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 former Conservative 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 [7] 20,031 39.1 +11.8
Conservative Michelle Donelan [8] 17,63034.4−23.4
Reform UK Malcolm Cupis [9] 6,72613.1N/A
Labour Kerry Postlewhite [10] 4,5879.0−3.0
Green Catherine Read [11] 2,2294.4+1.4
Majority2,4014.7N/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 [12]
PartyVote %
Conservative 32,22757.8
Liberal Democrats 15,19927.3
Labour 6,68612.0
Green 1,6523.0
Turnout55,76477.6
Electorate71,823

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