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

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [1]	Majority [2] [nb 2]	Member of Parliament [2]		Nearest opposition [2]		Map
Chippenham CC	77,221	11,288		Michelle Donelan†		Helen Belcher¤
Devizes CC	73,372	23,993		Danny Kruger†		Jo Waltham¤
North Swindon CC	82,441	16,171		Justin Tomlinson†		Kate Linnegar†
North Wiltshire CC	73,208	17,626		James Gray†		Brian Matthew¤
Salisbury CC	74,556	19,736		John Glen†		Victoria Charleston¤
South Swindon CC	73,118	6,625		Robert Buckland†		Sarah Church†
South West Wiltshire CC	77,969	21,630		Andrew Murrison†		Emily Pomroy-Smith†

2010 boundary changes

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 impacted on neighbouring constituencies. An adjusted Westbury constituency was renamed South West Wiltshire.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Devizes CC North Swindon CC North Wiltshire CC Salisbury CC South Swindon CC Westbury CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire	Chippenham CC Devizes CC North Swindon CC North Wiltshire CC Salisbury CC South Swindon CC South West Wiltshire CC	Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. ^[3]

The commission has proposed that Wiltshire be combined with Gloucestershire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Cirencester and North Wiltshire, resulting in a major reconfiguration of Chippenham. Devizes, North Wiltshire and South West Wiltshire would be abolished and new constituencies named East Wiltshire, Melksham and Devizes, and Trowbridge and Warminster created. ^{[4] [5]} The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards in Swindon

• East Wiltshire (part)
• Swindon North
• Swindon South

Containing electoral wards in Wiltshire (unitary authority)

• Chippenham
• East Wiltshire (part)
• Melksham and Devizes
• Salisbury
• Trowbridge and Warminster

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[6]

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
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
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
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
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.0	4.7	1.8	3.0
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

¹pre-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
Conservative	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	7	7
Labour	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrat 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

¹1974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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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

   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	2019
Chippenham (2010)										Hames	Donelan
Chippenham / N Wiltshire (1983)	Awdry		Needham				Gray
Devizes	Morrison					Ancram				Perry			Kruger
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

See also

• List of constituencies in South West England

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. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
4. "Drastic election boundary changes proposed for Wiltshire". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
5. 2023 review South West Boundary Commission for England
6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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