Proposals to move Keyham and Ford Wards from the current Sutton and Devonport constituency to Moor View have been rejected by the Boundary Commission.
Conservatives in the South West had supported this proposal and opposed parts of the Peverell Ward being included in the Sutton and Devonport constituency.
In the event the Boundary Commission has decided that part of Peverell Ward should be included in Moor View in the future.
Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has welcomed the Boundary Commission’s revised proposals which keep Keyham and Ford in the same parliamentary constituency.
He had argued vocally against moving Keyham and Ford, emphasising that they should be represented by the same MP because of the tragedy experienced by both communities last year.
The Commission has recommended that, instead of moving Keyham, the Beacon Park side of Peverell ward would become part of Plymouth Moor View.
Luke said he ideally would not want to lose any of the communities he represents but accepts the Peverell change is necessary to balance the number of people represented by each Plymouth MP.
At the Boundary Commission’s public hearing in Exeter earlier this year, Luke argued that communities affected by the August 2021 tragedy should not be reorganised without their consultation.
Luke also pushed for Drake’s Island and the Breakwater to be re-included in a Plymouth constituency after the Boundary Commission’s initial proposals excluded them.
He said:
“I don’t want to lose any of the communities I represent currently but I recognise that, to comply with the law, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport needs to shrink.
“I support the proposals from the Boundary Commission as they keep the communities affected by the tragedy last August in the same constituency. It looks like their clerical error in forgetting about Drake’s Island and the Breakwater has now also been corrected.”
