Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chippenham is the largest town in rural North Wiltshire and in the new constituency
Chippenham is the largest town in rural North Wiltshire and in the new constituency

Chippenham will be a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The original borough constituency was enfranchised in 1295. It sent two burgesses to Parliament until 1868 and one thereafter until the borough constituency was abolished in 1885. There was a county division constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire. [1]

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission have created Chippenham from parts of the existing

Meanwhile, the name of the latter seat changes to South West Wiltshire. After a review process, the new seat was approved in 2005.

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] 1885 to 1983

1885-1918: This was the North-Western division of Wiltshire. The county was split into five divisions and one borough during this period.

To the west was the constituency of Thornbury, to the north was Cirencester, to the east was Cricklade, located to the south east was Devizes, to the south Westbury and to the south west Frome.

1918-1950: In 1918 Wiltshire was split into five divisions, but there was no borough constituency in the county. This division comprised the then Municipal Boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury as well as the Rural Districts of Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, part of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Tetbury (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire).

Before the Reform Act 1832 the parliamentary boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, Cricklade, Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett had each had two members in Parliament.

1950-1983: In the redistribution, which took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 1950, Wiltshire was divided into one borough and four county constituencies. The then local government areas in this seat were the same Municipal Boroughs as in 1918 and the Rural Districts of Calne and Chippenham, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Malmesbury.

[edit] Modern Constituency

The northern portion of the present Westbury constituency combines with ...

... a southern portion of the present North Wiltshire constituency, and ...

... a small western portion of the present Devizes constituency.

A map of Wiltshire shows the expected boundaries of the Chippenham seat, numbered 1

The electoral wards which form the new Chippenham seat are taken from the districts of North Wiltshire and West Wiltshire.

  • From North Wiltshire: Cepen Park, Chippenham Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham Avon, Chippenham Hill Rise, Chippenham London Road, Chippenham Monkton Park, Chippenham Park, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Redland, Chippenham Westcroft/Queens, Corsham, Lacock with Neston and Gastard, and Pickwick
  • From West Wiltshire: the wards of Atworth and Whitley, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, Holt, Manor Vale, Melksham North, Melksham Spa, Melksham Without, Melksham Woodrow, and Paxcroft

[edit] Members of Parliament

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  • Borough constituency created (1295)

[edit] MPs 1832-1868

  • List of members from (1832) - two seats
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1832 Joseph Neeld Conservative William Henry Fox Talbot Liberal
1835 Henry George Boldero Conservative
1856 Robert Parry Nisbet Conservative
1859 Richard Penruddocke Long Conservative William John Lysley Liberal
1865 Sir John Neeld, Bt Conservative Gabriel Goldney Conservative

[edit] MPs 1868-1983

  • List of members from (1868) - one seat
Year Member Party
1868 Sir Gabriel Goldney, Bt Conservative
1885 borough constituency abolished - county division created
1885 Bannister Fletcher Liberal
1886 Lord Henry Bruce, later The 5th Marquess of Ailesbury Conservative
1892 Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Bt, later The 1st Baron Islington Conservative
1904 Liberal
1910 George Terrell Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative
1922 Alfred James Bonwick Liberal
1924 Victor Alexander Cazalet Conservative
1943 Rt Hon. Sir David McAdam Eccles, later The 1st Viscount Eccles Conservative
1962 Daniel Edmund Awdry Conservative
1979 Richard Francis Needham 1 Conservative
1983 constituency abolished - see North Wiltshire

Note:-

  • 1 Needham is an Irish peer as The 6th Earl of Kilmorey, but does not use the title.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Chippenham by-election, 24th August 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 8,310 50.6 −2.7
Independent Liberal Dr D. M. Johnson 8,115 49.4 N/A
Majority 195 1.2 −17.6
Turnout 16,425 41.4 −36.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

Chippenham by-election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Awdry 13,439 36.8 −15.3
Liberal C. Laton 11,851 32.5 +15.6
Labour R. W. Portus 10,633 29.1 −1.9
Independent K. Jerrome 260 0.71
Independent J. Naylor 237 0.65
Independent M. Smith 88 0.24
Majority 1,588 4.3 −16.8
Turnout 36,508
Conservative hold Swing −15.5

[edit] Future elections

This new constituency of Chippenham will be fought for the first time at the UK General Election of 2009 or 2010. The seat has a notional Liberal Democrat majority of 1,260.

Next United Kingdom general election: Chippenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Hames
Conservative Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
  1. ^ "About North Wiltshire" from the website of James Gray MP. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.


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Liberal Democrat

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Labour

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