swing -3.8% General Election 2001: South West Devon[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gary Streeter 21,970 46.8 +3.9 Labour Christopher Mavin 14,826 31.6 +2.7 Liberal Democrat Phil Hutty 8,616 18.4 -5.4 UKIP Roger Bullock 1,492 3.2 +2.3 Majority 7,144 15.2 Turnout 46,904 66.1 -10.0 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: South West Devon[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gary Streeter 22,695 42.9 Labour Christopher Mavin 15,262 28.9 Liberal Democrat Keith Baldry 12,542 23.8 Referendum Party R Saddler 1,668 3.2 UKIP H King 491 0.8 Natural Law J Hyde 159 0.3 Majority 7,397 14.1 Turnout 52,781 76.2 See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ "South West Devon results 2010". BBC News. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e25.stm. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b c "Devon South West". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/1312/devon-south-west. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
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