Boundaries
At the time of its abolition, the electoral wards making up the Plymouth Sutton seat were Compton, Devonport (part), Drake, Efford and Lipson, Ham (part), Peverell, St Peter and the Waterfront, Stoke (part), and Sutton and Mount Gould.
The 1997 boundary changes were superficially helpful to Labour in this constituency: what had been a safe Conservative seat became a marginal. However, in reality, the seat from 1997 onwards was closer in its wards to the previous marginal Plymouth Drake constituency than the Plymouth Sutton which had existed before 1997.
Read more about this topic: Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament Constituency)
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