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North Wiltshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by James Gray, a Conservative.[n 2] In the period 1832–1983, this was an alternative name for Chippenham or the Northern Division of Wiltshire and as Chippenham dates to the original countrywide Parliament, the Model Parliament, this period is covered in more detail in that article. In 2016 it was announced that the North Wiltshire constituency would be scrapped as part of the planned 2018 Constituency Reforms.^{[citation needed]}

North Wiltshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Wiltshire in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election
Location of Wiltshire within England
County	Wiltshire
Electorate	67,154 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Calne, Royal Wootton Bassett, Cricklade, Malmesbury
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	James Gray (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Chippenham
1832–1885
Replaced by	Cricklade Chippenham Devizes Westbury

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Chippenham, North Damerham, Bradford, Melksham, Potterne and Cannings, Calne, Selkley, Ramsbury, Whorwelsdown, Swanborough, Highworth, Cricklade and Staple, Kingsbridge, and Malmesbury.[2]

1983–1997: The District of North Wiltshire.

1997–2010: The District of North Wiltshire wards of Allington, Ashton Keynes, Audley, Avon, Box, Bremhill, Brinkworth, Colerne, Corsham, Crudwell, Hill Rise, Hilmarton, Kington Langley, Kington St Michael, Lacock, Lyneham, Malmesbury, Malmesbury Road, Minety, Monkton Park, Neston and Gastard, Nettleton, Park, Pickwick, Purton, Queen's, Redland, St Paul Malmesbury Without, Sherston, Somerford, The Lydiards, Town, Westcroft, Wootton Bassett North, and Wootton Bassett South.

2010–present: The District of North Wiltshire wards of Ashton Keynes and Minety, Box, Bremhill, Brinkworth and The Somerfords, Calne Abberd, Calne Chilvester, Calne Lickhill, Calne Marden, Calne Priestley, Calne Quemerford, Calne Without, Colerne, Cricklade, Hilmarton, Kington Langley, Kington St Michael, Lyneham, Malmesbury, Nettleton, Purton, St Paul Malmesbury Without and Sherston, The Lydiards and Broad Town, Wootton Bassett North, and Wootton Bassett South.

The constituency covers most of the northern third of Wiltshire. However it excludes the eastern town of Swindon which is represented as North Swindon and South Swindon.

North Wiltshire constituency was formed by a renaming for the 1983 general election, with boundaries identical to the former Chippenham constituency (1885–1983).[3] The constituency sits between the Cotswolds and Swindon. Its main towns are Calne, Royal Wootton Bassett (a town which was a borough constituency until abolished as a 'rotten borough' in 1832), Cricklade and Malmesbury, and it also contains a number of villages, both small and large, spread over a large area of farming countryside, including the well-known (often-painted and photographed) village of Castle Combe.

For the 2010 general election the North Wiltshire constituency changed radically as a result of boundary change recommendations. The constituency now covers a northern swathe of the previous version retaining the towns of Malmesbury, Cricklade, Royal Wootton Bassett and Calne[n 3] while the largest southern town of Chippenham was given its own seat (which was previously abolished in 1983) that brought in the nearby market towns of Bradford on Avon and Melksham including parts of other seats.[4]

While North Wiltshire has a long history of returning Conservative candidates, its district council (created in 1973 and abolished in 2009) was closely contested between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats with many electoral wards being marginal.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st member[5]		1st party		2nd party
1832		Paul Methuen	Whig[6]	Sir John Astley, Bt	Whig[6]
1835		Paul Methuen	Whig[6]	Walter Long	Whig[6]
1837		Francis Burdett	Conservative[6]		Whig[6]
1841		Francis Burdett	Conservative[6]		Conservative[6]
February 1844		T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative[6]
March 1865		Lord Charles Bruce	Liberal
1865				Richard Penruddocke Long	Conservative
1868				George Jenkinson	Conservative
1874		George Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative	George Jenkinson	Conservative
1880		George Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative	Walter Long	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished; see Chippenham constituency

MPs since 1983

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1983	Richard Needham	Conservative
	1997	James Gray	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North Wiltshire[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	32,373	59.1	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Mathew	14,747	26.9	9.2
	Labour	Jonathan Fisher	5,699	10.4	7.1
	Green	Bonnie Jackson	1,939	3.5	1.4
Majority			17,626	32.2	10.4
Turnout			54,758	75.0	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

General election 2017: North Wiltshire[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	32,398	60.3	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Mathew	9,521	17.7	2.1
	Labour	Peter Baldrey	9,399	17.5	7.7
	Green	Phil Chamberlain	1,141	2.1	2.5
	UKIP	Paddy Singh	871	1.6	9.9
	Independent	Lisa Tweedie	376	0.7	New
Majority			22,877	42.6	1.0
Turnout			53,706	75.34	0.84
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

General election 2015: North Wiltshire[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray[10]	28,938	57.2	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Mathew[10]	7,892	15.6	20.6
	UKIP	Pat Bryant[11]	5,813	11.5	7.6
	Labour	Peter Baldrey	4,930	9.8	3.1
	Green	Phil Chamberlain[12]	2,350	4.6	3.4
	Independent	Simon Killane[10]	390	0.8	New
	Independent	Giles Wareham	243	0.5	New
Majority			21,046	41.6	26.2
Turnout			50,556	74.5	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.15

General election 2010: North Wiltshire[13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	25,114	51.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Evemy	17,631	36.2	+1.8
	Labour	Jason Hughes	3,239	6.7	−5.3
	UKIP	Charles Bennett	1,908	3.9	+1.2
	Green	Philip Chamberlain	599	1.2	New
	Independent	Philip Allnatt	208	0.4	−0.6
Majority			7,483	15.4	+5.9
Turnout			48,699	73.4	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.05

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North Wiltshire[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	26,282	46.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Fox	20,979	37.4	−0.8
	Labour	David Nash	6,794	12.1	−2.2
	UKIP	Neil Dowdney	1,428	2.5	+0.4
	Independent	Philip Allnatt	578	1.0	New
Majority			5,303	9.5	+2.2
Turnout			56,061	69.3	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

General election 2001: North Wiltshire[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	24,090	45.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Pym	20,212	38.2	+0.4
	Labour	Joanne Garton	7,556	14.3	+0.1
	UKIP	Neil Dowdney	1,090	2.1	+1.4
Majority			3,878	7.3	+1.3
Turnout			52,948	67.3	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North Wiltshire[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gray	25,390	43.8	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cordon	21,915	37.8	+6.3
	Labour	Nigel Knowles	8,261	14.2	+4.1
	Referendum	Margaret Purves	1,774	3.1	New
	UKIP	Alan Wood	410	0.7	New
	Natural Law	Joan Forsyth	263	0.4	New
Majority			3,475	6.0	-16.4
Turnout			58,013	74.9	-6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.3

General election 1992: North Wiltshire[18][19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Needham	39,028	55.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Napier	22,640	32.3	−5.8
	Labour	Christine Reid	6,945	9.9	+3.1
	Green	Lydia Howitt	850	1.2	New
	Liberal	George Hawkins	622	0.9	New
	Independent	David Martienssen	66	0.1	New
Majority			16,388	23.4	+6.4
Turnout			70,151	81.7	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North Wiltshire[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Needham	35,309	55.1	+2.1
	Liberal	Christopher Graham	24,370	38.1	−2.5
	Labour	Christine Reid	4,343	6.8	+1.8
Majority			10,939	17.0	+4.6
Turnout			64,022	79.3	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: North Wiltshire[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Needham	30,924	53.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Christopher Graham	23,692	40.6	-0.7
	Labour	Stephen Allsop	2,888	5.0	-3.7
	Ecology	Edward Barham	678	1.2	New
	Justice for Divorced Fathers	Henri de la Perriere	113	0.2	New
Majority			7,232	12.4	N/A
Turnout			58,295	76.6	4.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Long	3,090	35.5	−0.5
	Conservative	George Sotheron-Estcourt	2,836	32.6	−4.2
	Liberal	George Fuller	2,784	32.0	+4.8
Majority			52	0.6	−8.2
Turnout			5,747 (est)	79.3 (est)	+2.1
Registered electors			7,249
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bucknall-Estcourt	3,195	36.8	+18.0
	Conservative	George Jenkinson	3,129	36.0	+17.2
	Liberal	Charles Bruce	2,358	27.2	−35.3
Majority			771	8.8	+6.5
Turnout			5,520 (est)	77.2 (est)	+3.2
Registered electors			7,152
	Conservative hold		Swing	+17.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.4

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Jenkinson	2,769	37.5	−23.0
	Liberal	Charles Bruce	2,600	35.2	+15.4
	Liberal	Joseph Trigge Schomberg	2,016	27.3	+7.5
Majority			169	2.3
Turnout			5,077 (est)	74.0 (est)	+0.3
Registered electors			6,857
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.5

General election 1865: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Bruce	2,151	39.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Richard Penruddocke Long	1,911	35.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Jenkinson	1,373	25.3	N/A
Majority			240	4.4	N/A
Turnout			3,793 (est)	73.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,146
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 20 March 1865: North Wiltshire[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Bruce	Unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Caused by Sotheron-Estcourt's resignation due to ill health.[23]

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	Walter Long	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,417
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election 8 March 1859: North Wiltshire[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Sotheron-Estcourt's appointment as Home Secretary

By-election 5 March 1858: North Wiltshire[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Sotheron-Estcourt's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board

General election 1857: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	Walter Long	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,400
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron	Unopposed
	Conservative	Walter Long	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,955
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron	Unopposed
	Conservative	Walter Long	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,165
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 12 February 1844: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. H. S. Sotheron	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Burdett's death.

General election 1841: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis Burdett	Unopposed
	Conservative	Walter Long	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,241
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Burdett	2,365	36.7
	Whig	Walter Long	2,197	34.1
	Whig	Paul Methuen	1,876	29.1
Majority			321	5.0
Turnout			4,183	82.5
Registered electors			5,068
	Conservative gain from Whig
	Whig hold

General election 1835: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Walter Long	Unopposed
	Whig	Paul Methuen	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,560
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1832: North Wiltshire (2 seats)[22][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Paul Methuen	1,835	46.8
	Whig	John Astley	1,683	42.9
	Radical	John Edridge	403	10.3
Majority			1,280	32.6
Turnout			2,332	64.5
Registered electors			3,614
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Notes

A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
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.
Since 2010 Calne is the furthest south

References

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