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Election Winner Seats Votes Runner-up Seats Votes Third Seats Votes
1983 Conservative 9 251,487 Labour 1 128,916 Liberal 0 75,601
1987 Conservative 9 271,228 Labour 1 131,717 Liberal 0 78,868
1992 Conservative 6 262,768 Labour 3 161,952 Liberal Democrat 1 154,663
1997 Labour 6 202,778 Liberal Democrat 3 146,268 Conservative 1 181,606
2001 Labour 6 178,782 Liberal Democrat 3 134,170 Conservative 1 152,030
2005 Labour 5 159,626 Liberal Democrat 3 155,107 Conservative 2 160,070
2010 Conservative 6 197,886 Liberal Democrat 3 192,030 Labour 2 128,118
2015 Conservative 8 225,175 Labour 3 146,430 Liberal Democrat 0 77,250
2017 Conservative 6 256,870 Labour 4 245,617 Liberal Democrat 1 71,018

1983

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Avon was formed in 1974, taking in the former county boroughs of Bath and Bristol, as well as parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was first used for constituency boundaries in the review of 1983.

The City of Bath, which was coterminous with the former county borough, remained the constituency of Bath. This seat had been held by the Conservatives or Unionists since 1924, and Chris Patten since 1979. Patten lost the seat to Don Foster of the Liberal Democrats in 1992.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bath
1983 Chris Patten Minister for Overseas Development (1986–89)
Secretary of State for the Environment (1989–90)
Chairman of the Conservative Party (1990–92)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1990–92)
Conservative 5,304 James Dean SDP
1987 1,412
1992 Don Foster Liberal Democrat 3,768 Chris Patten Conservative

The City of Bristol, again with the same boundaries as the county borough, was divided between five constituencies. Brislington, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood formed the new constituency of Bristol East, which was won by Jonathan Sayeed for the Conservatives. Sayeed lost the seat to Labour's Jean Corston in 1992.

Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe, Knowle, Southville, Whitchurch Park, and Windmill Hill became the redrawn Bristol South constituency, which had been held by Labour since 1935, and Michael Cocks since 1970. Cocks became a life peer in 1987, and was replaced by Dawn Primarolo.

Ashley, Bishopston, Cabot, Clifton, Cotham, Henleaze, Redland, and Stoke Bishop were included in the modified Bristol West seat, which had been held by the Conservatives since its creation in 1885, and William Waldegrave since 1979.

Avonmouth, Henbury, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, Southmead, and Westbury-on-Trym made up the City of Bristol portion of Bristol North West. This seat was also extended to include the Filton and Stoke Gifford areas of the District of Northavon, which had formerly been part of Gloucestershire. Bristol North West had been gained from Labour by Conservative Michael Colvin in 1979, but Colvin switched seats to Romsey and Waterside ahead of the 1983 election. He was replaced by Michael Stern.

The remaining City of Bristol areas - Frome Vale, Hillfields, and St George - became part of the Kingswood constituency. This also included the Chase, Chiphouse, Downend, Forest, Hanham, Mangotsfield, New Cheltenham, Soundwell, Staple Hill, and Woodstock areas of the District of Kingswood, which had previously been in Gloucestershire. Again, Kingswood was gained by the Conservatives from Labour in 1979, with Jack Aspinwall the MP. Aspinwall also switched seats in 1983, to the neighbouring Wansdyke constituency. His replacement was Robert Hayward, who lost the seat to Labour's Roger Berry in 1992.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bristol East
1983 Jonathan Sayeed Conservative 1,789 Tony Benn Labour
1987 4,123 Ronald Thomas
1992 Jean Corston Labour 2,692 Jonathan Sayeed Conservative
Bristol North West
1983 Michael Stern Conservative 6,327 Sarah Palmer Labour Co-op
1987 6,952 Terence Walker Labour
1992 45 Doug Naysmith Labour Co-op
Bristol South
1983 Michael Cocks Shadow Chief Whip (1979–85) Labour 4,419 Alistair Gammell Conservative
1987 Dawn Primarolo 1,404 Philip Cutcher
1992 8,919 John Bercow
Bristol West
1983 William Waldegrave Minister of State for Housing (1987–88)
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1988–90)
Secretary of State for Health (1990–92)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1992–94)
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1994–95)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1995–97)
Conservative 10,178 George Ferguson Liberal
1987 7,703
1992 6,071 Charles Boney Liberal Democrat
Kingswood
1983 Robert Hayward Conservative 1,797 Terence Walker Labour
1987 4,393 Roger Berry
1992 Roger Berry Labour 2,370 Robert Hayward Conservative

The remainder of the District of Northavon, which included Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury and Yate, formed the new Northavon constituency. This was won by John Cope of the Conservatives, who was previously the MP for the predecessor seat of South Gloucestershire.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Northavon
1983 John Cope Treasurer of the Household (1983–87)
Paymaster General (1992–94)
Conservative 12,983 George Conrad Liberal
1987 14,270 Christine Willmore
1992 11,861 Heather Larkins Liberal Democrat

The remainder of the District of Kingswood - Badminton, Bitton, Blackhorse, Bromley Heath, Hanham Abbots, Oldland, Siston, and Springfield - became part of the new Wansdyke constituency. This also included much of the District of Wansdyke, previously in Somerset, including Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, and Saltford. The seat was won by Jack Aspinwall for the Conservatives.

The rest of the District of Wansdyke - Cameley, Chew Valley, Clutton, Compton Dando, Farmborough, Harptrees, High Littleton, Paulton, Publow, Stowey Sutton, and Timsbury - formed a part of the new Woodspring seat. This included parts of another former area of Somerset, the District of Woodspring. Woodspring areas forming part of the constituency of the same name were Backwell, Clevedon, Gordano, Long Ashton, Nailsea, North Weston, Portishead, Winford, and Wraxall. Paul Dean, MP for the predecessor North Somerset seat, won for the Conservatives in 1983, before retiring and being replaced by Liam Fox in 1992.

The final seat in Avon, Weston-super-Mare, was formed by the remaining areas of the District of Woodspring: Banwell, Blagdon, Churchill, Congresbury, Hutton, Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Winscombe, Wrington, and Yatton. This seat had been held by the Conservatives since 1924, and by Jerry Wiggin since a 1969 by-election.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Wansdyke
1983 Jack Aspinwall Conservative 13,066 Richard Denton-White Liberal
1987 16,144 Roger Blackmore
1992 13,341 Dan Norris Labour
Weston-super-Mare
1983 Jerry Wiggin Conservative 9,491 Jonathan Marks SDP
1987 7,998 John Crockford-Hawley
1992 5,342 Brian Cotter Liberal Democrat
Woodspring
1983 Paul Dean Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (1982–87)
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (1987–92)
Conservative 15,132 R Morgan Liberal
1987 17,852 Christine Coleman
1992 Liam Fox Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1995–96)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1996–97)
17,509 Nan Kirsen Liberal Democrat

1997

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Avon ceased to exist in 1996, instead becoming four unitary authorities. The City of Bristol became the freestanding City and County of Bristol, while the districts of Kingswood and Northavon rejoined Gloucestershire as the South Gloucestershire district. The remainder of Avon was all returned to Somerset, with the City of Bath and the District of Wansdyke becoming the Bath and North East Somerset district, and the District of Woodspring becoming the North Somerset district. However, minor boundary changes in 1997 used the old Avon districts.

Bath gained the District of Wansdyke areas of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe, and Freshford from Wansdyke. Bath continued to be held by Don Foster for the Liberal Democrats.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bath
1997 Don Foster Liberal Democrat 9,319 Alison McNair Conservative
2001 9,894 Ashley Fox
2005 4,638 Sian Dawson

Wansdyke, meanwhile, gained the areas of the District of Wansdyke which had previously been in the Woodspring constituency: Cameley, Chew Valley, Clutton, Compton Dando, Farmborough, Harptrees, High Littleton, Paulton, Publow, Stowey Sutton, and Timsbury. Furthermore, Wansdyke lost the District of Kingswood areas of Badminton, Blackhorse, Bromley Heath, Oldland, Siston, and Springfield to the Kingswood constituency. Wansdyke's Conservative MP Jack Aspinwall retired in 1997, but his replacement Mark Prisk lost the seat to Labour's Dan Norris.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Wansdyke
1997 Dan Norris Labour 4,799 Mark Prisk Conservative
2001 5,613 Chris Watt
2005 1,839

The District of Woodspring areas of Wrington and Yatton were transferred to Woodspring from Weston-super-Mare, which constituted the only changes in the latter seat. Woodspring continued to be held by Liam Fox for the Conservatives, while Weston-super-Mare's Tory incumbent, Jerry Wiggin, stood down ahead of the 1997 election. Wiggin's replacement, Margaret Daly, lost the seat to the Liberal Democrats' Brian Cotter, although the seat returned to Conservative hands when John Penrose defeated Cotter in 2005.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Weston-super-Mare
1997 Brian Cotter Liberal Democrat 1,274 Margaret Daly Conservative
2001 338 John Penrose
2005 John Penrose Conservative 2,079 Brian Cotter Liberal Democrat
Woodspring
1997 Liam Fox Shadow Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson (1998–99)
Shadow Secretary of State for Health (1999–03)
Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003–05)
Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005)
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (2005–10)
Conservative 7,734 Nan Kirsen Liberal Democrat
2001 8,798 Chanel Stevens Labour
2005 6,016 Mike Bell Liberal Democrat

In addition to its gains from Wansdyke, Kingswood lost the City of Bristol area of St George to Bristol East. Kingswood continued to be held by Roger Berry for the Labour Party.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Kingswood
1997 Roger Berry Labour 14,253 Jon Howard Conservative
2001 13,962 Robert Marven
2005 7,873 Owen Inskip

This gain for Bristol East was offset by the loss of Hengrove to Bristol South, the latter's only boundary change. Both seats were held by their Labour incumbents, Jean Corston and Dawn Primarolo respectively, although Corston stepped down in 2005 and was replaced by Kerry McCarthy.

The only other change within the City of Bristol was the transfer of Westbury-on-Trym from Bristol North West to Bristol West. Simultaneously, Bristol North West gained the District of Northavon area of Patchway from Northavon, which was the final boundary change in Avon. All three Conservative incumbents in these seats were defeated: Bristol North West's Michael Stern by Labour's Doug Naysmith; William Waldegrave in Bristol West by Valerie Davey, also of Labour; and Northavon MP John Cope by Liberal Democrat Steve Webb. Bristol West changed hands again in 2005, as Davey was defeated by Stephen Williams of the Liberal Democrats.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bristol East
1997 Jean Corston Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party (2001–05) Labour 16,159 Ed Vaizey Conservative
2001 13,392 Jack Lopresti
2005 Kerry McCarthy 8,621 Philip James Liberal Democrat
Bristol North West
1997 Doug Naysmith Labour Co-op 11,382 Michael Stern Conservative
2001 10,887 Charles Hansard
2005 8,962 Alastair Watson
Bristol South
1997 Dawn Primarolo Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1997–99)
Paymaster General (1999–07)
Minister of State for Public Health (2007–09)
Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families (2009–10)
Labour 19,328 Michael Roe Conservative
2001 14,181 Richard Eddy
2005 11,142 Kay Barnard Liberal Democrat
Bristol West
1997 Valerie Davey Labour 1,493 William Waldegrave Conservative
2001 4,426 Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat
2005 Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–10) Liberal Democrat 5,128 Valerie Davey Labour
Northavon
1997 Steve Webb Liberal Democrat 2,137 John Cope Conservative
2001 9,877 Carrie Ruxton
2005 11,033 Christopher Butt

2010

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When the boundaries were redrawn in 2010, Avon was still used as a guideline, but the new 1996 district boundaries were used. The Bathavon area of Bath and North East Somerset, which had been transferred from Wansdyke to Bath in 1997, moved back in the opposite direction, to the renamed constituency of North East Somerset. To compensate, the Bitton and Hanham areas, now in South Gloucestershire, were moved from Wansdyke to Kingswood. Bath was held by Don Foster for the Liberal Democrats in 2010, but Foster stood down in 2015. His replacement, Steve Bradley, lost the seat to the Conservatives' Ben Howlett, although it returned to the Lib Dems in 2017, with Howlett losing to Wera Hobhouse. Wansdyke's Labour incumbent, Dan Norris, stood in the new North East Somerset seat, but was defeated by Jacob Rees-Mogg of the Conservatives.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bath
2010 Don Foster Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2012–13)
Comptroller of the Household (2013–15)
Government Deputy Chief Whip (2013–15)
Liberal Democrat 11,883 Fabian Richter Conservative
2015 Ben Howlett Conservative 3,833 Steve Bradley Liberal Democrat
2017 Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government (2017–19)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change (2019)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Climate Emergency and Transport (2019–)
Liberal Democrat 5,694 Ben Howlett Conservative
North East Somerset
2010 Jacob Rees-Mogg Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council (2019–) Conservative 4,914 Dan Norris Labour
2015 12,749 Todd Foreman
2017 10,235 Robin Moss

Besides its gains from Wansdyke, Kingswood lost Frome Vale and Hillfields, within the Bristol, to Bristol East; and Downend and Staple Hill, within South Gloucestershire, to the brand new seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke. Kingswood's incumbent Labour MP, Roger Berry, lost the seat in 2010 to Chris Skidmore of the Conservatives.

Filton and Bradley Stoke also took in the South Gloucestershire areas of Filton, Patchway, and Stoke Gifford, which were formerly part of Bristol North West; and Almondsbury, Pilning and Severn Beach, and Winterbourne from Northavon. The new constituency was won by Conservative Jack Lopresti.

The remainder of the Northavon constituency was renamed Thornbury and Yate, and became the third and final South Gloucestershire seat. This was won by Northavon incumbent Steve Webb of the Liberal Democrats, but he lost it to the Conservatives' Luke Hall in 2015.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Filton and Bradley Stoke
2010 Jack Lopresti Conservative 6,914 Ian Boulton Labour
2015 13,082
2017 4,190 Naomi Rylatt
Kingswood
2010 Chris Skidmore Minister for the Constitution (2016–18)
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (2018–19, 2019–)
Minister of State for Health (2019)
Conservative 2,445 Roger Berry Labour
2015 9,006 Jo McCarron
2017 7,500 Mhairi Threlfall
Thornbury and Yate
2010 Steve Webb Minister of State for Pensions (2010–15) Liberal Democrat 7,116 Matthew Riddle Conservative
2015 Luke Hall Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Homelessness (2019–) Conservative 1,495 Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
2017 12,071 Claire Young

Alongside its gains from Kingswood, Bristol East lost Easton and Lawrence Hill to Bristol West. Bristol East was held by Kerry McCarthy for the Labour Party.

Meanwhile Henleaze, Stoke Bishop, and Westbury-on-Trym were relocated from Bristol West to Bristol North West, offsetting the latter's losses to the new Filton and Bradley Stoke seat. Bristol North West's Labour incumbent, Doug Naysmith, stood down ahead of the 2010 election, and his replacement Sam Townend not only lost the seat to Charlotte Leslie of the Conservatives, but finished third behind the Liberal Democrat candidate. Despite this, Labour managed to win the seat back in 2017, as Leslie was defeated by Darren Jones. Bristol West was held by Stephen Williams for the Lib Dems, but he also finished third when defending the seat in 2015, receiving fewer votes than both Thangam Debbonaire, the successful Labour candidate, and the candidate from the Green Party.

Unusually, Bristol South's boundaries were unchanged, and Dawn Primarolo held the seat for Labour until becoming a life peer in 2015. She was replaced by Karin Smyth.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
Bristol East
2010 Kerry McCarthy Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2015–16) Labour 3,722 Adeela Shafi Conservative
2015 3,980 Theodora Clarke
2017 13,394
Bristol North West
2010 Charlotte Leslie Conservative 3,274 Paul Harrod Liberal Democrat
2015 4,944 Darren Jones Labour
2017 Darren Jones Convenor of the Future Britain Group (2019–) Labour 4,761 Charlotte Leslie Conservative
Bristol South
2010 Dawn Primarolo Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (2010–15) Labour 4,734 Mark Wright Liberal Democrat
2015 Karin Smyth 7,128 Isobel Grant Conservative
2017 15,987 Mark Weston
Bristol West
2010 Stephen Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2013–15) Liberal Democrat 11,366 Paul Smith Labour
2015 Thangam Debbonaire Labour 5,673 Darren Hall Green
2017 37,336 Annabel Tall Conservative

The only change in North Somerset, which contained the final two Avon constituencies, was the transfer of Kewstoke from Woodspring to Weston-super-Mare, although Woodspring was renamed North Somerset. Both seats were held by their incumbent Conservative MPs: Liam Fox in North Somerset, and John Penrose in Weston-super-Mare.

Election Winner Offices Party Majority Runner-up Party
North Somerset
2010 Liam Fox Secretary of State for Defence (2010–11)
President of the Board of Trade (2016–19)
Secretary of State for International Trade (2016–19)
Conservative 7,862 Brian Mathew Liberal Democrat
2015 23,099 Greg Chambers Labour
2017 17,103
Weston-super-Mare
2010 John Penrose Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tourism and Heritage (2010–12)
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2014–16)
Minister for Constitutional Reform (2015–16)
Minister of State for Northern Ireland (2018–19)
Conservative 2,691 Mike Bell Liberal Democrat
2015 15,609 Tim Taylor Labour
2017 11,544
Election Winner Seats Votes Runner-up Seats Votes Third Seats Votes
1802 Whig 3 Tory 1
1806 Whig 3 Tory 1
1807 Whig 4 2,222 Tory 0 1,069
1812 Whig 4 Tory 0
1818 Whig 3 Tory 1
1820 Whig 4 2,766 Tory 0 1,214
1826 Whig 3 2,313 Tory 1 1,515
1830 Whig 2 1,005 Tory 2 491
1831 Whig 3 2,209 Tory 1 690
1832 Whig 3 4,893 Tory 1 2,364
1835 Whig 2 786 Conservative 2 490
1837 Conservative 3 886 Whig 1 412
1841 Conservative 4 854 Whig 0 410
1847 Conservative 2 824 Whig 2 453
1852 Conservative 2 517 Whig 2 435 Radical 0 252
1857 Whig 3 3,794