Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)
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]
| Plymouth Moor View | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Major settlements | Plymouth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Johnny Mercer (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton |
The seat was created for the 2010 general election and is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.[3]
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base.[4]
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[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alison Seabeck | Labour | |
| 2015 | Johnny Mercer | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 26,831 | 60.7 | +8.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | Charlotte Holloway | 13,934 | 31.5 | –9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Martin | 2,301 | 5.2 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Ewan Melling Flavell | 1,173 | 2.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 12,897 | 29.2 | +18.1 | ||
| Turnout | 44,239 | 63.7 | –1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 69,430 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Johnny Mercer | 23,567 | 51.9 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Sue Dann | 18,548 | 40.8 | +5.6 | |
| UKIP | Wendy Noble | 1,849 | 4.1 | –17.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 917 | 2.0 | –1.0 | |
| Green | Josh Pope | 536 | 1.2 | –1.2 | |
| Majority | 5,019 | 11.1 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 45,417 | 65.5 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Democrats | Stuart Bonar | 1,265 | 3.0 | –13.9 | |
| Green | Benjamin Osborn | 1,023 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
| TUSC | Louise Parker | 152 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 1,026 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,606 | 61.6 | –0.1 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Seabeck | 15,433 | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Groves | 13,845 | 33.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bonar | 7,016 | 16.9 | ||
| UKIP | Bill Wakeham | 3,188 | 7.7 | ||
| BNP | Roy Cook | 1,438 | 3.5 | ||
| Green | Wendy Miller | 398 | 1.0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | David Marchesi | 208 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,588 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 41,526 | 61.7 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- "Plymouth Moor View Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- "Plymouth Moor View parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View