Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)
Plymouth, Moor View | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Plymouth, Moor View in Devon. | |
Location of Devon within England. | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 68,556 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of parliament | Johnny Mercer (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
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 2015 by Johnny Mercer of the Conservative Party.[2]
Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England into parliamentary representation in Devon, constituencies in Plymouth have been reorganised. This is one of two new seats, the other being Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.[3] The seat is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.
Boundaries
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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2010 | Alison Seabeck | Labour | |
2015 | Johnny Mercer | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 Democrat | Stuart Bonar | 1,265 | 3.0 | -13.9 | |
Green | Benjamin Osborn | 1,023 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
TUSC | Louise Parker | 152 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,606 | 61.6 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Alison Seabeck | 15,433 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Matthew Groves | 13,845 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Stuart Bonar | 7,016 | 16.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Bill Wakeham | 3,188 | 7.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Roy Crook | 1,438 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Green | Wendy Miller | 398 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | David Marchesi | 208 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,588 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,526 | 61.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-11-24. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View
Coordinates: 50°24′40″N 4°08′24″W / 50.411°N 4.14°W