UK Explained

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Represented in Parliament by Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Plymouth Sutton and Devonport compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 567 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £670£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport£6704.3%
Hartlepool£6674.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend£6794.3%
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£6774.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people107,37759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over14%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home46%62%16 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately35%20%15 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Luke Pollard

Labour

MAJORITY
13,328

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Luke Pollard won with 49% of the votes, and Peter Gold (Reform UK) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 20,795
Reform UK18% · 7,467
Conservative16% · 6,873
Green Party8% · 3,186
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,441
Independent1% · 619
Everyone else2% · 714
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Luke PollardLabour20,79549.4%
Peter GoldReform UK7,46717.7%
Gareth StreeterConservative6,87316.3%
Cam HaywardGreen Party3,1867.6%
Holly Greenberry-PullenLiberal Democrat2,4415.8%
Chaz SinghIndependent6191.5%
Guy HaywoodWorkers Party of Britain3110.7%
Alex MooreTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2200.5%
Robert HawkinsSocialist Labour Party1830.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£670 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026