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{{Short description|Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
 |name        = Westbury
 |parliament  = uk
 |map1        = Westbury
 |map2        = EnglandWiltshire
 |map_entity  = Wiltshire
 |map_year    = 2005
 |year        = 1449
 |abolished   = 2010
 |type        = County
 |previous    = 
 |next        = [[South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Wiltshire]], [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]]
 |elects_howmany = One (Two 1449–1832)
 |population  = 
 |region      = England
 |county      = [[Wiltshire]]
 |european    = South West England
 |towns       = [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]]
}}

'''Westbury''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in [[Wiltshire]] from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the [[House of Commons of England]] until 1707, and then in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1801 until 2010.

Until 1885, it was a [[parliamentary borough]], returning two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) until 1832 and only one from 1832 to 1885. The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, when the name was transferred to a [[county constituency]] returning one MP.  Elections used the [[Plurality-at-large voting|bloc vote]] system when two MPs were returned, and the [[first-past-the-post]] system of election when one seat was contested.

Westbury returned a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member at every election after 1924.

==Boundaries==
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2020}}
'''1885–1918''': The Sessional Divisions of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Whorwellsdon, and part of the Sessional Division of Warminster.

'''1918–1950''': The Urban Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster, and Westbury, and the Rural Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Mere, Warminster, and Westbury and Whorwellsdown.

'''1950–1974''': The Urban Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster, and Westbury, and the Rural Districts of Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham, Mere and Tisbury, and Warminster and Westbury.

'''1974–1983''': As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

'''1983–1997''': The District of West Wiltshire, and the District of Salisbury wards of Knoyle, Mere, and Western.

'''1997–2010''': The District of West Wiltshire wards of Adcroft, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, college, Corsley, Dilton Marsh, Drynham, Ethandune, Holt, John O'Gaunt, Manor Vale, Mid Wylye Valley, Park, Paxcroft, Shearwater, Summerham, Warminster East, Warminster West, Weavers, Westbrook, Westbury with Storridge, and Wylye Valley, and the District of Salisbury wards of Knoyle, Mere, and Western.

Originally a small [[pocket borough]], covering only a small part of the parish of [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]], in 1885 the parliamentary borough became a [[county constituency]] in [[Wiltshire]]. At the time of the constituency's abolition in 2010 it included the towns of [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]], [[Warminster]], [[Trowbridge]], and [[Bradford-on-Avon]], and the surrounding rural areas as far south as [[Mere, Wiltshire|Mere]]. Until boundary changes in 1997, it also included [[Melksham]].

===Boundary review, 2005===
Following a review of parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the [[Boundary Commission for England]] created two new constituencies in the county. [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]] was created mostly from the adjoining [[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]] constituency, plus the town of [[Bradford-on-Avon]] at the northern end of the Westbury constituency, while the rest of Westbury saw minor changes to its composition and was renamed [[South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Wiltshire]]. These changes were approved in 2005, to take effect at the following general election, which ultimately took place in 2010.

==Members of Parliament==

===Westbury borough (before 1885)===

====MPs 1449–1640====
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Parliament!!First member!!Second member
|-
| 1491|| [[Sir Thomas Long of Draycot]]
|-
| 1510-1523|| No names known <ref name = HoP2>{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/westbury |title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 2011-10-27}}</ref>
|-
| 1529|| [[Thomas Kirton]]|| [[Thomas Temys]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1536|| ?
|-
| 1539|| ?
|-
| 1542|| ?
|-
| 1545|| [[William Hartgill]]|| [[Geoffrey Carter (MP)|Geoffrey Carter]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1547|| [[John Stokes (fl.1547)|John Stokes]]|| [[Kenelm Throckmorton]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1553 (Mar)|| ?
|-
| 1553 (Oct)|| [[Andrew Baynton]]|| [[Griffin Curteys]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Apr)|| [[Griffin Curteys]]|| [[Peter Morgan (MP)|Peter Morgan]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Nov)|| [[William Bennett (died 1574)|William Bennett]]|| [[Griffin Curteys]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1555|| [[Thomas Throckmorton (died 1568)|Sir Thomas Throckmorton]]|| [[William Hoskins (MP)|William Hoskins]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1558|| [[John Buckland (Westbury MP)|John Buckland]]|| [[William Allen Helyer]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1559|| [[Anthony Carleton]]|| [[Ralph Skinner]]<ref name = HoP3>{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/westbury |title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 2011-10-27}}</ref>
|-
| 1562–3|| [[Hugh Ryley]]|| [[John Dyster]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1571|| [[Francis Blount]]|| [[Thomas Long (died 1593)|Thomas Long]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1572||rowspan = "2"| [[William Brouncker (died 1596)|William Brouncker]]|| [[Henry Brouncker (died 1607)|Henry Brouncker]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1584||  [[Edward Midwinter]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1586|| [[Robert Baynard (died 1636)|Robert Baynard]]|| [[Henry Whitaker (died 1589)|Henry Whitaker]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1588|| [[Henry Fanshawe (1569–1616)|Sir Henry Fanshawe]] || [[John Bennett (fl. 1586–1589)|John Bennett]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1593|| [[William Jordyn (died 1623)|William Jordyn]]|| [[Henry Fanshawe (1569–1616)|Sir Henry Fanshawe]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1597|| rowspan= "6"|[[Matthew Ley]]|| [[James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough|James Ley]]<ref name = HoP3/><ref>Wilfrid Prest, ‘Ley, James, first earl of Marlborough (1550–1629)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16619], accessed 22 Jan 2009.</ref>
|-
| 1601||  [[Henry Jackman (MP)|Henry Jackman]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1604||  [[James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough|James Ley]]
|-
| 1605|| [[Alexander Chocke of Avington|Alexander Chocke]]
|-
| 1609|| [[James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough|James Ley]]
|-
| 1614||  [[Henry Ley (MP)|Henry Ley]]
|-
| 1621|| [[James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough|Sir James Ley]] <br /> replaced by [[Walter Long (c. 1594 – 1637)|Walter Long]]|| [[Miles Fleetwood|Sir Miles Fleetwood]]
|-
| 1624|| [[Henry Ley (MP)|Sir Henry Ley]]|| Sir [[Henry Mildmay]]
|-
| 1625|| rowspan = "2"|[[Walter Long (c. 1594 – 1637)|Sir Walter Long]]|| [[Gifford Long]]
|-
| 1626|| [[Thomas Hopton]]
|-
| 1628|| [[Maximilian Petty]] || [[Charles Thynne]]
|-
| 1629–1640|| colspan = "2"| ''No Parliaments summoned''
|}

====MPs 1640–1832====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!!!First member<ref name="rayment">{{rayment-hc|w|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!First party!!!!Second member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Second party
|-
|[[Short Parliament|April 1640]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | 
|[[Sir Thomas Penyston, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Penyston]]||
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Ashe (of Freshford)|John Ashe]] ||<!-- party -->
|-
|[[Long Parliament|November 1640]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | 
|rowspan="2"| [[John Ashe (of Freshford)|John Ashe]]||rowspan="2"|[[Roundheads|Parliamentarian]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | 
| [[William Wheler]]||[[Roundheads|Parliamentarian]] 
|-
|December 1648
|colspan="3"|''Wheler excluded in [[Pride's Purge]] - seat vacant''
|-
|1653
|colspan="6"|''Westbury was unrepresented in the [[Barebones Parliament]] and the [[First Protectorate Parliament|First]] and [[Second Protectorate Parliament|Second]] Parliaments of the Protectorate''
|-
|[[Third Protectorate Parliament|January 1659]] 
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Robert Danvers|Robert Villiers, alias Danvers]]  ||<!-- party -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[William Eyre of Neston|William Eyre]] ||<!-- party -->
|-
|[[Rump Parliament|May 1659]]
|colspan="6"|''Not represented in the restored [[Rump Parliament|Rump]], Ashe having died in the interim''
|-
|April 1660
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="5"| [[Richard Lewis (English MP)|Richard Lewis]]
|rowspan="5"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Brouncker (died 1680)|William Brouncker]] 
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1661
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Thomas Wancklyn]]<ref>Expelled from the House of Commons for corrupt misuse of [[Parliamentary Privilege]]</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1678
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)|Henry Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|February 1679
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Trenchard]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|August 1679
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)|Henry Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1680
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Edward Norton (conspirator)|Edward Norton]]
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[William Trenchard]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1681
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Ashe (died 1687)|John Ashe]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1685
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Richard Lewis (English MP)|Richard Lewis]]
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[James Herbert (1660–1704)|James Herbert]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1689
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Peregrine Bertie (senior)|Peregrine Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1695
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Robert Bertie (of Benham)|Robert Bertie]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1701
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)|Henry Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|July 1702 <ref name="1702petition">In December 1702,[[William Trenchard]] and [[Thomas Phipps]] were returned. A [[Election petition|petition]] was lodged, and the result was overturned on 1 December 1702 in favour of [[Robert Bertie (of Benham)|Robert Bertie]] and [[Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)|Henry Bertie]]</ref>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Trenchard]]
| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Thomas Phipps]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|December 1702 <ref name="1702petition" />
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)|Henry Bertie]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Robert Bertie (of Benham)|Robert Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1708
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Francis Annesley (1663–1750)|Francis Annesley]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1715 British general election|January 1715]]<ref name="1715petition">At the [[1715 British general election|general election in January 1715]], [[Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon|Willoughby Bertie]] and [[Francis Annesley (1663–1750)|Francis Annesley]] were returned. A [[Election petition|petition]] was lodged, and the result was overturned on 1 June 1715 in favour of the runners-up [[George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery|Lord Carbery]] and [[Charles Allanson (died 1729)|Charles Allanson]]</ref>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon|Willoughby Bertie]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|''June 1715'' <ref name="1715petition" />
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery|The Lord Carbery]]
| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Charles Allanson (died 1729)|Charles Allanson]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1722 British general election|1722]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[James Bertie]]<ref name="1723-by-election">At the [[1722 British general election|1722 general election]], [[James Bertie]] was also elected for [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Westbury. A by-election for his seat was held in March  1723</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Francis Annesley (1663–1750)|Francis Annesley]]
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
| March 1723 by-election <ref name="1723-by-election" />
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery|The Lord Carbery]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1727 British general election|1727]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Hoskins Gifford]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1734 British general election|1734]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[George Evans, 2nd Baron Carbery|Hon. George Evans]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Bance]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1741 British general election|1741]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Joseph Townsend (MP)|Joseph Townsend]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1747 British general election|1747]]<ref name="1747petition">At the [[1747 British general election|1747 general election]], [[John Bance]] and [[Paul Methuen (MP)|Paul Methuen]] were returned. A [[Election petition|petition]] was lodged, and the result was overturned on 16 March 1748 in favour of the runners-up [[Chauncy Townsend]] and [[Paul Methuen (MP)|Paul Methuen]]</ref>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Bance]]
| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Paul Methuen (MP)|Paul Methuen]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| ''1748'' <ref name="1747petition" />
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Chauncy Townsend]]
|rowspan="2"| Pro-Government
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Matthew Michell]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1753 by-election <ref>The by-election in 1753 was caused by the death of [[Matthew Michell]]</ref>
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Peregrine Bertie (of Low Leyton)|Peregrine Bertie]]
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1768 British general election|1768]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Blackstone]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1770 by-election <ref>The by-election in 1770 was caused by the appointment of [[William Blackstone]] as a judge of the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|King's Bench]]</ref>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon|Hon. Charles Dillon]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1774 British general election|1774]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Thomas Wenman (MP for Westbury)|Hon. Thomas Wenman]]<ref>later [[Regius Professor of Civil Law (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford]]</ref>
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Nathaniel Bayly]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1779 by-election
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="6"| [[Samuel Estwick|Samuel Estwick I]]
|rowspan="6"| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1780 British general election|1780]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir John Whalley-Gardiner, 1st Baronet|(Sir) John Whalley-Gardiner]]<ref>Created a baronet, December 1782</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1784 British general election|1784]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Chaloner Arcedeckne]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1786 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Madocks]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1790 British general election|1790]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Ewan Law]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|January 1795 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Samuel Estwick (younger)|Samuel Estwick II]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|November 1795 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Edward Wilbraham-Bootle, 1st Baron Skelmersdale|Edward Wilbraham-Bootle]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1796 British general election|May 1796]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet|Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt]]
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[George Ellis (poet)|George Ellis]]<ref>Ellis was also elected for [[Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)|Seaford]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Westbury</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|October 1796 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[George Harcourt (British Army officer)|George Harcourt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1800 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Simon Harcourt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Baldwin (died 1813)|William Baldwin]]
| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Charles Smith (MP)|Charles Smith]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Jacob (MP, died 1851)|William Jacob]]
| <!-- party -->
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Woolmore]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1807 United Kingdom general election|May 1807]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Edward Lascelles (1764-1814)|Edward Lascelles]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Glynn Wynn]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|July 1807 by-election
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood|Henry Lascelles]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1809 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Francis Whittle]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1810 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John de Ponthieu]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1812 United Kingdom general election|1812]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Benjamin Hall (ironmaster)|Benjamin Hall]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>National Library of Wales: National Library of Wales Journal, vol12, no 1, 1 July 1961, "The Halls of Pembrokeshire, ancestors of Benjamin Hall, afterwards Lord Llanover of Llanover and Abercarn", p11 https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1281562/20#?xywh=-2325%2C238%2C7784%2C2934</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Benjamin Shaw (MP)|Benjamin Shaw]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1814 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tory (British  political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet|Ralph Franco]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
|[[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham|Lord Francis Conyngham]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1819 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Leader Maberly]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1820 United Kingdom general election|March 1820]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Jonathan Elford (MP for Westbury)|Jonathan Elford]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Nathaniel Barton]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|November 1820 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet|Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, Bt]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Philip John Miles]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet|Sir George Warrender]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Canningite|Canningite Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1829 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Robert Peel]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet|Sir Alexander Grant, Bt]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British  political party)}}" |
| [[Michael Prendergast (MP)|Michael Prendergast]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1831 United Kingdom general election|May 1831]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet|Sir Ralph Lopes, Bt]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Henry Hanmer]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|July 1831 by-election
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Henry Frederick Stephenson (MP)|Henry Frederick Stephenson]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
|colspan="6"| ''Representation reduced to one MP''
|}

====MPs 1832–1885====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| Election !! Member !! Party
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
| [[Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet|Sir Ralph Lopes]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=121–123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
| [[John Ivatt Briscoe]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John Ivatt Briscoe |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1674136764 |website=Legacies of British Slave-ownership |publisher=[[University College London]] |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pamphlet: A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-Wheel |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/a-letter-on-the-nature-and-effects-of-the-tread-wheel |website=British Library |access-date=18 August 2018 |archive-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829064614/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/a-letter-on-the-nature-and-effects-of-the-tread-wheel |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="parliamentarybio">{{cite book|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: With An Abstract of the Law of Election, and the Usages of Parliament |author=A Member of the Middle Temple |publisher= Scott, Webster, and Geary |location = London|date=1838|pages=38, 70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]
| [[Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet|Sir Ralph Lopes]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]
| [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18470724/014/0003|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Morning Post|date=24 July 1847|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosser|first1=Alexander S.|title=Businessmen in the House of Commons: A Comparative Study of the 1852–1857 and the 1895–1900 Parliaments|url=https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/5516/Rosser_ku_0099D_10435_DATA_1.pdf;sequence=1|website=KU Scholar Works|publisher=University of Kansas|access-date=22 July 2018|page=65|date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=F. David|title=The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians|date=2002|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford|isbn=9780804780933|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUNMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT123|access-date=22 July 2018 |via= [[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]]
| [[Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet|Sir Massey Lopes]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
| [[John Lewis Phipps]]<ref>The election of 1868 was held void on petition, and a by-election held</ref>
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1869 Westbury by-election|1869 by-election]]
| [[Charles Paul Phipps]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874]]
| [[Abraham Laverton]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]]
| [[Charles N. P. Phipps]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|colspan="2"| ''Borough abolished - named transferred to county division''
|}

===Westbury County constituency (1885–2010)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Election !! Member<ref name="rayment"/> !! Party
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
| [[George Fuller (British politician)|George Fuller]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]
| [[Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough|Richard Chaloner]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]
| [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1911 Westbury by-election|1911 by-election]]
| [[Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)|Hon. Geoffrey Howard]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Conservative}}" |
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
| [[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]]
| [[Coalition Conservative]] 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]
| [[Charles Darbishire]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]
| [[Walter William Shaw|Captain W. W. Shaw]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1927 Westbury by-election|1927 by-election]]
| [[Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long|Richard Long]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
| Sir [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]<ref>Created a baronet, 1952</ref>
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
| Sir [[Dennis Walters]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]
| [[David Faber (politician)|David Faber]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]
| [[Andrew Murrison]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
| colspan="2" | ''Constituency abolished: see [[South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Wiltshire]] and [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]]''
|}

==Elections==

===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Westbury |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/westbury |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet|Alexander Grant]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Michael Prendergast (MP)|Michael Prendergast]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Henry Hanmer]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Ralph Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
  |loser     = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

Hanmer resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1831 Westbury by-election|By-election, 15 July 1831]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = Henry Frederick Stephenson (MP)|Henry Frederick Stephenson
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
  |loser     = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Ralph Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 185
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[Ralph Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 192
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[John Ivatt Briscoe]]
 |votes = 98
 |percentage = 50.5
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Ralph Lopes]]
 |votes = 96
 |percentage = 49.5
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
 |votes = 2
 |percentage = 1.0
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
 |votes = 194
 |percentage = 91.1
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 213
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Westbury <ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Ralph Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 291
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]]
 |votes = 170
 |percentage = 53.3
 |change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Matthew Higgins<ref>{{cite news |title=Local Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000361/18470731/014/0003 |access-date=22 December 2018 |work=Salisbury and Winchester Journal |date=31 July 1847 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
 |votes = 149
 |percentage = 46.7
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 21
 |percentage = 6.6
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 319
 |percentage = 93.3
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 342
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
  |loser = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]]
 |votes = 145
 |percentage = 51.2
 |change = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Massey Lopes]]
 |votes = 138
 |percentage = 48.8
 |change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 7
 |percentage = 2.4
 |change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 283
 |percentage = 90.1
 |change = &minus;3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 314
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Whigs (British political party)
  |swing = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Massey Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 342
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Massey Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 328
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Massey Lopes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 300
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[John Lewis Phipps]]
 |votes = 492
 |percentage = 51.4
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Abraham Laverton]]
 |votes = 465
 |percentage = 48.6
 |change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 27
 |percentage = 2.8
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 957
 |percentage = 91.5
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 1,046
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     =  Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

The 1868 election was declared void on petition, due to intimidation of the electorate, causing a by-election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election Petitions|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000645/18690206/056/0004|access-date=22 March 2018|work=[[Bolton Evening News]]|date=6 February 1869|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[1869 Westbury by-election|By-election, 27 February 1869]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Charles Paul Phipps]]
 |votes = 499
 |percentage = 50.6
 |change = &minus;0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Abraham Laverton]]
 |votes = 488
 |percentage = 49.4
 |change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 11
 |percentage = 1.2
 |change = &minus;1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 987
 |percentage = 94.4
 |change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 1,046
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     =  Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Abraham Laverton]]
 |votes = 540
 |percentage = 51.0
 |change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Charles Paul Phipps]]
 |votes = 518
 |percentage = 49.0
 |change = &minus;2.4
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 22
 |percentage = 2.0
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,058
 |percentage = 94.2
 |change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 1,123
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     =  Liberal Party (UK)
  |loser     =Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Westbury <ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|page=326}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Charles N. P. Phipps]]
 |votes = 559
 |percentage = 52.5
 |change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Abraham Laverton]]
 |votes = 505
 |percentage = 47.5
 |change = &minus;3.5
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 54
 |percentage = 5.0
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,064
 |percentage = 94.6
 |change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 1,125
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |loser     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885>{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=417}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[George Fuller (British politician)|George Fuller]]
 |votes = 5,333
 |percentage = 59.4
 |change = +11.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath|Henry Thynne]]
 |votes =3,639
 |percentage = 40.6
 |change = &minus;11.9
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 1,694
 |percentage = 18.8
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 8,972
 |percentage = 84.9
 |change = &minus;9.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,566
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |loser     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +11.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate =  [[George Fuller (British politician)|George Fuller]]
 |votes = 4,663
 |percentage = 56.0
 |change = &minus;3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Unionist Party
 |candidate = Thomas George Palmer Hallett<ref>{{cite news|title=West Wilts Parliamentary Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001558/18860702/060/0004|access-date=14 December 2017|date=2 July 1886|page=4|work=[[Warminster Journal|Warminster and Westbury Journal and Wilts County Advertiser]]|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
 |votes = 3,670
 |percentage = 44.0
 |change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 993
 |percentage = 12.0 
 |change = &minus;6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 8,333
 |percentage = 78.9
 |change = &minus;6.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,566
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1890s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate =  [[George Fuller (British politician)|George Fuller]]
 |votes = 4,554
 |percentage = 53.7
 |change = &minus;2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = William Henry Laverton
 |votes =3,930
 |percentage = 46.3
 |change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 624
 |percentage = 7.4
 |change = &minus;4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 8,484
 |percentage = 77.2
 |change = &minus;1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,989
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough|Richard Chaloner]]
 |votes =4,497
 |percentage = 50.9
 |change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[George Fuller (British politician)|George Fuller]]
 |votes = 4,331
 |percentage = 49.1
 |change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 166
 |percentage = 1.8
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 8,828
 |percentage = 90.3
 |change = +13.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 9,777
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |loser      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = +4.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1900s ===
[[File:John Fuller.jpg|thumb|120px|John Fuller]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
 |votes = 4,520
 |percentage = 53.3
 |change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough|Richard Chaloner]]
 |votes =3,961
 |percentage = 46.7
 |change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 559
 |percentage = 6.6
 |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 8,481
 |percentage = 86.7
 |change = &minus;3.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 9,782
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |loser      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +4.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
 |votes = 5,264
 |percentage = 58.2
 |change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany|Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany]]
 |votes =3,788
 |percentage = 41.8
 |change = -4.9
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 1,476
 |percentage = 16.4
 |change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 9,052
 |percentage = 89.4
 |change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,130
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = +4.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 Westbury by-election|By-election, 1906]]: Westbury <ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
 |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1910s ===
{{Election box begin 
  |title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
 |votes = 5,187
 |percentage = 53.9
 |change = &minus;4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = R. C. C. Long
 |votes = 4,433
 |percentage = 46.1
 |change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes = 754
 |percentage = 7.8 
 |change = &minus;8.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 9,620
 |percentage = 92.4
 |change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,411
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;4.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]]
  |votes      = 5,041
  |percentage =54.8
  |change     =+0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  =[[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]]
  |votes      =4,152
  |percentage =45.2
  |change     =&minus;0.9
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      =889
  |percentage =9.6
  |change     =+1.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 9,193
  |percentage =88.3
  |change     = &minus;4.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,411
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = +0.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:Geoffrey Howard 1906 transparent.png|thumb|130px|Geoffrey Howard]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1911 Westbury by-election]]<ref name=craig1885 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)|Geoffrey Howard]]
  |votes      = 5,073
  |percentage =53.0
  |change     = &minus;1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  =[[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]]
  |votes      =4,492
  |percentage =47.0
  |change     =+1.8
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      =581
  |percentage =6.0
  |change     = &minus;3.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      =9,565
  |percentage =90.1
  |change     =+1.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
 |reg. electors = 10,612
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;1.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
'''General Election 1914–15'''

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; 
*'''Liberal Party''': [[Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)|Geoffrey Howard]]
*'''Unionist Party''':[[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]] 
{{Election box begin | title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 14 December 1918]]: Westbury<ref>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. (1974)</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918
  |party      = Unionist Party (UK)
  |candidate  =[[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]]
  |votes      =9,261
  |percentage =49.1
  |change     = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)|Geoffrey Howard]]
  |votes      = 6,064
  |percentage =32.1
  |change     = &minus;22.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  =[[Ernest Bennett (politician)|Ernest Bennett]]
  |votes      =3,537
  |percentage =18.8
  |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      =3,197
  |percentage =17.0
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 18,862
  |percentage =64.6
  |change     = &minus;23.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Unionist Party (UK)
  |loser      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      =+13.3
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}

=== Elections in the 1920s ===
[[File:Charles Darbishire.jpg|thumb|120px|C. Darbishire]]
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  =  [[Charles Darbishire]]
|votes  = 9,903
|percentage  = 41.7
|change  = +9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[George Palmer (British Army officer)|George Palmer]]
|votes  = 9,262
|percentage  = 39.0
|change  = -10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = George Ward
|votes  = 4,572
|percentage  = 19.3
|change  = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 641
|percentage  = 2.7
|change  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 23,737
|percentage  = 81.0
|change  = +16.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser      = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Charles Darbishire]]
  |votes      = 10,867
  |percentage = 43.2
  |change     = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Unionist Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Walter William Shaw]]
  |votes      = 9,891
  |percentage = 39.4
  |change     = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = George Ward
  |votes      = 4,372
  |percentage = 17.4
  |change     = -1.9
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      =976
  |percentage =3.8
  |change     =+1.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 25,130
  |percentage = 83.5
  |change     = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Walter William Shaw]]
|votes  = 11,559
|percentage  = 44.2
|change  = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  =  [[Charles Darbishire]]
|votes  = 9,848
|percentage  = 37.7
|change  = -5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = George Ward
|votes  = 4,731
|percentage  = 18.1
|change  = +0.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 1,711
|percentage  = 6.5
|change  = ''N/A'' 
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 26,138
|percentage  = 84.9
|change  = +1.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner     = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser      = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1927 Westbury by-election]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long|Richard Long]]
|votes  = 10,623
|percentage  = 40.1
|change  = -4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Harcourt Johnstone]]
|votes  = 10,474
|percentage  = 39.5
|change  = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = George Ward
|votes  = 5,396
|percentage  = 20.4
|change  = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 149
|percentage  = 0.6
|change  = -5.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 26,493
|percentage  = 84.6
|change  = -0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner     = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser      = 
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long|Richard Long]]
|votes  = 12,907
|percentage  = 38.8
|change  = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Harcourt Johnstone]]
|votes  = 12,840
|percentage  = 38.7
|change  = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = George Ward
|votes  = 7,458
|percentage  = 22.5
|change  = +2.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 67
|percentage  = 0.1
|change  = -0.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 33,205
|percentage  = 87.1
|change  = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner     = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing      = -0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1930s ===
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  =  [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 16,949
|percentage  = 51.2
|change  = +12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[John Hobbis Harris]]
|votes  = 11,014
|percentage  = 33.3
|change  = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Maurice Hackett
|votes  = 5,127
|percentage  = 15.5
|change  = -7.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 5,935
|percentage  = 17.9
|change  = +17.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 33,090
|percentage  = 85.4
|change  = -1.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +8.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  =  [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 15,804
|percentage  = 49.0
|change  = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Frank Byers#Background|Charles Byers]]
|votes  = 10,789
|percentage  = 33.5
|change  = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = R. St John Reade 
|votes  = 5,641
|percentage  = 17.5
|change  = +2.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 5,015
|percentage  = 15.5
|change  = -2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 32,234
|percentage  = 80.1
|change  = -5.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = -1.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
'''General Election 1939–40'''

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; 
*'''Conservative''': [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]] 
*'''Liberal''': [[Harcourt Johnstone]]<ref>The Liberal Magazine, 1939</ref>
*'''Labour''': George Ward<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>

=== Elections in the 1940s ===
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]]: Westbury
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  =  [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 14,328
|percentage  = 39.0
|change  = -10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = George Ward
|votes  = 13,397
|percentage  = 36.5
|change  = +19.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = Walter Geoffrey Milne
|votes  = 9,004
|percentage  = 24.5
|change  = -9.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 931
|percentage  = 2.5
|change  = -13.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 36,729
|percentage  = 75.5
|change  = -4.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = -14.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1950s ===
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950>F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 17,445
|percentage  = 39.5
|change  = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Reginald James Travess
|votes  = 15,766
|percentage  = 35.6
|change  = -0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = Harold Banning Richardson
|votes  = 11,031
|percentage  = 24.9
|change  = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 1,679
|percentage  = 3.9
|change  = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 44,242
|percentage  = 86.3
|change  = +10.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 19,654
|percentage  = 43.7
|change  = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Reginald James Travess
|votes  = 17,623
|percentage  = 39.2
|change  = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = Harold Banning Richardson
|votes  = 7,666
|percentage  = 17.1
|change  = -7.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 2,031
|percentage  = 4.5
|change  = +0.6 
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 44,943
|percentage  = 86.2
|change  = -0.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
|votes  = 19,684
|percentage  = 45.6
|change  = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Reginald James Travess
|votes  = 16,295
|percentage  = 37.8
|change  = -1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  =Peter Leslie Martin Hurd
|votes  = 7,165
|percentage  = 16.6
|change  = -0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 3,389
|percentage  = 7.8
|change  = +3.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 43,144
|percentage  = 82.4
|change  = -3.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party =       Conservative Party (UK) 
 |candidate =  [[Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury|Robert Grimston]]
 |votes  =       20,396
 |percentage =  45.6
 |change =     0.0 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party =       Labour Party (UK) 
 |candidate =   [[Jasper Ridley (historian)|Jasper Ridley]]
 |votes =       14,570
 |percentage =  32.5
 |change =     -5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party =       Liberal Party (UK) 
 |candidate =   [[Basil Wigoder]]
 |votes =       9,816
 |percentage =  21.9
 |change =     +5.3
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes =      5,826
 |percentage =  13.1
 |change =     +5.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes =  44,782    
 |percentage =  84.1
 |change =   +1.7   
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1960s ===
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 19,950
|percentage  = 43.1
|change  = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  =  Philip William Hopkins
|votes  = 15,049
|percentage  = 32.6
|change  = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Basil Wigoder]]
|votes  = 11,232
|percentage  = 24.3
|change  = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 4,901
|percentage  = 10.5
|change  = -2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 46,231
|percentage  = 82.8
|change  = -1.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 20,989
|percentage  = 43.6
|change  = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Philip William Hopkins 
|votes  = 18,192
|percentage  = 37.8
|change  = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = Iain Meiklejohn Fowler
|votes  = 8,962
|percentage  = 18.6
|change  = -5.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 2,797
|percentage  = 5.8
|change  = -4.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 48,143
|percentage  = 82.5
|change  = -0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1970s ===
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Westbury<ref name=craig1950 />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 26,524
|percentage  = 50.3
|change  = +6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = John McLaren
|votes  = 17,413
|percentage  = 33.0
|change  = -4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = Robert George Otter
|votes  = 8,781
|percentage  = 16.7
|change  = -1.9
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 9,111
|percentage  = 17.3
|change  = +11.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 52,718
|percentage  = 77.0
|change  = -5.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Westbury <ref name="The Times, House of Commons">The Times, House of Commons</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 26,197
|percentage  = 43.0
|change  = -7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = A. W. Glyn Court
|votes  = 17,778
|percentage  = 29.2
|change  = +12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Anthony J. Smith
|votes  = 16,453
|percentage  = 27.0
|change  = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate  = [[Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath|Viscount Weymouth]]
|votes  = 521
|percentage  = 0.8
|change  = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 8,419
|percentage  = 13.8
|change  = -3.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 60,949
|percentage  = 83.5
|change  = +6.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
|swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Westbury  <ref name="The Times, House of Commons">The Times, House of Commons</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 24,172
|percentage  = 41.7
|change  = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = A. W. Glyn Court
|votes  = 18,129
|percentage  = 31.3
|change  = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = Anthony J. Smith
|votes  = 15,613
|percentage  = 27.0
|change  = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 6,043
|percentage  = 10.4
|change  = -3.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 57,914
|percentage  = 78.7
|change  = -4.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin 
|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Westbury  <ref name="The Times, House of Commons">The Times, House of Commons</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Conservative Party (UK) 
|candidate  = [[Dennis Walters]]
|votes  = 29,929
|percentage  = 47.2
|change  = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = P. Jackson
|votes  = 15,950
|percentage  = 25.1
|change  = -6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = P. R. Atkins
|votes  = 12,532
|percentage  = 19.8
|change  = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Independent (politician)
|candidate  = S. Alexander
|votes  = 2,547
|percentage  = 4.0
|change  = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate  = Tom Thatcher
|votes  = 1,905
|percentage  = 3.0
|change  = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate  = Sally Rodwell
|votes  = 554
|percentage  = 0.9
|change  = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes  = 13,979
|percentage  = 22.1
|change  = +11.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes  = 63,417
|percentage  = 79.7
|change  = +1.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK) 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1980s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Westbury<ref name="craig1950"/><ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party =       Conservative Party (UK) 
 |candidate =   [[Dennis Walters]]
 |votes  =     31,133  
 |percentage =  51.4
 |change =      
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate  = David J. Hughes
|votes  = 22,627
|percentage  = 37.4
|change  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party =       Labour Party (UK) 
 |candidate =   Haydn W. Thomas
 |votes =       6,058
 |percentage =  10.0
 |change =     
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate  = Paul W. Ekins
|votes  = 609
|percentage  = 1.0
|change  = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate  = [[John Banks (activist)|John C. Banks]]
|votes  = 131
|percentage  = 0.2
|change  =
}}
{{Election box majority
 |votes =      8,506
 |percentage =  14.0
 |change =      
}}
{{Election box turnout
 |votes =  60,558    
 |percentage =  75.5
 |change =      
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin
| title = [[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Westbury
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i21.htm |title=UK General Election results June 1987 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = [[Dennis Walters]]
| votes = 34,256
| percentage = 51.6
| change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate = David J. Hughes
| votes = 24,159
| percentage = 36.4
| change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Haydn W. Thomas
| votes = 7,982
| percentage = 12.0
| change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 10,097
| percentage = 15.2
| change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 66,397
| percentage = 78.2
| change = +2.73
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 84,860
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +0.1 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s ===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Westbury
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm |title=UK General Election results April 1992 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=6 Dec 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = [[David Faber (politician)|David Faber]]
| votes = 36,568
| percentage = 50.4
| change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Vivienne A. Rayner|votes=23,950|percentage=33.0|change=-3.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Stallard|votes=9,642|percentage=13.3|change=+1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|candidate=Paul I. Macdonald|votes=1,440|percentage=2.0|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=[[Patrick French|Patrick R. French]]|votes=888|percentage=1.2|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=12,618|percentage=17.4|change=+2.2}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=72,488|percentage=82.8|change=+4.6}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 87,356
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +1.1 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin
| title = [[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Westbury
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/505.htm |title=Westbury: General Election result, May 1997 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = [[David Faber (politician)|David Faber]]
| votes = 23,037
| percentage = 40.6
| change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = John Miller
| votes = 16,969
| percentage = 29.9
| change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Kevin Small
| votes = 11,969
| percentage = 21.1
| change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
| candidate = George Hawkins
| votes = 1,956
| percentage = 3.4
| change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Referendum Party
| candidate = Nick Hawkings-Byass
| votes = 1,909
| percentage = 3.4
| change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = UK Independence Party
| candidate = R. Westbury
| votes = 771
| percentage = 1.4
| change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Natural Law Party
| candidate = Colin Haysom
| votes = 140
| percentage = 0.2
| change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,068
| percentage = 10.7
| change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 56,751
| percentage = 76.2
| change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 74,457
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = 3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s ===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Westbury
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/505.htm |title=Westbury: General Election result, May 1997 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = [[Andrew Murrison]]
| votes = 21,299
| percentage = 42.1
| change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = David Vigar
| votes = 16,005
| percentage = 31.6
| change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Sarah Cardy
| votes = 10,847
| percentage = 21.4
| change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = UK Independence Party
| candidate = Charles Booth-James
| votes = 1,261
| percentage = 2.5
| change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Bob Gledhill
| votes = 1,216
| percentage = 2.4
| change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 5,294
| percentage = 10.5
| change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 50,628
| percentage = 66.6
| change = -9.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 76,056
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin
| title = [[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Westbury
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i21.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2005 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = [[Andrew Murrison]]
| votes = 24,749
| percentage = 44.5
| change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = [[Duncan Hames]]
| votes = 19,400
| percentage = 34.9
| change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Paul Gibby
| votes = 9,640
| percentage = 17.3
| change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = UK Independence Party
| candidate = Lincoln Williams
| votes = 1,815
| percentage = 3.3
| change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 5,346
| percentage = 9.6
| change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 55,604
| percentage = 67.0
| change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 82,380
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes and references==
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
*Guardian Unlimited (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20011120111741/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,9338,-1432,00.html Ask Aristotle - Westbury]. Retrieved 16 November 2004.
*D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
*"Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]

==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13452.html Westbury UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

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[[Category:1449 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Westbury, Wiltshire]]