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51°34′23″N 2°28′37″W / 51.573°N 2.477°W / 51.573; -2.477

Thornbury and Yate
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Thornbury and Yate in Avon
Outline map
Location of Avon within England
CountyGloucestershire
Electorate64,736 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsThornbury, Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentLuke Hall (Conservative Party)
SeatsOne
Created fromNorthavon

Thornbury and Yate is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2015 election by Luke Hall, a Conservative.[n 2] Encompassing an area to the north-east of Bristol, it is one of three constituencies that make up the South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority Area, along with Filton and Bradley Stoke and Kingswood.

History

This seat is a successor to the former Northavon constituency, which was abolished following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election.[2] It is named after the two largest towns in the constituency: Thornbury and Yate.

Boundaries

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission this newly defined seat emerged. The electoral wards used in the creation of this new seat are all from the district of South Gloucestershire and are as follows:[2]

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[4][5] Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 2010 Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2015 Luke Hall Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Thornbury & Yate[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Claire Young
Conservative Luke Hall
General Election 2015: Thornbury and Yate[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Hall 19,924 41.0 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Webb 18,429 37.9 −14.0
UKIP Russ Martin 5,126 10.6 +7.0
Labour Hadleigh Roberts 3,775 7.8 +0.8
Green Iain Hamilton 1,316 2.7 N/A
Majority 1,495 3.1
Turnout 48,570 73.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
General Election 2010: Thornbury and Yate[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing −4.3

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.

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire". Boundary Commission for England. 15 November 2001. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ^ "Bristol North West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  6. ^ http://www.libdemvoice.org/daisy-benson-claire-young-and-dawn-barnes-selected-for-lib-dem-seats-51334.html
  7. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000994
  9. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ^ BBC – Election 2010 – Thornbury & Yate
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