Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Devizes County constituency
Devizes shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England
Created:	1331
MP:	Michael Ancram
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Wiltshire
EP constituency:	South West England

Devizes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been a strongly Conservative seat since 1945. The current Member of Parliament is Conservative Michael Ancram.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding Kennet district.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1923 — 1924: Eric MacFadyen, Liberal
• 1924 — 1945: Percy Hurd, Unionist
• 1945 — 1955: Christopher Hollis, Conservative
• 1955 — 1964: Percival Pott, Conservative
• 1964 — 1992: Charles Morrison, Conservative
• 1992 — present: Michael Ancram, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Devizes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	27,253	48.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hornby	14,059	25.0	+2.9
	Labour	Sharon Charity	12,519	22.3	−2.6
	UK Independence	Alan Wood	2,315	4.1	+1.2
Majority			13,194	23.5
Turnout			56,146	65.2	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8

General Election 2001: Devizes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	25,159	47.2	+4.4
	Labour	Jim Thorpe	13,263	24.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Frances	11,756	22.1	-4.5
	UK Independence	Alan Wood	1,521	2.9	+1.8
	Independent (politician)	Sir Ludovic Kennedy	1,078	2.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Long Tall Sally Potter	472	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,896	22.3
Turnout			53,249	64.2	-10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1)

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