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The electoral wards which form the new Chippenham seat are taken from the [[Districts of England|district]]s of [[North Wiltshire]] and [[West Wiltshire]]. |
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*From [[North Wiltshire]]: Cepen Park, [[Chippenham]] Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham [[Bristol Avon|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 [[North Wiltshire]]: Cepen Park, [[Chippenham]] Allington, Chippenham Audley, Chippenham [[Bristol Avon|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 |
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Chippenham will be a parliamentary 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.
The original borough constituency 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 constituency, reviving the name of Chippenham as a seat. It is formed from parts of the existing
- Devizes (UK Parliament constituency),
- North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency), and
- Westbury (UK Parliament constituency) constituencies.
Meanwhile, the name of the latter seat changes to South West Wiltshire. After a review process, the new seat was approved in 2005.
Boundaries
1295 to 1983
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, and 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, and the extra-parochial district of Pewisham. This more than trebled the borough's population, to 5,270 by the 1831 figures, and 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 south-east. (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 south-west.)
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, and 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, part of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Tetbury Rural District (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire).
1950-1983: In the redistribution, which took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 1950, 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.
Modern Constituency
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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 former 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
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
- 1553: Henry Goldney
- 1614: William Maynard
- 1621-1622: Sir Edward Hungerford
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1640-1868
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Hungerford [1] | Parliamentarian | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | ? | |
| November 1640 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Bayntun | Parliamentarian | |||
| 1648 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Eyre | ||||
| 1653 | Chippenham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
| January 1659 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Hungerford | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Stedman | ||
| May 1659 | Chippenham was unrepresented in the restored Rump | |||||
| April 1660 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Hungerford | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Poole | ||
| April 1661 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Bayntun | ||||
| July 1661 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Hugh Speke | ||||
| August 1661 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Hungerford | ||||
| 1673 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Gwyn | ||||
| February 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Talbot | ||||
| August 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel Ashe | ||||
| 1681 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir George Speke | ||||
| March 1685 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Bayntun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sharington Talbot | ||
| August 1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Kent | ||||
| 1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nicholas Bayntun | ||||
| February 1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Kent | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Alexander Popham | ||
| December 1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Basil Firebrace | ||||
| 1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Tollemache | ||||
| 1694 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Long | ||||
| 1695 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Walter White | ||||
| 1698 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Montagu | ||||
| 1701 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Mordaunt | ||||
| 1702 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Montagu | ||||
| May 1705 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Walter White | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir James Long | ||
| November 1705 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Mordaunt | ||||
| 1708 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Montagu | ||||
| 1710 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joseph Ashe [2] | ||||
| 1711 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Popham | ||||
| 1713 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) John Eyles [3] | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Norris | ||
| 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Giles Earle | ||||
| 1722 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Rolt | ||||
| 1723 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Boucher | ||||
| 1727 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Rogers Holland | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Gabriel Roberts | ||
| 1734 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Long | ||||
| 1737 | rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) Edward Bayntun-Rolt [4] | ||||
| 1741 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edmond Thomas | ||||
| 1754 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) Samuel Fludyer [5] | ||||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Fludyer | ||||
| 1769 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Dawkins | ||||
| 1774 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel Marsh | ||||
| 1780 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Dawkins | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Giles Hudson | ||
| 1783 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Fludyer | ||||
| 1784 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Dawkins | ||||
| 1802 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Brooke [6] | ||||
| 1803 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Maitland | ||||
| 1806 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Brooke | ||||
| 1807 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Dawkins | ||||
| 1812 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Brooke | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Peel | ||
| 1817 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Maitland | ||||
| 1818 | style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | | William Miles | Tory | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Marquess of Blandford | |
| 1820 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Alexander Madocks | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Rock Grossett | ||
| 1826 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Ebenezer Fuller Maitland | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Frederick Gye | ||
| 1830 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | | Joseph Neeld | Tory | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Philip Pusey | |
| 1831 | style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | | Henry George Boldero | Tory | |||
| 1832 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | William Henry Fox Talbot | Whig | |
| 1835 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Henry George Boldero | Conservative | |||
| 1856 | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Robert Parry Nisbet | Conservative | |||
| 1859 | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Richard Penruddocke Long | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | William John Lysley | Liberal |
| 1865 | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sir John Neeld | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gabriel Goldney | Conservative |
| 1868 | Representation reduced to one member | |||||
1868-1983
Notes
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Eccles | 8,310 | 50.6 | −2.7 | |
| Independent Liberal | Donald Johnson | 8,115 | 49.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 195 | 1.2 | −17.6 | ||
| Turnout | 16,425 | 41.4 | −36.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Awdry | 13,439 | 36.8 | −15.3 | |
| Liberal | C. Laton | 11,851 | 32.5 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | R. W. Portus | 10,633 | 29.1 | −1.9 | |
| Independent | K. Jerrome | 260 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | J. Naylor | 237 | 0.65 | ||
| Independent | M. Smith | 88 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 1,588 | 4.3 | −16.8 | ||
| Turnout | 36,508 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −15.5 | |||
Future elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Hames | ||||
| UKIP | Julia Reid | ||||
| BNP | Michael Simpkins | ||||
| Labour | Nick Thomas-Symonds | ||||
See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
- Chippenham by-election, 1943
- Chippenham by-election, 1962
- Chippenham
References
- ^ Died October 1648
- ^ On petition, Ashe was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Popham, was declared elected in his place
- ^ Succeeded to baronetcy, May 1716
- ^ Created a baronet, July 1762
- ^ Knighted, September 1755; created a baronet, November 1759
- ^ Brooke was initially declared elected in 1802, but on petition he was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Maitland, was declared elected in his place
- ^ Needham is an Irish peer as The 6th Earl of Kilmorey, but does not use the title.
- ^ Chippenham, UKPollingReport
- ^ BNP fields candidate This Is Bath
- ^ UKIP Regional Members Notice, undated. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
Bibliography
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- 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)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
External links
- Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Conservative PPC pre-campaign website
- Duncan Hames, Liberal Democrat PPC pre-campaign website
- Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour PPC pre-campaign website