Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Chippenham will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
There was a constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire. [1]
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission have created Chippenham from parts of the existing
- Devizes (UK Parliament constituency),
- North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency), and
- Westbury (UK Parliament constituency).
Meanwhile, the name of the latter seat changes to South West Wiltshire. After a review process, the new seat was approved in 2005.
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[edit] Boundaries
 The northern portion of the present Westbury constituency combines with ... |
 ... a southern portion of the present North Wiltshire constituency, and ... |
 ... a small western portion of the present Devizes constituency. |
 A map of Wiltshire shows the expected boundaries of the Chippenham seat, numbered 1 |
The electoral wards which form the new Chippenham seat are taken from the districts of North Wiltshire and West Wiltshire.
- From North Wiltshire: Cepen Park, Chippenham Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham Avon, Chippenham Hill Rise, Chippenham London Road, Chippenham Monkton Park, Chippenham Park, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Redland, Chippenham Westcroft/Queens, Corsham, Lacock with Neston and Gastard, and Pickwick
- From West Wiltshire: the wards of Atworth and Whitley, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, Holt, Manor Vale, Melksham North, Melksham Spa, Melksham Without, Melksham Woodrow, and Paxcroft
[edit] Election results
This new constituency of Chippenham will be fought for the first time at the UK General Election of 2009 or 2010. The seat has a notional Liberal Democrat majority of 1,260.
| Next United Kingdom general election: Chippenham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Hames | ||||
| Conservative | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones | ||||
[edit] See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
[edit] References
- ^ "About North Wiltshire" from the website of James Gray MP. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.
| Constituencies in South West England | |
|---|---|
| Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
