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South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South West Devon County constituency |
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| 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 county 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.
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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; as well as the town of Ivybridge and much of the South Hams. The remainder of Plymouth is not included in the constituency.
In September 2007 Luke Pollard was selected by the South West Devon Labour Party to stand against the incumbent MP Gary Streeter.
- 1997 – present: Gary Streeter, Conservative
| General Election 2005: South West Devon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gary Streeter | 21,906 | 44.8 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gary Streeter | 21,970 | 46.8 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Christopher Mavin | 14,826 | 31.6 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
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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 |
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| Labour | |
| South West England European constituency |
Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1) |
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