List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
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The ceremonial county of Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, England
England
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, (which includes the unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 of Swindon
Swindon (borough)
The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England. It is centred on the town of Swindon and forms part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire...

), is divided into seven Parliamentary constituencies
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 - they are all County constituencies.

Constituencies

ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency. Electorate MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival. Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

Nearest opposition Map
Chippenham CC
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

65,755 2,470   Duncan Hames
Duncan Hames
Duncan John Hames is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire since the 2010 general election.-Early life:...

  Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is a British businessman, farmer, founder of "The Black Farmer" range of food products, and was unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for the Chippenham constituency for the 2010 general election.-Early life:...

Devizes CC
Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England....

64,707 13,005   Claire Perry
Claire Perry
Claire Louise Perry is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Devizes since the 2010 general election.-Biography:Education...

  Fiona Hornby
North Swindon CC 67,106 7,060   Justin Tomlinson
Justin Tomlinson
Justin Paul Tomlinson is Conservative MP for Swindon North. He was originally a Conservative Councillor for the Swindon Borough Council, becoming one in 2000.-Education:...

  Victor Agarwal
North Wiltshire CC
North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Wiltshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was known as Chippenham.- Boundaries :As the name suggests, the constituency covers most of north Wiltshire...

61,322 7,483   James Gray
James Gray
James Gray may refer to:* Sir James Gray, 1st Baronet , armiger and merchant-Burgess of Edinburgh* Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet , diplomat and antiquary* The male pseudonym of Hannah Snell...

  Mike Evemy
Salisbury CC
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....

66,502 5,966   John Glen
John Glen
John Glen is a film director. He was born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England.He is best known for his work as a film editor, and director of the five James Bond movies of the 1980s:*For Your Eyes Only *Octopussy...

  Nick Radford
South Swindon CC 70,794 3,544   Robert Buckland
Robert Buckland
Robert James Buckland is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Swindon South, having won the seat from the Labour Party at the 2010 general election....

  Anne Snelgrove
South West Wiltshire CC 63,865 10,367   Andrew Murrison
Andrew Murrison
Dr Andrew William Murrison is a doctor and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. After serving as the Member of Parliament for Westbury from 2001 to 2010, at the 2010 general election he was elected for the new seat of South West Wiltshire.-Early life:The son of William Gordon...

  Trevor Carbin

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
NameChippenham CC
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

  • Devizes CC
    Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
    Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England....

  • North Swindon CC
  • North Wiltshire CC
    North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
    North Wiltshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was known as Chippenham.- Boundaries :As the name suggests, the constituency covers most of north Wiltshire...

  • Salisbury CC
    Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
    Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....

  • South Swindon CC
  • South West Wiltshire CC


  • Previous constituency boundaries
    NameDevizes CC
    Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
    Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England....

  • North Swindon CC
  • North Wiltshire CC
    North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
    North Wiltshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was known as Chippenham.- Boundaries :As the name suggests, the constituency covers most of north Wiltshire...

  • Salisbury CC
    Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
    Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....

  • South Swindon CC
  • Westbury CC
    Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)
    Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...


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