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Chippenham — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chippenham was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 8,138 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Chippenham from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Joseph Neeld (Conservative); William Henry Fox Talbot (Whig) 132 44.7% (top seat) John Thomas Mayne (Whig) 92 (29.6 pts) 74.8%
1835 Joseph Neeld (Conservative); Henry George Boldero (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Joseph Neeld (Conservative); Henry George Boldero (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Joseph Neeld (Conservative); Henry George Boldero (Conservative) 128 42.4% (top seat) William John Lysley (Whig) 32 (8.2 pts) 72.8%
1847 Henry George Boldero (Conservative); Joseph Neeld (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Henry George Boldero (Conservative); Joseph Neeld (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Henry George Boldero (Conservative); Robert Parry Nisbet (Conservative) 150 38.2% (top seat) William John Lysley (Whig) 18 (4.0 pts) 68.3%
1859 Richard Penruddocke Long (Conservative); William John Lysley (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 John Neeld (Conservative); Gabriel Goldney (Conservative) 201 35.8% (top seat) William John Lysley (Liberal) 29 (5.0 pts) 74.1%
1868 Gabriel Goldney (Conservative) 418 53.8% George Young (Liberal) 59 (7.6 pts) 79.9%
1874 Gabriel Goldney (Conservative) 530 63.5% Handel Coham (Liberal) 226 (27.1 pts) 85.2%
1880 Gabriel Goldney (Conservative) 478 51.2% Samuel Butler (Liberal) 23 (2.5 pts) 90.5%
1885 Banister Fletcher (Liberal) 3,880 52.1% Henry Arthur George Somerset (Conservative) 306 (4.1 pts) 84.2%
1886 Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative) 3,657 54.0% Banister Fletcher (Liberal) 537 (7.9 pts) 76.6%
1892 John Poynder Dickson-Poynder (Conservative) 3,684 51.6% John Michael Fleetwood Fuller (Liberal) 229 (3.2 pts) 78.5%
1895 John Poynder Dickson-Poynder (Conservative) 3,898 53.5% James Thornton (Liberal) 508 (7.0 pts) 87.9%
1900 John Poynder Dickson-Poynder (Conservative) 3,863 54.1% James Thornton (Liberal) 585 (8.2 pts) 84.5%
1906 John Poynder Dickson-Poynder (Liberal) 4,937 62.4% Joseph Randolph Randolph (Conservative) 1,966 (24.9 pts) 89.5%
Jan 1910 George John Edmond De Beauvoir Terrell (Conservative) 4,408 51.7% Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck (Liberal) 288 (3.4 pts) 92.9%
Dec 1910 Geogre John Edmund de Beauvoir Terrell (Conservative) 4,141 50.1% Bryan Freeman (Liberal) 24 (0.3 pts) 90.0%
1918 George Terrell (Unionist) 8,786 53.0% Albert James Bennett (Liberal) 3,947 (23.8 pts) 61.3%
1922 Alfred James Bonwick (Liberal) 10,494 48.6% George Terrell (Unionist) 488 (2.3 pts) 78.0%
1923 Alfred James Bonwick (Liberal) 11,953 51.7% Victor Alexander Cazalet (Unionist) 797 (3.5 pts) 81.6%
1924 Victor Alexander Cazalet (Unionist) 13,227 54.6% Alfred James Bonwick (Liberal) 2,212 (9.1 pts) 83.2%
1929 Victor Alexander Cazalet (Unionist) 13,550 46.6% Felix John Morgan Brunner (Liberal) 1,731 (5.9 pts) 82.2%
1931 Victor Alexander Cazalet (Conservative) 17,232 56.8% Harold Walter Seymour Howard (Liberal) 6,304 (20.8 pts) 83.7%
1935 Victor Alexander Cazalet (Conservative) 15,370 53.3% Arthur William Stanton (Liberal) 5,421 (18.8 pts) 77.5%
1945 David McAdam Eccles (Conservative) 15,889 42.6% Andrew Tomlinson (Labour) 4,023 (10.8 pts) 69.7%
1950 David McAdam Eccles (Conservative) 17,845 44.3% Geoffrey Ayrton Drain (Labour) 4,097 (10.2 pts) 83.0%
1951 David McAdam Eccles (Conservative) 22,601 56.0% Dengar Evans (Labour) 4,878 (12.1 pts) 81.5%
1955 David McAdam Eddles (Conservative) 20,847 51.7% William J Smith (Labour) 6,695 (16.6 pts) 80.0%
1959 David McAdam Eccles (Conservative) 21,696 52.1% Robert W Portus (Labour) 8,785 (21.1 pts) 80.2%
1964 Daniel Edmund Awdry (Conservative) 18,089 40.4% Christopher Walter Layton (Liberal) 1,543 (3.5 pts) 81.2%
1966 Daniel Awdry (Conservative) 18,275 39.6% Christopher Layton (Liberal) 694 (1.5 pts) 82.8%
1970 Daniel Awdry (Conservative) 24,371 49.7% Margaret Wingfield (Liberal) 10,538 (21.5 pts) 77.7%
Oct 1974 Daniel Awdry (Conservative) 22,721 42.6% Ronald Banks (Liberal) 1,749 (3.3 pts) 78.7%
Feb 1974 Daniel Awdry (Conservative) 24,645 44.3% Ronald Banks (Liberal) 3,092 (5.6 pts) 82.6%
1979 Richard Needham (Conservative) 29,308 49.2% Ronald Banks (Liberal) 4,697 (7.9 pts) 80.0%
2010 Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat) 23,970 45.8% Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (Conservative) 2,470 (4.7 pts) 72.7%
2015 Michelle Donelan (Conservative) 26,354 47.6% Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat) 10,076 (18.2 pts) 74.8%
2017 Michelle Donelan (Conservative) 31,267 54.7% Helen Belcher (Liberal Democrat) 16,630 (29.1 pts) 75.0%
2019 Michelle Donelan (Conservative) 30,994 54.3% Helen Belcher (Liberal Democrat) 11,288 (19.8 pts) 74.4%
2024 Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat) 22,552 45.5% Nic Puntis (Conservative) 8,138 (16.4 pts) 67.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Neeld Conservative 13944.7% Yes
William Henry Fox Talbot Whig 13242.4% Yes
John Thomas Mayne Whig 4012.9% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Neeld Conservative Unopposed Yes
Henry George Boldero Conservative Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Neeld Conservative Unopposed Yes
Henry George Boldero Conservative Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Neeld Conservative 16542.4% Yes
Henry George Boldero Conservative 12832.9% Yes
William John Lysley Whig 9624.7% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry George Boldero Conservative Unopposed Yes
Joseph Neeld Conservative Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry George Boldero Conservative Unopposed Yes
Joseph Neeld Conservative Unopposed Yes

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry George Boldero Conservative 17438.2% Yes
Robert Parry Nisbet Conservative 15032.9% Yes
William John Lysley Whig 13228.9% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Penruddocke Long Conservative Unopposed Yes
William John Lysley Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Neeld Conservative 20835.8% Yes
Gabriel Goldney Conservative 20134.6% Yes
William John Lysley Liberal 17229.6% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gabriel Goldney Conservative 41853.8% Yes
George Young Liberal 35946.2% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gabriel Goldney Conservative 53063.5% Yes
Handel Coham Liberal 30436.5% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gabriel Goldney Conservative 47851.2% Yes
Samuel Butler Liberal 45548.8% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Banister Fletcher Liberal 3,88052.1% Yes
Henry Arthur George Somerset Conservative 3,57447.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce Conservative 3,65754.0% Yes
Banister Fletcher Liberal 3,12046.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Conservative 3,68451.6% Yes
John Michael Fleetwood Fuller Liberal 3,45548.4% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Conservative 3,89853.5% Yes
James Thornton Liberal 3,39046.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Conservative 3,86354.1% Yes
James Thornton Liberal 3,27845.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Liberal 4,93762.4% Yes
Joseph Randolph Randolph Conservative 2,97137.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George John Edmond De Beauvoir Terrell Conservative 4,40851.7% Yes
Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck Liberal 4,12048.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geogre John Edmund de Beauvoir Terrell Conservative 4,14150.1% Yes
Bryan Freeman Liberal 4,11749.9% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Terrell Unionist 8,78653.0% Yes
Albert James Bennett Liberal 4,83929.2% No
Reuben George Labour 2,93917.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred James Bonwick Liberal 10,49448.6% Yes
George Terrell Unionist 10,00646.3% No
William Robert Roberts Labour 1,0985.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred James Bonwick Liberal 11,95351.7% Yes
Victor Alexander Cazalet Unionist 11,15648.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Alexander Cazalet Unionist 13,22754.6% Yes
Alfred James Bonwick Liberal 11,01545.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Alexander Cazalet Unionist 13,55046.6% Yes
Felix John Morgan Brunner Liberal 11,81940.6% No
William Robert Robins Labour 3,71712.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Alexander Cazalet Conservative 17,23256.8% Yes
Harold Walter Seymour Howard Liberal 10,92836.0% No
William Robert Robins Labour 2,1947.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Alexander Cazalet Conservative 15,37053.3% Yes
Arthur William Stanton Liberal 9,94934.5% No
William Robert Robins Labour 3,52712.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David McAdam Eccles Conservative 15,88942.6% Yes
Andrew Tomlinson Labour 11,86631.8% No
Donald McIntosh Johnson Liberal 9,54725.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David McAdam Eccles Conservative 17,84544.3% Yes
Geoffrey Ayrton Drain Labour 13,74834.2% No
Wilfred Greville Collins Liberal 8,66121.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David McAdam Eccles Conservative 22,60156.0% Yes
Dengar Evans Labour 17,72344.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David McAdam Eddles Conservative 20,84751.7% Yes
William J Smith Labour 14,15235.1% No
Arthur Rossi Braybrooke Liberal 5,20812.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David McAdam Eccles Conservative 21,69652.1% Yes
Robert W Portus Labour 12,91131.0% No
John C Hall Liberal 7,05916.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Edmund Awdry Conservative 18,08940.4% Yes
Christopher Walter Layton Liberal 16,54637.0% No
Giles Heneage Radice Labour 10,08622.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Awdry Conservative 18,27539.6% Yes
Christopher Layton Liberal 17,58138.1% No
Giles Radice Labour 10,25722.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Awdry Conservative 24,37149.7% Yes
Margaret Wingfield Liberal 13,83328.2% No
John Eddie Labour 10,80722.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Awdry Conservative 22,72142.6% Yes
Ronald Banks Liberal 20,97239.3% No
John Whiles Labour 9,39617.6% No
Edward John John United Democrat 2780.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Awdry Conservative 24,64544.3% Yes
Ronald Banks Liberal 21,55338.8% No
John Whiles Labour 9,39516.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Needham Conservative 29,30849.2% Yes
Ronald Banks Liberal 24,61141.3% No
Catherine Lucy Braithwaite Inchley Labour 5,1468.6% No
Herbert William Pettit Green 5210.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Duncan Hames Liberal Democrat 23,97045.8% Yes
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones Conservative 21,50041.0% No
Greg Lovell Labour 3,6206.9% No
Julia Reid UKIP 1,7833.4% No
Michael Simpkins BNP 6411.2% No
Samantha Fletcher Green 4460.9% No
John Maguire English Democrats 3070.6% No
Richard Sexton Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1180.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Donelan Conservative 26,35447.6% Yes
Duncan Hames Liberal Democrat 16,27829.4% No
Julia Reid UKIP 5,88410.6% No
Andy Newman Labour 4,5618.2% No
Tina Johnston Green 2,3304.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Donelan Conservative 31,26754.7% Yes
Helen Belcher Liberal Democrat 14,63725.6% No
Andrew Newman Labour 11,23619.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Donelan Conservative 30,99454.3% Yes
Helen Belcher Liberal Democrat 19,70634.5% No
Martha Anachury Labour 6,39911.2% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sarah Gibson Liberal Democrat 22,55245.5% Yes
Nic Puntis Conservative 14,41429.1% No
Benjamin Ginsburg Reform UK 6,12712.4% No
Ravi Venkatesh Labour 3,9257.9% No
Declan Baseley Green 1,9543.9% No
Ed Deedigan Independent 5401.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 29.6 pts 1841: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1857: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1865: Conservative margin 5.0 pts 1868: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1874: Conservative margin 27.1 pts 1880: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1885: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1886: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1892: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1900: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 24.9 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 3.4 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 0.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 23.8 pts 1922: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 9.1 pts 1929: Unionist margin 5.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 20.8 pts 1935: Conservative margin 18.8 pts 1945: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1950: Conservative margin 10.2 pts 1951: Conservative margin 12.1 pts 1955: Conservative margin 16.6 pts 1959: Conservative margin 21.1 pts 1964: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1966: Conservative margin 1.5 pts 1970: Conservative margin 21.5 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 3.3 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 5.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 4.7 pts 2015: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 2017: Conservative margin 29.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 19.8 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 16.4 pts 1832 1841 1857 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Chippenham has been contested at 43 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Liberal, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chippenham in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Chippenham in 2024 with 22,552 votes (45.5%), a majority of 8,138 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Chippenham since 1832?

Since 1832, Chippenham has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Chippenham?

The closest result on record for Chippenham was Dec 1910, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 24 votes (0.3 percentage points).

Did Chippenham ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Chippenham elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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