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 | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of South West Devon in Devon. |
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 Location of Devon within England. |
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| 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Gary Streeter | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: South West Devon[3] | |||||
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| 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 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: South West Devon[4] | |||||
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| 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] | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: South West Devon[4] | |||||
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| 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 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] 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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