Election 97

Plymouth Sutton


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Dame Janet Fookes
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 14,441 (30.3%)
Labour 97 23,881 (50.1%)
LibDem 97 6,613 (13.9%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,717 ( 5.7%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 70,666
Turnout 97 47,652 (67.4%)



1992 MP Dame Janet Fookes
Old constituency name Plymouth Drake
Majority 92 1,060 ( 2.0%)
Conservative 92 22,049 (41.8%)
Labour 92 20,989 (39.8%)
LibDem 92 8,673 (16.4%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 1,076 ( 2.0%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 66,738
Turnout 92 52,787 (79.1%)
Plymouth Sutton



Tory change -11.5%
Labour change +10.4%
Lib Dem change -2.6%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.7%
Electorate change +5.9%
Turnout Change -11.7%
Robert Waller wrote

Beware! This seat is not the successor to the constituency of the same name which was contested at the last election, and resulted in a fairly easy win for the Conservative Gary Streeter. It is largely composed of the former marginal Plymouth Drake, held by Dame Janet Fookes by just 2,013 votes over Labour in April 1992.

In fact this division, which covers the central part of the great south-western seafaring city of Plymouth, is now even more difficult for the Conservatives to hold than before, as the extensive boundary changes in the city mean that had it been contested last time it would have returned a Tory with a majority of only about 1,000. It therefore must lie towards the top of Labour's target list of Conservative-held marginals - and indeed they will want to get considerably further down the list than this.


Super Profiles

991 2.63 9.03 29
2,000 5.30 11.17 47
2,191 5.81 11.25 52
6,121 16.23 14.70 110
5,200 13.78 10.45 132
0 0.00 2.81 0
10,122 26.83 8.01 335
5,584 14.80 15.25 97
789 2.09 7.13 29
4,293 11.38 10.17 112