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Plymouth Sutton — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Plymouth Sutton was won by Labour at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 4,109 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Plymouth Sutton from 1918 to 2005.

Full Election History, 1918–2005

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Waldorf Astor (Unionist) 17,091 66.0% William Thomas Gray (Labour) 11,757 (45.4 pts) 59.6%
1922 Nancy Astor (Unionist) 13,924 47.4% Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan (Labour) 3,093 (10.5 pts) 78.0%
1923 Nancy Astor (Unionist) 16,114 54.5% Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan (Labour) 2,676 (9.1 pts) 77.9%
1924 Nancy Astor (Unionist) 18,174 58.1% Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan (Labour) 5,079 (16.2 pts) 81.6%
1929 Nancy Astor (Unionist) 16,625 43.2% William Westwood (Labour) 211 (0.5 pts) 81.1%
1931 Nancy Astor (Conservative) 24,277 63.3% George Ward (Labour) 10,204 (26.6 pts) 80.1%
1935 Nancy Astor (Conservative) 21,491 58.3% George Ward (Labour) 6,097 (16.5 pts) 77.6%
1945 Lucy Annie Middleton (Labour) 15,417 51.6% Laurence Douglas Grand (Conservative) 4,679 (15.7 pts) 71.9%
1950 Lucy Annie Middleton (Labour) 27,512 47.7% John Jacob Astor (Conservative) 924 (1.6 pts) 86.4%
1951 John Jacob Astor (Conservative) 28,908 50.6% Lucy Annie Middleton (Labour) 710 (1.2 pts) 85.4%
1955 John Jacob Astor (Conservative) 30,051 53.4% Lucy Annie Middleton (Labour) 3,810 (6.8 pts) 78.9%
1959 Ian Montagu Fraser (Conservative) 32,752 55.8% Julian D Richards (Labour) 6,761 (11.5 pts) 79.3%
1964 Ian Montagu Fraser (Conservative) 24,722 43.8% John Elliot Orr Dunwoody (Labour) 410 (0.7 pts) 76.7%
1966 David Owen (Labour) 31,567 54.5% Ian Fraser (Conservative) 5,222 (9.0 pts) 78.9%
1970 David Owen (Labour) 29,383 50.6% John Goss (Conservative) 747 (1.3 pts) 72.3%
Feb 1974 Alan Clark (Conservative) 21,649 45.2% Brian William Fletcher (Labour) 8,104 (16.9 pts) 79.0%
Oct 1974 Alan Clark (Conservative) 20,457 44.6% Julian Priestley (Labour) 5,188 (11.3 pts) 75.2%
1979 Alan Clark (Conservative) 28,892 54.8% Julian Priestley (Labour) 11,287 (21.4 pts) 76.9%
1983 Alan Clark (Conservative) 25,203 55.3% Anthony David Puttick (Liberal) 11,687 (25.7 pts) 76.4%
1987 Alan Clark (Conservative) 23,187 45.8% Bruce Tidy (Liberal) 4,013 (7.9 pts) 79.0%
1992 Gary Streeter (Conservative) 27,070 49.5% Andrew Pawley (Labour) 11,950 (21.8 pts) 81.2%
1997 Linda Gilroy (Labour) 23,881 50.1% Andrew Crisp (Conservative) 9,440 (19.8 pts) 67.4%
2001 Linda Gilroy (Labour) 19,827 50.7% Oliver Colvile (Conservative) 7,517 (19.2 pts) 57.1%
2005 Linda Gilroy (Labour) 15,497 40.6% Oliver Colvile (Conservative) 4,109 (10.8 pts) 56.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Waldorf Astor Unionist 17,09166.0% Yes
William Thomas Gray Labour 5,33420.6% No
Sidney Ransom Liberal 3,48813.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Unionist 13,92447.4% Yes
Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan Labour 10,83136.8% No
Hugh Wansey Bayly Plymouth Conservative Imperial 4,64315.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Unionist 16,11454.5% Yes
Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan Labour 13,43845.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Unionist 18,17458.1% Yes
Frederick George Woulfe-Brenan Labour 13,09541.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Unionist 16,62543.2% Yes
William Westwood Labour 16,41442.7% No
Thomas Henry Aggett Liberal 5,43014.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Conservative 24,27763.3% Yes
George Ward Labour 14,07336.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nancy Astor Conservative 21,49158.3% Yes
George Ward Labour 15,39441.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lucy Annie Middleton Labour 15,41751.6% Yes
Laurence Douglas Grand Conservative 10,73836.0% No
Joan Arundell Gaved Liberal 3,69512.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lucy Annie Middleton Labour 27,51247.7% Yes
John Jacob Astor Conservative 26,58846.1% No
Kenneth Henry Major Liberal 3,5416.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Jacob Astor Conservative 28,90850.6% Yes
Lucy Annie Middleton Labour 28,19849.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Jacob Astor Conservative 30,05153.4% Yes
Lucy Annie Middleton Labour 26,24146.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Montagu Fraser Conservative 32,75255.8% Yes
Julian D Richards Labour 25,99144.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Montagu Fraser Conservative 24,72243.8% Yes
John Elliot Orr Dunwoody Labour 24,31243.1% No
Graham Cocks Liberal 7,38313.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Owen Labour 31,56754.5% Yes
Ian Fraser Conservative 26,34545.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Owen Labour 29,38350.6% Yes
John Goss Conservative 28,63649.4% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Clark Conservative 21,64945.2% Yes
Brian William Fletcher Labour 13,54528.3% No
Simon Banks Liberal 12,68326.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Clark Conservative 20,45744.6% Yes
Julian Priestley Labour 15,26933.3% No
Simon Banks Liberal 10,13122.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Clark Conservative 28,89254.8% Yes
Julian Priestley Labour 17,60533.4% No
John Scannell Liberal 6,22611.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Clark Conservative 25,20355.3% Yes
Anthony David Puttick Liberal 13,51629.7% No
Frances Holland Labour 6,35814.0% No
Stephen Richard Shaw Green 4701.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Clark Conservative 23,18745.8% Yes
Bruce Tidy Liberal 19,17437.8% No
Ralph Maddern Labour 8,31016.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gary Streeter Conservative 27,07049.5% Yes
Andrew Pawley Labour 15,12027.6% No
Julian Brett-Freeman Liberal Democrat 12,29122.5% No
Jeremy Bowler Natural Law 2560.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Gilroy Labour 23,88150.1% Yes
Andrew Crisp Conservative 14,44130.3% No
Steve Melia Liberal Democrat 6,61313.9% No
Tim Hanbury Referendum Party 1,6543.5% No
Roger Bullock UKIP 4991.0% No
Kevin Kelway Plymouth First Group 3960.8% No
Frank Lyons Natural Law 1680.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Gilroy Labour 19,82750.7% Yes
Oliver Colvile Conservative 12,31031.5% No
Alan Connett Liberal Democrat 5,60514.3% No
Alan Whitton UKIP 9702.5% No
Henry Leary Socialist Labour 3610.9% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Gilroy Labour 15,49740.6% Yes
Oliver Colvile Conservative 11,38829.8% No
Karen Gillard Liberal Democrat 8,68522.7% No
Robert Cumming UKIP 2,3926.3% No
Rob Hawkins Socialist Labour 2300.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 45.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 10.5 pts 1923: Unionist margin 9.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 16.2 pts 1929: Unionist margin 0.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 26.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.7 pts 1950: Labour margin 1.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 1.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 11.5 pts 1964: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 9.0 pts 1970: Labour margin 1.3 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 16.9 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 11.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 25.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 21.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 19.8 pts 2001: Labour margin 19.2 pts 2005: Labour margin 10.8 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005

Trend

Plymouth Sutton has been contested at 24 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Plymouth Sutton in the 2005 general election?

Labour won Plymouth Sutton in 2005 with 15,497 votes (40.6%), a majority of 4,109 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Plymouth Sutton since 1918?

Since 1918, Plymouth Sutton has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Plymouth Sutton?

The closest result on record for Plymouth Sutton was 1929, when Unionist beat Labour by just 211 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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