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