Melksham and Devizes
Melksham and Devizes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Brian Mathew of the Liberal Democrats. He defeated Conservative former cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, who had been MP for Chippenham from 2015 to 2024.
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following electoral districts of Wiltshire :- Bowerhill; Box & Colerne; Bradford-on-Avon North; Bradford-on-Avon South; Bromham, Rowde & Roundway; Calne South; Devizes East; Devizes North; Devizes Rural West; Devizes South; Holt; Melksham East; Melksham Forest; Melksham South; Melksham Without North & Shurnhold; Melksham Without West & Rural; The Lavingtons; Urchfont & Bishops Cannings; Winsley & Westwood.
- The towns of Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon, transferred from Chippenham
- The town of Devizes, transferred from the constituency of Devizes
- Rural parishes east of Trowbridge, transferred from South West Wiltshire
- The wards of Box and Colerne, and Calne South, transferred from the abolished North Wiltshire constituency
Elections