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.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrats

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Chippenham CC 74,218 16,630   Michelle Donelan†   Helen Belcher¤
Devizes CC 69,205 21,136   Claire Perry†   Imtiyaz Shaikh‡
North Swindon CC 80,983 8,335   Justin Tomlinson†   Mark Dempsey‡
North Wiltshire CC 67,851 22,877   James Gray†   Brian Matthew¤
Salisbury CC 69,582 17,333   John Glen†   Tom Corbin‡
South Swindon CC 73,926 2,464   Robert Buckland†   Sarah Church‡
South West Wiltshire CC 73,018 18,326   Andrew Murrison†   Laura Pictor‡

Boundary changes

Previous constituency boundaries

NamePre-2010 Boundaries
  1. Devizes CC
  2. North Swindon CC
  3. North Wiltshire CC
  4. Salisbury CC
  5. South Swindon CC
  6. Westbury CC

Current constituency boundaries [1]

NameNew boundaries
  1. Chippenham CC
  2. Devizes CC
  3. North Swindon CC
  4. North Wiltshire CC
  5. Salisbury CC
  6. South Swindon CC
  7. South West Wiltshire CC

Results

2005 2010 2015 2017

Historical representation by party

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

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal

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
Chippenham (2010) Hames Donelan
Chippenham / N Wiltshire (1983) Awdry Needham Gray
Devizes Morrison Ancram Perry
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

Graphical representation

2010
16.4% 32.5% 51.1%
Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
2015
4.7% 17.3% 11.8% 52.4% 13.5%
Green Labour Lib Dems Conservative UKIP
2017
1.8% 25.7% 11.8% 56.8% 1.8%
Green Labour Lib Dems Conservative UKIP

Notes

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ↑ The Boundary Commission for England recommended that the county should be divided into seven constituencies. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies 2.http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Search?Query=wiltshire

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