Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Chippenham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chippenham in Wiltshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Wiltshire within England.
County	Wiltshire
Population	96,336 (2011 census)
Electorate	73,312 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Westbury, North Wiltshire
1295–1983
Number of members	One (Two 1295–1868)
Type of constituency	County (Borough 1295–1885) constituency
Replaced by	North Wiltshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The 2010 constituency includes the towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.

A borough constituency of Chippenham was enfranchised in 1295. It sent two burgesses to Parliament until 1868 and one thereafter until the borough constituency was abolished in 1885. There was a county division constituency named after the town of Chippenham from 1885 to 1983, when the name of that constituency was changed to North Wiltshire.

Following the 2003–2005 review into parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission created a new county constituency, reviving the name of Chippenham as a seat. It is formed from parts of the previously existing Devizes, North Wiltshire, and Westbury constituencies.