East Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Wiltshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
East Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of East Wiltshire in South West England
County Wiltshire
Electorate 71,109 [1]
Major settlements Amesbury, Marlborough, Pewsey, Ludgershall, Tidworth
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Danny Kruger (Reform UK)
SeatsOne
Created from Devizes

East Wiltshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, [3] when it was won by Conservative candidate Danny Kruger, who had previously represented the abolished Devizes constituency which covered much of the same area. In September 2025 he defected to Reform UK. [4] [5] Reform had come fourth in the 2024 general election with 16.7% of the vote.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of:

It comprises the following areas: [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Danny Kruger Conservative
2025 Reform UK

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: East Wiltshire [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Danny Kruger 16,849 35.7 −30.2
Labour Rob Newman12,13325.7+9.8
Liberal Democrats David Kinnaird8,20417.4+2.9
Reform UK Stephen Talbot7,88516.7N/A
Green Emily Herbert1,8443.9+0.2
True & Fair Pete Force-Jones2780.6N/A
Majority 4,71610.0−40.1
Turnout 47,19365.2−3.7
Registered electors 72,409
Conservative hold Swing −20.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote%
Conservative 32,30165.9
Labour 7,77815.9
Liberal Democrats 7,10014.5
Green 1,8093.7
Turnout48,98868.9
Electorate71,109

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "How Wiltshire constituency boundaries could change". BBC News. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK". www.bbc.com. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Nigel Farage wins first sitting Tory MP defector as Danny Kruger joins Reform". The Independent. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details – Wiltshire East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Wiltshire Council . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "East Wiltshire - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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