The constituency of South West Wiltshire is set to be contested with its newly-drawn boundaries for the first time in this year’s general election.

The central part of South West Wiltshire will remain the same, but the south east of the constituency will lose a considerable section to Salisbury.

The northern boundary will stretch just beyond Hilperton but will not include Wingfield or Steeple Ashton.

Mere will remain in South West Wiltshire but the area south of Sherrington Wood will be transferred over to the redrawn constituency of Salisbury.

South West Wiltshire has been represented in the House of Commons by Andrew Murrison since the constituency was created in 2010.

He had also been the MP for the previous constituency of Westbury since 2001.

Murrison was re-elected as the conservative MP with a vote share of 60.2% in the 2019 general election.

Emily Pomroy-Smith from the Labour party is standing to be selected as the candidate for this constituency.

Garry Irvin of the Reform party has also announced he will be running for the seat.

According to an analysis published by the BBC, if the 2019 election had used the new constituencies, South West Wiltshire would have still been won by the Conservatives.

Data from YouGov released in January 2024 suggests that the Conservatives remain the current favourite.

However, their predicted vote share appears to have dropped to 34%, with Labour following behind on 27%.

The largest towns of the constituency are Trowbridge, Westbury and Warminster, with a combined population of over 71,000 people.

As the county town of Wiltshire, Trowbridge town centre is currently undergoing a £16 million transformation via the government’s Future High Streets Fund.

It recently saw thousands of pounds worth of damage caused by vandals who smashed the windows of shops, offices and vehicles across the town centre.

Westbury was recently listed as an area for concern regarding childcare availability.

Wiltshire Council’s Local Plan has stated that future development in the town will seek to improve the air quality, which suffers due to congestion from the A350 running through its centre.

Warminster has a neighbourhood plan within which the town centre features heavily, the regeneration of the central car park being one of the main aspirations.

The town is also home to a major military garrison, which uses Salisbury Plain as a training area.