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Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)

Swindon
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Wiltshire
19181997
Number of members One
Replaced by Swindon South, Swindon North

Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1918 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was then replaced by the two new constituencies of North Swindon and South Swindon.

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Swindon, and part of the Rural District of Highworth.

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Swindon.

1983-1997: The Borough of Thamesdown wards of Central, Dorcan, Eastcott, Gorse Hill, Lawns, Moredon, Park, Toothill, Walcot, Western, and Whitworth.


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