Every Plymouth general election candidate hoping to become the next MP

Katie Timms & Alison Stephenson

26 June 2024 at 5:43 am·1-min read

View of the ocean city of Plymouth, Devon — -Credit: (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

As the UK prepares to head for the polls for the general election on July 4, you may be wondering who the candidates are in your local area.

Plymouth has three constituencies - Sutton and Devonport, Moor View and South West Devon - that will be hotly contested and pollsters are predicting that some seats could change party.

Here is a full list of who is standing in each seat in the Plymouth area and what happened at the last general election in 2019.

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Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Peter Gold (Reform UK), Holly Greenberry-Pullen (Liberal Democrat), Robert Hawkins (Socialist Labour Party), Cam Hayward (Green), Guy Haywood (Workers Party), Alex Moore (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Luke Pollard (Labour), Chaz Singh (Independent), Gareth Streeter (Conservative).

The seat was previously held by Luke Pollard (Lab) with a 4,757 majority. Mr Pollard represented the seat since 2017 when he won it from the Conservatives.

Plymouth Moor View

Shaun Hooper (Reform UK), Sarah Martin (Lib Dem), Johnny Mercer (Con), Georgia Nelson (Green), Fred Thomas (Labour).

The seat was previously held by Johnny Mercer (Con) who has been elected three times, the last time with a 12,897 majority.

South West Devon

Sarah Allen (Labour), Julian Brazil (Lib Dem), Ben Davy (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Steve Horner (Reform UK), Darryl Ingram (Heritage Party), Lauren McLay (Green), Rebecca Smith (Con), Alan Spencer (Independent).

Conservative Gary Streeter, who is not standing, won this seat in 2019 with a 21,430 majority. He was an MP for more than 30 years, representing South West Devon from 1997 to 2024 and previously holding the Plymouth Sutton seat between 1992 and 1997.

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Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Plymouth Moor View

South West Devon

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