The location of Wiltshire in England
The ceremonial county of Wiltshire , England, which includes the Borough of Swindon , is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies . They are all county constituencies .[ nb 1]
Constituencies
† Conservative
‡ Labour
¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency
Electorate[ 1]
Majority[ 2]
Member of Parliament [ 2]
Nearest opposition[ 2]
Map
Chippenham CC
72,492
8,138
Sarah Gibson ¤
Nic Puntis†
East Wiltshire CC
72,409
4,716
Danny Kruger †
Rob Newman‡
Melksham and Devizes CC
71,999
2,401
Brian Mathew ¤
Michelle Donelan †
Salisbury CC
70,281
3,807
John Glen †
Matt Aldridge‡
South Cotswolds CC (part)
71,490
4,973
Roz Savage ¤
James Gray †
South West Wiltshire CC
71,574
3,243
Andrew Murrison †
Evelyn Akoto†
Swindon North CC
73,238
4,103
Will Stone ‡
Justin Tomlinson †
Swindon South CC
72,596
9,606
Heidi Alexander ‡
Robert Buckland †
Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 general election , the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Wiltshire with Gloucestershire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of Chippenham . Devizes and North Wiltshire were abolished and new constituencies named East Wiltshire , and Melksham and Devizes , created.[ 3] [ 4] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.
The following seats resulted from the review:
Containing electoral wards in the Borough of Swindon
Containing electoral wards in the Wiltshire unitary authority district
2010
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats in Wiltshire from 6 to 7, with the re-establishment of Chippenham , which affected neighbouring constituencies. An adjusted Westbury constituency was renamed South West Wiltshire .
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[ 5]
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wiltshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[ nb 2] [ 2]
Party
Votes
%
Change from 2019
Seats
Change from 2019
Conservative
125,505
32.6%
25.2%
3
4
Liberal Democrats
96,677
25.1%
6.5%
3
3
Labour
89,880
23.3%
3.2%
2
2
Reform
52,755
13.7%
New
0
New
Greens
16,864
4.4%
1.1%
0
0
Others
3,849
1.0%
0.4%
0
0
Total
385,530
100.0
8
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wiltshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party
Votes
%
Change from 2017
Seats
Change from 2017
Conservative
217,955
57.8%
1.0%
7
0
Labour
77,343
20.1%
6.9%
0
0
Liberal Democrats
69,876
18.6%
6.7%
0
0
Greens
11,378
3.3%
1.2%
0
0
Others
745
0.6%
2.0%
0
0
Total
377,297
100.0
7
Percentage votes
Election year
1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945
1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974
(Feb)
1974
(Oct)
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024
Conservative
52.8
50.0
45.7
53.9
43.2
60.7
56.2
41.6
41.0
50.1
49.6
49.3
43.2
43.8
51.0
41.9
40.3
47.4
50.3
51.9
50.9
40.2
42.1
44.3
47.7
52.4
56.8
57.8
32.6
Liberal Democrat 1
30.1
34.6
42.9
30.4
34.8
19.1
19.8
18.4
19.6
3.7
8.7
10.7
18.9
15.2
11.7
29.8
30.2
27.5
34.2
31.2
28.7
26.2
25.0
26.9
30.4
11.8
11.8
18.5
25.1
Labour
17.1
15.4
11.4
15.7
21.9
20.2
24.0
39.9
39.2
46.2
41.7
38.7
37.5
40.6
37.2
28.1
29.3
22.8
14.9
16.7
18.3
28.0
29.0
24.3
15.3
17.3
27.4
20.5
23.3
Reform
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
Green Party
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
*
*
*
*
1.0
4.7
1.8
3.0
4.4
UKIP
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
*
*
4.0
13.5
1.8
*
–
Other
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.1
–
–
1.3
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.2
2.2
0.7
0.1
2.2
5.6
3.9
4.5
1.6
0.4
0.4
0.2
1.0
1 pre-1979 – Liberal Party ; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year
1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974
(Feb)
1974
(Oct)
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024
Conservative
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
6
7
7
7
3
Liberal Democrat 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Labour
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
Total
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
1 1974 & 1979 – Liberal Party ; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885–1910
1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
1918–1945
1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945
1950–1979
1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983–2019
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024–present
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918 (6 seats)
Conservative
Liberal
Liberal Unionist
1918 to 1974 (5 seats)
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
1974 to 2010 (5, then 6 seats)
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
2010 to present (7, then 7.5 seats)
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
From 2024, part of northern Wiltshire was included in the South Cotswolds constituency, slightly more than half of which lies in Gloucestershire. Its representation is covered at List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire .
See also
Notes
^ South Cotswolds is a cross-county boundary constituency between Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
^ It should be acknowledged that South Cotswolds is a cross-county constituency between Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on a sub-constituency level, the following vote shares contain parts of the electorate in the Cotswold and Stroud districts.
References
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