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Plymouth, Devonport
Plymouth, Devonport
	Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons;
	; Boundary of Plymouth, Devonport in Devon for the 2005 general election.;
	; Location of Devon within England.;
County	Devon
; 1832–2010;
Number of members	One
Replaced by	; Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport;
Created from	Devon

Plymouth, Devonport was, from 1832 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covered part of the city of Plymouth in South West England, including the former borough of Devonport.

4 Elections
- 4.1 Elections in the 1840s
- 4.2 Elections in the 1850s
- 4.3 Elections in the 1860s
- 4.4 Elections in the 1870s
- 4.5 Elections in the 1880s
- 4.6 Elections in the 1890s
- 4.7 Elections in the 1900s
- 4.8 Elections in the 1910s
- 4.9 Elections in the 1920s
- 4.10 Elections in the 1930s
- 4.11 Elections in the 1940s
- 4.12 Elections in the 1950s
- 4.13 Elections in the 1960s
- 4.14 Elections in the 1970s
- 4.15 Elections in the 1980s
- 4.16 Elections in the 1990s
- 4.17 Elections in the 2000s

5 See also

6 Notes and references

History

The constituency was created as Devonport in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one. Following the amalgamation of Devonport into Plymouth, the constituency was renamed as Plymouth, Devonport.

Devonport has had a number of prominent MPs, including Leslie Hore-Belisha, Michael Foot (who began his Commons career in the seat), and the former SDP leader David Owen. One of its longest serving MPs was the Conservative Dame Joan Vickers, who held the seat from 1955 until her defeat at the General Election of February 1974.

Abolition

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, constituencies in Plymouth have been reorganised, with both Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton being replaced by new constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and Plymouth Moor View.^[1]

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Nelson, St Aubyn, and St Budeaux.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Mount Edgecumbe, Nelson, Pennycross, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke; and the parish of Tamerton Foliot in the Rural District of Plympton St Mary.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Drake, Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.

1983-1997: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

1997-2010: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Eggbuckland, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.

From 1950 to 1983, the constituency included Plymouth city centre.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1918

Election		First member^[2]	First party	Second member^[2]	Second party
1832		Sir Edward Codrington	Whig^[3]^[4]	Sir George Grey	Whig^[3]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
1840 by-election		Henry Tufnell	Whig^[9]^[10]^[11]^[3]	Sir George Grey	Whig^[3]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
1847				Sir John Romilly	Whig^[12]^[13]^[11]
1852				Sir George Berkeley	Conservative
1854 by-election		Thomas Erskine Perry	Whig^[14]^[15]	Sir George Berkeley	Conservative
1857			Whig^[14]^[15]	James Wilson	Whig^[16]^[17]^[18]
1859			Liberal		Liberal
1859 by-election		Sir Michael Seymour	Liberal		Liberal
1859 by-election		Sir Michael Seymour	Liberal	Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal
1863 by-election		William Ferrand	Conservative	Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal
Jun 1865 by-election				Thomas Brassey	Liberal
Jul 1865				John Fleming	Conservative
1866 by-election		Lord Eliot	Liberal	Montague Chambers	Liberal
1868		John Delaware Lewis	Liberal	Montague Chambers	Liberal
1874		Sir John Henry Puleston	Conservative	George Edward Price	Conservative
1892		E. J. C. Morton	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	Liberal
1902 by-election		John Lockie	Conservative
1904 by-election		John Benn	Liberal
1910 (January)		Sir John Jackson	Conservative	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative
1918	reduced to one seat

MPs 1918–2010

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Coalition Conservative
1922	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative
1923	Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal
1931		Liberal National
1942		National Independent
1945	Michael Foot	Labour
1955	Dame Joan Vickers	Conservative
Feb 1974	David Owen	Labour
1981		Social Democrat
1988		Social Democrat (1988)
1990		Independent
1992	David Jamieson	Labour
2005	Alison Seabeck	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

Codrington resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 January 1840: Devonport^[19]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry Tufnell	974	56.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Robert Dawson^[20]	750	43.5	N/A
Majority			224	13.0	N/A
Turnout			1,724	81.3	N/A
Registered electors			2,121
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1841: Devonport^[19]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry Tufnell	966	36.1	N/A
	Whig	George Grey	932	34.8	N/A
	Conservative	George Robert Dawson	780	29.1	N/A
Majority			152	5.7	N/A
Turnout			1,724	80.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,131
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Grey was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 July 1846: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	George Grey	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General Election 1847: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry Tufnell	1,136	37.9	+1.8
	Whig	John Romilly	1,022	34.1	−0.7
	Conservative	Joseph Sandars^[21]	842	28.1	−1.0
Majority			180	6.0	+0.3
Turnout			1,921 (est)	82.0 (est)	+1.1
Registered electors			2,343
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.2
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.1

Romilly was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 3 April 1848: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Romilly	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

Romilly was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 July 1850: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Romilly	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Romilly was appointed Master of the Rolls, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 April 1851: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Romilly	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General Election 1852: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry Tufnell	1,079	25.6	−12.3
	Conservative	George Berkeley	1,056	25.1	+11.0
	Whig	John Romilly	1,046	24.8	−9.3
	Conservative	John Heron-Maxwell^[22]	1,032	24.5	+10.4
Turnout			2,107 (est)	87.5 (est)	+5.5
Registered electors			2,407
Majority			23	0.5	−5.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−11.5
Majority			10	0.2	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+10.9

Tufnell resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 May 1854: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Thomas Erskine Perry	1,091	61.3	+10.9
	Conservative	John Heron-Maxwell	689	38.7	−10.9
Majority			402	22.6	+22.1
Turnout			1,780	73.6	−13.9
Registered electors			2,417
	Whig hold		Swing	+10.9

General Election 1857: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Thomas Erskine Perry	Unopposed
	Whig	James Wilson	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,628
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Conservative

General Election 1859: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Wilson	1,216	26.9	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Erskine Perry	1,198	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,075	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	Archibald Peel^[23]	1,039	22.9	N/A
Majority			123	2.7	N/A
Turnout			2,264 (est)	82.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,759
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Wilson was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1859: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Wilson	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Perry resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 August 1859: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Seymour	1,096	51.1	−2.3
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,047	48.9	+2.3
Majority			49	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			2,143	77.7	−4.4
Registered electors			2,759
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

Wilson resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 August 1859: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur William Buller	1,189	51.6	−1.8
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,114	48.4	+1.8
Majority			75	3.3	+0.6
Turnout			2,303	83.5	+1.4
Registered electors			2,759
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 1860s

Seymour resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 February 1863: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,234	50.6	+4.0
	Liberal	Frederick Grey^[24]	1,204	49.4	−4.0
Majority			30	1.2	N/A
Turnout			2,438	88.4	+6.3
Registered electors			2,758
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0

Buller resigned in order to contest the 1865 Liskeard by-election.

By-election, 22 June 1865: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	1,264	51.1	−2.3
	Conservative	John Fleming	1,208	48.9	+2.3
Majority			56	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			2,472	87.7	+5.6
Registered electors			2,820
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 1865: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Fleming	1,307	25.5	+2.6
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,290	25.2	+1.5
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	1,279	25.0	−1.9
	Liberal	Thomas Phinn^[25]	1,243	24.3	−2.3
Majority			11	0.2	N/A
Turnout			2,560 (est)	90.8 (est)	+8.7
Registered electors			2,820
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.8

The election was declared void on petition, on account of bribery and corrupt practices,^[26] causing a by-election.

By-election, 22 May 1866: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Eliot	1,275	25.6	+0.6
	Liberal	Montague Chambers	1,269	25.5	+1.2
	Conservative	Henry Cecil Raikes	1,216	24.4	−1.1
	Conservative	Reginald Abbot^[27]	1,215	24.4	−0.8
Majority			53	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,488 (est)	88.2 (est)	−2.6
Registered electors			2,820
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.0

General Election 1868: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Delaware Lewis	1,541	26.6	+1.6
	Liberal	Montague Chambers	1,519	26.2	+1.9
	Conservative	William Ferrand	1,370	23.6	−1.6
	Conservative	William Palliser^[28]	1,365	23.6	−1.9
Majority			149	2.6	N/A
Turnout			2,898 (est)	85.9 (est)	−4.9
Registered electors			3,374
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Henry Puleston	1,525	27.3	+3.7
	Conservative	George Edward Price	1,483	26.6	+3.0
	Liberal	John Delaware Lewis	1,327	23.8	−2.8
	Liberal	George William Culme Soltau-Symons^[29]	1,250	22.4	−3.8
Majority			156	2.8	N/A
Turnout			2,793 (est)	83.4 (est)	−2.5
Registered electors			3,348
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Devonport^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Henry Puleston	1,753	27.0	−0.3
	Conservative	George Edward Price	1,746	26.9	+0.3
	Liberal	John Delaware Lewis	1,509	23.3	−0.5
	Liberal	Alexander Craig Sellar	1,476	22.8	+0.4
Majority			237	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			3,242 (est)	85.5 (est)	+2.1
Registered electors			3,790
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 1885: Devonport^[30]^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Edward Price	2,968	26.5	−0.4
	Conservative	John Henry Puleston	2,944	26.3	−0.7
	Liberal	George Webb Medley	2,653	23.7	+0.4
	Liberal	Thomas Terrell	2,635	23.5	+0.7
Majority			291	2.6	−1.1
Turnout			5,646	86.5	+1.0 (est)
Registered electors			6,527
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

General Election 1886: Devonport^[30]^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Puleston	2,954	30.2	+3.9
	Conservative	George Price	2,943	30.1	+3.6
	Liberal	Charles W Ford^[32]	1,963	20.1	−3.6
	Liberal	Herbert Lionel Showers	1,918	19.6	−3.9
Majority			980	10.0	+7.4
Turnout			4,936	75.6	−10.9
Registered electors			6,527
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1890s

Kearley

General Election 1892: Devonport^[30]^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	3,354	26.4	+6.3
	Liberal	E. J. C. Morton	3,325	26.3	+6.7
	Conservative	George Price	3,012	23.8	−6.3
	Conservative	Robert Harvey	2,972	23.5	−6.7
Majority			313	2.5	N/A
Turnout			6,378 (est)	83.6	+8.0
Registered electors			7,629
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.7

Morton

General Election 1895: Devonport^[30]^[31]^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	3,570	26.2	−0.2
	Liberal	E. J. C. Morton	3,511	25.7	−0.6
	Conservative	Pridham Henry Pridham Whippell	3,303	24.2	+0.4
	Conservative	TU Thynne	3,263	23.9	+0.4
Majority			208	1.5	−1.0
Turnout			6,875 (est)	86.9	+3.3
Registered electors			7,911
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Devonport^[30]^[31]^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	3,626	25.9	−0.3
	Liberal	E. J. C. Morton	3,538	25.2	−0.5
	Conservative	John Lockie	3,458	24.7	+0.5
	Conservative	F McCormick Goodheart	3,394	24.2	+0.3
Majority			80	0.5	−1.0
Turnout				85.1	−1.8
Registered electors			8,351
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Devonport by-election, 1902^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lockie	3,785	50.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	3,757	49.8	−1.3
Majority			28	0.4	N/A
Turnout			7,542	84.3	−0.8
Registered electors			8,946
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.3

John Benn

Devonport by-election, 1904^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Benn	6,219	54.6	+3.5
	Conservative	John Jackson	5,179	45.4	−3.5
Majority			1,040	9.2	+8.7
Turnout			11,398	79.3	−5.8
Registered electors			14,379
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1906: Devonport^[30]^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hudson Kearley	6,923	29.1	+3.2
	Liberal	John Benn	6,527	27.5	+2.3
	Conservative	John Jackson	5,239	22.0	−2.7
	Conservative	F Holme-Summer	5,080	21.4	−2.8
Majority			1,288	5.5	+5.0
Turnout				81.4	−3.7
Registered electors			14,978
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Devonport^[30]^[31]^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Jackson	5,658	26.7	+4.7
	Conservative	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	5,286	24.9	+3.5
	Liberal	John Benn	5,146	24.2	−3.3
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow^[36]	5,140	24.2	−4.9
Majority			140	0.7	N/A
Turnout				89.2	+7.8
Registered electors			12,125
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.2

Godfrey Baring

General Election December 1910: Devonport^[30]^[31]^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Jackson	5,170	26.0	−0.7
	Conservative	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	5,111	25.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow	4,841	24.3	+0.1
	Liberal	Godfrey Baring	4,782	24.0	−0.2
Majority			270	1.4	+0.7
Turnout				83.0	−6.2
Registered electors			12,125
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Clement Kinloch-Cooke, John Jackson

Liberal: Samuel Lithgow

Labour:

General Election 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	13,240	62.2	+10.5
	Labour	Fred Bramley	4,115	19.3	N/A
	Liberal	Samuel Lithgow	3,930	18.5	−19.8
Majority			9,125	42.9	+41.5
Turnout			21,285	67.2	−15.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	+15.2
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	10,459	42.3
	Liberal	Leslie Hore-Belisha	8,538	34.5
	Labour	Barrington Bates	5,742	23.2
Majority			1,921	7.8
Turnout				79.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Leslie Hore-Belisha	12,269	45.7	+11.2
	Unionist	Clement Kinloch-Cooke	10,428	38.8	-3.5
	Labour	Joseph Harris	4,158	15.5	-7.7
Majority			1,841	6.9	-0.9
Turnout				82.7	+3.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.3

General Election 1924: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Leslie Hore-Belisha	11,115	39.7
	Unionist	Samuel Gluckstein	10,534	37.6
	Labour	Holford Knight	6,350	22.7
Majority			581	2.1	-4.8
Turnout				84.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

General Election 1929: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Leslie Hore-Belisha	15,233	45.7	+6.0
	Unionist	Samuel Gluckstein	10,688	32.0	-5.6
	Labour	Donald Beaton Fraser	7,428	22.3	-0.4
Majority			4,545	13.7	+11.6
Turnout				82.3	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal National	Leslie Hore-Belisha	23,459	72.19
	Labour	Paul Reed	9,039	27.81
Majority			14,420	44.37
Turnout				78.18
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal National	Leslie Hore-Belisha	20,852	68.13
	Labour	John Brown	9,756	31.87
Majority			11,096	36.25
Turnout				72.27
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal National: Leslie Hore-Belisha

Labour: Michael Foot

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Plymouth Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Foot	13,395	54.06
	National	Leslie Hore-Belisha	11,382	45.94
Majority			2,013	8.12
Turnout				71.11
	Labour gain from Liberal National		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Plymouth, Devonport^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Foot	30,812	50.59
	Conservative and National Liberal	Randolph Churchill	27,329	44.87
	Liberal	Alfred Charles Cann	2,766	4.54
Majority			3,483	5.72
Turnout				87.16
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Plymouth, Devonport^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Foot	32,158	51.93
	Conservative and National Liberal	Randolph Churchill	29,768	48.07
Majority			2,390	3.86
Turnout				85.28
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Plymouth, Devonport^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative and National Liberal	Joan Vickers	24,821	47.15
	Labour	Michael Foot	24,721	46.96
	Liberal	Arthur Russell Mayne	3,100	5.89
Majority			100	0.19
Turnout				77.15
	Conservative and National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1959: Plymouth, Devonport^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative and National Liberal	Joan Vickers	28,481	56.39
	Labour	Michael Foot	22,027	43.61
Majority			6,454	12.78
Turnout				78.63
	Conservative and National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	24,241	54.04
	Labour	Rowland Edward Crabb	20,615	45.96
Majority			3,626	8.08
Turnout				73.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	22,760	50.35
	Labour	Rowland Edward Crabb	22,441	49.65
Majority			319	0.71
Turnout				76.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Plymouth, Devonport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	21,843	51.62
	Labour	F Keith Taylor	20,471	48.38
Majority			1,372	3.24
Turnout				70.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Plymouth, Devonport^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Owen	15,819	42.2
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	15,382	41.0
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	6,298	16.8
Majority			437	1.2
Turnout				75.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election October 1974: Plymouth, Devonport^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Owen	17,398	47.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	15,139	41.1	+0.1
	Liberal	N E Westbrook	3,953	10.7	-6.1
	Independent Liberal	J N Hill	312	0.9	N/A
Majority			2,259	6.1
Turnout				73.5	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Plymouth, Devonport^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Owen	16,545	47.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Kenneth William Hughes	15,544	44.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Michael James	2,360	6.8	−3.9
	National Front	Leonard Arthur Bearsford-Walker	243	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Richard Hilton Stoner	203	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,001	2.9
Turnout			34,895	72.3	−1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Plymouth, Devonport^[43]^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Democratic	David Owen	20,843	44.3
	Conservative	Ann Widdecombe	15,907	33.8
	Labour	Julian Priestley	9,845	21.0
	Ind. Conservative	James Sullivan	292	0.6
	BNP	Robert Bearsford-Walker	72	0.2
	Christian Democrat	Faith Hill	51	0.1
Majority			4,936	10.5
Turnout			47,010	76.1
	Social Democratic gain from Labour		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.

General Election 1987: Plymouth, Devonport^[45]^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Social Democratic	David Owen	21,039	42.3	−2.0
	Conservative	Tom Jones	14,569	29.3	−4.5
	Labour	Ian Flintoff	14,166	28.4	+7.4
Majority			6,470	13.0
Turnout			49,774	77.2
	Social Democratic hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Plymouth, Devonport^[46]^[44]^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,953	48.7	+20.3
	Conservative	Keith Simpson	17,541	34.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Murdoch MacTaggart	6,315	12.3	−30.0
	SDP	Harold Luscombe	2,152	4.2	−38.1
	Natural Law	Francis Lyons	255	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,412	14.4	+1.4
Turnout			51,216	77.8	+0.6
	Labour gain from Social Democratic		Swing	+7.7

General Election 1997: Plymouth, Devonport^[48]^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	31,629	60.9	+13.8
	Conservative	Anthony Johnson	12,562	24.2	−11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Corpus	5,570	10.7	−2.5
	Referendum	Clive Norsworthy	1,486	2.9	N/A
	UKIP	Caroline Farrand	478	0.9	N/A
	National Democrats	Stephen Ebbs	238	0.4	N/A
Majority			19,067	36.7
Turnout			51,963	69.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.6

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Plymouth, Devonport^[50]^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Jamieson	24,322	58.3	−2.6
	Conservative	John Glen	11,289	27.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Baldry	4,513	10.8	+0.1
	UKIP	Michael Parker	958	2.3	+1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Tony Staunton	334	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	303	0.7	N/A
Majority			13,033	31.2
Turnout			41,719	56.6	−13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

General Election 2005: Plymouth, Devonport^[51]^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alison Seabeck	18,612	44.3	−14.0
	Conservative	Richard Cuming	10,509	25.0	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Jolly	8,000	19.1	+8.3
	UKIP	Bill Wakeham	3,324	7.9	+5.6
	Independent	Keith Greene	747	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Rob Hawkins	445	1.1	+0.4
	Respect	Tony Staunton	376	0.9	N/A
Majority			8,101	19.3
Turnout			41,982	57.6	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.0

Notes and references

^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay". Boundary Commission for England. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ ^a^b^c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)

^ ^a^b^c^d^e Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 68–69. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

^ One of No Party (1836). Random Recollections of the House of Commons from the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835, Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart. pp. 158–159. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via Google Books.

^ Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

^ Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland. Leeds: George Crosby. 1847. p. 122. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via Google Books.

^ "The Age". Melbourne, Victoria. 13 September 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

^ "The Excluded Whigs". Leeds Intelligencer. 22 January 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Postscript". The Spectator. 9 November 1839. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ The Spectator, Volume 14. F.C. Westley. 1841. p. 653. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ ^a^b Gash, Norman (2013). Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Faber & Faber. pp. 355, 440. ISBN 9780571302901. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ "Political". Durham Chronicle. 13 March 1846. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Bridport Election". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 13 March 1846. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ Atkinson, Diane (2012). The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton. London: Arrow Books. p. 390. ISBN 9780099556480. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ Stubbings, Matthew (October 2016). "British Conservatism and the Indian Revolt: The Annexation of Awadh and the Consequences of Liberal Empire, 1856–1858". Journal of British Studies. 55 (4): 728–749. doi:10.1017/jbr.2016.73. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ "The General Election". Morning Post. 24 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ Rosser, Alexander S. (2009). "Businessmen in the House of Commons: A Comparative Study of the 1852–1857 and the 1895–1900 Parliaments". KU Scholar Works. University of Kansas. p. 65. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ Roberts, F. David (2002). The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780804780933. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j^k^l^mⁿ^o^p^q^r^s^t^u Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

^ "Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser". 28 January 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "The Elections". London Daily News. 31 July 1847. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Devonport". Bristol Times and Mirror. 10 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Election Intelligence". London Evening Standard. 20 April 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Declaration of the Poll". Western Times. 14 February 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Devonport". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 19 June 1865. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Election Petitions". Leicester Mail. 17 March 1866. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Mr Raikes Beaten at Devonport". Cheshire Observer. 26 May 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Election News". Preston Herald. 3 October 1868. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ "Devonport". Western Daily Mercury. 2 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^h The Liberal Year Book, 1907

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^h British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig

^ "District News". Sheffield Independent. 22 Dec 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

^ ^a^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

^ ^a^b British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig

^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

^ ‘LITHGOW, Samuel’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Sept 2017

^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

^ [1]

^ [2]

^ [3]

^ [4]

^ ^a^b^c Election results, 1974 – 1979

^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ ^a^b^c Election results, 1983 – 1992

^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ ^a^b Election results, 1997 – 2001

^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ Election result, 2005

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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[rayment-2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)

[stooks-smith-3] Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 68–69. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[4] One of No Party (1836). Random Recollections of the House of Commons from the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835, Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart. pp. 158–159. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via Google Books.

[5] Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[crosby1847-6] Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland. Leeds: George Crosby. 1847. p. 122. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via Google Books.

[7] "The Age". Melbourne, Victoria. 13 September 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[8] "The Excluded Whigs". Leeds Intelligencer. 22 January 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[9] "Postscript". The Spectator. 9 November 1839. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[10] The Spectator, Volume 14. F.C. Westley. 1841. p. 653. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[gash-11] Gash, Norman (2013). Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Faber & Faber. pp. 355, 440. ISBN 9780571302901. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[romillydurham-12] "Political". Durham Chronicle. 13 March 1846. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[romilly-notts-13] "Bridport Election". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 13 March 1846. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[14] Atkinson, Diane (2012). The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton. London: Arrow Books. p. 390. ISBN 9780099556480. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[15] Stubbings, Matthew (October 2016). "British Conservatism and the Indian Revolt: The Annexation of Awadh and the Consequences of Liberal Empire, 1856–1858". Journal of British Studies. 55 (4): 728–749. doi:10.1017/jbr.2016.73. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[16] "The General Election". Morning Post. 24 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[17] Rosser, Alexander S. (2009). "Businessmen in the House of Commons: A Comparative Study of the 1852–1857 and the 1895–1900 Parliaments". KU Scholar Works. University of Kansas. p. 65. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[18] Roberts, F. David (2002). The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780804780933. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[craig1832-19] ⁱ^j^k^l^mⁿ^o^p^q^r^s^t^u Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[20] "Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser". 28 January 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[21] "The Elections". London Daily News. 31 July 1847. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[22] "Devonport". Bristol Times and Mirror. 10 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[23] "Election Intelligence". London Evening Standard. 20 April 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[24] "Declaration of the Poll". Western Times. 14 February 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[25] "Devonport". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 19 June 1865. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[26] "Election Petitions". Leicester Mail. 17 March 1866. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[27] "Mr Raikes Beaten at Devonport". Cheshire Observer. 26 May 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[28] "Election News". Preston Herald. 3 October 1868. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[29] "Devonport". Western Daily Mercury. 2 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1907-30] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[ReferenceA-31] British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig

[32] "District News". Sheffield Independent. 22 Dec 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[ReferenceB-33] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[ReferenceC-34] British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig

[35] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

[36] ‘LITHGOW, Samuel’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Sept 2017

[37] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

[38] [1]

[39] [2]

[40] [3]

[41] [4]

[er7479-42] Election results, 1974 – 1979

[electoralcalculus1983-43] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[er8392-44] Election results, 1983 – 1992

[electoralcalculus1987-45] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-46] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[47] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1997-48] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[er9701-49] Election results, 1997 – 2001

[electoralcalculus2001-50] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2005-51] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[52] Election result, 2005

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