Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)

Thornbury and Yate
Thornbury and Yate
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Thornbury and Yate in Avon
	Location of Avon within England
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	64,736 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Thornbury, Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Luke Hall (Conservative Party)
Seats	One
Created from	Northavon

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

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]

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

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/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 2015: Thornbury and Yate^[6]^[7]
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^[8]	5,126	10.6	+7.0
	Labour	Hadleigh Roberts	3,775	7.8	+0.8
	Green	Iain Hamilton ^[9]	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^[10]^[11]
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.

Notes and references

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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

^ "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)
^ ^a ^b "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire". Boundary Commission for England. 15 November 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ "Bristol North West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000994
^ "Homepage". UKIP Thornbury and Yate. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ https://yournextmp.com/person/5411/iain-hamilton
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ BBC – Election 2010 – Thornbury & Yate

[2] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[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)

[BCE-4] "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire". Boundary Commission for England. 15 November 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2010.^{[dead link]}

[5] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[6] "Bristol North West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)

[electoralcalculus2015-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[9] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000994

[martin-10] "Homepage". UKIP Thornbury and Yate. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[11] ttps://yournextmp.com/person/5411/iain-hamilton

[electoralcalculus2010-12] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[13] BBC – Election 2010 – Thornbury & Yate

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