Plymouth Moor View

Plymouth Moor View
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Plymouth Moor View in South West England
CountyDevon
Electorate73,378 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsPlymouth
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentFred Thomas (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromPlymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton

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 2024 by Fred Thomas of the Labour Party.[2] He defeated the incumbent Conservative MP, Johnny Mercer, who had been first elected in 2015.

The seat was created for the 2010 general election and is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.[3]

Constituency profile

The suburb of Eggbuckland

Plymouth Moor View is a constituency in Devon in South West England. It covers the outer, northern suburbs of the city of Plymouth, including St Budeaux, North Prospect, Manadon, Crownhill, Eggbuckland, Leigham, Estover, Southway, Tamerton Foliot, Whitleigh and Ernesettle.

Plymouth is a port city with a maritime history. Its importance as a naval base and centre for shipbuilding made it a target for the Luftwaffe during World War II and much of the city was destroyed in the Plymouth Blitz. As a result, the city underwent significant redevelopment after the war. Most of this constituency consisted of rural villages until they were absorbed by the city's post-war suburban expansion. The constituency's eastern neighbourhoods like Crownhill and Southway are generally affluent with many detached houses, whilst the western neighbourhoods like Whitleigh and St Budeaux are highly-deprived with most residents living in dense semi-detached or terraced housing.[4] House prices across the constituency are considerably lower than the regional and UK averages.[5]

Residents of Plymouth Moor View have a similar age profile to the rest of the country.[6] They have low levels of income and average rates of homeownership.[5] The child poverty rate is above-average.[7] Residents have low levels of education and a high proportion work in the health sector,[5][8] many at the large Derriford Hospital near Estover. The percentage claiming unemployment benefits is below-average.[7] White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census.[9]

At the local city council, most of this constituency is represented by the Labour Party with some Reform UK councillors elected at the most recent election. Voters in Plymouth Moor View strongly supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 67% voted in favour of Brexit compared to the UK-wide rate of 52%.[5]

Boundaries

2010–2024

The City of Plymouth wards of:

2024–present

As above plus polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward.[10]

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was expanded slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring north-western parts of Peverell ward from Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

The remaining wards from the City of Plymouth are in the constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[11] Party
2010 Alison Seabeck Labour
2015 Johnny Mercer Conservative
2024 Fred Thomas Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Plymouth Moor View[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Thomas 17,665 41.2 +8.9
Conservative Johnny Mercer 12,061 28.1 –31.7
Reform Shaun Hooper 9,670 22.6 +22.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Martin 1,766 4.1 –0.9
Green Georgia Nelson 1,694 4.0 +1.4
Majority 5,604 13.1 N/A
Turnout 42,856 57.4 –8.2
Registered electors 74,724
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase20.8

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[14]
Party Vote %
Conservative28,81059.8
Labour15,54832.3
Liberal Democrats2,4305.0
Green1,2542.6
Brexit Party1100.2
Turnout 48,152 65.6
Electorate 73,378
General election 2019: Plymouth Moor View[15]
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 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
General election 2017: Plymouth Moor View[16]
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
General election 2015: Plymouth Moor View[2]
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
General election 2010: Plymouth Moor View[17][18]
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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Seat Details - Plymouth Moor View". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Population, by age". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Constituency dashboard". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  11. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
  12. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election Results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "Plymouth Moor View parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ↑ BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View

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