Election 97

Devon South West


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Gary Streeter
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 22,695 (43.0%)
Labour 97 15,262 (28.9%)
LibDem 97 12,542 (23.7%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,318 ( 4.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 69,293
Turnout 97 52,817 (76.2%)



1992 MP Gary Streeter
Old constituency name Plymouth Sutton
Majority 92 17,130 (32.1%)
Conservative 92 30,796 (57.6%)
Labour 92 8,470 (15.9%)
LibDem 92 13,666 (25.6%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 489 ( 0.9%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 65,667
Turnout 92 53,421 (81.4%)
Devon South West



Tory change -14.7%
Labour change +13.0%
Lib Dem change -1.8%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.5%
Electorate change +5.5%
Turnout Change -5.1%
Robert Waller wrote

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.


Super Profiles

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