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Devizes — UK General Election Results

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

Devizes was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 23,993 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Devizes from 1832 to 2019.

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, 1832–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Wadham Locke (Whig); Montague Gore (Whig) 166 45.4% (top seat) Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham (Conservative) 72 (15.1 pts) 75.6%
1835 Wadham Locke (Whig); Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham (Conservative) 154 49.0% (top seat) Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (Whig) 58 (11.8 pts) 78.8%
1837 James Whitley Deans Dundas (Whig); Thomas Henry Sutton Bucknall-Estcourt (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 George Heneage Walker Heneage (Conservative); Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 George Heneage Walker Heneage (Conservative); William Heald Ludlow Bruges (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 John Neilson Gladstone (Conservative); George Heneage Walker Heneage (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Simon Watson Taylor (Peelite); Christopher Darby Griffith (Conservative) 159 45.4% (top seat) John Neilson Gladstone (Conservative) 41 (8.1 pts) 79.5%
1859 John Neilson Gladstone (Conservative); Christopher Darby Griffith (Conservative) 167 35.2% (top seat) Simon Watson Taylor (Liberal) 19 (3.9 pts) 77.4%
1865 Thomas Bateson (Conservative); Christopher Darby Griffith (Conservative) 152 54.4% (top seat) John Curling (Liberal) 152 (45.6 pts) 46.4%
1868 Thomas Bateson (Conservative) 385 52.0% John Webb Probyn (Liberal) 64 (8.6 pts) 86.2%
1874 Thomas Bateson (Conservative) 396 52.0% Christopher Darby Griffith (Conservative) 32 (4.2 pts) 84.5%
1880 Thomas Bateson (Conservative) 446 53.5% Albert Childers Meysey-Thompson (Liberal) 58 (7.0 pts) 91.3%
1885 Walter Hume Long (Conservative) 3,849 50.6% William Barber (Liberal) 97 (1.3 pts) 81.2%
1886 Walter Hume Long (Conservative) 4,123 63.2% John Wynford Philipps (Liberal) 1,726 (26.5 pts) 69.7%
1892 Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse (Liberal) 3,896 50.9% Walter Hume Long (Conservative) 138 (1.8 pts) 76.6%
1895 Edward Alfred Goulding (Conservative) 4,114 53.1% Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse (Liberal) 477 (6.2 pts) 84.7%
1900 Edward Alfred Goulding (Conservative) 3,738 54.6% Francis Edward Newman Rogers (Liberal) 627 (9.2 pts) 77.8%
1906 Francis Edward Newman Rogers (Liberal) 4,247 53.9% Godfrey Dalrymple Dalrymple-White (Conservative) 614 (7.8 pts) 87.7%
Dec 1910 Basil Edward Peto (Conservative) 4,408 54.6% Sidney Job Pocock (Liberal) 738 (9.1 pts) 87.1%
Jan 1910 Basil Edward Peto (Conservative) 4,709 55.7% Francis Edward Newman Rogers (Liberal) 967 (11.4 pts) 91.1%
1918 William Cory Heward Bell (Unionist) 8,512 63.8% James Currie (Liberal) 3,689 (27.7 pts) 53.1%
1922 William Cory Heward Bell (Unionist) 9,598 59.3% Hilda Beatrice Currie (Liberal) 3,020 (18.7 pts) 64.9%
1923 Eric Macfadyen (Liberal) 9,202 51.8% William Cory Heward Bell (Unionist) 628 (3.5 pts) 69.5%
1924 Percy Angier Hurd (Unionist) 12,157 60.9% Eric Macfadyen (Liberal) 4,350 (21.8 pts) 76.2%
1929 Percy Angier Hurd (Unionist) 11,979 47.7% Eric Macfadyen (Liberal) 1,251 (5.0 pts) 77.5%
1931 Percy Angier Hurd (Conservative) 16,702 66.3% Joseph William Molden (Liberal) 8,201 (32.5 pts) 76.2%
1935 Percy Angier Hurd (Conservative) 14,438 59.3% Frances Louise Josephy (Liberal) 4,535 (18.6 pts) 72.2%
1945 Maurice Christoperh Hollis (Conservative) 12,796 47.1% Wilfrid Edward Cave (Labour) 4,676 (17.2 pts) 69.9%
1950 Maurice Christopher Hollis (Conservative) 17,401 45.3% Wilfrid Edward Cave (Labour) 1,185 (3.1 pts) 82.1%
1951 Maurice Christopher Hollis (Conservative) 20,319 52.0% Wilfrid Edward Cave (Labour) 1,577 (4.0 pts) 81.4%
1955 Henry Percivall Pott (Conservative) 20,317 52.7% Wilfrid Edward Cave (Labour) 2,075 (5.4 pts) 78.6%
1959 Hency Percivall Pott (Conservative) 20,682 51.4% Wilfrid Edward Cave (Labour) 3,838 (9.5 pts) 79.2%
1964 Charles Andrew Morrison (Conservative) 21,118 46.8% Irving HH Rogers (Labour) 3,948 (8.7 pts) 81.4%
1966 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 21,429 44.7% Ian Hamilton (Labour) 2,597 (5.4 pts) 81.0%
1970 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 28,475 51.7% Richard Faulkner (Labour) 8,033 (14.6 pts) 76.4%
Feb 1974 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 27,878 44.5% Richard Faulkner (Labour) 9,898 (15.8 pts) 81.2%
Oct 1974 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 24,842 42.5% Victor Edgar Finlayson (Labour) 7,021 (12.0 pts) 75.2%
1979 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 32,439 50.9% Victor Edgar Finlayson (Labour) 16,088 (25.2 pts) 79.6%
1983 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 33,644 53.9% Francis Elizabeth Palmer (Social Democratic Party) 15,624 (25.1 pts) 74.9%
1987 Charles Morrison (Conservative) 36,372 54.8% Linda Siegle (Liberal) 17,830 (26.9 pts) 77.2%
1992 Michael Ancram (Conservative) 39,090 53.3% Jane Mactaggart (Liberal Democrat) 19,712 (26.9 pts) 81.7%
1997 Michael Ancram (Conservative) 25,710 42.8% Antony Vickers (Liberal Democrat) 9,782 (16.3 pts) 74.7%
2001 Michael Ancram (Conservative) 25,159 47.2% Jim Thorpe (Labour) 11,896 (22.3 pts) 63.7%
2005 Michael Ancram (Conservative) 27,253 48.5% Fiona Hornby (Liberal Democrat) 13,194 (23.5 pts) 65.2%
2010 Claire Perry (Conservative) 25,519 55.1% Fiona Hornby (Liberal Democrat) 13,005 (28.1 pts) 68.9%
2015 Claire Perry (Conservative) 28,295 57.7% David Pollitt (UKIP) 20,751 (42.3 pts) 71.0%
2017 Claire Perry (Conservative) 31,744 62.7% Imtiyaz Shaikh (Labour) 21,136 (41.8 pts) 70.2%
2019 Danny Kruger (Conservative) 32,150 63.1% Jo Waltham (Liberal Democrat) 23,993 (47.1 pts) 69.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wadham Locke Whig 21645.4% Yes
Montague Gore Whig 16634.9% Yes
Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham Conservative 9419.7% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wadham Locke Whig 24049.0% Yes
Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham Conservative 15431.4% Yes
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie Whig 9619.6% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Whitley Deans Dundas Whig Unopposed Yes
Thomas Henry Sutton Bucknall-Estcourt Conservative Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Heneage Walker Heneage Conservative Unopposed Yes
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Conservative Unopposed Yes

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Heneage Walker Heneage Conservative Unopposed Yes
William Heald Ludlow Bruges Conservative Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Neilson Gladstone Conservative Unopposed Yes
George Heneage Walker Heneage Conservative Unopposed Yes

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Simon Watson Taylor Peelite 23045.4% Yes
Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative 15931.4% Yes
John Neilson Gladstone Conservative 11823.3% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Neilson Gladstone Conservative 17135.2% Yes
Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative 16734.4% Yes
Simon Watson Taylor Liberal 14830.5% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bateson Conservative 18154.4% Yes
Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative 15245.6% Yes
John Curling Liberal 00.0% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bateson Conservative 38552.0% Yes
John Webb Probyn Liberal 32143.4% No
Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative 344.6% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bateson Conservative 39652.0% Yes
Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative 36447.8% No
Sidney Fitzroy Kelly Sloper Independent Conservative 20.3% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bateson Conservative 44653.5% Yes
Albert Childers Meysey-Thompson Liberal 38846.5% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Hume Long Conservative 3,84950.6% Yes
William Barber Liberal 3,75249.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Hume Long Conservative 4,12363.2% Yes
John Wynford Philipps Liberal 2,39736.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse Liberal 3,89650.9% Yes
Walter Hume Long Conservative 3,75849.1% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Alfred Goulding Conservative 4,11453.1% Yes
Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse Liberal 3,63746.9% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Alfred Goulding Conservative 3,73854.6% Yes
Francis Edward Newman Rogers Liberal 3,11145.4% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Edward Newman Rogers Liberal 4,24753.9% Yes
Godfrey Dalrymple Dalrymple-White Conservative 3,63346.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Peto Conservative 4,40854.6% Yes
Sidney Job Pocock Liberal 3,67045.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Peto Conservative 4,70955.7% Yes
Francis Edward Newman Rogers Liberal 3,74244.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Cory Heward Bell Unionist 8,51263.8% Yes
James Currie Liberal 4,82336.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Cory Heward Bell Unionist 9,59859.3% Yes
Hilda Beatrice Currie Liberal 6,57840.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Macfadyen Liberal 9,20251.8% Yes
William Cory Heward Bell Unionist 8,57448.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Unionist 12,15760.9% Yes
Eric Macfadyen Liberal 7,80739.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Unionist 11,97947.7% Yes
Eric Macfadyen Liberal 10,72842.7% No
Reginald Pollington Sheppard Labour 2,3919.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Conservative 16,70266.3% Yes
Joseph William Molden Liberal 8,50133.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Conservative 14,43859.3% Yes
Frances Louise Josephy Liberal 9,90340.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Christoperh Hollis Conservative 12,79647.1% Yes
Wilfrid Edward Cave Labour 8,12029.9% No
Frances Louise Josephy Liberal 6,27823.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Christopher Hollis Conservative 17,40145.3% Yes
Wilfrid Edward Cave Labour 16,21642.2% No
Richard William Thomas Aston Liberal 4,83212.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Christopher Hollis Conservative 20,31952.0% Yes
Wilfrid Edward Cave Labour 18,74248.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Percivall Pott Conservative 20,31752.7% Yes
Wilfrid Edward Cave Labour 18,24247.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hency Percivall Pott Conservative 20,68251.4% Yes
Wilfrid Edward Cave Labour 16,84441.9% No
Jack Norton Independent Liberal 2,7076.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Andrew Morrison Conservative 21,11846.8% Yes
Irving HH Rogers Labour 17,17038.0% No
Prof Michael Patrick Fogarty Liberal 6,88115.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 21,42944.7% Yes
Ian Hamilton Labour 18,83239.2% No
Prof. Michael Fogarty Liberal 7,73016.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 28,47551.7% Yes
Richard Faulkner Labour 20,44237.1% No
John Jones Liberal 6,21011.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 27,87844.5% Yes
Richard Faulkner Labour 17,98028.7% No
John Owen Knox Crawford Liberal 16,75326.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 24,84242.5% Yes
Victor Edgar Finlayson Labour 17,82130.5% No
John Ainslie Liberal 15,85127.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 32,43950.9% Yes
Victor Edgar Finlayson Labour 16,35125.7% No
John Ainslie Liberal 14,05922.1% No
Raymond John Burcham Green 7131.1% No
Anthony Patrick Barrett Mockler Wessex Regionalist 1420.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 33,64453.9% Yes
Francis Elizabeth Palmer Social Democratic Party 18,02028.9% No
David Kwabena Hulme Labour 10,46816.8% No
Gwendoline Mary Ewen Wessex Regionalist 2340.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Morrison Conservative 36,37254.8% Yes
Linda Siegle Liberal 18,54227.9% No
Richard William Buxton Labour 11,48717.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Ancram Conservative 39,09053.3% Yes
Jane Mactaggart Liberal Democrat 19,37826.4% No
Rosemary Berry Labour 13,06017.8% No
Stuart Charles Coles Liberal 9621.3% No
David Ripley Green 8081.1% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Ancram Conservative 25,71042.8% Yes
Antony Vickers Liberal Democrat 15,92826.5% No
Frank Jeffrey Labour 14,55124.2% No
John Goldmsith Referendum Party 3,0215.0% No
Stanley Oram UKIP 6221.0% No
Stephen Haysom Natural Law 2040.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Ancram Conservative 25,15947.2% Yes
Jim Thorpe Labour 13,26324.9% No
Helen Frances Liberal Democrat 11,75622.1% No
Alan Wood UKIP 1,5212.9% No
Sir Ludovic Kennedy Independent 1,0782.0% No
Long Tall Sally Potter Monster Raving Loony 4720.9% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Ancram Conservative 27,25348.5% Yes
Fiona Hornby Liberal Democrat 14,05925.0% No
Sharon Charity Labour 12,51922.3% No
Alan Wood UKIP 2,3154.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Claire Perry Conservative 25,51955.1% Yes
Fiona Hornby Liberal Democrat 12,51427.0% No
Junab Ali Labour 4,71110.2% No
Patricia Bryant UKIP 2,0764.5% No
Mark Fletcher Green 8131.8% No
Martin Houlden Independent 5661.2% No
Nic Coombe Libertarian Party 1410.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Claire Perry Conservative 28,29557.7% Yes
David Pollitt UKIP 7,54415.4% No
Chris Watts Labour 6,36013.0% No
Manda Rigby Liberal Democrat 3,9548.1% No
Emma Dawnay Green 2,8535.8% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Claire Perry Conservative 31,74462.7% Yes
Imtiyaz Shaikh Labour 10,60821.0% No
Christopher Coleman Liberal Democrat 4,7069.3% No
Timothy Page UKIP 1,7063.4% No
Emma Dawnay Green 1,6063.2% No
Jim Gunter Wessex Regionalists 2230.4% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Danny Kruger Conservative 32,15063.1% Yes
Jo Waltham Liberal Democrat 8,15716.0% No
Rachael Schneider Ross Labour 7,83815.4% No
Emma Dawnay Green 2,8095.5% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 15.1 pts 1835: Whig margin 11.8 pts 1857: Peelite margin 8.1 pts 1859: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1865: Conservative margin 45.6 pts 1868: Conservative margin 8.6 pts 1874: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1880: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1885: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1886: Conservative margin 26.5 pts 1892: Liberal margin 1.8 pts 1895: Conservative margin 6.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 9.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 7.8 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 9.1 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 11.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 27.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 18.7 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 21.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 5.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 32.5 pts 1935: Conservative margin 18.6 pts 1945: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1950: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1951: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1955: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1964: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1966: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1970: Conservative margin 14.6 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 15.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 12.0 pts 1979: Conservative margin 25.2 pts 1983: Conservative margin 25.1 pts 1987: Conservative margin 26.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 26.9 pts 1997: Conservative margin 16.3 pts 2001: Conservative margin 22.3 pts 2005: Conservative margin 23.5 pts 2010: Conservative margin 28.1 pts 2015: Conservative margin 42.3 pts 2017: Conservative margin 41.8 pts 2019: Conservative margin 47.1 pts 1832 1835 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Devizes has been contested at 48 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Peelite, Liberal, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Devizes in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Devizes in 2019 with 32,150 votes (63.1%), a majority of 23,993 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Devizes since 1832?

Since 1832, Devizes has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Peelite, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Devizes?

The closest result on record for Devizes was 1885, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 97 votes (1.3 percentage points).

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

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Devizes 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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