Parliamentary constituencies in South West England

The region^[1] of South West England has, since the 2010 general election, 55 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 15 Borough Constituencies and 40 County Constituencies. At that election the Conservative Party held the largest number of constituencies, with 36. The Liberal Democrats had 15 and Labour had just 4 out of the 55. At the 2015 general election the Liberal Democrats lost all of their seats (14 to the Conservatives and one to Labour), while the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour, leaving the Conservatives with 51 and Labour with 4. In the 2017 general election, the Conservatives remained, by far, the largest party with 47 seats, though losing three to Labour, who won 7, and one to the Liberal Democrats, who won 1.

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Constituencies

† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency ^{[nb 1]}	Electorate^[2]	Majority^{[nb 2]}	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		County
Bath BC	66,778	5,694	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Wera Hobhouse¤	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Ben Howlett†	Avon
Bournemouth East BC	74,591	7,937	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Tobias Ellwood†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mel Semple‡	Dorset
Bournemouth West BC	73,195	7,711	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Conor Burns†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	David Stokes‡	Dorset
Bridgwater and West Somerset CC	89,294	15,488	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Ian Liddell-Grainger†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Wes Hinckes‡	Somerset
Bristol East BC	72,415	13,394	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Kerry McCarthy‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Theodora Clarke†	Avon
Bristol North West BC	75,434	4,761	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Darren Jones‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Charlotte Leslie†	Avon
Bristol South BC	83,012	15,987	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Karin Smyth‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mark Weston†	Avon
Bristol West BC	93,003	37,336	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Thangam Debbonaire‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Annabel Tall†	Avon
Camborne and Redruth CC	68,419	1,577	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	George Eustice†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Graham Winter‡	Cornwall
Central Devon CC	74,370	15,680	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mel Stride†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Lisa Robillard Webb‡	Devon
Cheltenham BC	78,878	2,569	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Alex Chalk†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Martin Horwood¤	Gloucestershire
Chippenham CC	76,432	16,630	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Michelle Donelan†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Helen Belcher¤	Wiltshire
Christchurch CC	70,309	25,171	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Christopher Chope†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Patrick Canavan‡	Dorset
Devizes CC	72,184	21,136	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Claire Perry†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Imtiyaz Shaikh‡	Wiltshire
East Devon CC	82,369	8,036	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Hugo Swire†	bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color\|	Claire Wright	Devon
Exeter BC	77,330	16,117	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Ben Bradshaw‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	James Taghdissian†	Devon
Filton and Bradley Stoke CC	72,483	4,182	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Jack Lopresti†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Naomi Rylatt‡	Avon
Forest of Dean CC	70,898	9,502	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mark Harper†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Shaun Stammers‡	Gloucestershire
Gloucester BC	82,965	5,520	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Richard Graham†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Barry Kirby‡	Gloucestershire
Kingswood BC	69,368	7,500	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Chris Skidmore†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mhairi Threlfall‡	Avon
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC	65,050	15,339	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Michael Tomlinson†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Vikki Slade¤	Dorset
Newton Abbot CC	71,714	17,160	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Anne-Marie Morris†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	James Osben‡	Devon
North Cornwall CC	68,844	7,200	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Scott Mann†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Dan Rogerson¤	Cornwall
North Devon CC	75,801	4,332	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Peter Heaton-Jones†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Nick Harvey¤	Devon
North Dorset CC	76,324	25,777	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Simon Hoare†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Pat Osborne‡	Dorset
North East Somerset CC	71,355	10,235	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Jacob Rees-Mogg†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Robin Moss‡	Avon
North Somerset CC	80,529	17,103	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Liam Fox†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Greg Chambers‡	Avon
North Swindon CC	80,168	8,335	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Justin Tomlinson†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mark Dempsey‡	Wiltshire
North Wiltshire CC	71,408	22,877	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	James Gray†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Brian Matthew¤	Wiltshire
Plymouth, Moor View BC	69,342	5,019	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Johnny Mercer†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Sue Dann‡	Devon
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport BC	76,584	6,002	bgcolor=Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color\|	Luke Pollard‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Oliver Colvile†	Devon
Poole BC	73,796	14,209	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Robert Syms†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Katie Taylor‡	Dorset
Salisbury CC	72,892	17,333	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	John Glen†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Tom Corbin‡	Wiltshire
Somerton and Frome CC	84,437	22,906	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	David Warburton†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Mark Blackburn¤	Somerset
South Dorset CC	72,323	11,695	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Richard Drax†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Tashi Warr‡	Dorset
South East Cornwall CC	71,880	17,443	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Sheryll Murray†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Gareth Derrick‡	Cornwall
South Swindon CC	72,372	2,464	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Robert Buckland†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Sarah Church‡	Wiltshire
South West Devon CC	71,260	15,816	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Gary Streeter†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Philippa Davey‡	Devon
South West Wiltshire CC	76,898	18,326	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Andrew Murrison†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Laura Pictor‡	Wiltshire
St Austell and Newquay CC	78,609	11,142	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Steve Double†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Kevin Neil‡	Cornwall
St Ives CC	67,145	312	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Derek Thomas†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Andrew George¤	Cornwall
Stroud CC	82,839	687	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	David Drew‡	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Neil Carmichael†	Gloucestershire
Taunton Deane CC	85,457	15,887	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Rebecca Pow†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Gideon Amos¤	Somerset
Tewkesbury CC	81,440	22,574	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Laurence Robertson†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Manjinder Kang‡	Gloucestershire
The Cotswolds CC	80,449	25,499	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Mark Huband‡	Gloucestershire
Thornbury and Yate CC	67,892	12,071	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Luke Hall†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Claire Young¤	Avon
Tiverton and Honiton CC	80,731	19,801	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Neil Parish†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Caroline Kolek‡	Devon
Torbay BC	75,931	14,283	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Kevin Foster†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Deborah Brewer¤	Devon
Torridge and West Devon CC	80,524	20,686	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Geoffrey Cox†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Vince Barry‡	Devon
Totnes CC	68,914	13,477	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Sarah Wollaston†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Gerrie Messer‡	Devon
Truro and Falmouth CC	74,683	3,792	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Sarah Newton†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Jayne Kirkham‡	Cornwall
Wells CC	82,451	7,582	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	James Heappey†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Tessa Munt¤	Somerset
West Dorset CC	82,277	19,091	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Oliver Letwin†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Andy Canning¤	Dorset
Weston-super-Mare CC	82,136	11,544	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	John Penrose†	bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Tim Taylor‡	Avon
Yeovil CC	82,916	14,723	bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color\|	Marcus Fysh†	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color\|	Jo Greene¤	Somerset

Proposed constituencies

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England published in 2016 the proposed constituencies to be fought at the United Kingdom general election scheduled (at that time) for 2020.^[3] The Commission will complete its work in September 2018.^[4]

Bristol

Cornwall and Devon

Dorset and Wiltshire

Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire

North Somerset

Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset

Swindon

Former constituencies

Abolished in 2010

Bridgwater → Bridgwater and West Somerset
Falmouth and Camborne → Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
Northavon → Thornbury and Yate, Filton and Bradley Stoke
Plymouth Devonport → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
Plymouth Sutton → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
Taunton → Taunton Deane
Teignbridge → Newton Abbot, Central Devon
Truro and St Austell → Truro and Falmouth, St Austell and Newquay
Wansdyke → North East Somerset
Westbury → South West Wiltshire, Chippenham
Woodspring → North Somerset

Abolished in 1997

Cirencester and Tewkesbury → Cotswold, Tewkesbury
Plymouth Drake → Plymouth Sutton
Swindon → North Swindon, South Swindon
West Gloucestershire → Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury

External links

Politics Resources (2017 Election results)

Notes

^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

^ NUTS statistical regions of England - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS_1_statistical_regions_of_England
^ "House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report" (PDF). House Of Commons Library. 7 April 2018.
^ "2018 Review – Initial proposals for South West region". Boundary Commission for England. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ "Statement on the General Election". Boundary Commission for England. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[2] BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

[4] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[1] NUTS statistical regions of England - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS_1_statistical_regions_of_England

[3] "House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report" (PDF). House Of Commons Library. 7 April 2018.

[5] "2018 Review – Initial proposals for South West region". Boundary Commission for England. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[6] "Statement on the General Election". Boundary Commission for England. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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