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.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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† |  | ||
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.
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.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
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 South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of Chippenham. Devizes and North Wiltshire would be abolished and new constituencies named East Wiltshire, and Melksham and Devizes, 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
- South Cotswolds (parts also in the Districts of Cotswold and Stroud in Gloucestershire)
- South West Wiltshire
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 217,955 | 57.8% |  1.0% |
7 | 0 |
| Labour | 77,343 | 20.1% |  6.9% |
0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 69,876 | 18.6% | 6.7% |
0 | 0 |
| Greens | 11,378 | 3.3% | 1.2% |
0 | 0 |
| Others | 745 | 0.6% | 2.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Maps
1885-1910
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918-1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950-1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- 1974 Feb
- 1974 Oct
- 1979
1983-present
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||
- Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- "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.
- "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1084-1126. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- 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