South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
51°15′36″N 2°11′10″W / 51.260°N 2.186°W
| South West Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of South West Wiltshire in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election | |
 Location of Wiltshire within England | |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Electorate | 72,820 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Andrew Murrison (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Westbury, Salisbury |
South West Wiltshire is a constituency[note 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Murrison, a Conservative, since its creation in 2010.[note 2]
History
The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies tasked to the Boundary Commission, by which Parliament increased the number of seats in the county from six to seven.[2]
The previous Westbury constituency was abolished: the northern part (including the town of Bradford-on-Avon) was transferred to the reinstated Chippenham seat, and the southern part (including the towns of Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury) formed the bulk of this constituency, which to complete it, received a minority of wards from the Salisbury seat.
Boundaries
The District of West Wiltshire wards of Dilton Marsh, Ethandune, Mid Wylye Valley, Shearwater, Southwick and Wingfield, Summerham, Trowbridge Adcroft, Trowbridge College, Trowbridge Drynham, Trowbridge John of Gaunt, Trowbridge Park, Warminster East, Warminster West, Westbury Ham, and Westbury Laverton, and the District of Salisbury wards of Donhead, Fonthill and Nadder, Knoyle, Tisbury and Fovant, and Western and Mere.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[4] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Dr Andrew Murrison | Conservative | Surgeon Commander (RN) and Minister for International Security Strategy |
Elections
- For the approximate comparator before 2010, as the main predecessor seat, see Westbury.
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 27,198 | 52.7 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | Matthew Brown[6] | 9,030 | 17.5 | +12.0 | |
| Labour | George Aylett | 6,948 | 13.5 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 5,482 | 10.6 | −19.9 | |
| Green | Phil Randle | 2,985 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Majority | 18,168 | 35.2 | +14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 51,643 | 70.7 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 25,321 | 51.7 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 14,954 | 30.5 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Rebecca Rennison | 5,613 | 11.5 | −5.7 | |
| UKIP | Michael Cuthbert-Murray | 2,684 | 5.5 | +2.0 | |
| Independent | Crispin Black | 446 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 10,367 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 49,018 | 68.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
See also
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
- ^ As with all constituencies, South West Wiltshire elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Wiltshire". Boundary Commission for England. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/wiltshiresouthwest/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Results of Poll, South West Wiltshire". BBC News. 7 May 2010.