| Devizes | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Devizes2007Constituency.svg) Boundary of Devizes in Wiltshire | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:EnglandWiltshire.svg) Location of Wiltshire within England | |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Electorate | 68,846 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Devizes, Marlborough, Durrington, Pewsey |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | None |
| Seats | One |
| 1331–1885 | |
| Seats | Two until 1868, then One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Devizes /dɪvaɪzɪz/ was a constituency[n 1] in Wiltshire, England, which included four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county. The seat was held by members of the Conservative Party continuously for a century from 1924.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which entailed the loss of the town of Devizes to the newly created constituency of Melksham and Devizes. As a consequence, it was renamed East Wiltshire, and first contested under its new name at the 2024 general election.[2][3]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "How Wiltshire constituency boundaries could change". BBC News. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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