South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South West Wiltshire is a constituency[note 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Murrison, a Conservative, since its creation in 2010.[note 2]

South West Wiltshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South West Wiltshire in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election
Location of Wiltshire within England
County	Wiltshire
Electorate	72,820 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Westbury, Salisbury

History

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies tasked to the Boundary Commission, by which Parliament increased the number of seats in the county from six to seven.[2]

The previous Westbury constituency was abolished: the northern part (including the town of Bradford-on-Avon) was transferred to the reinstated Chippenham seat, and the southern part (including the towns of Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury) formed the bulk of this constituency, which to complete it, received a minority of wards from the Salisbury seat.

Boundaries

The former District of West Wiltshire wards of Dilton Marsh, Ethandune, Mid Wylye Valley, Shearwater, Southwick and Wingfield, Summerham, Trowbridge Adcroft, Trowbridge College, Trowbridge Drynham, Trowbridge John of Gaunt, Trowbridge Park, Warminster East, Warminster West, Westbury Ham, and Westbury Laverton, and the former District of Salisbury wards of Donhead, Fonthill and Nadder, Knoyle, Tisbury and Fovant, and Western and Mere.

Constituency profile

Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party	Notes
	2010	Andrew Murrison	Conservative	Surgeon Commander (RN), retired 2000; Minister of State for International Development and the Middle East since May 2019

Elections

For the approximate comparator before 2010, as the main predecessor seat, see Westbury.

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South West Wiltshire[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Murrison	33,038	60.2	+ 0.2
	Labour	Emily Pomroy-Smith	11,408	20.8	- 5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Nicholson	8,015	14.6	+ 4.8
	Green	Julie Phillips	2,434	4.4	+ 1.8
Majority			21,630	39.4	+ 5.9
Turnout			54,895	70.4	- 1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+ 3.0

General election 2017: South West Wiltshire[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Murrison	32,841	60.0	+7.3
	Labour	Laura Pictor	14,515	26.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Carbin	5,360	9.8	-0.8
	Green	Chris Walford	1,445	2.6	-3.1
	Independent	Liam Silcocks	590	1.1	N/A
Majority			18,326	33.5	-1.7
Turnout			54,751	72.0	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

General election 2015: South West Wiltshire[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Murrison	27,198	52.7	+1.0
	UKIP	Matthew Brown[8]	9,030	17.5	+12.0
	Labour	George Aylett	6,948	13.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Carbin	5,482	10.6	-19.9
	Green	Phil Randle	2,985	5.8	+5.8
Majority			18,168	35.2	+14.1
Turnout			51,643	70.7	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: South West Wiltshire[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Murrison	25,321	51.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Carbin	14,954	30.5	+0.3
	Labour	Rebecca Rennison	5,613	11.5	-5.7
	UKIP	Michael Cuthbert-Murray	2,684	5.5	+2.0
	Independent	Crispin Black	446	0.9	+0.9
Majority			10,367	21.2	N/A
Turnout			49,018	68.4	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
2. As with all constituencies, South West Wiltshire elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Wiltshire". Boundary Commission for England. 20 November 2002. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
3. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
5. "General Election 12 December 2019 - Wiltshire Council". www.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
6. "Parliamentary elections 2017". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
7. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "UK Polling Report".
9. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
10. "Results of Poll, South West Wiltshire". BBC News. 7 May 2010.