South_West_Wiltshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
South West Wiltshire is a constituency in Wiltshire, England. The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Murrison, a Conservative, since its inauguration in 2010.[note 1]
| 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 |
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.
Current
The former 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 former District of Salisbury wards of Donhead, Fonthill and Nadder, Knoyle, Tisbury and Fovant, and Western and Mere.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
- The Wiltshire electoral divisions of: Ethandune; Hilperton; Mere; Southwick; Trowbridge Adcroft; Trowbridge Central; Trowbridge Drynham; Trowbridge Grove; Trowbridge Lambrok; Trowbridge Park; Trowbridge Paxcroft; Warminster Broadway; Warminster East; Warminster North & Rural; Warminster West; Westbury East; Westbury North; Westbury West; Wylye Valley.[3]
In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, Tisbury and the Nadder Valley will be transferred to Salisbury. The village of Hilperton will be added from Chippenham.
As well as the county town of Trowbridge and the former market towns of Westbury and Warminster (the latter with a considerable Army presence), the seat covers a large rural area with smaller settlements. Residents' health and wealth are around the UK average.[4]
| Election | Member[5] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Andrew Murrison | Conservative | Surgeon Commander (RN), retired 2000; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families since 2022 | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Garry Irvin[6] | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison[7] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Bret Palmer[8] | ||||
| Green | Fay Whitfield[9] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 33,038 | 60.2 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Emily Pomroy-Smith | 11,408 | 20.8 | -5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson | 8,015 | 14.6 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Julie Phillips | 2,434 | 4.4 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 21,630 | 39.4 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 54,895 | 70.4 | -1.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 32,841 | 60.0 | +7.3 | |
| Labour | Laura Pictor | 14,515 | 26.5 | +13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 5,360 | 9.8 | -0.8 | |
| Green | Chris Walford | 1,445 | 2.6 | -3.2 | |
| Independent | Liam Silcocks | 590 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 18,326 | 33.5 | -1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 54,751 | 72.0 | +1.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 27,198 | 52.7 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | Matthew Brown[13] | 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 | New | |
| Majority | 18,168 | 35.2 | +14.0 | ||
| 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 | New | |
| Majority | 10,367 | 21.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 49,018 | 68.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
- 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.
- "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.
- "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Wiltshire". Boundary Commission for England. 20 November 2002. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- "South West Wiltshire Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- "MURRISON READOPTED AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE". Andrew Murrison. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- "Stand at the next general election". South West Green Party. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- "General Election 12 December 2019 - Wiltshire Council". www.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Parliamentary elections 2017". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "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.