North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Somerset
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Somerset in Avon.
Location of Avon within England.
County	Somerset
Electorate	68,546 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservatives and Unionists)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wansdyke
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

North East Somerset is a county constituency created by the Boundary Commission for England as the successor seat to the Wansdyke Parliamentary Seat. It came into being at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency. It contains 21 wards of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Authority.

• Bathavon North - the Parishes of Batheaston, Bathford, Bathampton, Charlcombe, Claverton, Kelston, North Stoke, Swainswick and St Catherine.
• Bathavon South - the Parishes of Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Monkton Combe, Shoscombe, South Stoke and Wellow.
• Bathavon West - the parishes of Camerton, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Newton St Loe and Priston.
• Clutton - the parishes of Chelwood, Clutton and Stanton Drew.
• Chew Valley North - the parishes of Chew Magna, Chew Stoke and Norton Malreward.
• Chew Valley South - the parishes of Compton Martin, Stowey Sutton, Nempnett Thrubwell, Ubley.
• Farmborough - the parishes of Compton Dando, Corston, Farmborough and Marksbury.
• High Littleton - the parishes of Farrington Gurney and High Littleton.
• Keynsham North - a ward of the town of Keynsham.
• Keynsham South - a ward of Keynsham.
• Keynsham East - a ward of Keynsham.
• Mendip - the parishes of Cameley, East Harptree, Hinton Blewett and West Harptree.
• Midsomer Norton North - a ward of Midsomer Norton.
• Midsomer Norton Redfield - a ward of Midsomer Norton.
• Paulton - the parish of Paulton.
• Peasedown - the parish of Peasedown St John.
• Publow and Whitchurch - the parishes of Publow and Whitchurch.
• Radstock.
• Saltford - the parish of Saltford.
• Timsbury - the parish of Timsbury.
• Westfield.

The Boundary Commission changes saw the new North East Somerset Seat losing four wards in South Gloucestershire which had previously been contained within the former Wansdyke seat, namely, Bitton, Hanham, Longwell Green and Oldland Common. However, the new seat gained the whole of the Bathavon North ward and half of the Bathavon South ward, both from the Bath constituency.

Proposed changes

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which began in 2011, the Boundary Commission for England propose altering North East Somerset by taking wards from the existing seat and neighbouring Somerton and Frome, and Wells. The modified constituency would cover Frome, Shepton Mallet, Holcombe, Buckland Dunham, Paulton, Midsomer Norton, Timsbury, Peasedown St John and Rode.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Jacob Rees-Mogg	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North East Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacob Rees-Mogg	21,130	41.3	+2.2
	Labour	Dan Norris*	16,216	31.7	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Coleshill	11,433	22.3	+2.7
	UKIP	Peter Sandell	1,754	3.4	+1.2
	Green	Michael Jay	670	1.3	+1.3
Majority			4,914	9.6%	+62.6
Turnout			51,203	76.0	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

* Served in the 2005–2010 Parliament as MP for Wansdyke

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
• Wansdyke - the predecessor constituency.

Sources

• UKPolling Report - Anthony Wells calculations of notional majorities.