Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Melksham and Devizes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election,^[3] when it was won by Brian Mathew of the Liberal Democrats. He defeated former Conservative cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, who had been MP for Chippenham from 2015 to 2024.

Boundaries

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.^[4]

It comprises the following areas:^[5]

• 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 2010s

2019 notional result[6]
Party		Vote	%
		32,227	57.8
		15,199	27.3
		6,686	12.0
		1,652	3.0
Turnout		55,764	77.6
Electorate		71,823

External links

• Melksham and Devizes UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West . Boundary Commission for England . 27 June 2024 . dmy .
2. News: 2022-11-09 . How Wiltshire constituency boundaries could change . 2024-02-26 . BBC News . en-GB.
3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-17 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
5. Web site: New Seat Details - Melksham and Devizes . 2024-02-26 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
6. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.