Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Chippenham in South West England | |
County | Wiltshire |
Population | 96,336 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 71,648 (2023)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Westbury, North Wiltshire |
1295–1983 | |
Seats | One (two, 1295–1868) |
Type of constituency | County (borough, 1295–1885) constituency |
Replaced by | North Wiltshire |
Chippenham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Sarah Gibson, a Liberal Democrat.[n 2] The 2024 constituency includes the Wiltshire towns of Calne, Chippenham, Corsham and Royal Wootton Bassett.
In May 2023, the incumbent Chippenham MP, Michelle Donelan, announced she would be standing for the new Melksham and Devizes constituency.[3] In July 2023, the local Conservative Association announced that their candidate for the new Chippenham constituency would be a local unitary councillor, Nic Puntis.[4]
History
[edit]A parliamentary borough of Chippenham was enfranchised in 1295. It sent two burgesses to Parliament until 1868 and one thereafter until the borough constituency was abolished in 1885. There was a county division constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire.
Following the 2003–2005 review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission created a new county constituency, reviving the name of Chippenham as a seat. It is formed from parts of the previously existing Devizes, North Wiltshire and Westbury constituencies.
Boundaries
[edit]Historical boundaries
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1295–1832: The parliamentary borough of Chippenham in the unreformed Parliament consisted of only part of the parish of Chippenham in Wiltshire. However, as Chippenham was a burgage borough, in which the right to vote was confined to the resident occupiers of specific properties, the boundary had no practical function. The borough had a population of 1,620 in 1831, for 283 houses.
1832–1885: The Boundary Act which accompanied the Great Reform Act extended the boundaries of the parliamentary borough, to include the whole of Chippenham parish, the adjoining parishes of Hardenhuish and Langley Burrell, as well as the extra-parochial district of Pewsham. This more than trebled the borough's population, to 5,270 by the 1831 figures, for 883 houses.
1885–1918: During this period, Wiltshire was split into five county divisions and one borough, of which The North-Western (or Chippenham) Division of Wiltshire was one; it was often colloquially referred to simply as either Chippenham or as North-West Wiltshire. It was bordered by the Cricklade division to the east, Westbury to the south and Devizes to the southeast. Over the county boundary were the Thornbury division of Gloucestershire to the west, the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire to the north and the Frome division of Somerset to the southwest.
The Chippenham division included the towns of Calne and Malmesbury as well as Chippenham, both of which had also been parliamentary boroughs in their own right before 1885. By the outbreak of World War I, the population of the constituency was about 45,000.
1918–1950: In 1918 Wiltshire was split into five divisions, but there was no borough constituency in the county. The Wiltshire, Chippenham division was expanded, taking in the towns of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, also former parliamentary boroughs, as well as the surrounding rural areas: in full, it was composed of the then Municipal Boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury, and the Rural Districts of Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett (part), and Tetbury (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire).
1950–1983: In the redistribution which took effect at the 1950 general election, Wiltshire was divided into one borough and four county constituencies. Chippenham County Constituency consisted of the same Municipal Boroughs as in 1918 and the Rural Districts of Calne and Chippenham, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury.
2010–present
[edit]2010–2024: The North Wiltshire wards of 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, and the West Wiltshire wards of Atworth and Whitley, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, Holt, Manor Vale, Melksham North, Melksham Spa, Melksham Without, Melksham Woodrow, Paxcroft.
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, effective from the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following Wiltshire electoral divisions (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
Calne Central, Calne Chilvester & Abberd, Calne North, Calne Rural, Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads, Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon, Chippenham Hardenhuish, Chippenham Hardens & Central, Chippenham Lowden & Rowden, Chippenham Monkton, Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham Sheldon, Corsham Ladbrook, Corsham Pickwick,; Corsham Without, Lyneham, Royal Wootton Bassett East, Royal Wootton Bassett North, and Royal Wootton Bassett South & West.[5]
The constituency was realigned to retain Chippenham and Corsham, and gained most of Calne, Lyneham and Royal Wootton Bassett from the abolished North Wiltshire constituency. Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham became part of a new Melksham and Devizes constituency.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1295–1640
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MPs 1640–1868
[edit]MPs 1868–1983
[edit]Election | Member[10][19] | Party | |
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1868 | Gabriel Goldney | Conservative | |
1885 | Borough constituency abolished – county division created | ||
1885 | Banister Fletcher | Liberal | |
1886 | Lord Henry Bruce | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir John Dickson-Poynder | Conservative | |
1905[20] | Liberal | ||
1910 | George Terrell | Conservative | |
1922 | Alfred Bonwick | Liberal | |
1924 | Victor Cazalet | Conservative | |
1943 by-election | Sir David Eccles | Conservative | |
1962 by-election | Daniel Awdry | Conservative | |
1979 | Richard Needham | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
MPs since 2010
[edit]The Chippenham name was revived in 2010 for the new constituency that includes Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
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2010 | Duncan Hames | Liberal Democrat | |
2015 | Michelle Donelan | Conservative | |
2024 | Sarah Gibson | Liberal Democrat |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Gibson | 22,552 | 45.5 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Nic Puntis | 14,414 | 29.1 | −27.3 | |
Reform UK | Benjamin Ginsburg | 6,127 | 12.4 | New | |
Labour | Ravi Venkatesh | 3,925 | 7.9 | −3.8 | |
Green | Declan Baseley | 1,954 | 3.9 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Ed Deedigan | 540 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,138 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,557 | 68.4 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 72,492 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[22] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 28,485 | 56.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15,285 | 30.3 | |
Labour | 5,896 | 11.7 | |
Green | 853 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 50,519 | 70.5 | |
Electorate | 71,648 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michelle Donelan | 30,994 | 54.3 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Belcher | 19,706 | 34.5 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Martha Anachury | 6,399 | 11.2 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 11,288 | 19.8 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 57,099 | 73.9 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michelle Donelan | 31,267 | 54.7 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Belcher | 14,637 | 25.6 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Andy Newman | 11,236 | 19.7 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 16,630 | 29.1 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,140 | 74.8 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michelle Donelan[27] | 26,354 | 47.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Hames[27] | 16,278 | 29.4 | −16.4 | |
UKIP | Julia Reid[28] | 5,884 | 10.6 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Andy Newman[29] | 4,561 | 8.2 | +1.3 | |
Green | Tina Johnston[30] | 2,330 | 4.2 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 10,076 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,407 | 74.7 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Hames | 23,970 | 45.8 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones | 21,500 | 41.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Greg Lovell | 3,620 | 6.9 | −9.9 | |
UKIP | Julia Reid | 1,783 | 3.4 | +0.3 | |
BNP | Michael Simpkins | 641 | 1.2 | New | |
Green | Samantha Fletcher | 446 | 0.9 | New | |
English Democrat | John Maguire | 307 | 0.6 | New | |
Christian | Richard Sexton | 118 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,470 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 52,385 | 72.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Needham | 29,308 | 49.19 | +6.62 | |
Liberal | Ronald EJ Banks | 24,611 | 41.30 | +2.00 | |
Labour | Catherine LB Inchley | 5,146 | 8.64 | −9.03 | |
Ecology | Bert Pettit | 521 | 0.87 | New | |
Majority | 4,697 | 7.89 | +4.62 | ||
Turnout | 59,586 | 79.96 | +1.36 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 22,721 | 42.57 | ||
Liberal | Ronald EJ Banks | 20,972 | 39.30 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Whiles | 9,396 | 17.61 | ||
United Democrat | EJ John | 278 | 0.52 | New | |
Majority | 1,749 | 3.27 | |||
Turnout | 53,089 | 78.65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 24,645 | 44.33 | ||
Liberal | Ronald EJ Banks | 21,553 | 38.77 | ||
Labour | John Whiles | 9,395 | 16.90 | ||
Majority | 3,092 | 5.56 | |||
Turnout | 55,593 | 82.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 24,371 | 49.73 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Wingfield | 13,833 | 28.22 | ||
Labour | John Eddie | 10,807 | 22.05 | ||
Majority | 10,538 | 21.51 | |||
Turnout | 49,010 | 77.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 18,275 | 39.63 | −0.82 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walter Layton | 17,581 | 38.13 | +1.13 | |
Labour | Giles Radice | 10,257 | 22.24 | −0.31 | |
Majority | 694 | 1.50 | −1.95 | ||
Turnout | 46,113 | 84.28 | +3.13 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 18,089 | 40.45 | +3.64 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walter Layton | 16,546 | 37.00 | +4.54 | |
Labour | Giles Radice | 10,086 | 22.55 | −6.58 | |
Majority | 1,543 | 3.45 | −0.90 | ||
Turnout | 44,721 | 81.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 13,439 | 36.81 | −15.26 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walter Layton | 11,851 | 32.46 | +15.52 | |
Labour | Robert W Portus | 10,633 | 29.13 | −1.86 | |
Independent | K Jerrome | 260 | 0.71 | New | |
Independent | J Naylor | 237 | 0.65 | New | |
Independent | M Smith | 88 | 0.24 | New | |
Majority | 1,588 | 4.35 | −16.73 | ||
Turnout | 36,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.39 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 21,696 | 52.07 | ||
Labour | Robert W Portus | 12,911 | 30.99 | ||
Liberal | John Hall | 7,059 | 16.94 | ||
Majority | 8,785 | 21.08 | |||
Turnout | 41,666 | 80.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 20,847 | 51.73 | ||
Labour | William J Smith | 14,152 | 35.12 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Rossi Braybrooke | 5,298 | 13.15 | New | |
Majority | 6,695 | 16.61 | |||
Turnout | 40,297 | 80.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 22,601 | 56.05 | ||
Labour | Dengar R Evans | 17,723 | 43.95 | ||
Majority | 4,878 | 12.10 | |||
Turnout | 40,324 | 81.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 17,845 | 44.33 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Drain | 13,748 | 34.15 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Greville Collins | 8,661 | 21.52 | ||
Majority | 4,097 | 10.18 | |||
Turnout | 40,254 | 83.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 15,889 | 42.6 | −10.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Tomlinson | 11,866 | 31.8 | +19.6 | |
Liberal | Donald Johnson | 9,547 | 25.6 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 4,023 | 10.8 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,302 | 69.8 | −7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eccles | 8,310 | 50.6 | −2.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Donald Johnson | 8,115 | 49.4 | New | |
Majority | 195 | 1.2 | −17.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,425 | 41.4 | −36.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Victor Cazalet | 15,370 | 53.3 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Stanton | 9,949 | 34.5 | −1.5 | |
Labour | William Robert Robins | 3,527 | 12.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 5,421 | 18.8 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,846 | 77.5 | −6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Victor Cazalet | 17,232 | 56.8 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | Seymour Howard | 10,928 | 36.0 | −4.6 | |
Labour | William Robert Robins | 2,194 | 7.2 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 6,304 | 20.8 | +14.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,354 | 83.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Victor Cazalet | 13,550 | 46.6 | −8.0 | |
Liberal | Felix Brunner | 11,819 | 40.6 | +4.8 | |
Labour | William Robert Robins | 3,717 | 12.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,731 | 6.0 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,086 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Victor Cazalet | 13,227 | 54.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Bonwick | 11,015 | 45.4 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 2,212 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,242 | 83.2 | +1.6 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Bonwick | 11,953 | 51.7 | +3.1 | |
Unionist | Victor Cazalet | 11,156 | 48.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 797 | 3.4 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 23,109 | 81.6 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Bonwick | 10,494 | 48.6 | +19.4 | |
Unionist | George Terrell | 10,006 | 46.3 | −6.8 | |
Labour | William Robert Roberts | 1,098 | 5.1 | −12.6 | |
Majority | 488 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,598 | 78.0 | +16.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Terrell | 8,786 | 53.1 | +3.0 |
Liberal | Albert Bennett | 4,839 | 29.2 | −20.7 | |
Labour | Reuben George | 2,939 | 17.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,947 | 23.9 | +23.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,564 | 61.3 | −28.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +11.9 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
A general election was expected to take place in 1914/15. The following were to be candidates;
- George Terrell (Unionist)
- Harold Gorst (Liberal)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Terrell | 4,141 | 50.1 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Bryan Freeman | 4,117 | 49.9 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 24 | 0.2 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,258 | 90.0 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,175 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 |
A petition was lodged in relation to the December 1910 election, but this was later withdrawn after a recount, resulting in the above numbers. The original count had placed the Conservatives with 4,139 votes and the Liberals with 4,113 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Terrell | 4,408 | 51.7 | +14.1 | |
Liberal | Cecil Beck | 4,120 | 48.3 | −14.1 | |
Majority | 288 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,528 | 92.9 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,175 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dickson-Poynder | 4,937 | 62.4 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | J. R. Randolph | 2,971 | 37.6 | −16.5 | |
Majority | 1,966 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,908 | 89.5 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,838 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dickson-Poynder | 3,863 | 54.1 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | J. Thornton | 3,278 | 45.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 585 | 8.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,141 | 84.5 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,446 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dickson-Poynder | 3,898 | 53.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | J. Thornton | 3,390 | 46.5 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 508 | 7.0 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,288 | 87.9 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dickson-Poynder | 3,684 | 51.6 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | John Fuller | 3,455 | 48.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 229 | 3.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,139 | 78.5 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,089 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Brudenell-Bruce | 3,657 | 54.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Banister Fletcher | 3,120 | 46.0 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 537 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,777 | 76.6 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 8,853 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Banister Fletcher | 3,880 | 52.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Somerset | 3,574 | 47.9 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 306 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,454 | 84.2 | −6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,853 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gabriel Goldney | 478 | 51.2 | −12.3 | |
Liberal | Samuel Butler[38] | 455 | 48.8 | +12.3 | |
Majority | 23 | 2.4 | −24.6 | ||
Turnout | 933 | 90.5 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,031 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.3 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gabriel Goldney | 530 | 63.5 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | Handel Cossham[39] | 304 | 36.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 226 | 27.0 | +19.4 | ||
Turnout | 834 | 85.2 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 979 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gabriel Goldney | 418 | 53.8 | −16.6 | |
Liberal | Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet | 359 | 46.2 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 59 | 7.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 777 | 79.9 | −16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 972 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −16.6 |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Neeld | 208 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gabriel Goldney | 201 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | William John Lysley | 172 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 377 (est) | 96.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 392 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Penruddocke Long | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | William John Lysley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 387 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | 174 | 38.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Parry Nisbet | 150 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Whig | William John Lysley | 132 | 28.9 | New | |
Majority | 18 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 294 (est) | 88.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 334 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Parry Nisbet | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Neeld's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Joseph Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 300 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Joseph Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 303 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Boldero's appointment as Clerk of the Ordnance
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Neeld | 165 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | 128 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Whig | William John Lysley | 96 | 24.7 | New | |
Majority | 32 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 228 | 85.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 267 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 239 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry George Boldero | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 217 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Joseph Neeld | 139 | 44.7 | −35.3 | |
Whig | Henry Fox Talbot | 132 | 42.4 | +32.4 | |
Whig | John Thomas Mayne | 40 | 12.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.3 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 183 | 88.0 | c. +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 208 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −35.3 | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +25.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Joseph Neeld | 96 | 49.2 | −0.8 | |
Tory | Henry George Boldero | 60 | 30.8 | −7.4 | |
Whig | Henry Fox Talbot | 39 | 20.0 | New | |
Majority | 21 | 10.8 | −15.6 | ||
Turnout | 103 | c. 79.8 | c. +20.1 | ||
Registered electors | c. 129 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Joseph Neeld | 76 | 50.0 | ||
Tory | Philip Pusey | 58 | 38.2 | ||
No label | John George Henry Pownall | 18 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 40 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 77 | c. 59.7 | |||
Registered electors | c. 129 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Tory hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough 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.
References
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- ^ On petition, Ashe was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Popham, was declared elected in his place
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- ^ Created a baronet, July 1762
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Sources
[edit]- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
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- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
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External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Chippenham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Conservative PPC pre-campaign website
- Duncan Hames, Liberal Democrat PPC pre-campaign website
- Greg Lovell, Labour PPC pre-campaign website
- Chippenham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Chippenham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK