Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency|name=Melksham and Devizes|parliament=uk|year=2024|abolished=|type=County|elects_howmany=One|next=
|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
}}
|mp= Brian Mathew
|party= Liberal Democrats
|region=England|county=Wiltshire|towns=Bradford-on-Avon, Devizes, Melksham|previous=Chippenham, Devizes, North Wiltshire|image2=File:South West England - Melksham and Devizes constituency.svg|caption2=Boundary of Melksham and Devizes in South West England}}Melksham and Devizes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-09 |title=How Wiltshire constituency boundaries could change |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-63561333 |access-date=2024-02-26 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election,{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-west/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}} when it was won by Brian Mathew of the Liberal Democrats. He defeated Conservative former cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, who had been MP for Chippenham from 2015 to 2024.
Boundaries
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}
The constituency is composed of the following electoral districts of Wiltshire (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
- Bowerhill; Box & Colerne; Bradford-on-Avon North; Bradford-on-Avon South; Bromham, Rowde & Roundway; Calne South; Devizes East; Devizes North; Devizes Rural West; Devizes South; Holt; Melksham East; Melksham Forest; Melksham South; Melksham Without North & Shurnhold; Melksham Without West & Rural; The Lavingtons; Urchfont & Bishops Cannings; Winsley & Westwood.{{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}}
It comprises the following areas:{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Melksham and Devizes |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Melksham+and+Devizes |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
- The towns of Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon, transferred from Chippenham
- The town of Devizes, transferred from the constituency of Devizes (the majority of which was incorporated into the new constituency of East Wiltshire)
- Rural parishes east of Trowbridge, transferred from South West Wiltshire
- The wards of Box and Colerne, and Calne South, transferred from the abolished North Wiltshire constituency
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Melksham and Devizes{{Cite web |title=Melksham and Devizes |date=5 July 2024 |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/melksham-and-devizes-397 |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Sky News}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Brian Mathew{{Cite web |title=Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates |url= https://www.markpack.org.uk/167842/liberal-democrat-prospective-parliamentary-candidates/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=Mark Pack}}|votes=20,031|percentage=39.1|change=+11.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michelle Donelan{{Cite web |title= Chippenham MP to fight Melksham & Devizes seat at general election |date= 15 May 2023 |url= https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23518187.chippenham-mp-fight-melksham-devizes-seat-general-election/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=Wiltshire Times}}|votes=17,630|percentage=34.4|change=-23.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Malcolm Cupis{{Cite web |title=Melksham and Devizes Constituency |url= https://www.reformparty.uk/melksham-and-devizes-constituency |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=Reform UK}}|votes=6,726|percentage=13.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kerry Postlewhite {{Cite web |title=Melksham and Devizes Constituency X Announcement|url=https://x.com/kerryp_labour?s=11&t=Z23-GzWZqibwoV7wr8dEIA |access-date=6 April 2024 |publisher=X}}|votes=4,587|percentage=9.0|change=-3.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Catherine Read{{Cite web |title=Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election |date=17 September 2023 |url= https://bright-green.org/2023/09/17/full-list-of-all-green-party-candidates-at-the-next-election/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=Bright Green}}|votes=2,229|percentage=4.4|change=+1.4}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,401|percentage=4.7|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=51,203|percentage=71.1|change=-6.5}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=71,999}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+17.7|}}
{{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| 32,227 | align=right| 57.8 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 15,199 | align=right| 27.3 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 6,686 | align=right| 12.0 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green | align=right| 1,652 | align=right| 3.0 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|55,764 |align=right|77.6 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|71,823 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168806.html Melksham and Devizes UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Constituencies in South West England}}
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024