Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)

Plymouth, Devonport
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Plymouth, Devonport in Devon for the 2005 general election.
Location of Devon within England.
County	Devon
1832–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Created from	Devon

Plymouth, Devonport was, from 1832 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covered part of the city of Plymouth in South West England, including the former borough of Devonport.

History

The constituency was created as Devonport in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one. Following the amalgamation of Devonport into Plymouth, the constituency was renamed as Plymouth, Devonport.

Devonport has had a number of prominent MPs, including Leslie Hore-Belisha, Michael Foot (who began his Commons career in the seat), and the former SDP leader David Owen (Who was its longest-served MP). One of its longest serving MPs was the Conservative Dame Joan Vickers, who held the seat from 1955 until her defeat at the General Election of February 1974.

Abolition

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, constituencies in Plymouth have been reorganised, with both Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton being replaced by new constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and Plymouth Moor View.^[1]

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Nelson, St Aubyn, and St Budeaux.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Mount Edgecumbe, Nelson, Pennycross, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke, and in the Rural District of Plympton St Mary the civil parish of Tamerton Foliot.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Drake, Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1983-1997: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

1997-2010: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Eggbuckland, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

From 1950 to 1983, the constituency included Plymouth city centre.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1918

Election		First member^[2]	First party	Second member^[2]	Second party
1832		Sir Edward Codrington	Liberal	Sir George Grey	Liberal
1840 by-election		Henry Tufnell	Liberal	Sir George Grey	Liberal
1847				Sir John Romilly	Liberal
1852				Sir George Berkeley	Conservative
1854 by-election		Thomas Erskine Perry	Liberal	Sir George Berkeley	Conservative
1857		Thomas Erskine Perry	Liberal	James Wilson	Liberal
1859 by-election		Sir Michael Seymour	Liberal	James Wilson	Liberal
1859 by-election		Sir Michael Seymour	Liberal	Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal
1863 by-election		William Ferrand	Conservative	Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal
Jun 1865 by-election				Thomas Brassey	Liberal
Jul 1865				John Fleming	Conservative
1866 by-election		Lord Eliot	Liberal	Montague Chambers	Liberal
1868		John Delaware Lewis	Liberal	Montague Chambers	Liberal
1874		Sir John Henry Puleston	Conservative	George Edward Price	Conservative
1892		Edward John Chalmers Morton	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	Liberal
1902 by-election		John Lockie	Conservative
1904 by-election		John Williams Benn	Liberal
1910 (January)		Sir John Jackson	Conservative	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative
1918	reduced to one seat

MPs 1918–2010

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Coalition Conservative
1922	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative
1923	Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal
1931		Liberal National
1942		National Independent
1945	Michael Foot	Labour
1955	Dame Joan Vickers	Conservative
Feb 1974	David Owen	Labour
1981		Social Democrat
1988		Social Democrat (1988)
1990		Independent
1992	David Jamieson	Labour
2005	Alison Seabeck	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Devonport^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Edward Price	2,968
	Conservative	John Henry Puleston	2,944
	Liberal	George Webb Medley	2,653
	Liberal	Thomas Terrell	2,635
Majority			291
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Devonport^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Henry Puleston	2,954
	Conservative	George Edward Price	2,943	30.1
	Liberal	CW Ford	1,963	20.1
	Liberal	Herbert Lionel Showers	1,918	19.6
Majority			980	10.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Hudson Kearley

General Election 1892: Devonport^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hudson Ewbanke Kearley	3,354	26.4
	Liberal	Edward John Chalmers Morton	3,325	26.3
	Conservative	George Edward Price	3,012
	Conservative	Robert Harvey	2,972
Majority			313
Turnout				83.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1895: Devonport^[9]^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hudson Ewbanke Kearley	3,570
	Liberal	Edward John Chalmers Morton	3,511
	Conservative	Pridham Henry Pridham Whippell	3,303
	Conservative	TU Thynne	3,263
Majority			208
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Devonport^[12]^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hudson Ewbanke Kearley	3,626
	Liberal	Edward John Chalmers Morton	3,538
	Conservative	John Lockie	3,458
	Conservative	F McCormick Goodheart	3,394
Majority			80
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Devonport by-election, 1902^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lockie	3,785	50.2	n/a
	Liberal	Thomas Allnutt Brassey	3,757	49.8	n/a
Turnout				84.3
Majority				0.4	n/a
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

John Benn

Devonport by-election, 1904^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Williams Benn	6,219	54.6	+4.8
	Conservative	Sir John Jackson	5,179	45.4	-4.8
Turnout				79.3	-5.0
Majority				9.2	9.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1906: Devonport^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	YHudson Ewbanke Kearley	6,923	29.1
	Liberal	YJohn Williams Benn	6,527	27.5
	Conservative	Sir John Williams Benn	5,239	22.0
	Conservative	F Holme-Summer	5,080	21.4
Turnout				81.4
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Devonport^[19]^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir John Jackson	5,658
	Conservative	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	5,286
	Liberal	Sir John Williams Benn	5,146
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow	5,140
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Godfrey Baring

General Election December 1910: Devonport^[22]^[23]^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir John Jackson	5,170
	Conservative	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	5,111
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow	4,841
	Liberal	Godfrey Baring	4,782
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, Sir John Jackson
Liberal: Samuel Lithgow
Labour:

General Election 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	13,240	62.2
	Labour	Fred Bramley	4,115	19.3
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow	3,930	18.5
Majority			9,125	42.9
Turnout				67.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	10,459	42.3
	Liberal	Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	8,538	34.5
	Labour	Rej Barrington Bates	5,742	23.2
Majority			1,921	7.8
Turnout				79.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	12,269	45.7	+11.2
	Unionist	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	10,428	38.8	-3.5
	Labour	Joseph Harris	4,158	15.5	-7.7
Majority			1,841	6.9	-0.9
Turnout				82.7	+3.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.3

General Election 1924: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	11,115	39.7
	Unionist	Samuel Gluckstein	10,534	37.6
	Labour	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	6,350	22.7
Majority			581	2.1	-4.8
Turnout				84.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

General Election 1929: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	15,233	45.7	+6.0
	Unionist	Samuel Gluckstein	10,688	32.0	-5.6
	Labour	Donald Beaton Fraser	7,428	22.3	-0.4
Majority			4,545	13.7	+11.6
Turnout				82.3	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal National	Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	23,459	72.19
	Labour	Paul Reed	9,039	27.81
Majority			14,420	44.37
Turnout				78.18
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal National	Rt Hon. Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	20,852	68.13
	Labour	John Brown	9,756	31.87
Majority			11,096	36.25
Turnout				72.27
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal National: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Labour: Michael Foot

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Mackintosh Foot	13,395	54.06
	National Independent	Rt Hon. Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	11,382	45.94
Majority			2,013	8.12
Turnout				71.11
	Labour gain from National Independent		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Mackintosh Foot	30,812	50.59
	Conservative	Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill	27,329	44.87
	Liberal	Alfred Charles Cann	2,766	4.54
Majority			3,483	5.72
Turnout				87.16
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Mackintosh Foot	32,158	51.93
	Conservative	Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill	29,768	48.07
Majority			2,390	3.86
Turnout				85.28
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Helen Vickers	24,821	47.15
	Labour	Michael Mackintosh Foot	24,721	46.96
	Liberal	Arthur Russell Mayne	3,100	5.89
Majority			100	0.19
Turnout				77.15
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1959: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Helen Vickers	28,481	56.39
	Labour	Michael Mackintosh Foot	22,027	43.61
Majority			6,454	12.78
Turnout				78.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Helen Vickers	24,241	54.04
	Labour	Rowland Edward Crabb	20,615	45.96
Majority			3,626	8.08
Turnout				73.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dame Joan Helen Vickers	22,760	50.35
	Labour	Rowland Edward Crabb	22,441	49.65
Majority			319	0.71
Turnout				76.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dame Joan Helen Vickers	21,843	51.62
	Labour	F Keith Taylor	20,471	48.38
Majority			1,372	3.24
Turnout				70.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Plymouth, Devonport^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	15,819	42.2
	Conservative	Dame Joan Helen Vickers	15,382	41.0
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	6,298	16.8
Majority			437	1.2
Turnout				75.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election October 1974: Plymouth, Devonport^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	17,398	47.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Dame Joan Helen Vickers	15,139	41.1	+0.1
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	3,953	10.7	-6.1
	Independent Liberal	J N Hill	312	0.9	N/A
Majority			2,259	6.1
Turnout				73.5	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Plymouth, Devonport^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	16,545	47.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Kenneth William Hughes	15,544	44.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Michael James	2,360	6.8	−3.9
	National Front	Leonard Arthur Bearsford-Walker	243	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Richard Hilton Stoner	203	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,001	2.9
Turnout			34,895	72.3	−1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Plymouth, Devonport^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Democratic	David Owen	20,843	44.3
	Conservative	Ann Widdecombe	15,907	33.8
	Labour	Julian Priestley	9,845	21.0
	Independent Conservative	James Edward Sullivan	292	0.6
	BNP	Robert Edward David Bearsford-Walker	72	0.2
	Christian Democrat	Mrs Faith Hill	51	0.1
Majority			4,936	10.5
Turnout			47,010	76.1
	Social Democratic gain from Labour		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.

General Election 1987: Plymouth, Devonport^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Social Democratic	David Owen	21,039	42.3	−2.0
	Conservative	Tom Frank Ryan Jones	14,569	29.3	−4.5
	Labour	Ian Flintoff	14,166	28.4	+7.4
Majority			6,470	13.0
Turnout			49,774	77.2
	Social Democratic hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Plymouth, Devonport^[26]^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,953	48.7	+20.3
	Conservative	Keith Simpson	17,541	34.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Murdoch MacTaggart	6,315	12.3	−30.0
	Social Democratic	Harold M. Luscombe	2,152	4.2	−38.1
	Natural Law	Francis A. Lyons	255	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,412	14.4	+1.4
Turnout			51,216	77.8	+0.6
	Labour gain from Social Democratic		Swing	+7.7

General Election 1997: Plymouth, Devonport^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	31,629	60.9	+13.8
	Conservative	Anthony Johnson	12,562	24.2	−11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Corpus	5,570	10.7	−2.5
	Referendum	Clive Norsworthy	1,486	2.9	N/A
	UKIP	Caroline Farrand	478	0.9	N/A
	National Democrats	Stephen Ebbs	238	0.4	N/A
Majority			19,067	36.7
Turnout			51,963	69.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.6

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Plymouth, Devonport^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,322	58.3	−2.6
	Conservative	John Glen	11,289	27.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Baldry	4,513	10.8	+0.1
	UKIP	Michael Parker	958	2.3	+1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Tony Staunton	334	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	303	0.7	N/A
Majority			13,033	31.2
Turnout			41,719	56.6	−13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

General Election 2005: Plymouth, Devonport^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alison Seabeck	18,612	44.3	−14.0
	Conservative	Richard Cuming	10,509	25.0	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Jolly	8,000	19.1	+8.3
	UKIP	Bill Wakeham	3,324	7.9	+5.6
	Independent	Keith Greene	747	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	445	1.1	+0.4
	Respect	Tony Staunton	376	0.9	N/A
Majority			8,101	19.3
Turnout			41,982	57.6	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.0

Notes and references

↑ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
1 2 3 Election results, 1974 – 1979
1 2 3 Election results, 1983 – 1992
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
1 2 Election results, 1997 – 2001
↑ Election result, 2005

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Coordinates: 50°25′N 4°08′W / 50.41°N 4.14°W / 50.41; -4.14

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