South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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South West Devon County constituency

South West Devon shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Gary Streeter
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

South West Devon 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the south-western portion of Devon and includes the eastern part of the city of Plymouth, namely the suburbs of Plympton and Plymstock. The remainder of Plymouth is not included in the constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – present: Gary Streeter, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South West Devon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Streeter	21,906	44.8	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Evans	11,765	24.1	+5.7
	Labour	Christopher Mavin	11,545	23.6	-8.0
	UK Independence	Hugh Williams	3,669	7.5	+4.3
Majority			10,141	20.7
Turnout			48,885	68.6	2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.8%

General Election 2001: South West Devon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Streeter	21,970	46.8	+3.9
	Labour	Christopher Mavin	14,826	31.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hutty	8,616	18.4	-5.4
	UK Independence	Roger Bullock	1,492	3.2	+2.3
Majority			7,144	15.2
Turnout			46,904	66.1	-10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East \| Bournemouth West \| Bridgwater \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| Devizes \| East Devon \| Forest of Dean \| North Dorset \| North Wiltshire \| Poole \| Salisbury \| South West Devon \| Tewkesbury \| Tiverton and Honiton \| Torridge and West Devon \| Totnes \| Wells \| West Dorset \| Westbury \| Weston-super-Mare \| Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath \| Bristol West \| Cheltenham \| Falmouth and Camborne \| Mid Dorset and North Poole \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| Northavon \| Somerton and Frome \| South East Cornwall \| St Ives \| Taunton \| Teignbridge \| Torbay \| Truro and St Austell \| Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East \| Bristol North West \| Bristol South \| Exeter \| Gloucester \| Kingswood \| North Swindon \| Plymouth Devonport \| Plymouth Sutton \| South Dorset \| South Swindon \| Stroud \| Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| Labour (1)