# Parliamentary constituencies in South West England

The region of South West England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 16 borough constituencies and 42 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 24 are represented by Labour MPs, 22 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 11 by Conservative MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.

## Constituencies

† Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Liberal Democrat  ♣ Green Party  # Reform UK
| Constituency | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | County |
| Bath CC | 69,655 | 11,218 | Wera Hobhouse ¤ | Dan Bewley ‡ | Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| Bournemouth East BC | 72,354 | 5,479 | Tom Hayes ‡ | Tobias Ellwood † | Dorset |
| Bournemouth West BC | 70,259 | 3,224 | Jessica Toale ‡ | Conor Burns † | Dorset |
| Bridgwater CC | 71,571 | 1,349 | Ashley Fox † | Leigh Redman ‡ | Somerset |
| Bristol Central BC | 62,735 | 10,407 | Carla Denyer ♣ | Thangam Debbonaire ‡ | Bristol (prev. Avon) |
| Bristol East BC | 75,917 | 6,606 | Kerry McCarthy ‡ | Ani Stafford-Townsend ♣ | Bristol (prev. Avon) |
| Bristol North East BC | 70,076 | 11,167 | Damien Egan ‡ | Lorraine Francis ♣ | Bristol / Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) |
| Bristol North West BC | 74,869 | 15,669 | Darren Jones ‡ | Mary Page ♣ | Bristol (prev. Avon) |
| Bristol South BC | 75,533 | 7,666 | Karin Smyth ‡ | Jai Breitnauer ♣ | Bristol (prev. Avon) |
| Camborne and Redruth CC | 74,402 | 7,806 | Perran Moon ‡ | Connor Donnithorne † | Cornwall |
| Central Devon CC | 75,385 | 61 | Mel Stride † | Ollie Pearson ‡ | Devon |
| Cheltenham BC | 76,143 | 7,210 | Max Wilkinson ¤ | Alex Chalk † | Gloucestershire |
| Chippenham CC | 72,492 | 8,138 | Sarah Gibson ¤ | Nic Puntis † | Wiltshire |
| Christchurch CC | 71,064 | 7,455 | Christopher Chope † | Mike Cox ¤ | Dorset |
| East Wiltshire CC | 72,409 | 4,716 | Danny Kruger † | Rob Newman ‡ | Wiltshire |
| Exeter BC | 67,840 | 11,937 | Steve Race ‡ | Tessa Tucker † | Devon |
| Exmouth and Exeter East CC | 79,983 | 121 | David Reed † | Helen Dallimore ‡ | Devon |
| Filton and Bradley Stoke CC | 77,584 | 10,000 | Claire Hazelgrove ‡ | Jack Lopresti † | Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) |
| Forest of Dean CC | 72,052 | 278 | Matt Bishop ‡ | Mark Harper † | Gloucestershire |
| Frome and East Somerset CC | 70,378 | 5,415 | Anna Sabine ¤ | Lucy Trimnell † | Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| Glastonbury and Somerton CC | 72,982 | 6,611 | Sarah Dyke ¤ | Faye Purbrick † | Somerset |
| Gloucester BC | 79,479 | 3,431 | Alex McIntyre ‡ | Richard Graham † | Gloucestershire |
| Honiton and Sidmouth CC | 75,537 | 6,700 | Richard Foord ¤ | Simon Jupp † | Devon |
| Melksham and Devizes CC | 71,999 | 2,401 | Brian Mathew ¤ | Michelle Donelan † | Wiltshire |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole CC | 72,509 | 1,352 | Vikki Slade ¤ | Michael Tomlinson † | Dorset |
| Newton Abbot CC | 73,885 | 2,246 | Martin Wrigley ¤ | Anne Marie Morris † | Devon |
| North Cornwall CC | 76,741 | 10,767 | Ben Maguire ¤ | Scott Mann † | Cornwall |
| North Cotswolds CC | 72,513 | 3,357 | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown † | Paul Hodgkinson ¤ | Gloucestershire |
| North Devon CC | 79,068 | 6,744 | Ian Roome ¤ | Selaine Saxby † | Devon |
| North Dorset CC | 72,690 | 1,589 | Simon Hoare † | Gary Jackson ¤ | Dorset |
| North East Somerset and Hanham CC | 73,887 | 5,319 | Dan Norris ‡ | Jacob Rees-Mogg † | Gloucestershire / Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| North Somerset CC | 74,426 | 639 | Sadik Al-Hassan ‡ | Liam Fox † | Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| Plymouth Moor View BC | 74,724 | 5,604 | Fred Thomas ‡ | Johnny Mercer † | Devon |
| Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC | 75,313 | 13,328 | Luke Pollard ‡ | Peter Gold # | Devon |
| Poole BC | 72,509 | 18 | Neil Duncan-Jordan ‡ | Robert Syms † | Dorset |
| Salisbury CC | 70,281 | 3,807 | John Glen † | Matt Aldridge ‡ | Wiltshire |
| South Cotswolds CC | 71,490 | 4,973 | Roz Savage ¤ | James Gray † | Gloucestershire / Wiltshire |
| South Devon CC | 70,755 | 7,127 | Caroline Voaden ¤ | Anthony Mangnall † | Devon |
| South Dorset CC | 75,924 | 1,048 | Lloyd Hatton ‡ | Richard Drax † | Dorset |
| South East Cornwall CC | 72,728 | 1,911 | Anna Gelderd ‡ | Sheryll Murray † | Cornwall |
| South West Devon CC | 77,600 | 2,112 | Rebecca Smith † | Sarah Allen ‡ | Devon |
| South West Wiltshire CC | 71,574 | 3,243 | Andrew Murrison † | Evelyn Akoto ‡ | Wiltshire |
| St Austell and Newquay CC | 76,140 | 2,470 | Noah Law ‡ | Steve Double † | Cornwall |
| St Ives CC | 69,980 | 13,786 | Andrew George ¤ | Derek Thomas † | Cornwall |
| Stroud CC | 77,912 | 11,411 | Simon Opher ‡ | Siobhan Baillie † | Gloucestershire |
| Swindon North CC | 73,238 | 4,103 | Will Stone ‡ | Justin Tomlinson † | Wiltshire |
| Swindon South BC | 72,596 | 9,606 | Heidi Alexander ‡ | Robert Buckland † | Wiltshire |
| Taunton and Wellington CC | 78,116 | 11,939 | Gideon Amos ¤ | Rebecca Pow † | Somerset |
| Tewkesbury CC | 73,458 | 6,262 | Cameron Thomas ¤ | Laurence Robertson † | Gloucestershire |
| Thornbury and Yate CC | 78,195 | 3,014 | Claire Young ¤ | Luke Hall † | Gloucestershire (prev. Avon) |
| Tiverton and Minehead CC | 71,843 | 3,507 | Rachel Gilmour ¤ | Ian Liddell-Grainger † | Devon / Somerset |
| Torbay BC | 76,179 | 5,349 | Steve Darling ¤ | Kevin Foster † | Devon |
| Torridge and Tavistock CC | 74,727 | 3,950 | Geoffrey Cox † | Phil Hutty ¤ | Devon |
| Truro and Falmouth CC | 72,982 | 8,151 | Jayne Kirkham ‡ | Cherilyn Mackrory † | Cornwall |
| Wells and Mendip Hills CC | 72,051 | 11,121 | Tessa Munt ¤ | Meg Powell-Chandler † | Somerset / Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| West Dorset CC | 75,998 | 7,789 | Edward Morello ¤ | Chris Loder † | Dorset |
| Weston-super-Mare CC | 71,396 | 4,409 | Dan Aldridge ‡ | John Penrose † | Somerset (prev. Avon) |
| Yeovil CC | 79,700 | 12,286 | Adam Dance ¤ | Marcus Fysh † | Somerset |

## 2023 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South West region would be increased by 3, from 55 to 58. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region came into effect at the 2024 general election:
| Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
| Bath CC | 73,241 | Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Bournemouth East BC | 73,173 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Bournemouth West BC | 72,094 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Bridgwater CC | 71,418 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Bristol Central BC | 70,227 | Bristol | Bristol |
| Bristol East BC | 75,936 | Bristol | Bristol |
| Bristol North East BC | 69,793 | Bristol / Gloucestershire | Bristol / South Gloucestershire |
| Bristol North West BC | 76,783 | Bristol | Bristol |
| Bristol South BC | 74,696 | Bristol | Bristol |
| Camborne and Redruth CC | 73,568 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Central Devon CC | 73,491 | Devon | Mid Devon / Teignbridge / West Devon |
| Cheltenham BC | 75,292 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham |
| Chippenham CC | 71,648 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Christchurch CC | 71,598 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
| East Wiltshire CC | 71,109 | Wiltshire | Swindon / Wiltshire |
| Exeter BC | 71,713 | Devon | Exeter |
| Exmouth and Exeter East CC | 74,502 | Devon | East Devon / Exeter |
| Filton and Bradley Stoke CC | 73,598 | Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire |
| Forest of Dean CC | 71,510 | Gloucestershire | Forest of Dean / Tewkesbury |
| Frome and East Somerset CC | 70,177 | Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / Somerset |
| Glastonbury and Somerton CC | 70,015 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Gloucester BC | 76,695 | Gloucestershire | Gloucester |
| Honiton and Sidmouth CC | 74,365 | Devon | East Devon / Mid Devon |
| Melksham and Devizes CC | 71,823 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole CC | 74,305 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Dorset |
| Newton Abbot CC | 72,956 | Devon | Teignbridge |
| North Cornwall CC | 75,034 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| North Cotswolds CC | 70,915 | Gloucestershire | Cotswold / Stroud / Tewkesbury |
| North Devon CC | 76,455 | Devon | North Devon |
| North Dorset CC | 72,109 | Dorset | Dorset |
| North East Somerset and Hanham CC | 73,113 | Gloucestershire / Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset / South Gloucestershire |
| North Somerset CC | 73,963 | Somerset | North Somerset |
| Plymouth Moor View BC | 73,378 | Devon | Plymouth |
| Plymouth Sutton and Devonport BC | 73,495 | Devon | Plymouth |
| Poole BC | 72,162 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Salisbury CC | 70,242 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| South Cotswolds CC | 72,865 | Gloucestershire / Wiltshire | Cotswold / Stroud / Wiltshire |
| South Devon CC | 71,691 | Devon | South Hams / Torbay |
| South Dorset CC | 76,640 | Dorset | Dorset |
| South East Cornwall CC | 71,734 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| South West Devon CC | 75,371 | Devon | Plymouth / South Hams / West Devon |
| South West Wiltshire CC | 71,551 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| St Austell and Newquay CC | 74,585 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| St Ives CC | 70,107 | Cornwall | Cornwall / Isles of Scilly |
| Stroud CC | 76,249 | Gloucestershire | Stroud |
| Swindon North CC | 72,163 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
| Swindon South BC | 72,468 | Wiltshire | Swindon |
| Taunton and Wellington CC | 76,049 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Tewkesbury CC | 72,426 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham / Gloucester / Tewkesbury |
| Thornbury and Yate CC | 74,985 | Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire |
| Tiverton and Minehead CC | 70,829 | Devon / Somerset | Mid Devon / Somerset |
| Torbay BC | 75,742 | Devon | Torbay |
| Torridge and Tavistock CC | 74,802 | Devon | Torridge / West Devon |
| Truro and Falmouth CC | 73,326 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Wells and Mendip Hills CC | 69,843 | Somerset | North Somerset / Somerset |
| West Dorset CC | 75,390 | Dorset | Dorset |
| Weston-super-Mare CC | 70,722 | Somerset | North Somerset |
| Yeovil CC | 76,056 | Somerset | Somerset |

## 2024 results

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South West region in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 (actual) | Change from 2019 (notional) |
| Conservative | 785,672 | 28.2 | 24.6 | 11 | 37 | 39 |
| Liberal Democrats | 686,921 | 24.7 | 6.5 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Labour | 682,080 | 24.5 | 1.2 | 24 | 18 | 17 |
| Reform UK | 384,250 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 206,780 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Others | 39,737 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2,785,440 | 100.0 | | 58 | 3 | |

## Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)

### Percentage votes

Key:
* CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
* LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
* LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
* UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
* REF - Reform UK (2019 - Brexit Party)
* GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

### Seats

Key:
* CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
* LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
* LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
* GRN - Green Party of England and Wales
* OTH - 1945 - (1) Independent Progressive (Vernon Bartlett); (2) Independent National (Daniel Lipson)

## Former constituencies
### Abolished in 2024

* Bridgwater and West Somerset → Bridgwater
* Bristol West → Bristol Central
* Devizes → East Wiltshire
* East Devon → Exmouth and Exeter East
* Kingswood → Bristol North East
* North East Somerset → North East Somerset and Hanham
* North Wiltshire → South Cotswolds
* Somerton and Frome → Glastonbury and Somerton
* Taunton Deane → Taunton and Wellington
* The Cotswolds → South Cotswolds
* Tiverton and Honiton → Honiton and Sidmouth
* Torridge and West Devon → Torridge and Tavistock
* Totnes → South Devon
* Wells → Wells and Mendip Hills

### Abolished in 2010

* Bridgwater → Bridgwater and West Somerset
* Falmouth and Camborne → Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
* Northavon → Thornbury and Yate, Filton and Bradley Stoke
* Plymouth Devonport → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
* Plymouth Sutton → Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Plymouth Moor View
* Taunton → Taunton Deane
* Teignbridge → Newton Abbot, Central Devon
* Truro and St Austell → Truro and Falmouth, St Austell and Newquay
* Wansdyke → North East Somerset
* Westbury → South West Wiltshire, Chippenham
* Woodspring → North Somerset

### Abolished in 1997

* Cirencester and Tewkesbury → Cotswold, Tewkesbury
* Plymouth Drake → Plymouth Sutton
* Swindon → North Swindon, South Swindon
* West Gloucestershire → Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury