Constituency profile

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

South West · Borough constituency · Plymouth borough

Luke Pollard MP
Sitting MP

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)

First elected June 2017

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
Borough constituency, Plymouth council
Last 5 GE winners
CCLLL
Labour 3/5, Conservative 2/5
EU referendum 2016
54.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +2.5pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +9.1pp
vs Reform UK 32.8%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is a borough constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 49.4% to 17.7% for Reform UK, a majority of 13,328 votes on a 55.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 41.8% and Reform UK on 32.8%, a margin of 9.1 points.

Who lives in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
54.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
30.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
45.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
54.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
35.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
16.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
41.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 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 hold · majority 13,328 votes (31.7pp) · turnout 55.9%

Current projection

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

Map of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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 Sutton and Devonport within Plymouth

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 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
65 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
ComptonLabour 45.4%vs Conservative 22.3%May 2026 Reform 31.7%vs Labour 27.9%
Labour→Reform
+16.5pp
46.9%
DevonportLabour 51.4%vs Reform 18.2%May 2026 Reform 40.2%vs Labour 29.0%
Labour→Reform
+22.2pp
32.4%
DrakeLabour 46.2%vs Reform 19.5%May 2026 Green 38.5%vs Labour 30.1%
Labour→Green
+21.2pp
37.5%
Efford and LipsonLabour 51.4%vs Reform 17.8%May 2026 Reform 40.2%vs Labour 27.6%
Labour→Reform
+23.1pp
37.5%
PeverellLabour 48.8%vs Conservative 24.0%May 2026 Labour 37.2%vs Reform 28.1%
Labour share
-11.7pp
49.1%
St Peter and the WaterfrontLabour 48.1%vs Reform 20.6%May 2026 Reform 29.4%vs Labour 28.4%
Labour→Reform
+14.3pp
34.7%
StokeLabour 51.3%vs Reform 17.1%May 2026 Labour 38.1%vs Reform 29.6%
Labour share
-13.1pp
42.3%
Sutton and Mount GouldLabour 50.7%vs Reform 17.7%May 2026 Green 40.5%vs Reform 27.3%
Labour→Green
+30.3pp
41.2%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 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
2010Con gain from LabOliver Colvile31.7%34.3%24.7%6.5% UKIP2.1%0.8%1,14960.2%
2015Con holdOliver Colvile36.7%37.8%4.2%14.0% UKIP7.1%0.2%52365.5%+5.3
2017Lab gain from ConLuke Pollard53.3%40.0%2.4%2.7% UKIP1.2%0.5%6,80766.9%+1.4
2019notionalLabour winnerLuke Pollard 2019 MP, pre-review boundary48.4%38.0%4.9%-3.0%5.7%5,12267.0%+0.1
2024Lab holdLuke Pollard49.4%16.3%5.8%17.7% Ref7.6%3.2%13,32855.9%-11.1

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

Constituencies most like Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

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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