Melksham and Devizes (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Melksham and Devizes
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Elects Howmany:	One
Electorate:	71,823 (2023)^[1]
Mp:	Brian Mathew
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Region:	England
County:	Wiltshire
Towns:	Bradford-on-Avon, Devizes, Melksham
Previous:	Chippenham, Devizes, North Wiltshire

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]

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)
• 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.