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
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
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

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