List of constituencies in South West England
The region[1] of South West England has, since the 2010 general election, 55 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 15 Borough Constituencies and 40 County Constituencies. At that election the Conservative Party held the largest number of constituencies, with 36. The Liberal Democrats had 15 and Labour had 4. At the 2015 general election the Liberal Democrats lost all of their seats (14 to the Conservatives and one to Labour), while the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour, leaving the Conservatives with 51 and Labour with 4. In the 2017 general election, the Conservatives remained, by far, the largest party with 47 seats, though losing three to Labour, who won 7, and one to the Liberal Democrats, who won 1. In the 2019 general election,[2] the Conservatives increased their number of seats to 48 by regaining Stroud from Labour, who held their other six seats, while the Liberal Democrats retained their sole seat in Bath.
Constituencies[]
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat ♣ Green Party # Independent
Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate[3] | Majority[4][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[4] | Nearest opposition[4] | County | County Location | Constituency Map | ||
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Bath BC | 67,805 | 12,322 | Wera Hobhouse¤ | Annabel Tall† | Somerset (prev. Avon) | ||||
Bournemouth East BC | 74,125 | 8,806 | Tobias Ellwood† | Corrie Drew‡ | Dorset | ||||
Bournemouth West BC | 74,205 | 10,150 | Conor Burns† | David Stokes‡ | Dorset | ||||
Bridgwater and West Somerset CC | 85,327 | 24,439 | Ian Liddell-Grainger† | Oliver Thornton‡ | Somerset | ||||
Bristol East BC | 73,867 | 10,794 | Kerry McCarthy‡ | Sarah Codling† | Bristol (prev. Avon) | ||||
Bristol North West BC | 76,273 | 5,692 | Darren Jones‡ | Mark Weston† | Bristol (prev. Avon) | ||||
Bristol South BC | 84,079 | 9,859 | Karin Smyth‡ | Richard Morgan† | Bristol (prev. Avon) | ||||
Bristol West BC | 99,253 | 28,219 | Thangam Debbonaire‡ | Carla Denyer♣ | Bristol (prev. Avon) | ||||
Camborne and Redruth CC | 70,250 | 8,700 | George Eustice† | Paul Farmer‡ | Cornwall | ||||
Central Devon CC | 74,926 | 17,721 | Mel Stride† | Lisa Webb‡ | Devon | ||||
Cheltenham BC | 81,044 | 981 | Alex Chalk† | Max Wilkinson¤ | Gloucestershire | ||||
Chippenham CC | 77,221 | 11,288 | Michelle Donelan† | Helen Belcher¤ | Wiltshire | ||||
Christchurch CC | 71,520 | 24,617 | Christopher Chope† | Mike Cox¤ | Dorset | ||||
Devizes CC | 73,372 | 23,983 | Danny Kruger† | Jo Waltham¤ | Wiltshire | ||||
East Devon CC | 87,168 | 6,708 | Simon Jupp† | Claire Wright# | Devon | ||||
Exeter BC | 82,054 | 10,403 | Ben Bradshaw‡ | John Gray† | Devon | ||||
Filton and Bradley Stoke CC | 74,016 | 5,646 | Jack Lopresti† | Mhairi Threlfall‡ | Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) | ||||
Forest of Dean CC | 71,438 | 15,869 | Mark Harper† | Di Martin‡ | Gloucestershire | ||||
Gloucester BC | 81,319 | 10,277 | Richard Graham† | Fran Boait‡ | Gloucestershire | ||||
Kingswood BC | 68,972 | 11,220 | Chris Skidmore† | Nicola Bowden-Jones‡ | Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) | ||||
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC | 65,427 | 14,898 | Michael Tomlinson† | Vikki Slade¤ | Dorset | ||||
Newton Abbot CC | 72,529 | 17,501 | Anne Marie Morris† | Martin Wrigley¤ | Devon | ||||
North Cornwall CC | 69,935 | 14,752 | Scott Mann† | Danny Chambers¤ | Cornwall | ||||
North Devon CC | 75,859 | 14,813 | Selaine Saxby† | Alex White¤ | Devon | ||||
North Dorset CC | 76,765 | 24,301 | Simon Hoare† | David Chadwick¤ | Dorset | ||||
North East Somerset CC | 73,692 | 14,729 | Jacob Rees-Mogg† | Mark Huband‡ | Somerset (prev. Avon) | ||||
North Somerset CC | 80,194 | 17,536 | Liam Fox† | Hannah Young‡ | Somerset (prev. Avon) | ||||
North Swindon CC | 82,441 | 16,171 | Justin Tomlinson† | Kate Linnegar‡ | Wiltshire | ||||
North Wiltshire CC | 73,280 | 17,626 | James Gray† | Brian Matthew¤ | Wiltshire | ||||
Plymouth, Moor View BC | 69,430 | 12,897 | Johnny Mercer† | Charlotte Holloway‡ | Devon | ||||
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport BC | 77,852 | 4,757 | Luke Pollard‡ | Rebecca Smith† | Devon | ||||
Poole BC | 73,989 | 19,116 | Robert Syms† | Sue Aitkenhead‡ | Dorset | ||||
Salisbury CC | 74,556 | 19,736 | John Glen† | Victoria Charleston¤ | Wiltshire | ||||
Somerton and Frome CC | 85,866 | 19,213 | David Warburton† | Adam Boyden¤ | Somerset | ||||
South Dorset CC | 73,809 | 17,153 | Richard Drax† | Carralyn Parkes‡ | Dorset | ||||
South East Cornwall CC | 71,825 | 20,971 | Sheryll Murray† | Gareth Derrick‡ | Cornwall | ||||
South Swindon CC | 73,118 | 6,625 | Robert Buckland† | Sarah Church‡ | Wiltshire | ||||
South West Devon CC | 72,535 | 21,430 | Gary Streeter† | Alex Beverley‡ | Devon | ||||
South West Wiltshire CC | 77,969 | 21,630 | Andrew Murrison† | Emily Pomroy-Smith‡ | Wiltshire | ||||
St Austell and Newquay CC | 79,930 | 16,526 | Steve Double† | Felicity Owen‡ | Cornwall | ||||
St Ives CC | 68,795 | 4,280 | Derek Thomas† | Andrew George¤ | Cornwall | ||||
Stroud CC | 84,537 | 3,840 | Siobhan Baillie† | David Drew‡ | Gloucestershire | ||||
Taunton Deane CC | 88,676 | 11,700 | Rebecca Pow† | Gideon Amos¤ | Somerset | ||||
Tewkesbury CC | 83,958 | 22,410 | Laurence Robertson† | Alex Hegenbarth¤ | Gloucestershire | ||||
The Cotswolds CC | 81,939 | 20,214 | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown† | Liz Webster¤ | Gloucestershire | ||||
Thornbury and Yate CC | 69,492 | 12,369 | Luke Hall† | Claire Young¤ | Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) | ||||
Tiverton and Honiton CC | 82,953 | 24,239 | Neil Parish† | Liz Pole‡ | Devon | ||||
Torbay BC | 75,054 | 17,749 | Kevin Foster† | Lee Howgate¤ | Devon | ||||
Torridge and West Devon CC | 80,403 | 24,992 | Geoffrey Cox† | David Chalmers¤ | Devon | ||||
Totnes CC | 69,863 | 12,724 | Anthony Mangnall† | Sarah Wollaston¤ | Devon | ||||
Truro and Falmouth CC | 76,719 | 4,561 | Cherilyn Mackrory† | Jennifer Forbes‡ | Cornwall | ||||
Wells CC | 84,124 | 9,991 | James Heappey† | Tessa Munt¤ | Somerset | ||||
West Dorset CC | 81,897 | 14,106 | Chris Loder† | Edward Morello¤ | Dorset | ||||
Weston-super-Mare CC | 82,526 | 17,121 | John Penrose† | Tim Taylor‡ | Somerset (prev. Avon) | ||||
Yeovil CC | 82,468 | 16,181 | Marcus Fysh† | Mick Clark¤ | Somerset |
Proposed boundary changes[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region will increase by 3, from 55 to 58.[5]
The following seats are proposed:[6]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
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Bath CC | 73,241 | Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset |
Bournemouth East BC | 73,173 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Bournemouth West BC | 72,094 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Bridgwater CC | 71,418 | Somerset | Sedgemoor |
Bristol Central BC | 70,227 | Bristol | Bristol |
Bristol East BC | 75,936 | Bristol | Bristol |
Bristol North East BC | 69,793 | Bristol / Gloucestershire | Bristol / South Gloucestershire |
Bristol North West BC | 76,783 | Bristol | Bristol |
Bristol South BC | 74,696 | Bristol | Bristol |
Camborne and Redruth CC | 72,552 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
Central Devon CC | 75,465 | Devon | East Devon / Mid Devon / Teignbridge / West Devon |
Cheltenham BC | 75,292 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham |
Chippenham CC | 71,268 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
Christchurch CC | 71,598 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
71,222 | Gloucestershire / Wiltshire | Cotswold / Wiltshire | |
72,480 | Wiltshire | Swindon / Wiltshire | |
Exeter BC | 71,713 | Devon | Exeter |
76,601 | Devon | East Devon / Exeter | |
Filton and Bradley Stoke CC | 73,598 | Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire |
Forest of Dean CC | 71,510 | Gloucestershire | Forest of Dean / Tewkesbury |
Frome CC | 70,202 | Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / Mendip / South Somerset |
69,990 | Somerset | Mendip / South Somerset | |
Gloucester BC | 71,715 | Gloucestershire | Gloucester |
Honiton CC | 73,667 | Devon | East Devon / Mid Devon |
73,113 | Gloucestershire / Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / South Gloucestershire | |
72,381 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | |
Mid Dorset and Poole North CC | 72,749 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
Newton Abbot CC | 72,956 | Devon | Teignbridge |
North Cornwall CC | 70,327 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
North Devon CC | 76,455 | Devon | North Devon |
North Dorset CC | 76,070 | Dorset | Dorset |
North Somerset CC | 73,963 | Somerset | North Somerset |
Plymouth Moor View BC | 73,378 | Devon | Plymouth |
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC | 73,495 | Devon | Plymouth |
Poole BC | 72,162 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Salisbury CC | 70,633 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
South Dorset CC | 74,356 | Dorset | Dorset |
South East Cornwall CC | 76,847 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
South West Devon CC | 75,371 | Devon | Plymouth / South Hams / West Devon |
St Austell and Newquay CC | 74,179 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
St Ives CC | 70,107 | Cornwall | Cornwall / Isles of Scilly |
Stroud CC | 72,760 | Gloucestershire | Stroud |
Swindon North CC | 72,163 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
Swindon South CC | 74,342 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
Taunton CC | 71,194 | Somerset | Somerset West and Taunton |
Tewkesbury CC | 74,366 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham / Gloucester / Tewkesbury |
The Cotswolds CC | 74,985 | Gloucestershire | Cotswold / Stroud / Tewkesbury |
Thornbury and Yate CC | 74,985 | Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire |
72,309 | Devon / Somerset | Mid Devon / Somerset West and Taunton | |
Torbay BC | 75,742 | Devon | Torbay |
74,802 | Devon | Torridge / West Devon | |
Totnes CC | 71,691 | Devon | South Hams / Torbay |
71,389 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | |
Truro and Falmouth CC | 74,342 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
69,843 | Somerset | Mendip / North Somerset / Sedgemoor | |
West Dorset CC | 75,269 | Dorset | Dorset |
Weston-super-Mare CC | 70,722 | Somerset | North Somerset |
Yeovil CC | 76,056 | Somerset | South Somerset |
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
2019[]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South West region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,612,090 | 52.8% | 1.4% | 48 | 1 |
Labour | 713,226 | 23.3% | 5.8% | 6 | 1 |
Liberal Democrats | 554,500 | 18.2% | 3.3% | 1 | 0 |
Greens | 115,011 | 3.8% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 11,139 | 0.4% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 47,411 | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3,053,377 | 100.0 | 55 |
Percentage votes[]
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019
Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Seats[]
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 1945 - (1) Independent Progressive (Vernon Bartlett); (2) Independent National (Daniel Lipson)
Former constituencies[]
Abolished in 2010[]
- Bridgwater → Bridgwater and West Somerset
- Falmouth and Camborne → Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
- Northavon → Thornbury and Yate, Filton and Bradley Stoke
- Plymouth Devonport → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
- Plymouth Sutton → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
- Taunton → Taunton Deane
- Teignbridge → Newton Abbot, Central Devon
- Truro and St Austell → Truro and Falmouth, St Austell and Newquay
- Wansdyke → North East Somerset
- Westbury → South West Wiltshire, Chippenham
- Woodspring → North Somerset
Abolished in 1997[]
- Cirencester and Tewkesbury → Cotswold, Tewkesbury
- Plymouth Drake → Plymouth Sutton
- Swindon → North Swindon, South Swindon
- West Gloucestershire → Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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- Parliamentary constituencies in South West England
- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England