Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Plymouth, Sutton Borough constituency
Plymouth, Sutton shown within Devon, and Devon shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Linda Gilroy
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Devon
EP constituency:	South West England

Plymouth, Sutton is a borough 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It is based in the city of Plymouth, in South West England.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Plymouth, and the county of Devon, the Boundary Commission for England have effectively abolished Plymouth Sutton, which will be fought at the Next UK general election as Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

[edit] History

In a by-election in 1919, it became the second constituency in the UK (and the first in Great Britain) to elect a female MP, and the first to take a seat in parliament (the first female MP was the Sinn Féin member Countess Markiewicz, who did not take her seat). Three of its MPs have been members of the Astor family.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Waldorf Astor	Conservative
	1919 by-election	Nancy Astor	Conservative
	1945	Lucy Middleton	Labour
	1951	Jakie Astor	Conservative
	1959	Ian Fraser	Conservative
	1966	David Owen	Labour
	Feb. 1974	Alan Clark	Conservative
	1992	Gary Streeter	Conservative
	1997	Linda Gilroy	Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Plymouth, Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Linda Gilroy	15,497	40.6	-10.1
	Conservative	Oliver Colvile	11,388	29.8	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Gillard	8,685	22.7	+8.4
	UK Independence	Robert Cumming	2,392	6.3	+3.8
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	230	0.6	-0.3
Majority			4,109	10.8
Turnout			38,192	56.8	-0.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-4.2

General Election 2001: Plymouth, Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Linda Gilroy	19,827	50.7	+0.6
	Conservative	Oliver Colvile	12,310	31.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Connett	5,605	14.3	+0.5
	UK Independence	Alan Whitton	970	2.5	+1.4
	Socialist Labour	Henry Leary	361	0.9	N/A
Majority			7,517	19.2
Turnout			39,073	57.1	-10.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

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