Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Melksham and Devizes
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Melksham and Devizes constituency.svg
Boundary of Melksham and Devizes in South West England
County Wiltshire
Electorate 71,823 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Bradford-on-Avon, Devizes, Melksham
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Chippenham, Devizes, North Wiltshire

Melksham and Devizes 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 Brian Mathew of the Liberal Democrats. He defeated Conservative former cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, who had been MP for Chippenham from 2015 to 2024.

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Boundaries

Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is composed of the following electoral districts of Wiltshire (as they existed on 4 May 2021):

It comprises the following areas: [5]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Melksham and Devizes [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Mathew 20,031 39.1 +11.8
Conservative Michelle Donelan 17,63034.4−23.4
Reform UK Malcolm Cupis6,72613.1N/A
Labour Kerry Postlewhite4,5879.0−3.0
Green Catherine Read2,2294.4+1.4
Majority 2,4014.7N/A
Turnout 51,20371.1−6.5
Registered electors 71,999
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +17.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote %
Conservative 32,22757.8
Liberal Democrats 15,19927.3
Labour 6,68612.0
Green 1,6523.0
Turnout55,76477.6
Electorate71,823

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 26 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  5. ↑ "New Seat Details – Melksham and Devizes". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Melksham and Devizes". Sky News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "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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