Created 2010 | Electorate 71,236 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency South West England Number of members 1 | |
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Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport is a constituency created in 2010, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Oliver Colvile, a Conservative.
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Legal status
The seat is a is a borough constituency (for the purposes of type of returning officer and election expenses). As with all current constituencies it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.
Boundaries
The areas which make up this seat include Compton, Devonport, Stonehouse, Drake ward (which includes the University and Mutley), Efford and Lipson, Peverell, St Peter and the Waterfront, Stoke, and Sutton and Mount Gould.
The seat is entirely within the boundaries of the city of Plymouth, and includes the city centre.
History
The 2007 review by the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of this seat and Plymouth Moor View, duly approved by Parliament. It is largely based on the former Plymouth, Sutton, with the addition of smaller parts of the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.
This constituency has been represented since its creation in 2010 by a Conservative, Oliver Colvile. In 2015, against opinion poll predictions of losing, Colvile held the seat over the Labour candidate Luke Pollard, with a reduced majority. The 2015 result gave the seat the 7th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.