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Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

The English ceremonial county of Wiltshire, which includes the Borough of Swindon, is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies: one borough constituency and seven county constituencies, including one which spans the county boundary with Gloucestershire.

Constituencies

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Wiltshire with Gloucestershire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of Chippenham. Devizes and North Wiltshire were abolished and new constituencies, named East Wiltshire, and Melksham and Devizes, created.

The following seats were proposed:

Containing electoral wards in the Borough of Swindon

Containing electoral wards in the Wiltshire unitary authority district

2010

Under the fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats in Wiltshire from 6 to 7, with the re-establishment of Chippenham, which affected neighbouring constituencies. An adjusted Westbury constituency was renamed South West Wiltshire.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wiltshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wiltshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

<sup>1</sup>pre-1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP–Liberal Alliance

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other

Seats

<sup>1</sup>1974 & 1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP–Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910

1918–1945

1950–1979

1983–2019

2024–present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918 (6 seats)

1918 to 1974 (5 seats)

1974 to 2010 (5, then 6 seats)

2010 to present (7, then 7.5 seats)

From 2024, part of northern Wiltshire was included in the South Cotswolds constituency, slightly more than half of which lies in Gloucestershire. Its representation is covered at List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire.

See also

Notes

References