South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South West Wiltshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of South West Wiltshire in South West England
County Wiltshire
Electorate 71,551 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Trowbridge, Westbury, Warminster, Mere
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Westbury, Salisbury

South West Wiltshire is a constituency in Wiltshire, England. The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Murrison, a Conservative, since its inauguration in 2010. [note 1]

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History

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies tasked to the Boundary Commission, by which Parliament increased the number of seats in the county from six to seven. [2]

The previous Westbury constituency was abolished: the northern part (including the town of Bradford-on-Avon) was transferred to the reinstated Chippenham seat, and the southern part (including the towns of Trowbridge, Warminster, and Westbury) formed the bulk of this constituency, which to complete it, received a minority of wards from the Salisbury seat.

Boundaries

South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

2010–2024: The former District of West Wiltshire wards of Dilton Marsh, Ethandune, Mid Wylye Valley, Shearwater, Southwick and Wingfield, Summerham, Trowbridge Adcroft, Trowbridge College, Trowbridge Drynham, Trowbridge John of Gaunt, Trowbridge Park, Warminster East, Warminster West, Westbury Ham, and Westbury Laverton, and the former District of Salisbury wards of Donhead, Fonthill and Nadder, Knoyle, Tisbury and Fovant, and Western and Mere.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 4 May 2021):

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, Tisbury and the Nadder Valley were transferred to Salisbury. The village of Hilperton was added from Chippenham, while several rural parishes east of Trowbridge were transferred to Melksham and Devizes.

Constituency profile

As well as the county town of Trowbridge and the former market towns of Westbury and Warminster (the latter with a considerable Army presence), the seat covers a large rural area with smaller settlements. Residents' health and wealth are around the UK average. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] PartyNotes
2010 Andrew Murrison Conservative Surgeon Commander (RN), retired 2000; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families 2022 – 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South West Wiltshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Murrison 15,617 33.8 −24.5
Labour Evelyn Akoto12,37426.8+5.3
Reform UK Garry Irvin7,84017.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Bret Palmer7,20515.6−0.9
Green Fay Whitfield2,2434.9+1.2
Independent James Ward4481.0N/A
Independent Thomas Culshaw4411.0N/A
Majority 3,2437.0−29.8
Turnout 46,16864.5−1.5
Registered electors 71,574
Conservative hold Swing −14.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote%
Conservative 27,54658.3
Labour 10,16821.5
Liberal Democrats 7,78716.5
Green 1,7363.7
Turnout47,23766.0
Electorate71,551
General election 2019: South West Wiltshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Murrison 33,038 60.2 +0.2
Labour Emily Pomroy-Smith11,40820.8−5.7
Liberal Democrats Ellen Nicholson8,01514.6+4.8
Green Julie Phillips2,4344.4+1.8
Majority 21,63039.4+5.9
Turnout 54,89570.4−1.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election 2017: South West Wiltshire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Murrison 32,841 60.0 +7.3
Labour Laura Pictor14,51526.5+13.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Carbin5,3609.8−0.8
Green Chris Walford1,4452.6−3.2
Independent Liam Silcocks5901.1N/A
Majority 18,32633.5−1.7
Turnout 54,75172.0+1.3
Conservative hold Swing −2.9
General election 2015: South West Wiltshire [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Murrison 27,198 52.7 +1.0
UKIP Matthew Brown [11] 9,03017.5+12.0
Labour George Aylett6,94813.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Carbin5,48210.6−19.9
Green Phil Randle2,9855.8N/A
Majority 18,16835.2+14.0
Turnout 51,64370.7+2.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: South West Wiltshire [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Murrison 25,321 51.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Trevor Carbin14,95430.5+0.3
Labour Rebecca Rennison5,61311.5−5.7
UKIP Michael Cuthbert-Murray2,6845.5+2.0
Independent Crispin Black 4460.9N/A
Majority 10,36721.2+2.2
Turnout 49,01868.4+3.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.1

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, South West Wiltshire elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Wiltshire". Boundary Commission for England. 20 November 2002. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  4. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Wiltshire+South+West
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  6. ↑ General election results declared in Wiltshire
  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.
  8. ↑ "General Election 12 December 2019 – Wiltshire Council". wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Parliamentary elections 2017". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "UK Polling Report".
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Results of Poll, South West Wiltshire". BBC News. 7 May 2010.

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