Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Swindon
Borough constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1997
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was then replaced by two new constituencies: Swindon North and Swindon South.

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Frederick William Young Coalition Conservative
1922 Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks Conservative
1929 Christopher Addison Labour
1931 Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks Conservative
1934 Christopher Addison Labour
1935 Wavell Wakefield Conservative
1945 Thomas Reid Labour
1955 Francis Noel-Baker Labour
1969 Christopher Ward Conservative
1970 David Stoddart Labour
1983 Simon Christopher Coombs Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Swindon North and Swindon South

[edit] Election results

[edit] References