Swindon North (UK Parliament constituency)
Swindon North | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Swindon North in Wiltshire | |
![]() Location of Wiltshire within England | |
County | Wiltshire |
Electorate | 72,163 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Will Stone (Labour Party) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Swindon |
Swindon North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Will Stone, a Labour politician.[n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was formally renamed from North Swindon to Swindon North, and first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
History
North Swindon was created in 1997 and has been a bellwether since then. However, during the 2010s, the Conservatives won the constituency by much higher numbers than their national popular vote margin.
Boundaries
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1997–2010: The Borough of Thamesdown wards of Blunsdon, Covingham, Gorse Hill, Haydon Wick, Highworth, Moredon, St Margaret, St Philip, Western, and Whitworth, and the District of North Wiltshire ward of Cricklade.
2010–2024: The Borough of Swindon wards of Abbey Meads, Blunsdon and Highworth, Covingham and Nythe, Gorse Hill and Pinehurst, Haydon Wick, Moredon, Penhill, St Margaret, St Philip, and Western.
The seat's boundaries encompass an area that before its creation made up parts of the former Swindon constituency and pre-1997 versions of North Wiltshire and Devizes. In the 2010 boundary changes, the town of Cricklade became part of the North Wiltshire constituency while this seat acquired parts of the South Swindon constituency.
2024-present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Swindon wards of: Blunsdon and Highworth; Gorse Hill and Pinehurst; Haydon Wick; Penhill and Upper Stratton; Priory Vale; Rodbourne Cheney; St. Andrews; St. Margaret and South Marston.[3]
In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range and align with revised ward boundaries, the districts of Covingham and Nythe will be transferred to Swindon South.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers a northern part of central Swindon and its northern suburbs (the civil parish of Central Swindon North), and extends northward to take in Blunsdon, the market town of Highworth and the rural parishes surrounding that town.
North Swindon has an electorate of 79,488 (as of 2010[update]), the majority of whom live in the suburbs or close to Swindon's town centre. In 2001, 52.9% of homes were into the categories of semi-detached or detached in the Swindon Local Authority area; after a 5.0% increase in flats/apartments in 2011, this figure had fallen slightly to 50.3%. In the same period, those registered unemployed rose from 2.5% to 4.2% and those self-employed rose from 6.2% to 7.8%.[4] In 2010, the unemployment rate for Swindon South was 2.6%, compared to 3.5% in Swindon North. This is one indicator of social deprivation and compares to a rate of 11.0% in 2010 in Birmingham Ladywood, the constituency with the highest rate nationally.[5]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1997 | Michael Wills | Labour | |
2010 | Justin Tomlinson | Conservative | |
2024 | Will Stone | Labour Party |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Will Stone[8] | 17,930 | 40.6 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 13,827 | 31.3 | –27.2 | |
Reform UK | Les Willis[9] | 7,557 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Green | Andy Bentley[10] | 2,366 | 5.4 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas | 2,086 | 4.7 | –3.2 | |
Independent | Debbie Hicks[11] | 260 | 0.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Scott Hunter | 139 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,103 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,165 | 60.3 | –5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,238 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 27,719 | 58.5 | |
Labour | 14,469 | 30.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,744 | 7.9 | |
Green | 1,449 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 47,381 | 65.7 | |
Electorate | 72,163 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 32,584 | 59.1 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Kate Linnegar | 16,413 | 29.8 | –8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katie Critchlow | 4,408 | 8.0 | +4.4 | |
Green | Andy Bentley | 1,710 | 3.1 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 16,171 | 29.3 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,115 | 66.9 | –1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 29,431 | 53.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Mark Dempsey | 21,096 | 38.4 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Webster | 1,962 | 3.6 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Steve Halden | 1,564 | 2.8 | –12.5 | |
Green | Andy Bentley | 858 | 1.6 | –1.7 | |
Majority | 8,335 | 15.2 | –7.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,911 | 68.5 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 26,295 | 50.3 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Mark Dempsey [17] | 14,509 | 27.8 | –2.7 | |
UKIP | James Faulkner[18] | 8,011 | 15.3 | +11.6 | |
Green | Poppy Hebden-Leeder | 1,723 | 3.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ellard[19] | 1,704 | 3.3 | –13.9 | |
Majority | 11,786 | 22.5 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,242 | 64.5 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 22,408 | 44.6 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Victor Agarwal | 15,348 | 30.5 | –14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Lock | 8,668 | 17.2 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Stephen Halden | 1,842 | 3.7 | +1.4 | |
BNP | Reg Bates | 1,542 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Green | Bill Hughes | 487 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,060 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,295 | 64.2 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Wills | 19,612 | 43.7 | –9.2 | |
Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 17,041 | 38.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Evemy | 6,831 | 15.2 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | Robert Tingey | 998 | 2.2 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Unity | Andy Newman | 208 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Ernest Reynolds | 195 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,571 | 5.7 | –13.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,885 | 61.0 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Wills | 22,371 | 52.9 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Nick Martin | 14,266 | 33.7 | –0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Nation | 4,891 | 11.6 | –1.3 | |
UKIP | Brian Lloyd | 800 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,105 | 19.2 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,328 | 61.0 | –12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Wills | 24,029 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Guy Opperman | 16,341 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Evemy | 6,237 | 12.9 | ||
Referendum | Gillian Goldsmith | 1,533 | 3.2 | ||
Natural Law | Alexander Fisken | 130 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 7,688 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,270 | 73.66 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Neighbouring constituencies
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Wiltshire North | ![]() ![]() | Wantage |
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Swindon South |
See also
Notes
- ^ A county 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
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Unemployment claimants by constituency", The Guardian, 17 November 2010
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ Swindon North
- ^ "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ . Reform UK Swindon North. 25 May 2023 https://www.facebook.com/groups/reformuk.swindonnorth/permalink/433934202686952/. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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- ^ "Lockdown protester who filmed inside hospital to stand for election in Swindon". Swindon Advertiser. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Council, Swindon Borough. "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations North Swindon | Swindon Borough Council". www.swindon.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "ELECTION 2017: Labour choose North Swindon candidate". Swindon Advertiser.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Swindon North parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News.
- ^ "CLLR Mark Dempsey – PPC for North Swindon | North Swindon Labour". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Swindon UKIP Branch".
- ^ "General Election 2015 Candidates - Liberal Democrats". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election 2010 - Constituency - Swindon North". BBC News.
External links
- North Swindon UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Swindon North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK