South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South West Wiltshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of South West Wiltshire in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of Wiltshire within England | |
County | Wiltshire |
Electorate | 71,551 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
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]
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
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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, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
- The Wiltshire electoral divisions of: Ethandune; Hilperton; Mere; Southwick; Trowbridge Adcroft; Trowbridge Central; Trowbridge Drynham; Trowbridge Grove; Trowbridge Lambrok; Trowbridge Park; Trowbridge Paxcroft; Warminster Broadway; Warminster East; Warminster North & Rural; Warminster West; Westbury East; Westbury North; Westbury West; Wylye Valley.[3]
In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, Tisbury and the Nadder Valley will be transferred to Salisbury. The village of Hilperton will be added from Chippenham.
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
Election | Member[5] | Party | Notes | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Murrison[7] | 15,617 | 33.8 | –24.5 | |
Labour | Evelyn Akoto[8] | 12,374 | 26.8 | +5.3 | |
Reform UK | Garry Irvin[9] | 7,840 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Bret Palmer[10] | 7,205 | 15.6 | –0.9 | |
Green | Fay Whitfield[11] | 2,243 | 4.9 | +1.2 | |
Independent | James Ward[12] | 448 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Thomas Culshaw[13] | 441 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,243 | 7.0 | –29.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,168 | 64.5 | –1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 71,574 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –14.9 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result[14] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 27,546 | 58.3 | |
Labour | 10,168 | 21.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7,787 | 16.5 | |
Green | 1,736 | 3.7 | |
Turnout | 47,237 | 66.0 | |
Electorate | 71,551 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 33,038 | 60.2 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Emily Pomroy-Smith | 11,408 | 20.8 | −5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson | 8,015 | 14.6 | +4.8 | |
Green | Julie Phillips | 2,434 | 4.4 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 21,630 | 39.4 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,895 | 70.4 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 32,841 | 60.0 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Laura Pictor | 14,515 | 26.5 | +13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 5,360 | 9.8 | −0.8 | |
Green | Chris Walford | 1,445 | 2.6 | −3.2 | |
Independent | Liam Silcocks | 590 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,326 | 33.5 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,751 | 72.0 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 27,198 | 52.7 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Matthew Brown[18] | 9,030 | 17.5 | +12.0 | |
Labour | George Aylett | 6,948 | 13.5 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 5,482 | 10.6 | −19.9 | |
Green | Phil Randle | 2,985 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,168 | 35.2 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,643 | 70.7 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Murrison | 25,321 | 51.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Carbin | 14,954 | 30.5 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Rebecca Rennison | 5,613 | 11.5 | −5.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Cuthbert-Murray | 2,684 | 5.5 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Crispin Black | 446 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,367 | 21.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,018 | 68.4 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Wiltshire+South+West
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
- ^ General election results declared in Wiltshire
- ^ "Murrison readopted as Parliamentary Candidate". Andrew Murrison. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Evelyn Akoto [@evenor23] (15 May 2024). "I am excited & honoured to have been selected as Labour's Parliamentary candidate for South West Wiltshire. ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "South West Wiltshire Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Stand at the next general election". South West Green Party. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "General Election 12 December 2019 - Wiltshire Council". www.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Parliamentary elections 2017". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Results of Poll, South West Wiltshire". BBC News. 7 May 2010.
External links
- South West Wiltshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- South West Wiltshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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