South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of South West Devon in Devon.
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Location of Devon within England.
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| County | Devon |
| Electorate | 70,756 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Plympton, and Ivybridge |
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| Created | 1997 |
| Member of parliament | Gary Streeter (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | South Hams |
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| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Coordinates: 50°23′42″N 3°59′31″W / 50.395°N 3.992°W
South West Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Gary Streeter, a Conservative.
1997-2010: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Brixton, Charterlands, Cornwood and Harford, Erme Valley, Ivybridge, Modbury, Newton and Noss, Sparkwell, Ugborough, Wembury, and Yealmpton, the City of Plymouth wards of Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford, and the Borough of West Devon ward of Buckland Monachorum.
2010-present: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Charterlands, Cornwood and Sparkwell, Erme Valley, Ivybridge Central, Ivybridge Filham, Ivybridge Woodlands, Newton and Noss, Wembury and Brixton, and Yealmpton, and the City of Plymouth wards of Plympton Chaddlewood, Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford.
The constituency is a south-western portion of Devon and includes the easternmost part of the city of Plymouth, namely the suburban small towns of Plympton (which as the borough constituency of Plympton Erle returned its own MPs until the Reform Act of 1832 abolished the seat as a 'rotten borough') and which are so close as to be with the city's eastern parts, as well as the town of Ivybridge and much of the South Hams. Its landscape includes the edge of Dartmoor and a southern coastline.
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