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		The constituency is dominated by Luton airport and the Vauxhall car plant, and it came as a major blow to the area when Vauxhall announced that they plan to close their plant by mid 2002 with the loss of 2,000 jobs.
		The constituency is part of the Neath and Port Talbot local authority area, which voted Yes in the 1997 referendum by a majority of 18,267, which was 66% of the vote in that area - the biggest single Yes percentage in Wales.
		A very middle class constituency, it has the fifth highest proportion of non manual workers in the country (78.9% of its workforce) and over a third of its adult population possess higher educational qualifications, compared with a national average of 13% (according to the 1991 census).
	www.thirdgeek.com /politrix/locationsdb.txt (16726 words)

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		Mr Burnett argued for the retention in that constituency of the Buckland Monachorum ward.
		The new Devonport constituency which the Conservatives propose would curve from the south-west edge of the city around the top of Eggbuckland to include the Moor View ward which would be virtually isolated from the rest.
		It may be that other things flow from boundaries of parliamentary constituencies and it may be that some of them may not be realistic prospects but nevertheless it is evidence and legitimate evidence by itself of ties that people in their own minds feel will be broken by those solutions.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /nsbase/pbc/review_areas/downloads/TR_Exeter_Day5.doc (14046 words)

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		However, the aspiration to retain the name “Plymouth Devonport” for one of the city’s constituencies is not a reason to breach the natural and community boundaries that the current plan reflects in the overall context of achieving balance, particularly as it causes more movement for more people.
		I was elected to the constituency in 1992.
		I have had constituents responding to me through my website and there were many people who were attracted to the idea of either Tamarside or Moor View as the name of the constituency, Moor View of course reflecting exactly what you have from the north of the constituency.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /pbc/review_areas/downloads/TR_Plymouth_Day2.doc (16936 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Devonport constituency was dominated by Devonport dockyards.
		Constituents and party activists appreciated his presence in Plymouth and his well known support for Plymouth Argyle, where he was often recognised on the terraces, was popular with constituents.
		He had his constituents" support for socialist reconstruction but he lost the support of his constituents, because of his socialist beliefs on disarmament, and this was a key factor in his loss of the 1955 election.
	www.tribweb.co.uk /michaelfoot/footinplymouth.htm (9838 words)

	Michael Foot
		His father was Isaac Foot who was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth law firm, Foot and Bowden.
		Foot became the first Labour MP for Devonport[?] in 1945.
		It has been suggested that Foot's pacifist stance led many of the dockyard workers who made up a significant percentage of his constituency to abandon him.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Michael_Foot.html (438 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Report re-ignites row over Rosyth decision
		The Devonport base on the south coast of England was given the contract ten years ago despite fierce competition from the Rosyth dockyard in Fife.
		Devonport’s victory sparked furious complaints that the underlying motive was to secure marginal Tory seats.
		When it seemed the Devonport D154 dock would not be ready to take its first submarine by February 2002, ministers considered using Rosyth for HMS Vanguard.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=998602003 (778 words)

	Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plymouth, Devonport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The constituency was created in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one.
		This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devonport_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (375 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Business - Calls for investigation as cost of Trident refit rises by £400m (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The staggering overspend is set to reignite the controversial decision to award the contract to the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth, rather than give it to the Rosyth shipyard in Chancellor Gordon Brown's Dunfermline constituency.
		The original estimate, when the contract was won by Devonport Management in 1993, was thought to be in the region of £240m.
		Colin Breed, the Liberal Democrat MP whose constituency neighbours the dockyard, is demanding the public accounts committee investigates the matter.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=157872002 (1079 words)

	Michael Foot at 90 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Michael Foot went on to become the first Labour MP for Devonport in 1945, successfully defending the seat against Randolph Churchill in 1950 and 1951.
		Although there may be an element of truth in this it should be remembered that the constituency of Devonport was always traditionally a marginal at best.
		In fact Foot was dedicated to the workers of the dockyard and spent much of his energies in supporting the workers in improving their pay and conditions and would clearly not have seen the route to peace in arbitarily closing the industries that relied on the military in various forms.
	www.tribweb.co.uk /michaelfoot/biography/plymouthbiog.htm (331 words)

	UK Election 2005: Plymouth Devonport Constituency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a safe Labour seat, so we'd advise you to vote for (Conservative) although this may not affect the outcome in this constituency.
		At the same time we'd like you to raise awareness of the issues with Tony Blair's leadership.
		Furthermore, if you have friends in other constituencies, please make them aware of this campaign.
	www.backingblair.co.uk /constituency_pages/Plymouth_Devonport.html (56 words)

	William Wedgwood Benn
		The judge also ruled that Benn could not be a candidate in the Wapping constituency for seven years.
		In 1904 John Benn won a by-election at the dockyard town of Devonport.
		When the Labour MP for North Aberdeen died that summer, the constituency party invited Benn to replace him.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUbenn.htm (2682 words)

	David Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the February 1974 general election he became Labour MP for the adjacent Plymouth Devonport constituency, winning it from the Tory incumbent Dame Joan Vickers by a slim margin (less than 500 votes).
		From 1981, however, his involvement with the SDP meant he developed a large personal following in the constituency and thereafter he was re-elected (as an SDP candidate) with safe margins.
		He remained as MP for Plymouth Devonport until his elevation to a peerage in 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/David_Owen (2063 words)

	Fall in voter registration is threat to democracy\|2Apr05\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tony Staunton, the Respect prospective parliamentary candidate for the Plymouth Devonport constituency, told Socialist Worker, “These figures are an indictment of New Labour and the other main parties.
		In Birmingham’s 11 constituencies, more than 53,000 people have asked to vote by post at the general election, compared with 16,000 in 2001.
		A survey of 55 councils, covering 135 constituencies by the Guardian newspaper has revealed applications for postal votes have risen in all cases.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=6160 (626 words)

	Local stats in html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Education and Skills in Your Area - Ward: Devonport
		England > South West Region > Plymouth LA > Plymouth, Devonport Constituency
		Number of Specialist Schools - in September 2006 there were 2,611 operational specialist schools up from 228 in September 1997.
	www.dfes.gov.uk /inyourarea/statics/ward_00HGMZ_6.shtml (85 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Devon \| Doctor voices waiting list worry
		A South West hospital consultant who fought the general election on a platform of concern about NHS standards is continuing to voice his worries.
		Professor Keith Greene, a doctor at Derriford Hospital, polled 747 votes in Plymouth's Devonport constituency.
		Labour's Alison Seabeck held Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the election, polling 18,610 votes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4528279.stm (279 words)

	Hansard Society - Promoting Democracy - Strengthening Parliament
		Indeed, in 1998, the Government told us that Stage 2 would be approved by Parliament by the time of the last General Election and Lord Wakeham assumed that the first round of elections to the reformed Upper House would take place in June 2001.
		No one has proposed that it should carry out the demanding constituency role that MP’s carry out; nor is it proposed that it should provide more members of the Executive than it does at the moment.
		On method of election, we propose STV on Regions co-terminous with Euro-regional constituencies at the same time as a General election with the opportunity to include preferences from different parties.
	www.hansardsociety.org.uk /comment/reply/274 (2446 words)

	Linda Gilroy - Trade Policy
		Linda Gilroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners he estimates are (a) eligible for, and (b) claiming the Minimum Income Guarantee in (i) Plymouth, Sutton constituency, (ii) Plymouth.
		Devonport constituency, (iii) South-West Devon constituency and (iv) the City of Plymouth.
		Figures are based on a 5 per cent.
	www.lindagilroy.org.uk /PensionsQuestions25-10-00.htm (174 words)

	South West England (European Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament.
		It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
		The constituency consists of the South West England region of the United Kingdom and with effect from the 2004 European election has also included Gibraltar.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency) (126 words)

	Opera Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The encyclopaedia of Plymouth history covering old Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse.
		The Church of Scientology of Plymouth, providing hope, happiness and the ability to achieve a better life.
		Labour MP for Plymouth Devonport and a Transport Minister.
	portal.opera.com /web/?cat=556674 (478 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Or "The Begging Brigade." Or "The Borrowers." That one came courtesy of the opposition Liberal Democrats, after one of their top politicians visited British troops in Kuwait in January.
		Colin Breed is a Liberal Democrat defense spokesman whose constituency includes the Royal Navy's Devonport Dockyard: "One of the most interesting and poignant letters I've received is from a father who actually worked in the logistics department of the [Defense Ministry] at Devonport Dockyard whose son is out in Kuwait.
		And they had received letters and texts and phone calls [from the son] indicating the paucity of some of the supplies.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/03/14032003174417.asp (917 words)

	List of the David Owen Papers : D709 1 - Personal Papers, D7092 - Labour Party Papers, and D709 4 - Independent ...
		Envelope of speech transcripts, press releases of speeches and related material, made by David Owen as Labour candidate for Sutton (Plymouth) constituency to local meetings: discussions of Labour policy in general and with reference to their importance to Plymouth and the South West; include speech made at adoption meeting and speeches on :
		David Owen was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy on 2 July 1968 by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, becoming the youngest member of the Wilson government, and served in this post until the defeat of the Labour government in the June 1970 General Election.
		As MP for a Plymouth constituency David Owen's role as Navy Minister was particularly relevant; in handling the issue of developing the naval dockyards he was able to fight the closure of Devonport Naval Dockyard and introduce plans for its redevelopment as a nuclear refitting base.
	sca.lib.liv.ac.uk /collections/Owen/lists/d70912.html (3164 words)

	The Scots Independent Newspaper Online - The Flag in the Wind
		It just so happens that some 10 years ago, two dockyards put in a bid for maintaining Trident submarines; the contract was a multi-million pound one, and Rosyth was already doing the work.
		So the Tories put a contract to Devonport, to save £8 million, and it is costing £300 million; sounds like the same type of arithmetic they used for the privatisation of thw railways.
		The link is this; the Tory government in Westminster put a contract to Devonport for political purposes, and not only did Scotland lose 10,000 jobs, we are also having to pay our share of the overspend.
	www.scotsindependent.org /2003/030919/index.htm (5749 words)

	HearFromYourMP.com - Sign up to hear from your MP about local issues, and to discuss them with other constituents (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		481 constituencies have 25 or more subscribers, 476 have been sent emails
		Constituency) to sort the table by different columns.
		This MP has asked not to use this service
	www.hearfromyourmp.com.cob-web.org:8888 /league (79 words)

	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	FT.com / Home UK / UK - Offer is off - but he's not going quietly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The resignation yesterday of Paul Offer as Conservative parliamentary candidate for Chester was not, perhaps, the best first anniversary present for David Cameron.
		It follows curious happenings in other local Conservative associations, such as last week's decision in Plymouth not to endorse the candidate for the new Sutton and Devonport constituency who had been selected by members in one of the new-fangled primaries.
		Or, as Offer puts it: "The infighting that the Conservatives are so well known for." Chester Conservatives were declining to comment on the situation yesterday, before informing members.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/064682ea-8593-11db-b12c-0000779e2340.html (307 words)

	Plymouth Devonport - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Plymouth Devonport - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Plymouth Devonport, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency, located in Devon, south-western England.
		Help with Spanish, French, German, and Italian homework.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Plymouth_Devonport.html (98 words)

	Devonport High School
		Meetings, an agenda, minutes and supplementary materials will be used as the basis for communication to the constituency of the respective members.
		The Council will deal with issues through use of working parties that generate options for consideration and final decision making by the whole council.
		This page has been produced by Devonport High School.
	www.devonporthigh.tased.edu.au /htm/policies/schoolcouncil.htm (398 words)

	DfES, In Your Area (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Education and Skills In Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency : Plymouth, Devonport
		England > South West Region > Plymouth LA > Plymouth, Devonport Constituency
		Select the area of interest within the interactive map or the list below:
	www.dfes.gov.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /inyourarea/pcons/pcon_348.shtml (37 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The decision of several moderate left wing MPs, including Neil Kinnock, to abstain from supporting Benn triggered the split of the Campaign Group from the left of the
		Benn's Bristol South-East constituency was abolished by boundary changes in 1983, and he lost the selection battle to stand in the safe seat of Bristol South to
		Rejecting offers from the new seat of Livingston in Scotland, Benn fought and was defeated in Bristol East by
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Tony_Benn.html (984 words)

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