Election 97

Devon South West

Current MP Gary Streeter
Conservative 97 22,695
Labour 97 15,262
LibDem 97 12,542
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 650
Elected party
Devon South West

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Plymouth Sutton
Conservative 92 30,796
Labour 92 8,470
LibDem 92 13,666
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 489
Elected party Conservative

This seat is the product of extensive boundary rejigging in Devon. Plymouth had three seats in 1992, but will have only two this time around, and the majority of those transferred out will go to Devon South West. The owner-occupied and prosperous wards of western Plymouth have been combined with rural and seaside Tory-voting areas of South Devon. The result is the second safest Conservative seat in Devon. The Lib Dems are unusually weak in this part of the South West, but it will not matter much to Tory Gary Streeter, who held Plymouth Sutton in 1992, whether they or Labour come second.


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