Parliamentary constituencies in South West England

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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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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    ♣ Green Party    # Reform UK

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [2] Majority [3] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [3] Nearest opposition [3] County
Bath CC 69,65511,218  Wera Hobhouse ¤ Dan Bewley ‡ Somerset (prev. Avon)
Bournemouth East BC 72,3545,479  Tom Hayes  Tobias Ellwood Dorset
Bournemouth West BC 70,2593,224  Jessica Toale  Conor Burns Dorset
Bridgwater CC 71,5711,349  Ashley Fox Leigh Redman ‡ Somerset
Bristol Central BC 62,73510,407  Carla Denyer  Thangam Debbonaire Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol East BC 75,9176,606  Kerry McCarthy Ani Stafford-Townsend ♣ Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol North East BC 70,07611,167  Damien Egan Lorraine Francis ♣ Bristol / Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Bristol North West BC 74,86915,669  Darren Jones Mary Page ♣ Bristol (prev. Avon)
Bristol South BC 75,53315,669  Karin Smyth Jai Breitnauer ♣ Bristol (prev. Avon)
Camborne and Redruth CC 74,4027,806  Perran Moon Connor Donnithorne † Cornwall
Central Devon CC 75,38561  Mel Stride Ollie Pearson ‡ Devon
Cheltenham BC 76,1437,210  Max Wilkinson ¤  Alex Chalk Gloucestershire
Chippenham CC 72,4928,138  Sarah Gibson ¤ Nic Puntis † Wiltshire
Christchurch CC 71,0647,455  Christopher Chope Mike Cox ¤ Dorset
East Wiltshire CC 72,4094,716  Danny Kruger Rob Newman ‡ Wiltshire
Exeter BC 67,84011,937  Steve Race Tessa Tucker † Devon
Exmouth and Exeter East CC 79,983121  David Reed Helen Dallimore ‡ Devon
Filton and Bradley Stoke CC 77,58410,000  Claire Hazelgrove  Jack Lopresti Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Forest of Dean CC 72,052278  Matt Bishop  Mark Harper Gloucestershire
Frome and East Somerset CC 70,3785,415  Anna Sabine ¤ Lucy Trimnell † Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon)
Glastonbury and Somerton CC 72,9826,611  Sarah Dyke ¤ Faye Purbrick † Somerset
Gloucester BC 79,4793,431  Alex McIntyre  Richard Graham Gloucestershire
Honiton and Sidmouth CC 75,5376,700  Richard Foord ¤  Simon Jupp Devon
Melksham and Devizes CC 71,9992,401  Brian Mathew ¤  Michelle Donelan Wiltshire
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC 72,5091,352  Vikki Slade ¤  Michael Tomlinson Dorset
Newton Abbot CC 73,8852,246  Martin Wrigley ¤  Anne Marie Morris Devon
North Cornwall CC 76,74110,767  Ben Maguire ¤  Scott Mann Cornwall
North Cotswolds CC 72,5133,357  Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Paul Hodgkinson ¤ Gloucestershire
North Devon CC 79,0686,744  Ian Roome ¤  Selaine Saxby Devon
North Dorset CC 72,6901,589  Simon Hoare Gary Jackson ¤ Dorset
North East Somerset and Hanham CC 73,8875,319  Dan Norris  Jacob Rees-Mogg Gloucestershire / Somerset (prev. Avon)
North Somerset CC 74,426639  Sadik Al-Hassan  Liam Fox Somerset (prev. Avon)
Plymouth Moor View BC 74,7245,604  Fred Thomas  Johnny Mercer Devon
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC 75,31313,328  Luke Pollard Peter Gold # Devon
Poole BC 72,50918  Neil Duncan-Jordan  Robert Syms Dorset
Salisbury CC 70,2813,807  John Glen Matt Aldridge ‡ Wiltshire
South Cotswolds CC 71,4904,973  Roz Savage ¤  James Gray Gloucestershire / Wiltshire
South Devon CC 70,7557,127  Caroline Voaden ¤  Anthony Mangnall Devon
South Dorset CC 75,9241,048  Lloyd Hatton  Richard Drax Dorset
South East Cornwall CC 72,7281,911  Anna Gelderd  Sheryll Murray Cornwall
South West Devon CC 77,6002,112  Rebecca Smith Sarah Allen ‡ Devon
South West Wiltshire CC 71,5743,243  Andrew Murrison Evelyn Akoto ‡ Wiltshire
St Austell and Newquay CC 76,1402,470  Noah Law  Steve Double Cornwall
St Ives CC 69,98013,786  Andrew George ¤  Derek Thomas Cornwall
Stroud CC 77,91211,411  Simon Opher  Siobhan Baillie Gloucestershire
Swindon North CC 73,2384,103  Will Stone  Justin Tomlinson Wiltshire
Swindon South BC 72,5969,606  Heidi Alexander  Robert Buckland Wiltshire
Taunton and Wellington CC 78,11611,939  Gideon Amos ¤  Rebecca Pow Somerset
Tewkesbury CC 73,4586,262  Cameron Thomas ¤  Laurence Robertson Gloucestershire
Thornbury and Yate CC 78,1953,014  Claire Young ¤  Luke Hall Gloucestershire (prev. Avon)
Tiverton and Minehead CC 71,8433,507  Rachel Gilmour ¤  Ian Liddell-Grainger Devon / Somerset
Torbay BC 76,1795,349  Steve Darling ¤  Kevin Foster Devon
Torridge and Tavistock CC 74,7273,950  Geoffrey Cox Phil Hutty ¤ Devon
Truro and Falmouth CC 72,9828,151  Jayne Kirkham  Cherilyn Mackrory Cornwall
Wells and Mendip Hills CC 72,05111,121  Tessa Munt ¤ Meg Powell-Chandler † Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon)
West Dorset CC 75,9987,789  Edward Morello ¤  Chris Loder Dorset
Weston-super-Mare CC 71,3964,409  Dan Aldridge  John Penrose Somerset (prev. Avon)
Yeovil CC 79,70012,286  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]

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

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]

PartyVotes%Change
from 2019
SeatsChange from
2019 (actual)
Change from
2019 (notional)
Conservative 785,67228.2Decrease2.svg 24.611Decrease2.svg 37Decrease2.svg 39
Liberal Democrats 686,92124.7Increase2.svg 6.522Increase2.svg 21Increase2.svg 21
Labour 682,08024.5Increase2.svg 1.224Increase2.svg 18Increase2.svg 17
Reform UK 384,25013.8Increase2.svg 13.40Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0
Green 206,7807.4Increase2.svg 3.61Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Others39,7371.4Decrease2.svg 0.10Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0
Total2,785,440100.058Increase2.svg 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 % South West votes %25 1945-2024.svg
South West votes %

Key:

Seats

South West seats won South West seats 1945-2024.svg
South West seats won

Key:

Former constituencies

Abolished in 2024

Abolished in 2010

Abolished in 1997

See also

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.

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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".
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  4. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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