Constituency profile

Plymouth Moor View

South West · Borough constituency · Plymouth borough

Fred Thomas MP
Sitting MP

Fred Thomas

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
Borough constituency, Plymouth council
Last 5 GE winners
LCCCL
Conservative 3/5, Labour 2/5
EU referendum 2016
60.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +8.5pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +5.1pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
SouthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Plymouth Moor View constituency

Plymouth Moor View is a borough constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Fred Thomas (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 41.2% to 28.1% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,604 votes on a 57.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 38.3% and Labour on 33.2%, a margin of 5.1 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Plymouth Moor View? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
60.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
20.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
60.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
38.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
29.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Plymouth Moor View vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 5,604 votes (13.1pp) · turnout 57.4%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Plymouth Moor View

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Plymouth Moor View within Plymouth

Plymouth Moor View sits entirely within Plymouth Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Plymouth
63 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BudsheadLabour 39.4%vs Conservative 30.4%May 2026 Reform 40.6%vs Conservative 16.6%
Labour→Reform
+22.2pp
37.6%
EggbucklandLabour 36.7%vs Conservative 34.5%May 2026 Reform 41.5%vs Conservative 22.8%
Labour→Reform
+21.0pp
40.8%
HamLabour 44.8%vs Conservative 24.0%May 2026 Reform 44.4%vs Labour 21.1%
Labour→Reform
+22.7pp
33.9%
HonicknowleLabour 43.4%vs Reform 24.3%May 2026 Reform 52.9%vs Labour 23.6%
Labour→Reform
+24.1pp
33.2%
Moor ViewLabour 40.0%vs Conservative 31.7%May 2026 Reform 50.6%vs Labour 17.4%
Labour→Reform
+25.8pp
40.4%
PeverellLabour 48.8%vs Conservative 24.0%May 2026 Labour 37.2%vs Reform 28.1%
Labour share
-11.7pp
49.1%
SouthwayLabour 40.9%vs Conservative 27.0%May 2026 Reform 46.2%vs Labour 16.6%
Labour→Reform
+23.1pp
36.7%
St BudeauxLabour 40.6%vs Conservative 25.2%May 2026 Reform 49.9%vs Green 17.9%
Labour→Reform
+24.8pp
33.4%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Plymouth Moor View at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Plymouth Moor View at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdAlison Seabeck37.2%33.3%16.9%7.7% UKIP1.0%4.0%1,58861.0%
2015Con gain from LabJohnny Mercer35.2%37.6%3.0%21.5% UKIP2.4%0.4%1,02662.4%+1.4
2017Con holdJohnny Mercer40.8%51.9%2.0%4.1% UKIP1.2%-5,01965.5%+3.1
2019notionalConservative winnerJohnny Mercer 2019 MP, pre-review boundary32.3%59.8%5.0%-2.6%0.3%13,26265.6%+0.1
2024Lab gain from ConFred Thomas41.2%28.1%4.1%22.6% Ref4.0%-5,60457.4%-8.2

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Plymouth Moor View

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Plymouth Moor View. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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