Parliamentary constituencies in South West England

The region ^[1] of South West England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 16 borough constituencies and 42 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 24 are represented by Labour MPs, 22 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 11 by Conservative MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

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Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [2]	Majority [3] [nb 2]	Member of Parliament [3]		Nearest opposition [3]		County	Map
Bath  CC	69,655	11,218		Wera Hobhouse ¤		Dan Bewley ‡	Somerset (prev. Avon)
Bournemouth East  BC	72,354	5,479		Tom Hayes ‡		Tobias Ellwood †	Dorset
Bournemouth West  BC	70,259	3,224		Jessica Toale ‡		Conor Burns †	Dorset
Bridgwater  CC	71,571	1,349		Ashley Fox †		Leigh Redman ‡	Somerset
Bristol Central  BC	62,735	10,407		Carla Denyer ♣		Thangam Debbonaire ‡	Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol East  BC	75,917	6,606		Kerry McCarthy ‡		Ani Stafford-Townsend ♣	Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol North East  BC	70,076	11,167		Damien Egan ‡		Lorraine Francis ♣	Bristol / Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Bristol North West  BC	74,869	15,669		Darren Jones ‡		Mary Page ♣	Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol South  BC	75,533	7,666		Karin Smyth ‡		Jai Breitnauer ♣	Bristol (prev. Avon)
Camborne and Redruth  CC	74,402	7,806		Perran Moon ‡		Connor Donnithorne †	Cornwall
Central Devon  CC	75,385	61		Mel Stride †		Ollie Pearson ‡	Devon
Cheltenham  BC	76,143	7,210		Max Wilkinson ¤		Alex Chalk †	Gloucestershire
Chippenham  CC	72,492	8,138		Sarah Gibson ¤		Nic Puntis †	Wiltshire
Christchurch  CC	71,064	7,455		Christopher Chope †		Mike Cox ¤	Dorset
East Wiltshire  CC	72,409	4,716		Danny Kruger †		Rob Newman ‡	Wiltshire
Exeter  BC	67,840	11,937		Steve Race ‡		Tessa Tucker †	Devon
Exmouth and Exeter East  CC	79,983	121		David Reed †		Helen Dallimore ‡	Devon
Filton and Bradley Stoke  CC	77,584	10,000		Claire Hazelgrove ‡		Jack Lopresti †	Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Forest of Dean  CC	72,052	278		Matt Bishop ‡		Mark Harper †	Gloucestershire
Frome and East Somerset  CC	70,378	5,415		Anna Sabine ¤		Lucy Trimnell †	Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon)
Glastonbury and Somerton  CC	72,982	6,611		Sarah Dyke ¤		Faye Purbrick †	Somerset
Gloucester  BC	79,479	3,431		Alex McIntyre ‡		Richard Graham †	Gloucestershire
Honiton and Sidmouth  CC	75,537	6,700		Richard Foord ¤		Simon Jupp †	Devon
Melksham and Devizes  CC	71,999	2,401		Brian Mathew ¤		Michelle Donelan †	Wiltshire
Mid Dorset and North Poole  CC	72,509	1,352		Vikki Slade ¤		Michael Tomlinson †	Dorset
Newton Abbot  CC	73,885	2,246		Martin Wrigley ¤		Anne Marie Morris †	Devon
North Cornwall  CC	76,741	10,767		Ben Maguire ¤		Scott Mann †	Cornwall
North Cotswolds  CC	72,513	3,357		Geoffrey Clifton-Brown †		Paul Hodgkinson ¤	Gloucestershire
North Devon  CC	79,068	6,744		Ian Roome ¤		Selaine Saxby †	Devon
North Dorset  CC	72,690	1,589		Simon Hoare †		Gary Jackson ¤	Dorset
North East Somerset and Hanham  CC	73,887	5,319		Dan Norris ‡		Jacob Rees-Mogg †	Gloucestershire / Somerset (prev. Avon)
North Somerset  CC	74,426	639		Sadik Al-Hassan ‡		Liam Fox †	Somerset (prev. Avon)
Plymouth Moor View  BC	74,724	5,604		Fred Thomas ‡		Johnny Mercer †	Devon
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport  BC	75,313	13,328		Luke Pollard ‡		Peter Gold #	Devon
Poole  BC	72,509	18		Neil Duncan-Jordan ‡		Robert Syms †	Dorset
Salisbury  CC	70,281	3,807		John Glen †		Matt Aldridge ‡	Wiltshire
South Cotswolds  CC	71,490	4,973		Roz Savage ¤		James Gray †	Gloucestershire / Wiltshire
South Devon  CC	70,755	7,127		Caroline Voaden ¤		Anthony Mangnall †	Devon
South Dorset  CC	75,924	1,048		Lloyd Hatton ‡		Richard Drax †	Dorset
South East Cornwall  CC	72,728	1,911		Anna Gelderd ‡		Sheryll Murray †	Cornwall
South West Devon  CC	77,600	2,112		Rebecca Smith †		Sarah Allen ‡	Devon
South West Wiltshire  CC	71,574	3,243		Andrew Murrison †		Evelyn Akoto ‡	Wiltshire
St Austell and Newquay  CC	76,140	2,470		Noah Law ‡		Steve Double †	Cornwall
St Ives  CC	69,980	13,786		Andrew George ¤		Derek Thomas †	Cornwall
Stroud  CC	77,912	11,411		Simon Opher ‡		Siobhan Baillie †	Gloucestershire
Swindon North  CC	73,238	4,103		Will Stone ‡		Justin Tomlinson †	Wiltshire
Swindon South  BC	72,596	9,606		Heidi Alexander ‡		Robert Buckland †	Wiltshire
Taunton and Wellington  CC	78,116	11,939		Gideon Amos ¤		Rebecca Pow †	Somerset
Tewkesbury  CC	73,458	6,262		Cameron Thomas ¤		Laurence Robertson †	Gloucestershire
Thornbury and Yate  CC	78,195	3,014		Claire Young ¤		Luke Hall †	Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Tiverton and Minehead  CC	71,843	3,507		Rachel Gilmour ¤		Ian Liddell-Grainger †	Devon / Somerset
Torbay  BC	76,179	5,349		Steve Darling ¤		Kevin Foster †	Devon
Torridge and Tavistock  CC	74,727	3,950		Geoffrey Cox †		Phil Hutty ¤	Devon
Truro and Falmouth  CC	72,982	8,151		Jayne Kirkham ‡		Cherilyn Mackrory †	Cornwall
Wells and Mendip Hills  CC	72,051	11,121		Tessa Munt ¤		Meg Powell-Chandler †	Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon)
West Dorset  CC	75,998	7,789		Edward Morello ¤		Chris Loder †	Dorset
Weston-super-Mare  CC	71,396	4,409		Dan Aldridge ‡		John Penrose †	Somerset (prev. Avon)
Yeovil  CC	79,700	12,286		Adam Dance ¤		Marcus Fysh †	Somerset

2023 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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South West region would be increased by 3, from 55 to 58. ^[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region came into effect at the 2024 general election: ^[5]

Constituency	Electorate	Ceremonial county	Local authority
Bath  CC	73,241	Somerset	Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth East  BC	73,173	Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Bournemouth West  BC	72,094	Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Bridgwater  CC	71,418	Somerset	Somerset
Bristol Central  BC	70,227	Bristol	Bristol
Bristol East  BC	75,936	Bristol	Bristol
Bristol North East  BC	69,793	Bristol / Gloucestershire	Bristol / South Gloucestershire
Bristol North West  BC	76,783	Bristol	Bristol
Bristol South  BC	74,696	Bristol	Bristol
Camborne and Redruth  CC	73,568	Cornwall	Cornwall
Central Devon  CC	73,491	Devon	Mid Devon / Teignbridge / West Devon
Cheltenham  BC	75,292	Gloucestershire	Cheltenham
Chippenham  CC	71,648	Wiltshire	Wiltshire
Christchurch  CC	71,598	Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset
East Wiltshire  CC	71,109	Wiltshire	Swindon / Wiltshire
Exeter  BC	71,713	Devon	Exeter
Exmouth and Exeter East  CC	74,502	Devon	East Devon / Exeter
Filton and Bradley Stoke  CC	73,598	Gloucestershire	South Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean  CC	71,510	Gloucestershire	Forest of Dean / Tewkesbury
Frome and East Somerset  CC	70,177	Somerset	Bath and North East Somerset / Somerset
Glastonbury and Somerton  CC	70,015	Somerset	Somerset
Gloucester  BC	76,695	Gloucestershire	Gloucester
Honiton and Sidmouth  CC	74,365	Devon	East Devon / Mid Devon
Melksham and Devizes  CC	71,823	Wiltshire	Wiltshire
Mid Dorset and North Poole  CC	74,305	Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset
Newton Abbot  CC	72,956	Devon	Teignbridge
North Cornwall  CC	75,034	Cornwall	Cornwall
North Cotswolds  CC	70,915	Gloucestershire	Cotswold / Stroud / Tewkesbury
North Devon  CC	76,455	Devon	North Devon
North Dorset  CC	72,109	Dorset	Dorset
North East Somerset and Hanham  CC	73,113	Gloucestershire / Somerset	Bath and North East Somerset / South Gloucestershire
North Somerset  CC	73,963	Somerset	North Somerset
Plymouth Moor View  BC	73,378	Devon	Plymouth
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport  BC	73,495	Devon	Plymouth
Poole  BC	72,162	Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Salisbury  CC	70,242	Wiltshire	Wiltshire
South Cotswolds  CC	72,865	Gloucestershire / Wiltshire	Cotswold / Stroud / Wiltshire
South Devon  CC	71,691	Devon	South Hams / Torbay
South Dorset  CC	76,640	Dorset	Dorset
South East Cornwall  CC	71,734	Cornwall	Cornwall
South West Devon  CC	75,371	Devon	Plymouth / South Hams / West Devon
South West Wiltshire  CC	71,551	Wiltshire	Wiltshire
St Austell and Newquay  CC	74,585	Cornwall	Cornwall
St Ives  CC	70,107	Cornwall	Cornwall / Isles of Scilly
Stroud  CC	76,249	Gloucestershire	Stroud
Swindon North  CC	72,163	Wiltshire	Swindon
Swindon South  BC	72,468	Wiltshire	Swindon
Taunton and Wellington  CC	76,049	Somerset	Somerset
Tewkesbury  CC	72,426	Gloucestershire	Cheltenham / Gloucester / Tewkesbury
Thornbury and Yate  CC	74,985	Gloucestershire	South Gloucestershire
Tiverton and Minehead  CC	70,829	Devon / Somerset	Mid Devon / Somerset
Torbay  BC	75,742	Devon	Torbay
Torridge and Tavistock  CC	74,802	Devon	Torridge / West Devon
Truro and Falmouth  CC	73,326	Cornwall	Cornwall
Wells and Mendip Hills  CC	69,843	Somerset	North Somerset / Somerset
West Dorset  CC	75,390	Dorset	Dorset
Weston-super-Mare  CC	70,722	Somerset	North Somerset
Yeovil  CC	76,056	Somerset	Somerset

2024 results

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South West region in the 2024 general election were as follows: ^[6]

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019 (actual)	Change from 2019 (notional)
Conservative	785,672	28.2	24.6	11	37	39
Liberal Democrats	686,921	24.7	6.5	22	21	21
Labour	682,080	24.5	1.2	24	18	17
Reform UK	384,250	13.8	13.4	0	0	0
Green	206,780	7.4	3.6	1	1	1
Others	39,737	1.4	0.1	0	0	0
Total	2,785,440	100.0		58	3

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)

Percentage votes

South West votes %

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
• REF - Reform UK (2019 - Brexit Party)
• GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

South West seats won

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• GRN - Green Party of England and Wales
• OTH - 1945 - (1) Independent Progressive (Vernon Bartlett); (2) Independent National (Daniel Lipson)

Former constituencies

Abolished in 2024

• Bridgwater and West Somerset → Bridgwater
• Bristol West → Bristol Central
• Devizes → East Wiltshire
• East Devon → Exmouth and Exeter East
• Kingswood → Bristol North East
• North East Somerset → North East Somerset and Hanham
• North Wiltshire → South Cotswolds
• Somerton and Frome → Glastonbury and Somerton
• Taunton Deane → Taunton and Wellington
• The Cotswolds → South Cotswolds
• Tiverton and Honiton → Honiton and Sidmouth
• Torridge and West Devon → Torridge and Tavistock
• Totnes → South Devon
• Wells → Wells and Mendip Hills

Abolished in 2010

• Bridgwater → Bridgwater and West Somerset
• Falmouth and Camborne → Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
• Northavon → Thornbury and Yate, Filton and Bradley Stoke
• Plymouth Devonport → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
• Plymouth Sutton → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
• Taunton → Taunton Deane
• Teignbridge → Newton Abbot, Central Devon
• Truro and St Austell → Truro and Falmouth, St Austell and Newquay
• Wansdyke → North East Somerset
• Westbury → South West Wiltshire, Chippenham
• Woodspring → North Somerset

Abolished in 1997

• Cirencester and Tewkesbury → Cotswold, Tewkesbury
• Plymouth Drake → Plymouth Sutton
• Swindon → North Swindon, South Swindon
• West Gloucestershire → Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury

See also

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Avon
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Dorset
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Somerset
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

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. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
2. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
3. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
4. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
5. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
6. "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.