List of parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
The ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England, (which includes the unitary authority of Swindon), is divided into seven Parliamentary constituencies. They are all County constituencies.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Chippenham CC | 77,221 | 11,288 | Michelle Donelan† | Helen Belcher¤ | ![]() | ||
Devizes CC | 73,372 | 23,993 | Danny Kruger† | Jo Waltham¤ | ![]() | ||
North Swindon CC | 82,441 | 16,171 | Justin Tomlinson† | Kate Linnegar† | ![]() | ||
North Wiltshire CC | 73,208 | 17,626 | James Gray† | Brian Matthew¤ | ![]() | ||
Salisbury CC | 74,556 | 19,736 | John Glen† | Victoria Charleston¤ | ![]() | ||
South Swindon CC | 73,118 | 6,625 | Robert Buckland† | Sarah Church† | ![]() | ||
South West Wiltshire CC | 77,969 | 21,630 | Andrew Murrison† | Emily Pomroy-Smith† | ![]() |
2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats in Wiltshire from 6 to 7, with the re-establishment of Chippenham, which impacted on neighbouring constituencies. An adjusted Westbury constituency was renamed South West Wiltshire.
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[3]
The commission has proposed that Wiltshire be combined with Gloucestershire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Cirencester and North Wiltshire, resulting in a major reconfiguration of Chippenham. Devizes, North Wiltshire and South West Wiltshire would be abolished and new constituencies named East Wiltshire, Melksham and Devizes, and Trowbridge and Warminster created.[4][5] The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in Swindon
Containing electoral wards in Wiltshire (unitary authority)
- Chippenham
- East Wiltshire (part)
- Melksham and Devizes
- Salisbury
- Trowbridge and Warminster
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wiltshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 217,955 | 57.8% | ![]() |
7 | 0 |
Labour | 77,343 | 20.1% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 69,876 | 18.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 11,378 | 3.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 745 | 0.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 377,297 | 100.0 | 7 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 52.8 | 50.0 | 45.7 | 53.9 | 43.2 | 60.7 | 56.2 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 50.1 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 43.2 | 43.8 | 51.0 | 41.9 | 40.3 | 47.4 | 50.3 | 51.9 | 50.9 | 40.2 | 42.1 | 44.3 | 47.7 | 52.4 | 56.8 | 57.8 |
Labour | 17.1 | 15.4 | 11.4 | 15.7 | 21.9 | 20.2 | 24.0 | 39.9 | 39.2 | 46.2 | 41.7 | 38.7 | 37.5 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 28.1 | 29.3 | 22.8 | 14.9 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 24.3 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 27.4 | 20.5 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 30.1 | 34.6 | 42.9 | 30.4 | 34.8 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 19.6 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 29.8 | 30.2 | 27.5 | 34.2 | 31.2 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 26.9 | 30.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 18.5 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.0 | 13.5 | 1.8 | * |
Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1pre-1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
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1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
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Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 1895 | 97 | 98 | 00 | 1900 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 | 18 |
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Westbury | Fuller | Chaloner | Fuller | Howard | ||||||||||
Cricklade | Maskelyne | → | Husband | Hopkinson | FitzMaurice | Massie | Calley | Lambert | ||||||
Chippenham | Fletcher | Bruce | Dickson-Poynder | → | Terrell | |||||||||
Devizes | Long | Hobhouse | Goulding | Rogers | Peto | |||||||||
Salisbury | Grenfell | Hulse | Allhusen | Palmer | Tennant | Locker-Lampson | ||||||||
Wilton | Grove | → | Pleydell-Bouverie | J. Morrison | Morse | Bathurst | H. Morrison |
1918 to 1974
Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 27 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 34 | 1935 | 42 | 43 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 62 | 64 | 1964 | 65 | 1966 | 69 | 1970 |
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Chippenham | Terrell | Bonwick | Cazalet | Eccles | Awdry | |||||||||||||||||||
Westbury | Palmer | Darbishire | Shaw | Long | Grimston | Walters | ||||||||||||||||||
Devizes | Bell | Macfadyen | Hurd | Hollis | Pott | C. Morrison | ||||||||||||||||||
Salisbury | H. Morrison | Moulton | H. Morrison | Despencer-Robertson | J. Morrison | Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||
Swindon | Young | Banks | Addison | Banks | Addison | Wakefield | Reid | Noel-Baker | Ward | Stoddart |
1974 to present
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Chippenham (2010) | Hames | Donelan | |||||||||||
Chippenham / N Wiltshire (1983) | Awdry | Needham | Gray | ||||||||||
Devizes | Morrison | Ancram | Perry | Kruger | |||||||||
Salisbury | Hamilton | Key | Glen | ||||||||||
Westbury / South West Wiltshire (2010) | Walters | Faber | Murrison | ||||||||||
Swindon / South Swindon (1997) | Stoddart | Coombs | Drown | Snelgrove | Buckland | ||||||||
North Swindon (1997) | Wills | Tomlinson |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Drastic election boundary changes proposed for Wiltshire". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ 2023 review South West Boundary Commission for England
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies 2.http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Search?Query=wiltshire