Swindon North (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Swindon North

|parliament = uk

|map1 =

|map2 =

|map_entity =

|map_year =

|year = 1997

|coord = {{Coord|51.559|-1.782|type:city(50000)_region:GB-SWD|display=title}}

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Swindon

|next =

|electorate = 72,163 (2023){{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-west/#lg_swindon-north-cc-72163

|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=29 June 2024

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|mp = Will Stone

|party = Labour

|region = England

|county = Wiltshire

|european = South West England

|towns = Swindon (part), Highworth

|image2=File:South West England - Swindon North constituency.svg|caption2=Boundary of Swindon North in South West England}}

Swindon North is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Will Stone, a Labour politician.{{#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}}

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was formally renamed from North Swindon to Swindon North, and first contested at the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West |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=2023-08-02 |website=Boundary Commission for England}}

History

North Swindon was created in 1997 and has been a bellwether since then. However, during the 2010s, the Conservatives won the constituency by much higher numbers than their national popular vote margin.

Boundaries

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/North Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=200|text=Map of boundaries 2010-2024}}

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Swindon North (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=200|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}

1997–2010: The Borough of Thamesdown wards of Blunsdon, Covingham, Gorse Hill, Haydon Wick, Highworth, Moredon, St Margaret, St Philip, Western, and Whitworth, and the District of North Wiltshire ward of Cricklade.

The seat's boundaries encompassed an area that before its creation made up parts of the former Swindon constituency and pre-1997 versions of North Wiltshire and Devizes.

2010–2024: The Borough of Swindon wards of Abbey Meads, Blunsdon and Highworth, Covingham and Nythe, Gorse Hill and Pinehurst, Haydon Wick, Moredon, Penhill, St Margaret, St Philip, and Western.

In the 2010 boundary changes, the town of Cricklade became part of the North Wiltshire constituency while this seat acquired parts of the South Swindon constituency.

2024–present: 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 (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The Borough of Swindon wards of: Blunsdon and Highworth; Gorse Hill and Pinehurst; Haydon Wick; Penhill and Upper Stratton; Priory Vale; Rodbourne Cheney; St. Andrews; St. Margaret and South Marston.{{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}}

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range and align with revised ward boundaries, the districts of Covingham and Nythe were transferred to Swindon South.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers a northern part of central Swindon and its northern suburbs (the civil parish of Central Swindon North), and extends northward to take in Blunsdon, the market town of Highworth and the rural parishes surrounding that town.

North Swindon has an electorate of 79,488 ({{As of|2010|lc=y}}), the majority of whom live in the suburbs or close to Swindon's town centre. In 2001, 52.9% of homes were into the categories of semi-detached or detached in the Swindon Local Authority area; after a 5.0% increase in flats/apartments in 2011, this figure had fallen slightly to 50.3%. In the same period, those registered unemployed rose from 2.5% to 4.2% and those self-employed rose from 6.2% to 7.8%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|title=2011 census interactive maps|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|archive-date=29 January 2016}} In 2010, the unemployment rate for Swindon South was 2.6%, compared to 3.5% in Swindon North. This is one indicator of social deprivation and compares to a rate of 11.0% in 2010 in Birmingham Ladywood, the constituency with the highest rate nationally.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics "Unemployment claimants by constituency"], The Guardian, 17 November 2010

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member{{Rayment-hc\|s\|6\|date=March 2012}} !Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1997 \| Michael Wills \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \| 2010 \| Justin Tomlinson \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| 2024 \| Will Stone \| Labour

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member{{Rayment-hc|s|6|date=March 2012}}

!Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1997

| Michael Wills

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 2010

| Justin Tomlinson

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| 2024

| Will Stone

| Labour

Elections

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Swindon North[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001536 Swindon North] }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Will Stone|votes=17,930|percentage=40.6|change=+10.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Justin Tomlinson|votes=13,827|percentage=31.3|change=–27.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Les Willis|votes=7,557|percentage=17.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Andy Bentley|votes=2,366|percentage=5.4|change=+2.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Flo Clucas|votes=2,086|percentage=4.7|change=–3.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Debbie Hicks|votes=260|percentage=0.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Scott Hunter|votes=139|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=4,103|percentage=9.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=44,165|percentage=60.3|change=–5.4}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 73,238

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}}19.3

}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

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 \|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}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 27,719	align=right\| 58.5
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 14,469	align=right\| 30.5
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,744	align=right\| 7.9
{{party color cell\|Green Party of England and Wales}} \| Green	align=right\| 1,449	align=right\| 3.1
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2"\|Turnout \|align=right\|47,381 \|align=right\|65.7
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|72,163

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2019: North Swindon{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3650/election/397|title=Election result for North Swindon|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=20 March 2025}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Justin Tomlinson

|votes=32,584

|percentage=59.1

|change=+5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Kate Linnegar

|votes=16,413

|percentage=29.8

|change=–8.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Katie Critchlow

|votes=4,408

|percentage=8.0

|change=+4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Andy Bentley

|votes=1,710

|percentage=3.1

|change=+1.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,171

|percentage = 29.3

|change = +14.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 55,115

|percentage = 66.9

|change = –1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.1

}}

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2017: North Swindon{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1063|title=Election for the constituency of North Swindon|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=20 March 2025}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Justin Tomlinson

|votes = 29,431

|percentage = 53.6

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Dempsey

|votes = 21,096

|percentage = 38.4

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Liz Webster

|votes = 1,962

|percentage = 3.6

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UKIP

|candidate = Steve Halden

|votes = 1,564

|percentage = 2.8

|change = –12.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Andy Bentley

|votes = 858

|percentage = 1.6

|change = –1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,335

|percentage = 15.2

|change = –7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,911

|percentage = 68.5

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = –3.65

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: North Swindon{{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 news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000851|title=Swindon North parliamentary constituency – Election 2017|publisher=BBC News}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Justin Tomlinson

|votes = 26,295

|percentage = 50.3

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Dempsey

|votes = 14,509

|percentage = 27.8

|change = –2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = James Faulkner

|votes = 8,011

|percentage = 15.3

|change = +11.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Poppy Hebden-Leeder

|votes = 1,723

|percentage = 3.3

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Janet Ellard

|votes = 1,704

|percentage = 3.3

|change = –13.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,786

|percentage = 22.5

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,242

|percentage = 64.5

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: North Swindon{{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/d25.stm|title=Election 2010 – Constituency – Swindon North |publisher=BBC News}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Justin Tomlinson

|votes = 22,408

|percentage = 44.6

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Agarwal

|votes = 15,348

|percentage = 30.5

|change = –14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jane Lock

|votes = 8,668

|percentage = 17.2

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Stephen Halden

|votes = 1,842

|percentage = 3.7

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Reg Bates

|votes = 1,542

|percentage = 3.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Bill Hughes

|votes = 487

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,060

|percentage = 14.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,295

|percentage = 64.2

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +10.1

}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: North Swindon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Wills

|votes = 19,612

|percentage = 43.7

|change = –9.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Justin Tomlinson

|votes = 17,041

|percentage = 38.0

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mike Evemy

|votes = 6,831

|percentage = 15.2

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Robert Tingey

|votes = 998

|percentage = 2.2

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Green Unity Coalition

|candidate = Andy Newman

|votes = 208

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ernest Reynolds

|votes = 195

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,571

|percentage = 5.7

|change = –13.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,885

|percentage = 61.0

|change = {{nochange}}0.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = –6.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: North Swindon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Wills

|votes = 22,371

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Nick Martin

|votes = 14,266

|percentage = 33.7

|change = –0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David Nation

|votes = 4,891

|percentage = 11.6

|change = –1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Brian Lloyd

|votes = 800

|percentage = 1.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,105

|percentage = 19.2

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,328

|percentage = 61.0

|change = –12.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: North Swindon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Wills

|votes = 24,029

|percentage = 49.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Guy Opperman

|votes = 16,341

|percentage = 33.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mike Evemy

|votes = 6,237

|percentage = 12.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Gillian Goldsmith

|votes = 1,533

|percentage = 3.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Alexander Fisken

|votes = 130

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,688

|percentage = 16.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,270

|percentage = 73.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13270.html North Swindon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65760.html North Swindon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168803.html Swindon North UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997

Category:Politics of the Borough of Swindon

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 \|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}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 27,719	align=right\| 58.5
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 14,469	align=right\| 30.5
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,744	align=right\| 7.9
{{party color cell\|Green Party of England and Wales}} \| Green	align=right\| 1,449	align=right\| 3.1
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2"\|Turnout \|align=right\|47,381 \|align=right\|65.7
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|72,163

Swindon North (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Boundaries

Constituency profile

Members of Parliament

Elections

= Elections in the 2020s =

=Elections in the 2010s=

=Elections in the 2000s=

=Elections in the 1990s=

See also

Notes

References

External links