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Devonport, Plymouth
Devonport
, formerly named
Plymouth Dock
or just
Dock
, is a district of
Plymouth
in the English county of
Devon
, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889. Devonport was originally one of the "
Three Towns
" (along with Plymouth and
East Stonehouse
); these merged in 1914 to form what would become in 1928 the City of Plymouth. It is represented in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
as part of the
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency
. Its elected
Member of Parliament (MP)
is
Oliver Colvile
, who is affiliated with the
Conservative Party
. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,788
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