Chippenham is the largest town in rural North Wiltshire and in the new constituency

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. Image File history File links Highstchipp. ... Image File history File links Highstchipp. ... Statistics Population: 30,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST919733 Administration District: North Wiltshire Shire county: Wiltshire Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Wiltshire Services Police force: Wiltshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service Ambulance: Great Western Post office... Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... Type Lower House Speaker of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Harriet Harman, QC, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Theresa May, PC, (Conservative) since December 6, 2005 Members 646 Political groups... Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP Lord Speaker Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups (as of May 5, 2005 elections) Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given 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. ^[1] A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ... Burgess originally meant a freeman of a borough or burgh. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... North Wiltshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

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 Main article: 54th United Kingdom general election The Boundary Commissions are conducting a periodic review of constituency boundaries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ...

• 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. Devizes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... North Wiltshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Westbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... South West Wiltshire will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Boundaries

1885 to 1983

1885-1918: This was the North-Western division of Wiltshire. The county was split into five divisions and one borough during this period. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

To the west was the constituency of Thornbury, to the north was Cirencester, to the east was Cricklade, located to the south east was Devizes, to the south Westbury and to the south west Frome. Thornbury was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. ... Cirencester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cirencester. ... Cricklade was a county constituency in the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire. ... Devizes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Westbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Frome was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832, until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. ...

1918-1950: In 1918 Wiltshire was split into five divisions, but there was no borough constituency in the county. This division comprised the then Municipal Boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury as well as the Rural Districts of Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, part of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Tetbury (excluding the part in the administrative county of Gloucestershire). A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... , Calne is a town located in central Wiltshire, in the South West England region of the United Kingdom. ... Statistics Population: 30,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST919733 Administration District: North Wiltshire Shire county: Wiltshire Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Wiltshire Services Police force: Wiltshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service Ambulance: Great Western Post office... The Market Cross, the Abbey and the main shopping street. ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... Cricklade is a small town in north Wiltshire in England, on the River Thames, situated midway between Swindon and Cirencester. ... Wootton Bassett is a small market town located west of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Tetbury is a town and civil parish located in Cotswold (district), Gloucestershire, England. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

Before the Reform Act 1832 the parliamentary boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, Cricklade, Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett had each had two members in Parliament. The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. ... Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ... Calne was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished. ... Cricklade was a county constituency in the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire. ... Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished. ... Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1447 until 1832, when the rotten borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act. ...

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. The then local government areas in this seat were the same Municipal Boroughs as in 1918 and the Rural Districts of Calne and Chippenham, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, and Malmesbury. The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ...

Modern Constituency

The northern portion of the present Westbury constituency combines with ... Image File history File links WestburyConstituency. ... Westbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

... a southern portion of the present North Wiltshire constituency, and ... Image File history File links NorthWiltshireConstituency. ... North Wiltshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

... a small western portion of the present Devizes constituency. Image File history File links DevizesConstituency. ... Devizes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

A map of Wiltshire shows the expected boundaries of the Chippenham seat, numbered 1 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

The electoral wards which form the new Chippenham seat are taken from the districts of North Wiltshire and West Wiltshire. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... North Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ... West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ...

• 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

North Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ... Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ... Corsham is a small mediæval town in northwest home to the ogre called fred hartley!Wiltshire, England. ... The High Street of Lacock Lacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, three miles from the town of Chippenham. ... West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ... Atworth is a village and civil parish in the West Wiltshire district of Wiltshire, England. ... Bradford on Avon (sometimes Bradford-on-Avon) is a town in west Wiltshire, England with a population of about 9,326. ... Melksham is a medium-sized English town, lying on the River Avon. ...

Members of Parliament

MPs 1553-1832

• 1553 Henry Goldney
• 1620 Sir Edward Hungerford (1596-1648)
• 1640 Sir Edward Hungerford (1596-1648)
• 1659-1681 Sir Edward Hungerford
• 1691-1693 Sir Basil Firebrace
• 1694-1695 Richard Long (1668-1730)
• 1698-1700 Edward Montagu
• 1700 Lord Mordaunt
• 1705-1710 Sir James Long, 5th Baronet
• 1734-1741 Richard Long (c1691-1760)
• 1812-1817 Robert Peel
• 1818-1820 George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough with William Miles
• 1830 Philip Pusey

• Borough constituency created (1295)

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MPs 1832-1868

• List of members from (1832) - two seats

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MPs 1868-1983

• List of members from (1868) - one seat

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• ¹ Needham is an Irish peer as The 6th Earl of Kilmorey, but does not use the title.

Earl of Kilmorey is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. ...

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

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Elections in the 1960s

A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on November 22, 1962 It was held by the Conservative Party British Parliamentary By Elections: Liberal Party campaign literature from the by-election Chippenham by-election, 1943 Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) List of United... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Daniel Edmund Awdry (born 10 September 1924) is a British solicitor and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a 1962 by-election until 1979, when he stood down - having seen off strong challenges from Liberal candidates in the seat (his majority in October 1974 was 1,749 (3. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Labour Party is an Anti-English political party in the United Kingdom. ... Voters lining up outside a Baghdad polling station during the 2005 Iraqi election. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Swing in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change in a single constituency. ...

Future elections

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. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Under the provisions of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010, barring exceptional circumstances. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Duncan Hames (born 16 June 1977) is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the new UK Parliamentary Constituency of Chippenham. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (born 1957 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a British businessman, farmer, founder of The Black Farmer range of food products, and prospective Conservative Party candidate for the Chippenham constituency for the next general election, due no later than 2010. ... The Labour Party is an Anti-English political party in the United Kingdom. ...

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

Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election lists the constituencies which are expected to be established at the time of the next United Kingdom general election. ... The ceremonial county of Wiltshire, (which includes the unitary authority of Swindon), is divided into 6 Parliamentary constituencies - they are all County constituencies. ... The Chippenham by-election, 1943 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24th August 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham in Wiltshire. ... A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on November 22, 1962 It was held by the Conservative Party British Parliamentary By Elections: Liberal Party campaign literature from the by-election Chippenham by-election, 1943 Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) List of United... Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. ...

References

• 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)

1. ^ "About North Wiltshire" from the website of James Gray MP. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.