Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chippenham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Chippenham in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election
Outline map
Location of Wiltshire within England
CountyWiltshire
Population96,336 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate73,312 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentMichelle Donelan (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromWestbury, North Wiltshire
1295–1983
SeatsOne (Two 1295–1868)
Type of constituencyCounty (Borough 1295–1885) constituency
Replaced byNorth Wiltshire
Chippenham is the largest town in rural North Wiltshire and in the new constituency

Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The 2010 constituency includes the towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.

A borough constituency of Chippenham was enfranchised in 1295. It sent two burgesses to Parliament until 1868 and one thereafter until the borough constituency was abolished in 1885. There was a county division constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire.

Following the 2003–2005 review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission created a new county constituency, reviving the name of Chippenham as a seat. It is formed from parts of the previously existing Devizes, North Wiltshire, and Westbury constituencies.

Boundaries

2010 constituency

The electoral wards which form the new Chippenham seat are taken from the former districts of North Wiltshire and West Wiltshire.

  • From North Wiltshire: Cepen Park, Chippenham Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham Avon, Chippenham Hill Rise, Chippenham London Road, Chippenham Monkton Park, Chippenham Park, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Redland, Chippenham Westcroft/Queens, Corsham, Lacock with Neston and Gastard, and Pickwick
  • From West Wiltshire: the wards of Atworth and Whitley, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, Holt, Manor Vale, Melksham North, Melksham Spa, Melksham Without, Melksham Woodrow, and Paxcroft

Historical boundaries

1295–1832: The parliamentary borough of Chippenham in the unreformed Parliament consisted of only part of the parish of Chippenham in Wiltshire. (However, as Chippenham was a burgage borough, in which the right to vote was confined to the resident occupiers of specific properties, the boundary had no practical function.) The borough had a population of 1,620 in 1831, and 283 houses.

1832–1885: The Boundary Act which accompanied the Great Reform Act extended the boundaries of the parliamentary borough, to include the whole of Chippenham parish, the adjoining parishes of Hardenhuish and Langley Burrell, and the extra-parochial district of Pewisham. This more than trebled the borough's population, to 5,270 by the 1831 figures, and 883 houses.

1885–1918: During this period, Wiltshire was split into five county divisions and one borough, of which The North-Western (or Chippenham) Division of Wiltshire was one; it was often colloquially referred to simply as either Chippenham or as North-West Wiltshire. It was bordered by the Cricklade division to the east, Westbury to the south and Devizes to the south-east. (Over the county boundary were the Thornbury division of Gloucestershire to the west, the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire to the north and the Frome division of Somerset to the south-west)

The Chippenham division included the towns of Calne and Malmesbury as well as Chippenham, both of which had also been parliamentary boroughs in their own right before 1885. By the outbreak of World War I, the population of the constituency was about 45,000.

1918–1950: In 1918 Wiltshire was split into five divisions, but there was no borough constituency in the county. The Wiltshire, Chippenham division was expanded, taking in the towns of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, also former parliamentary boroughs, and the surrounding rural areas: in full, it was composed of the then Municipal Boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury and the Rural Districts of Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, part of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Tetbury Rural District (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire).

1950–1983: In the redistribution, which took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 1950, Wiltshire was divided into one borough and four county constituencies. Chippenham County Constituency consisted of the same Municipal Boroughs as in 1918 and the Rural Districts of Calne and Chippenham, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1386 Thomas Gay Robert Chandler[3]
1388 (Feb) Thomas Gay John Suyput[3]
1388 (Sep) Thomas Gay Thomas Lote[3]
1390 (Jan) Thomas Gay Thomas Lote[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393
1394 Nicholas Sambourn Hugh de la Lynde[3]
1413 (May) John Worth[3]
1510–1523 No names known[4]
1529 William Button Thomas Wilkes[4]
1536
1539
1542
1545 Robert Warner John Bonham[4]
1547 John Astley Francis Goldsmith[4]
1553 (Mar) ?
1553 (Oct) Robert Wrastley Henry Goldney alias Fernell[4]
1554 (Apr) William Smith Thomas Smith[4]
1554 (Nov) Cyriak Petyt John Proctor[4]
1555 Nicholas Snell John Pollard[4]
1558 Sir John Sulyard William Neville[4]
1559 Edward Baynard Nicholas Snell[5]
1562 Francis Newdigate Nicholas Snell[5]
1571 John Scott Robert Viser[5]
1572 William Bayly John Scott[5]
1584 Robert Baynard Robert Hyde[5]
1586 Lawrence Hyde Robert Hyde[5]
1589 Henry Baynton William Swayne[5]
1593 Edward Maria Wingfield Francis Harvey[5]
1597 Thomas Edmondes, went abroad and
was replaced 1597 by Edward Wymarke		 Sharington Talbot[5]
1601 Robert Berkeley Edward Wymarke[5]
1604 John Hungerford General John Roberts
1614 William Maynard Thomas Colepeper
1621–1622 Sir Edward Hungerford John Bayly
1624 Sir John Maynard Sir Francis Popham
1625 Sir John Maynard Sir Francis Popham
1626 Sir Edward Bayntun Sir Francis Popham
1628 Sir Francis Popham Sir John Eyres
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1868

Year First member[6] First party Second member[6] Second party
April 1640 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Hungerford[7] Parliamentarian style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Bayntun
November 1640 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Bayntun Parliamentarian
1648 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Eyre
1653 Chippenham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Hungerford style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Stedman
May 1659 Chippenham was unrepresented in the restored Rump
April 1660 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Hungerford style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Poole
April 1661 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Bayntun
July 1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Hugh Speke
August 1661 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Hungerford
1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Gwyn
February 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Talbot
August 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Ashe
1681 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir George Speke
March 1685 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Bayntun style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sharington Talbot, killed in duel, 1685
August 1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Kent
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Bayntun
February 1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Kent rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Popham
December 1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Basil Firebrace[8] Tory
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Tollemache
1694 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Long
1695 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Walter White
1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Montagu
1701 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Mordaunt
1702 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Montagu
May 1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Walter White rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir James Long
November 1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Mordaunt
1708 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Montagu
1710 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Ashe[9]
1711 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Popham
1713 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Eyles[10] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Norris
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Giles Earle
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Rolt
1723 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Boucher
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Rogers Holland style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gabriel Roberts
1734 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Long
1737 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Bayntun-Rolt[11]
1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edmond Thomas
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Samuel Fludyer[12]
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Fludyer
1769 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Dawkins
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Marsh
1780 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Dawkins style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Giles Hudson
1783 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Fludyer
1784 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Dawkins
1802 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Brooke[13]
1803 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Maitland
1806 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Brooke
1807 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Dawkins
1812 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Brooke style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Peel
1817 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Maitland
1818 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | William Miles Tory style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Marquess of Blandford
1820 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Madocks style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Rock Grossett
1826 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ebenezer Fuller Maitland style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Frederick Gye
1830 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Joseph Neeld Tory style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Pusey
1831 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | Henry George Boldero Tory
1832 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | William Henry Fox Talbot Whig
1835 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry George Boldero Conservative
1856 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Parry Nisbet Conservative
1859 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Penruddocke Long Conservative style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | William John Lysley Liberal
1865 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir John Neeld Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gabriel Goldney Conservative
1868 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1983

Election Member[6][14] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1868 Gabriel Goldney Conservative
1885 borough constituency abolished – county division created
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Banister Fletcher Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1886 Lord Henry Bruce Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 Sir John Dickson-Poynder Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1905[15] Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1910 George Terrell Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Alfred James Bonwick Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 Victor Cazalet Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1943 Sir David Eccles Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1962 Daniel Awdry Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1979 Richard Needham Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

The Chippenham name was revived in 2010 for the new constituency that includes Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.

Election Member[6] Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 2010 Duncan Hames Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2015 Michelle Donelan Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Chippenham[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Belcher
Conservative Michelle Donelan
Labour Andrew Newman
General Election 2015: Chippenham[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Donelan[19] 26,354 47.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Duncan Hames[19] 16,278 29.4 -16.4
UKIP Julia Reid[20] 5,884 10.6 +7.2
Labour Andy Newman[21] 4,561 8.2 +1.3
Green Tina Johnston [22] 2,330 4.2 +3.3
Majority 10,076 18.2 13.5
Turnout 55,407 74.7 +2.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.5
General Election 2010: Chippenham[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Hames 23,970 45.8 N/A
Conservative Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones 21,500 41.0 N/A
Labour Greg Lovell 3,620 6.9 N/A
UKIP Julia Reid 1,783 3.4 N/A
BNP Michael Simpkins 641 1.2 N/A
Green Samantha Fletcher 446 0.9 N/A
English Democrat John Maguire 307 0.6 N/A
Christian Richard Sexton 118 0.2 N/A
Majority 2,470 4.7 N/A
Turnout 52,385 72.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Needham 29,308 49.19
Liberal Ronald EJ Banks 24,611 41.30
Labour Catherine LB Inchley 5,146 8.64
Ecology Bert Pettit 521 0.87
Majority 4,697 7.88
Turnout 79.96
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 22,721 42.57
Liberal Ronald EJ Banks 20,972 39.30
Labour J Whiles 9,396 17.61
United Democrat EJ John 278 0.52
Majority 1,749 3.28
Turnout 78.65
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 24,645 44.33
Liberal Ronald EJ Banks 21,553 38.77
Labour J Whiles 9,395 16.90
Majority 3,092 5.56
Turnout 82.64
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Chippenham[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 24,371 49.73
Liberal Margaret Wingfield 13,833 28.22
Labour John Eddie 10,807 22.05
Majority 10,538 21.5
Turnout 49,010 77.42
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Chippenham[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 18,275 39.63 +2.83
Liberal Christopher Walter Layton 17,581 38.13 +5.63
Labour Giles Radice 10,257 22.24 -6.86
Majority 694 1.5 -1.8
Turnout 46,115 84.28
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 18,089 40.45
Liberal Christopher Walter Layton 16,546 37.00
Labour Giles Radice 10,086 22.55
Majority 1,543 3.45
Turnout 81.15
Conservative hold Swing
Chippenham by-election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 13,439 36.80 −15.3
Liberal Christopher Walter Layton 11,851 32.50 +15.6
Labour Robert W Portus 10,633 29.10 −1.9
Independent K Jerrome 260 0.71
Independent J Naylor 237 0.65
Independent M Smith 88 0.24
Majority 1,588 4.3 −16.8
Turnout 36,508
Conservative hold Swing −15.5

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 21,696 52.07
Labour Robert W Portus 12,911 30.99
Liberal John C Hall 7,059 16.94
Majority 8,785 21.08
Turnout 80.25
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 20,847 51.73
Labour William J Smith 14,152 35.12
Liberal Arthur Rossi Braybrooke 5,298 13.15
Majority 6,695 16.61
Turnout 80.15
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 22,601 56.05
Labour Dengar R Evans 17,723 43.95
Majority 4,878 12.10
Turnout 81.43
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 17,845 44.33
Labour Geoffrey Drain 13,748 34.15
Liberal Wilfred Greville Collins 8,661 21.52
Majority 4,097 10.18
Turnout 83.00
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 15,889 42.6 -8.0
Labour Andrew Tomlinson 11,866 31.8 n/a
Liberal Donald Johnson 9,547 25.6 -23.8
Majority 4,023 10.8 +9.6
Turnout 69.8 +28.4
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Chippenham by-election, 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 8,310 50.6 −2.7
Independent Liberal Donald Johnson 8,115 49.4 N/A
Majority 195 1.2 −17.6
Turnout 16,425 41.4 −36.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Cazalet 15,370 53.3 -3.5
Liberal Arthur Stanton 9,949 34.5 -1.5
Labour William Robert Robins 3,527 12.2 +5.0
Majority 5,421 18.8 -2.0
Turnout 77.5 -6.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
General Election 1931: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Cazalet 17,232 56.8 +10.2
Liberal Seymour Howard 10,928 36.0 -4.6
Labour William Robert Robins 2,194 7.2 -5.6
Majority 6,304 20.8 +14.8
Turnout 83.7
Conservative hold Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Chippenham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Victor Cazalet 13,550 46.6 -8.0
Liberal Felix Brunner 11,819 40.6 +4.8
Labour William Robert Robins 3,717 12.8 n/a
Majority 1,731 6.0 -3.2
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing -6.2
General Election 1924: Chippenham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Victor Cazalet 13,227 54.6 +6.3
Liberal Alfred Bonwick 11,015 45.4 -6.3
Majority 2,212 9.2 12.6
Turnout 83.2 +1.6
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +6.3
General Election 1923: Chippenham [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Bonwick 11,953 51.7 +3.1
Unionist Victor Cazalet 11,156 48.3 +2.0
Majority 797 3.4 +1.1
Turnout 81.6 +3.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
General Election 1922: Chippenham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Bonwick 10,494 48.6 +19.4
Unionist George Terrell 10,006 46.3 -6.8
Labour William Robert Roberts 1,098 5.1 -12.6
Majority 488 2.3 26.2
Turnout 78.0 +16.7
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +13.1

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 8,786 53.1
Liberal Albert Bennett 4,839 29.2
Labour Reuben George 2,939 17.7
Majority 3,947 23.9
Turnout 61.3
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

A general election was expected to take place in 1914/15. The following were to be candidates;

  • George Terrell (Unionist)
  • Harold Gorst (Liberal)
General Election December 1910: Chippenham[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Terrell 4,141 50.1
Liberal Bryan Freeman 4,117 49.9
Turnout 8,258 90.0
Majority 24 0.2
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

References
  1. ^ "Chippenham: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  6. ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  7. ^ Died October 1648
  8. ^ Unseated in 1691 and again in 1692 after being re-elected, as a result of election petitions
  9. ^ On petition, Ashe was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Popham, was declared elected in his place
  10. ^ Succeeded to baronetcy, May 1716
  11. ^ Created a baronet, July 1762
  12. ^ Knighted, September 1755; created a baronet, November 1759
  13. ^ Brooke was initially declared elected in 1802, but on petition he was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Maitland, was declared elected in his place
  14. ^ "Chippenham 1660-1983". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  15. ^ Foster, Bernard John (1966). "ISLINGTON, Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder". In A. H. McLintock (ed.). Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Parliamentary elections 2017". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ http://elections.wiltshire.gov.uk/Home/Division/1211 19Jun2015
  19. ^ a b "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
  20. ^ https://twitter.com/Julia__Reid
  21. ^ "Socialist Unity". Socialist Unity.
  22. ^ "Press release: Green Party announces new candidates for Chippenham and Devizes constituencies". Kennet and North Wiltshire Green Party. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  23. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  24. ^ "BBC – Election 2010 – Chippenham". BBC News. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  25. ^ UK General Election results 1970 Political Science Resources
  26. ^ UK General Election results March 1966 Political Science Resources
  27. ^ a b c d British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  28. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
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