Plymouth Moor View is a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

represented in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...

of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

first past the post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

system of election and has been represented since 2024 by Fred Thomas of the Labour Party. He defeated the incumbent Conservative MP,

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...

, who had been first elected in 2015. The seat was created for the 2010 general election and is largely the successor to the former Plymouth Devonport constituency.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the north of the city, including industries relating to the Royal Navy base.

Boundaries

2010–2024

The City of Plymouth wards of: * Budshead, Eggbuckland,

Ham Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term '' ...

, Honicknowle, Moor View,

St Budeaux St Budeaux is an area and wards of the United Kingdom, ward in the north west of Plymouth in the England, English county of Devon. Original settlement The name St Budeaux comes from Budoc, Saint Budoc, the Bishop of Dol (Brittany). Around 480 ...

and Southway.

2024–present

As above plus polling districts KC and KD of Peverell ward. Further to the

2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The new constituency b ...

which came into effect for the

2024 general election This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2024 United Nations Security Council election * 2024 national electoral calendar * 2024 local electo ...

, the composition of the constituency was expanded slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring north-western parts of Peverell ward from Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. The remaining wards from the City of Plymouth are in the constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

References

External links

Plymouth, Moor View UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord , 50.411, -4.14, dim:10000_region:GB, display=title Parliamentary constituencies in Devon Politics of Plymouth, Devon Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010