Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)

Plymouth Moor View
Plymouth Moor View
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Plymouth Moor View in South West England
County	Devon
Electorate	73,378 (2023)
Major settlements	Plymouth
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Fred Thomas (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Plymouth 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 constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

2010–2024

The City of Plymouth wards of:

Budshead, Eggbuckland, Ham, Honicknowle, Moor View, St Budeaux and Southway.^[3]

2024–present

As above plus polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward.^[5]

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

	Member^[6]	Party
2010	Alison Seabeck	Labour
2015	Johnny Mercer	Conservative
2024	Fred Thomas	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Plymouth Moor View^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Thomas	17,665	41.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Johnny Mercer	12,061	28.1	–31.7
	Reform UK	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	20.8

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,810	59.8
	Labour	15,548	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	2,430	5.0
	Green	1,254	2.6
	Brexit Party	110	0.2

Turnout		48,152	65.6
Electorate		73,378

General election 2019: Plymouth Moor View^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]^[13]
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

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "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/
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
^ "Plymouth Moor View results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "UK Parliamentary General Election Results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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

External links

Plymouth, Moor View UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Plymouth Moor View UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

50°24′40″N 4°08′24″W / 50.411°N 4.14°W / 50.411; -4.14

[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.

[electoralcalculus2015-2] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[BCEDevon-3] "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] UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/plymouthmoorview/

[5] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.

[rayment-6] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)

[7] "Plymouth Moor View results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[8] "UK Parliamentary General Election Results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[9] "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.

[10] "Plymouth Moor View Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[11] "Plymouth Moor View parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[electoralcalculus2010-12] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[13] BBC Election Results BBC Election Results 2010 - Plymouth Moor View

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

v t e Constituencies in South West England (58)
Labour (24)	Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bristol East Bristol North East Bristol North West Bristol South Camborne and Redruth Exeter Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester North East Somerset and Hanham North Somerset Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole South Dorset South East Cornwall St Austell and Newquay Stroud Swindon North Swindon South Truro and Falmouth Weston-super-Mare
Liberal Democrats (22)	Bath Cheltenham Chippenham Frome and East Somerset Glastonbury and Somerton Honiton and Sidmouth Melksham and Devizes Mid Dorset and North Poole Newton Abbot North Cornwall North Devon South Cotswolds South Devon St Ives Taunton and Wellington Tewkesbury Thornbury and Yate Tiverton and Minehead Torbay Wells and Mendip Hills West Dorset Yeovil
Conservative (11)	Bridgwater Central Devon Christchurch East Wiltshire Exmouth and Exeter East North Cotswolds North Dorset Salisbury South West Devon South West Wiltshire Torridge and Tavistock
Green (1)	Bristol Central