Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°34′23″N 2°28′37″W / 51.573°N 2.477°W
| Thornbury and Yate | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Thornbury and Yate in Avon. |
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 Location of Avon within England. |
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| County | Gloucestershire |
| Electorate | 64,736 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Steve Webb (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Northavon |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Thornbury and Yate is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
This seat is a successor to the former Northavon constituency, which is abolished following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election.[2] It is named after the two main towns in the constituency: Thornbury and Yate.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in the former county of Avon, a new seat of Thornbury and Yate has been created. The electoral wards used in the creation of this new seat are all from the district of South Gloucestershire, and are as follows:[2]
- Alveston
- Boyd Valley (includes Marshfield, Pucklechurch and Wick)
- Charfield
- Chipping Sodbury
- Cotswold Edge (includes Hawkesbury Upton and Acton Turville)
- Dodington
- Frampton Cotterell
- Ladden Brook (includes Wickwar)
- Severn - Aust
- Thornbury North
- Thornbury South
- Westerleigh
- Yate Central
- Yate North
- Yate West
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Steve Webb | Liberal Democrat | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election. It was the first Liberal Democrat victory to be declared on the evening of 6 May.
The vote share change comes from the notional results as this is a new seat.
| General Election 2010: Thornbury and Yate[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Webb | 25,032 | 51.9 | −2.4 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Riddle | 17,916 | 37.2 | +6.3 | |
| Labour | Roxanne Egan | 3,385 | 7.0 | −3.8 | |
| UKIP | Jenny Knight | 1,709 | 3.5 | +1.8 | |
| Independents Federation UK | Thomas Beacham | 126 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Anthony Clements | 58 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,116 | 14.8 | −8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 48,226 | 75.2 | +1.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
[edit] See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire". Boundary Commission for England. 2001-11-15. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/SouthGlouc_FR_NR.doc. Retrieved 2010-04-24.[dead link]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ BBC - Election 2010 - Thornbury & Yate
