Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| 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)[1] |
| Major settlements | Plymouth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Fred Thomas (Labour) |
| 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]
The constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base.[4]
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.
| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alison Seabeck | Labour | |
| 2015 | Johnny Mercer | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Fred Thomas | Labour | |
Elections in the 2020s
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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) | |||||
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