:Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Chippenham
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
|image2 = File:South West England - Chippenham constituency.svg
|caption2 = Boundary of Chippenham in South West England
|year = 2010
|abolished =
|previous = Westbury, North Wiltshire
|next =
|elects_howmany = One
|year2 = 1295
|abolished2 = 1983
|elects_howmany2 = One (two, 1295–1868)
|previous2 =
|next2 = North Wiltshire
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=27 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}
|towns = Chippenham, Calne, Royal Wootton Bassett, Corsham
|mp = Sarah Gibson
|party = Liberal Democrats
|region = England
|county = Wiltshire
|european = South West England
}}
Chippenham is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Sarah Gibson, a Liberal Democrat.{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} The 2024 constituency includes the Wiltshire towns of Calne, Chippenham, Corsham and Royal Wootton Bassett.
In May 2023, the incumbent Chippenham MP, Michelle Donelan, announced she would be standing for the new Melksham and Devizes constituency.{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=John |date=15 May 2023 |title=Wiltshire MP decides which seat to stand for after '50/50 split' |url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23518187.chippenham-mp-fight-melksham-devizes-seat-general-election |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=Wiltshire Times |language=en}} In July 2023, the local Conservative Association announced that their candidate for the new Chippenham constituency would be a local unitary councillor, Nic Puntis.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Tories reveal who will fight Wiltshire seat at next general election |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23650410.conservative-candidate-chippenham-seat-next-election-revealed/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Swindon Advertiser |language=en}}
History
A parliamentary borough of Chippenham was enfranchised in 1295. It sent two burgesses to Parliament until 1868 and one thereafter until the borough constituency was abolished in 1885. There was a county division constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire.
Following the 2003–2005 review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission created a new county constituency, reviving the name of Chippenham, effective from the 2010 general election. It was formed from parts of the previously existing Devizes, North Wiltshire and Westbury constituencies. Further boundary changes came into effect at the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
=Historical boundaries=
1295–1832: The parliamentary borough of Chippenham in the unreformed Parliament consisted of only part of the parish of Chippenham in Wiltshire. However, as Chippenham was a burgage borough, in which the right to vote was confined to the resident occupiers of specific properties, the boundary had no practical function. The borough had a population of 1,620 in 1831, for 283 houses.
1832–1885: The Boundary Act which accompanied the Great Reform Act extended the boundaries of the parliamentary borough, to include the whole of Chippenham parish, the adjoining parishes of Hardenhuish and Langley Burrell, as well as the extra-parochial district of Pewsham. This more than trebled the borough's population, to 5,270 by the 1831 figures, for 883 houses.
1885–1918: During this period, Wiltshire was split into five county divisions and one borough, of which The North-Western (or Chippenham) Division of Wiltshire was one; it was often colloquially referred to simply as either Chippenham or as North-West Wiltshire. It was bordered by the Cricklade division to the east, Westbury to the south and Devizes to the southeast. Over the county boundary were the Thornbury division of Gloucestershire to the west, the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire to the north and the Frome division of Somerset to the southwest.
The Chippenham division included the towns of Calne and Malmesbury as well as Chippenham, both of which had also been parliamentary boroughs in their own right before 1885. By the outbreak of World War I, the population of the constituency was about 45,000.
1918–1950: In 1918 Wiltshire was split into five divisions, but there was no borough constituency in the county. The Wiltshire, Chippenham division was expanded, taking in the towns of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, also former parliamentary boroughs, as well as the surrounding rural areas: in full, it was composed of the then Municipal Boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury, and the Rural Districts of Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett (part), and Tetbury (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire).
1950–1983: In the redistribution which took effect at the 1950 general election, Wiltshire was divided into one borough and four county constituencies. Chippenham County Constituency consisted of the same Municipal Boroughs as in 1918 and the Rural Districts of Calne and Chippenham, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Malmesbury.
1983–2010: Constituency replaced by North Wiltshire.{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) 2010}}|frame=yes|frame-width=250|text=Map of boundaries 2010–2024}}
2010–2024: The North Wiltshire wards of Cepen Park, Chippenham Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham Avon, Chippenham Hill Rise, Chippenham London Road, Chippenham Monkton Park, Chippenham Park, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Redland, Chippenham Westcroft/Queens, Corsham, Lacock with Neston and Gastard, and Pickwick, and the West Wiltshire wards of Atworth and Whitley, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, Holt, Manor Vale (i.e. Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall, Westwood and Winsley),{{Cite web |date=22 October 1999 |title=The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2926/made |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=legislation.gov.uk}} Melksham North, Melksham Spa, Melksham Without, Melksham Woodrow, Paxcroft.
The constituency was re-established as a result of increasing the number of seats in Wiltshire from six to seven. Chippenham and Corsham were transferred from North Wiltshire; Melksham from Devizes; and Bradford-on-Avon from Westbury.
= Current boundaries =
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following Wiltshire electoral divisions (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
Calne Central, Calne Chilvester & Abberd, Calne North, Calne Rural, Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads, Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon, Chippenham Hardenhuish, Chippenham Hardens & Central, Chippenham Lowden & Rowden, Chippenham Monkton, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Sheldon, Corsham Ladbrook, Corsham Pickwick, Corsham Without, Lyneham, Royal Wootton Bassett East, Royal Wootton Bassett North, and Royal Wootton Bassett South & West.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region}}
The constituency was realigned to retain Chippenham and Corsham, and gained most of Calne, Lyneham and Royal Wootton Bassett from the abolished North Wiltshire constituency. Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham became part of a new Melksham and Devizes constituency.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Chippenham |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Chippenham |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
Members of Parliament
=MPs 1295–1640=
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
=MPs 1640–1868=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| Year | First member{{Rayment-hc|c|4|date=March 2012}} | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"|Sir Edward HungerfordDied October 1648 | rowspan="2"| Parliamentarian
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | |||||
| November 1640
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Sir Edward Bayntun | rowspan="2"|Parliamentarian | |||||
| 1648
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | ||||||
| 1653
|colspan="6"|Chippenham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||||
| January 1659
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | |||||
| May 1659
|colspan="6"|Chippenham was unrepresented in the restored Rump | ||||||
| April 1660
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Edward Hungerford |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| April 1661
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="3"| Henry Bayntun |rowspan="3"| | ||||||
| July 1661
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| August 1661
| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="5"| Sir Edward Hungerford |rowspan="5"| | ||||||
| 1673
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| February 1679
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| August 1679
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1681
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| March 1685
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="3"| Henry Bayntun |rowspan="3"| | style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | Sharington Talbot, killed in duel, 1685 | | ||||||
| August 1685
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1689
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| February 1690
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="5"| Alexander Popham |rowspan="5"| | ||||||
| December 1690
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | Sir Basil FirebraceUnseated in 1691 and again in 1692 after being re-elected, as a result of election petitions | Tory | ||||||
| 1692
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1694
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1695
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="3"| Walter White |rowspan="3"| | ||||||
| 1698
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1701
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Viscount Mordaunt |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1702
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| May 1705
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="5"| Sir James Long |rowspan="5"| | ||||||
| November 1705
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1708
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1710
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | Joseph AsheOn petition, Ashe was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Popham, was declared elected in his place | | ||||||
| 1711
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1713
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="4"| Sir John EylesSucceeded to baronetcy, May 1716 |rowspan="4"| | style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1715
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1722
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1723
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1727
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Rogers Holland |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1734
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Richard Long |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1737
| rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="6"| Sir Edward Bayntun-RoltCreated a baronet, July 1762 |rowspan="6"| | ||||||
| 1741
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1754
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | Sir Samuel FludyerKnighted, September 1755; created a baronet, November 1759 | | ||||||
| 1768
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1769
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1774
| style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1780
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| Henry Dawkins |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background:white;"| | | ||||||
| 1783
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:white;"| |rowspan="2"| George Fludyer |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1784
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| James Dawkins |rowspan="3"| Tory{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=108–110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA108 |via=Google Books |access-date=18 August 2018 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608111918/https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA108 |url-status=live }} | ||||||
| 1802
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |Charles BrookeBrooke was initially declared elected in 1802, but on petition he was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Maitland, was declared elected in his place | Whig | ||||||
| 1803
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"|John Maitland |rowspan="3"| Tory | ||||||
| 1806
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||||
| 1807
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1812
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Charles Brooke |rowspan="2"| Whig | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1817
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1818
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1820
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||||
| 1826
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1830
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="5"| Joseph Neeld |rowspan="3"| Tory | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1831
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1832
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | Henry Fox Talbot | rowspan="2" | Whig | ||||||
| 1834
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||||
| 1835
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Henry George Boldero |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||||
| 1856
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||||
| 1859
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1865
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||||
| 1868
|colspan="6"| Representation reduced to one member |
=MPs 1868–1983=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{cite web|title=Chippenham 1660-1983|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/constituencies/chippenham|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=2 February 2015|archive-date=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624013217/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/constituencies/chippenham|url-status=live}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1868 | ||
| |1885
|colspan="2"| Borough constituency abolished – county division created | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1885 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1886 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1892 |rowspan="2"| Sir John Dickson-Poynder | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1910 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1922 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1924 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1979 | ||
| |1983
|colspan="2"| Constituency abolished |
=MPs since 2010=
The Chippenham name was revived in 2010 for the new constituency that includes Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| 2010 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 2015 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| 2024 |
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Chippenham{{Cite news |title=Chippenham results |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001168|access-date=4 July 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sarah Gibson|votes=22,552|percentage=45.5|change= +15.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nic Puntis|votes=14,414|percentage=29.1|change=-27.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Benjamin Ginsburg|votes=6,127|percentage=12.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ravi Venkatesh|votes=3,925|percentage=7.9|change=-3.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Declan Baseley|votes=1,954|percentage=3.9|change=+2.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Ed Deedigan|votes=540|percentage=1.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority|votes=8,138|percentage=16.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=49,557|percentage=68.4|change=-2.1}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=72,492}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +21.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 28,485 | align=right| 56.4 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 15,285 | align=right| 30.3 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 5,896 | align=right| 11.7 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green | align=right| 853 | align=right| 1.7 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|50,519 |align=right|70.5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|71,648 |
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Chippenham{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000635 |title=Chippenham parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |work=BBC News |date= |accessdate=2022-02-21 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510222846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000635 |url-status=live }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Michelle Donelan
|votes= 30,994
|percentage= 54.3
|change= -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Helen Belcher
|votes=19,706
|percentage=34.5
|change=+8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Martha Anachury
|votes=6,399
|percentage=11.2
|change=-8.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=11,288
|percentage=19.8
|change=-9.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=57,099
|percentage=73.9
|change=-0.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -4.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Chippenham{{Cite web |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/Results/Location/Constituency/Chippenham/ |title=Chippenham (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results - UK Parliament |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509111542/https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/Results/Location/Constituency/Chippenham/ |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michelle Donelan|votes=31,267|percentage=54.7|change=+7.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Helen Belcher|votes=14,637|percentage=25.6|change=−3.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andy Newman|votes=11,236|percentage=19.7|change=+11.5}}
{{Election box majority|votes=16,630|percentage=29.1|change=+10.9}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=57,140|percentage=74.8|change=+0.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2015: Chippenham{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://elections.wiltshire.gov.uk/Home/Division/1211|title=Chippenham | Parliamentary on Thursday 7 May 2015 | Wiltshire Council|website=elections.wiltshire.gov.uk|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806211234/https://elections.wiltshire.gov.uk/Home/Division/1211|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michelle Donelan{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chippenham-2015.html|title=UK ELECTION RESULTS|work=electionresults.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=26 November 2014|archive-date=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218023437/http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chippenham-2015.html|url-status=live}}
|votes = 26,354
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Duncan Hames|votes=16,278|percentage=29.4|change=−16.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Julia Reid{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-32249760|title=New store plan divides candidates|work=BBC News|date=April 11, 2015|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725071149/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-32249760|url-status=live}}|votes=5,884|percentage=10.6|change=+7.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andy Newman{{cite web|url=http://socialistunity.com/andy-newman-labour-candidate-chippenham/|title=Socialist Unity|access-date=11 October 2013|archive-date=12 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012070455/http://socialistunity.com/andy-newman-labour-candidate-chippenham/|url-status=usurped}}|votes=4,561|percentage=8.2|change=+1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Tina Johnston{{cite web |url=http://kennetnorthwilts.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/02/08/green-party-candidates-chippenham-and-devizes-constituencies/ |title=Press release: Green Party announces new candidates for Chippenham and Devizes constituencies |date=8 February 2015 |publisher=Kennet and North Wiltshire Green Party |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=12 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212005206/http://kennetnorthwilts.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/02/08/green-party-candidates-chippenham-and-devizes-constituencies/ |url-status=live }}|votes=2,330|percentage=4.2|change=+3.3}}
{{Election box majority|votes=10,076|percentage=18.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=55,407|percentage=74.7|change=+2.0}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing = +11.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title=General election 2010: Chippenham{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b07.stm |title=BBC – Election 2010 – Chippenham |work=BBC News |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704093634/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b07.stm |url-status=live }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Duncan Hames
|votes = 23,970
|percentage = 45.8
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones|votes=21,500|percentage=41.0|change=+3.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Greg Lovell|votes=3,620|percentage=6.9|change=-9.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Julia Reid|votes=1,783|percentage=3.4|change=+0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Michael Simpkins|votes=641|percentage=1.2|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Samantha Fletcher|votes=446|percentage=0.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats Party|candidate=John Maguire|votes=307|percentage=0.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Christian Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Sexton|votes=118|percentage=0.2|change=New}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,470|percentage=4.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=52,385|percentage=72.7|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1979: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Needham
|votes = 29,308
|percentage = 49.19
|change = +6.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Ronald EJ Banks|votes=24,611|percentage=41.30|change=+2.00}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Catherine LB Inchley|votes=5,146|percentage=8.64|change=-9.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Ecology Party (UK)|candidate=Bert Pettit|votes=521|percentage=0.87|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,697|percentage=7.89|change=+4.62}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=59,586|percentage=79.96|change=+1.36}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election October 1974: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Awdry|votes=22,721|percentage=42.57|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Ronald EJ Banks|votes=20,972|percentage=39.30|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Co-operative|candidate=John Whiles|votes=9,396|percentage=17.61|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = United Democrat
|candidate = EJ John
|votes = 278
|percentage = 0.52
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,749|percentage=3.27|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 53,089|percentage=78.65|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election February 1974: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Awdry|votes=24,645|percentage=44.33|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Ronald EJ Banks|votes=21,553|percentage=38.77|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Whiles|votes=9,395|percentage=16.90|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,092|percentage=5.56|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 55,593|percentage=82.64|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1970: Chippenham[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i05.htm UK General Election results 1970] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811175535/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i05.htm |date=2011-08-11 }} Political Science Resources
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Awdry|votes=24,371|percentage=49.73|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Wingfield|votes=13,833|percentage=28.22|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Eddie|votes=10,807|percentage=22.05|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=10,538|percentage=21.51|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=49,010|percentage=77.42|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1966: Chippenham[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i05.htm UK General Election results March 1966] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214817/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i05.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} Political Science Resources
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Awdry|votes=18,275|percentage=39.63|change=−0.82}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Walter Layton|votes=17,581|percentage=38.13|change=+1.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Giles Radice|votes=10,257|percentage=22.24|change=−0.31}}
{{Election box majority||votes=694|percentage=1.50|change=−1.95}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=46,113|percentage=84.28|change= +3.13}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.98
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1964: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Awdry|votes=18,089|percentage=40.45|change=+3.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Walter Layton|votes=16,546|percentage=37.00|change=+4.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Giles Radice|votes=10,086|percentage=22.55|change=−6.58}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,543|percentage=3.45|change=−0.90}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=44,721|percentage=81.15|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.45
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1962 Chippenham by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Awdry
|votes = 13,439
|percentage = 36.81
|change = −15.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Walter Layton
|votes = 11,851
|percentage = 32.46
|change = +15.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert W Portus
|votes = 10,633
|percentage = 29.13
|change = −1.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = K Jerrome
|votes = 260
|percentage = 0.71
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = J Naylor
|votes = 237
|percentage = 0.65
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = M Smith
|votes = 88
|percentage = 0.24
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,588
|percentage = 4.35
|change = −16.73
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,508
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −15.39
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin||title=General election 1959: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Eccles|votes=21,696|percentage=52.07|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Robert W Portus|votes=12,911|percentage=30.99|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=John Hall|votes=7,059|percentage=16.94|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=8,785|percentage=21.08|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 41,666|percentage=80.25|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1955: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Eccles|votes=20,847|percentage=51.73|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William J Smith|votes=14,152|percentage=35.12|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Arthur Rossi Braybrooke|votes=5,298|percentage=13.15|change= New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,695|percentage=16.61|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 40,297|percentage=80.15|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1951: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Eccles|votes=22,601|percentage=56.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dengar R Evans|votes=17,723|percentage=43.95|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,878|percentage=12.10|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 40,324|percentage=81.43|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title= General election 1950: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Eccles|votes=17,845|percentage=44.33|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Geoffrey Drain|votes=13,748|percentage=34.15|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Wilfred Greville Collins|votes=8,661|percentage=21.52|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,097|percentage=10.18|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 40,254|percentage=83.00|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1940s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1945: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Eccles|votes=15,889|percentage=42.6|change= -10.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Tomlinson|votes=11,866|percentage=31.8|change= +19.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Donald Johnson|votes=9,547|percentage=25.6|change= -8.9}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,023|percentage=10.8|change= -8.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 37,302|percentage=69.8|change= -7.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1943 Chippenham by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Eccles
|votes = 8,310
|percentage = 50.6
|change = −2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = Donald Johnson
|votes = 8,115
|percentage = 49.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 195
|percentage = 1.2
|change = −17.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,425
|percentage = 41.4
|change = −36.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1930s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1935: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Victor Cazalet|votes=15,370|percentage=53.3|change=−3.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Arthur Stanton|votes=9,949|percentage=34.5|change=−1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Robert Robins|votes=3,527|percentage=12.2|change=+5.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,421|percentage=18.8|change=−2.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 28,846|percentage=77.5|change=−6.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1931: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Victor Cazalet|votes=17,232|percentage=56.8|change=+10.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Seymour Howard|votes=10,928|percentage=36.0|change=−4.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Robert Robins|votes=2,194|percentage=7.2|change=−5.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,304|percentage=20.8|change=+14.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 30,354|percentage=83.7|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1920s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1929: ChippenhamBritish parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=Victor Cazalet|votes=13,550|percentage=46.6|change=−8.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Felix Brunner|votes=11,819|percentage=40.6|change=+4.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Robert Robins|votes=3,717|percentage=12.8|change= New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,731|percentage=6.0|change=−3.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 29,086|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = −6.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1924: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=Victor Cazalet|votes=13,227|percentage=54.6|change=+6.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Alfred Bonwick|votes=11,015|percentage=45.4|change=−6.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,212|percentage=9.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 24,242|percentage=83.2|change=+1.6}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +6.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1923: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Alfred Bonwick|votes=11,953|percentage=51.7|change=+3.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=Victor Cazalet|votes=11,156|percentage=48.3|change=+2.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes=797|percentage=3.4|change=+1.1}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 23,109|percentage=81.6|change=+3.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1922: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Alfred Bonwick|votes=10,494|percentage=48.6|change=+19.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=George Terrell|votes=10,006|percentage=46.3|change=−6.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Robert Roberts|votes=1,098|percentage=5.1|change=−12.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=488|percentage=2.3|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 21,598|percentage=78.0|change=+16.7}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +13.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1918: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = George Terrell
|votes = 8,786
|percentage = 53.1
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Albert Bennett|votes=4,839|percentage=29.2|change=−20.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Reuben George|votes=2,939|percentage=17.7|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,947|percentage=23.9|change=+23.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=16,564|percentage=61.3|change=−28.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +11.9
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
A general election was expected to take place in 1914/15. The following were to be candidates;
- George Terrell (Unionist)
- Harold Gorst (Liberal)
{{Election box begin | title=General election December 1910: Chippenham{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=George Terrell|votes=4,141|percentage=50.1|change=−1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Bryan Freeman|votes=4,117|percentage=49.9|change=+1.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=24|percentage=0.2|change=−3.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,258|percentage=90.0|change=−2.9}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,175
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
A petition was lodged in relation to the December 1910 election, but this was later withdrawn after a recount, resulting in the above numbers. The original count had placed the Conservatives with 4,139 votes and the Liberals with 4,113 votes.
{{Election box begin | title=General election January 1910: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=George Terrell|votes=4,408|percentage=51.7|change=+14.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Cecil Beck|votes=4,120|percentage=48.3|change=−14.1}}
{{Election box majority||votes=288|percentage=3.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,528|percentage=92.9|change=+3.4}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,175
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +14.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dickson-Poynder
|votes = 4,937
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +16.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. R. Randolph
|votes = 2,971
|percentage = 37.6
|change = −16.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,966
|percentage = 24.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,908
|percentage = 89.5
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,838
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +16.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dickson-Poynder
|votes = 3,863
|percentage = 54.1
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Thornton
|votes = 3,278
|percentage = 45.9
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 585
|percentage = 8.2
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,141
|percentage = 84.5
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,446
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dickson-Poynder
|votes = 3,898
|percentage = 53.5
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Thornton
|votes = 3,390
|percentage = 46.5
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 508
|percentage = 7.0
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,288
|percentage = 87.9
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,291
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dickson-Poynder
|votes = 3,684
|percentage = 51.6
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
|votes = 3,455
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 229
|percentage = 3.2
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,139
|percentage = 78.5
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,089
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Brudenell-Bruce
|votes = 3,657
|percentage = 54.0
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Banister Fletcher
|votes = 3,120
|percentage = 46.0
|change = −6.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 537
|percentage = 8.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,777
|percentage = 76.6
|change = −7.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,853
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +6.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Banister Fletcher
|votes = 3,880
|percentage = 52.1
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Somerset
|votes = 3,574
|percentage = 47.9
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 306
|percentage = 4.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,454
|percentage = 84.2
|change = −6.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,853
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1880: Chippenham{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gabriel Goldney
|votes = 478
|percentage = 51.2
|change = −12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Butler{{cite news|title=District Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18800318/042/0007|access-date=25 November 2017|work=Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette|date=18 Mar 1880|page=7}}
|votes = 455
|percentage = 48.8
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23
|percentage = 2.4
|change = −24.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 933
|percentage = 90.5
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,031
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −12.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1874: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gabriel Goldney
|votes = 530
|percentage = 63.5
|change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Handel Cossham{{cite news|title=The New Parliament|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000173/18740207/011/0005|access-date=28 December 2017|work=Leicester Chronicle|date=7 February 1874|page=5|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}
|votes = 304
|percentage = 36.5
|change = −9.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 226
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +19.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 834
|percentage = 85.2
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 979
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +9.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1868: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gabriel Goldney
|votes = 418
|percentage = 53.8
|change = −16.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Young
|votes = 359
|percentage = 46.2
|change = +16.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 59
|percentage = 7.6
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 777
|percentage = 79.9
|change = −16.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 972
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −16.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
Seat reduced to one member
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1865: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
|votes = 208
|percentage = 35.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gabriel Goldney
|votes = 201
|percentage = 34.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Lysley
|votes = 172
|percentage = 29.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 5.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 377 (est)
|percentage = 96.0 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 392
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1859: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Penruddocke Long
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Lysley
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 387
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1857: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
|votes = 174
|percentage = 38.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Parry Nisbet
|votes = 150
|percentage = 32.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William John Lysley
|votes = 132
|percentage = 28.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18
|percentage = 4.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 294 (est)
|percentage = 88.0 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 334
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 9 April 1856: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Parry Nisbet
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Caused by Neeld's death.
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1852: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 300
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1847: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 303
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 14 September 1841: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Caused by Boldero's appointment as Clerk of the Ordnance
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1841: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
|votes = 165
|percentage = 42.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
|votes = 128
|percentage = 32.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William John Lysley
|votes = 96
|percentage = 24.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 32
|percentage = 8.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 228
|percentage = 85.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 267
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1837: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 239
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1835: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 217
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1832: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
|votes = 139
|percentage = 44.7
|change = −35.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Fox Talbot
|votes = 132
|percentage = 42.4
|change = +32.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Thomas Mayne
|votes = 40
|percentage = 12.9
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7
|percentage = 2.3
|change = −8.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 183
|percentage = 88.0
|change = {{circa|+8.2}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 208
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = −35.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Tories (British political party)
|swing = +25.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1831: Chippenham{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Chippenham |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/chippenham |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=31 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231180041/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/chippenham |url-status=live }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
|votes = 96
|percentage = 49.2
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Henry George Boldero
|votes = 60
|percentage = 30.8
|change = −7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Fox Talbot
|votes = 39
|percentage = 20.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21
|percentage = 10.8
|change = −15.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 103
|percentage = {{circa|79.8}}
|change = {{circa|+20.1}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = {{circa|129}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1830: Chippenham
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Joseph Neeld
|votes = 76
|percentage = 50.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Philip Pusey
|votes = 58
|percentage = 38.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No label
|candidate = John George Henry Pownall
|votes = 18
|percentage = 11.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40
|percentage = 26.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 77
|percentage = {{circa|59.7}}
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = {{circa|129}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Sources
{{Refbegin}}
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
- Robert Beatson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament] (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1 Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803] (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Frederic A Youngs Jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)
{{Refend}}
External links
- [http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379946/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Chippenham] — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070113072146/http://www.wilfredej.com/ Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones], Conservative PPC pre-campaign website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100504112458/http://www.duncanhames.org.uk/ Duncan Hames], Liberal Democrat PPC pre-campaign website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100125181830/http://greg4chippenham.co.uk/ Greg Lovell], Labour PPC pre-campaign website
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65940.html Chippenham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168805.html Chippenham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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