Constituency view

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

South West, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Luke Pollard

Labour

Male

Majority13,328

Turnout55.9%

Electorate75,313

Valid votes42,095

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour20,795 - 49.4%

Reform7,467 - 17.7%

Conservative6,873 - 16.3%

Green3,186 - 7.6%

Lib Dem2,441 - 5.8%

Other1,333 - 3.2%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£318,054,495

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,804 total benefits bill per resident · 24% above average

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport: £2,804
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 133 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£318,054,495	119/575
Change over 2 years	+15.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,534	+7.5%

Universal Credit£182,578,456
£1,610 per resident · 16,135 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 6,953 · 1 in 12 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£71,844,568
£633 per resident · 9,883 claimants (+13.1% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,572 · 46% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,561
Housing Benefit£30,669,749
£270 per resident · 3,298 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£15,266,222
£135 per resident · 2,606 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£10,282,060
£91 per resident · 1,588 claimants
Carer's Allowance£7,413,439
£65 per resident · 1,710 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 90.2%White British 82.8%Asian 3.8%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.6%Other 1.6%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 93.7%White British 88.2%Asian 2.5%Black, African or Caribbean 1.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.9%Other 0.7%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 97.4%White British 94.5%Asian 1.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 98.8%White British N/AAsian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (2021)

UK 85.5%Other EU 7.1%Other countries 7.4%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (2011)

UK 89.0%Other EU 4.8%Other countries 6.2%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (2001)

UK 94.0%Other EU 1.6%Other countries 4.4%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (1991)

UK 95.6%Other EU 1.8%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	National	Difference	Rank
% White	90.2%	83.0%	+7.1pp	349/650
% White British	82.8%	74.4%	+8.4pp	328/632
% Asian	3.8%	8.6%	-4.8pp	324/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.8%	3.7%	-2.0pp	262/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.6%	2.7%	-0.0pp	249/650
% Other ethnic group	1.6%	2.0%	-0.3pp	218/650
% UK-born	85.5%	84.0%	+1.6pp	407/650
% Non-UK-born	14.4%	16.0%	-1.6pp	244/650
% Other EU-born	7.1%	6.0%	+1.1pp	168/650
% Other countries-born	7.4%	10.1%	-2.7pp	271/650
% Christian	37.5%	46.7%	-9.2pp	514/575
% Muslim	2.3%	6.3%	-4.0pp	265/575
% Hindu	0.5%	1.6%	-1.2pp	322/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp	478/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.3pp	257/575
% Buddhist	0.6%	0.4%	+0.1pp	114/575
% Other religion	0.8%	0.6%	+0.2pp	61/575
% No religion	51.6%	37.0%	+14.6pp	13/575
% Religion not stated	6.5%	6.0%	+0.5pp	111/575
% Has any religion	41.9%	57.0%	-15.1pp	564/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.