List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

The county of Somerset is divided into 5 Parliamentary constituencies, which are all County constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards[1][2]	Map
Bridgwater and West Somerset CC	80,491	14,583		Ian Liddell-Grainger†		Stephen Fitzgerald	Sedgemoor District Council: Bridgwater Bower, Bridgwater Eastover, Bridgwater Hamp, Bridgwater Quantock, Bridgwater Sydenham, Bridgwater Victoria, Cannington and Quantocks, East Poldens, Huntspill and Pawlett, King’s Isle, North Petherton, Puriton, Sandford, West Poldens, Woolavington. West Somerset District Council: Alcombe East, Alcombe West, Aville Vale, Brompton Ralph and Haddon, Carhampton and Withycombe, Crowcombe and Stogumber, Dulverton and Brushford, Dunster, Exmoor, Minehead North, Minehead South, Old Cleeve, Porlock and District, Quantock Vale, Quarme, Watchet, West Quantock, Williton.
Somerton and Frome CC	83,281	20,268		David Warburton†		David Rendel¤	Mendip District Council: Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Park, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, Vale. South Somerset District Council: Blackmoor Vale, Bruton, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Tower, Turn Hill, Wessex, Wincanton.
Taunton Deane CC	83,221	15,491		Rebecca Pow†		Rachel Gilmour¤	Taunton Deane Borough Council: Bishop’s Hull, Bishop’s Lydeard, Blackdown, Bradford-on-Tone, Comeytrowe, Milverton and North Deane, Monument, Neroche, North Curry, Norton Fitzwarren, Ruishton and Creech, Staplegrove, Stoke St.Gregory, Taunton Blackbrook and Holway, Taunton Eastgate, Taunton Fairwater, Taunton Halcon, Taunton Killams and Mountfield, Taunton Lyngford, Taunton Manor and Wilton, Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton, Trull, Wellington East, Wellington North, Wellington Rockwell Green and West, West Monkton, Wiveliscombe and West Deane.
Wells CC	79,405	7,585		James Heappey†		Tessa Munt¤	Mendip District Council: Ashwick and Ston Easton, Avalon, Chilcompton, Glastonbury St Benedict’s, Glastonbury St Edmund’s, Glastonbury St John’s, Glastonbury St Mary’s, Knowle, Moor, Nedge, Pylcombe, Rodney and Priddy, St Cuthbert (Out) North and West, Shepton East, Shepton West, Street North, Street South, Street West, Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert’s, Wells St Thomas’. Sedgemoor District Council: Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, Wedmore and Mark.
Yeovil CC	82,557	5,313		Marcus Fysh†		David Laws¤	South Somerset District Council: Blackdown, Brympton, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe, Chard Crimchard, Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, Coker, Crewkerne, Eggwood, Hamdon, Ilminster, Ivelchester, Neroche, Parrett, St Michael’s, South Petherton, Tatworth and Forton, Windwhistle, Yeovil Central, Yeovil East, Yeovil South, Yeovil West, Yeovil Without.

From 2010

The Boundary Commission for England changed the constituencies to realign boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. In two cases the changes meant that the constituencies were renamed. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.^[3]

Name	Pre-2010 Boundaries	Post-2010 Boundaries
Bridgwater CC Somerton and Frome CC Taunton CC Wells CC Yeovil CC On the Revision: 1. Bridgwater and West Somerset CC 3. Taunton Deane CC

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies published in 2016 the Boundary Commission for England has proposed the following constituencies in North Somerset, and Bath and North East Somerset for the Next United Kingdom general election:^[4]

• North Somerset
• Weston-super-Mare
• Bath
• Bridgwater and West Somerset
• North East Somerset
• Somerton and Frome
• Taunton Deane
• Wells
• Yeovil

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon for those covering the Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset unitary authorities.

Results

2005	2010	2015

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918 (10 MPs)

Constituency	1885	1886	87	1892	1895	96	99	1900	1906	09	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	12	18
Bath	Blaine	Laurie		Murray					Maclean		A. Thynne				Foxcroft
	Wodehouse	-->							Gooch		Hunter
Bridgwater	Stanley								Montgomery		Sanders
Frome	Baker	T. Thynne		Barlow	T. Thynne	Barlow
Somerset Eastern	Hobhouse	-->							Thompson		Jardine			-->
Somerset Northern	Llewellyn			Warner	Llewellyn				Hope		King
Somerset Southern	Lambart			Strachey									Herbert
Taunton	S. Allsopp		A. Allsopp		Welby				Boyle	Peel				Wills
Wellington	Dyke Acland	Elton		Fuller-Acland-Hood									Boles
Wells	Paget				Jolliffe		Dickinson		Silcock		Sandys

1918 to 1983 (7 MPs)

Constituency	1918	21	1922	23	1923	1924	1929	1931	34	1935	38	39	42	1945	1950	1951	1955	56	58	1959	1964	1966	69	1970	Feb 74	Oct 74	1979
Bath	Foxcroft				Raffety	Foxcroft	Baillie-Hamilton	Guinness						Pitman							Brown						Patten	Avon
Bridgwater	Sanders				Morse	Wood	Croom-Johnson				Bartlett		-->	-->	Wills									King
Frome / Somerset N (1950)	Hurd				Gould	Peto	Gould	Thynne		Tate				Farthing	Leather						Dean							Avon
Taunton	Boles	Griffith-Boscawen	Simpson			Gault				Wickham				Collins	Hopkinson			du Cann
Wells	Greer		Bruford		Hobhouse	Sanders	Muirhead					Boles				Maydon								Boscawen
Weston-super-Mare	Wills		Erskine		Murrell	Erskine			Orr-Ewing										Webster				Wiggin					Avon
Yeovil	Herbert			Davies										Kingsmill		Peyton

1983 to present (5 MPs)

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
Bridgwater / Bridgwater and West Somerset (2010-)	King				Liddell-Grainger
Somerton and Frome	Boscawen		Robinson	Heath				Warburton
Taunton (1983-2010) / Taunton Deane (2010-)	du Cann	Nicholson		Ballard	Flook	Browne		Pow
Wells	Heathcoat-Amory						Munt	Heappey
Yeovil	Ashdown		-->		Laws			Fysh

Party vote throughout history

Party	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974F	1974O	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
Conservative	61.5%	51.1%	47.4%	52.9%	45.4%	66.6%	55.4%	45.5%	47.8%	55.0%	54.8%	51.4%	46.2%	45.8%	53.2%	44.7%	44.0%	52.3%	51.2%	50.6%	45.3%	36.5%	40.9%	41.4%	41.5%	47.2%
Labour	24.3%	19.3%	10.6%	16.6%	22.3%	19.7%	25.4%	39.8%	38.9%	43.2%	40.6%	34.4%	33.1%	38.1%	35.0%	27.0%	28.5%	24.0%	11.7%	11.7%	12.9%	17.4%	16.5%	14.9%	7.7%	9.5%
Liberal	13.5%	29.6%	42.0%	30.5%	32.3%	13.7%	19.2%	8.8%	11.3%	1.8%	4.6%	14.2%	20.0%	16.1%	11.6%	28.1%	26.9%	22.7%	37.0%	37.6%	40.2%	40.6%	39.6%	40.1%	45.1%	23.9%
UKIP																										13.0%
Others	0.8%							5.9%	2.0%				0.7%		0.2%	0.2%	0.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	1.6%	5.5%	3.0%	3.6%	5.7%	6.4%

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
2. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
3. "New Parliamentary Constituencies for England SN/PC/04297" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
4. "2018 Review - Initial proposals - South West England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 September 2016.