The region[1] of South West England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 16 borough constituencies and 42 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 24 are represented by Labour MPs, 22 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 11 by Conservative MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.
Constituencies
edit† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat ♣ Green Party # Reform UK
2023 boundary changes
editSee 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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South West region would be increased by 3, from 55 to 58.[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region came into effect at the 2024 general election:[5]
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 | Somerset |
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 | 73,568 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
Central Devon CC | 73,491 | Devon | Mid Devon / Teignbridge / West Devon |
Cheltenham BC | 75,292 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham |
Chippenham CC | 71,648 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
Christchurch CC | 71,598 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
East Wiltshire CC | 71,109 | Wiltshire | Swindon / Wiltshire |
Exeter BC | 71,713 | Devon | Exeter |
Exmouth and Exeter East CC | 74,502 | 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 and East Somerset CC | 70,177 | Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / Somerset |
Glastonbury and Somerton CC | 70,015 | Somerset | Somerset |
Gloucester BC | 76,695 | Gloucestershire | Gloucester |
Honiton and Sidmouth CC | 74,365 | Devon | East Devon / Mid Devon |
Melksham and Devizes CC | 71,823 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC | 74,305 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
Newton Abbot CC | 72,956 | Devon | Teignbridge |
North Cornwall CC | 75,034 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
North Cotswolds CC | 70,915 | Gloucestershire | Cotswold / Stroud / Tewkesbury |
North Devon CC | 76,455 | Devon | North Devon |
North Dorset CC | 72,109 | Dorset | Dorset |
North East Somerset and Hanham CC | 73,113 | Gloucestershire / Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / South Gloucestershire |
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 | 70,242 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
South Cotswolds CC | 72,865 | Gloucestershire / Wiltshire | Cotswold / Stroud / Wiltshire |
South Devon CC | 71,691 | Devon | South Hams / Torbay |
South Dorset CC | 76,640 | Dorset | Dorset |
South East Cornwall CC | 71,734 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
South West Devon CC | 75,371 | Devon | Plymouth / South Hams / West Devon |
South West Wiltshire CC | 71,551 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
St Austell and Newquay CC | 74,585 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
St Ives CC | 70,107 | Cornwall | Cornwall / Isles of Scilly |
Stroud CC | 76,249 | Gloucestershire | Stroud |
Swindon North CC | 72,163 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
Swindon South BC | 72,468 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
Taunton and Wellington CC | 76,049 | Somerset | Somerset |
Tewkesbury CC | 72,426 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham / Gloucester / Tewkesbury |
Thornbury and Yate CC | 74,985 | Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire |
Tiverton and Minehead CC | 70,829 | Devon / Somerset | Mid Devon / Somerset |
Torbay BC | 75,742 | Devon | Torbay |
Torridge and Tavistock CC | 74,802 | Devon | Torridge / West Devon |
Truro and Falmouth CC | 73,326 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
Wells and Mendip Hills CC | 69,843 | Somerset | North Somerset / Somerset |
West Dorset CC | 75,390 | Dorset | Dorset |
Weston-super-Mare CC | 70,722 | Somerset | North Somerset |
Yeovil CC | 76,056 | Somerset | Somerset |
2024 results
editThe number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South West region in the 2024 general election were as follows:[6]
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 |
Seats | Change from 2019 (actual) |
Change from 2019 (notional) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 785,672 | 28.2 | 11 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 686,921 | 24.7 | 22 | |||
Labour | 682,080 | 24.5 | 24 | |||
Reform UK | 384,250 | 13.8 | 0 | |||
Green | 206,780 | 7.4 | 1 | |||
Others | 39,737 | 1.4 | 0 | |||
Total | 2,785,440 | 100.0 | 58 |
Results history
editPrimary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)
Percentage votes
editKey:
- CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
- LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
- LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
- UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
- REF - Reform UK (2019 - Brexit Party)
- GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
editKey:
- CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
- LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
- LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
- GRN - Green Party of England and Wales
- OTH - 1945 - (1) Independent Progressive (Vernon Bartlett); (2) Independent National (Daniel Lipson)
Former constituencies
editAbolished in 2024
edit- Bridgwater and West Somerset → Bridgwater
- Bristol West → Bristol Central
- Devizes → East Wiltshire
- East Devon → Exmouth and Exeter East
- Kingswood → Bristol North East
- North East Somerset → North East Somerset and Hanham
- North Wiltshire → South Cotswolds
- Somerton and Frome → Glastonbury and Somerton
- Taunton Deane → Taunton and Wellington
- The Cotswolds → South Cotswolds
- Tiverton and Honiton → Honiton and Sidmouth
- Torridge and West Devon → Torridge and Tavistock
- Totnes → South Devon
- Wells → Wells and Mendip Hills
Abolished in 2010
edit- 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
editSee also
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.