List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

The ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England, (which includes the unitary authority of Swindon), is divided into seven Parliamentary constituencies - they are all County constituencies.

Constituencies

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrats        UKIP

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Chippenham CC 74,218 10,076   Michelle Donelan†   Duncan Hames¤
Devizes CC 69,205 20,751   Claire Perry†   David Pollitt
North Swindon CC 80,983 11,786   Justin Tomlinson†   Mark Dempsey‡
North Wiltshire CC 67,851 21,046   James Gray†   Brian Matthew¤
Salisbury CC 69,582 20,421   John Glen†   Tom Corbin‡
South Swindon CC 73,926 5,785   Robert Buckland†   Anne Snelgrove‡
South West Wiltshire CC 73,018 18,168   Andrew Murrison†   Matthew Brown

Boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England recommended that the county should be divided into seven constituencies. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Current constituency boundaries

NameNew boundaries
  1. Chippenham CC
  2. Devizes CC
  3. North Swindon CC
  4. North Wiltshire CC
  5. Salisbury CC
  6. South Swindon CC
  7. South West Wiltshire CC

Previous constituency boundaries

NamePrevious boundaries
  1. Devizes CC
  2. North Swindon CC
  3. North Wiltshire CC
  4. Salisbury CC
  5. South Swindon CC
  6. Westbury CC

Results

2005 2010 2015

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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies 2.http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Search?Query=wiltshire

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