Melksham and Devizes

7:01am on 5th July

Liberal Democrats GAIN / provisional
Elected: Brian Mathew

Candidates

Photograph of Brian MathewLD / 39.1%
Brian Mathew
Photograph of Michelle DonelanCon / 34.4%
Michelle Donelan
Photograph of Malcolm John CupisReform / 13.1%
Malcolm John Cupis
Photograph of Kerry PostlewhiteLab / 9.0%
Kerry Postlewhite
Photograph of Catherine ReadGreen / 4.4%
Catherine Read

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 93200

Households: 40400

Housing tenure type for Melksham and Devizes

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 1%
Owned outright
Percentage: 41%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 30.1%
Private rented
Percentage: 13%
Social rented
Percentage: 14.9%

Age demographic for Melksham and Devizes

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 17%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 8.1%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 10.2%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 17.6%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 22.4%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 24.6%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.