North Somerset is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sadik Al-Hassan of the Labour Party.[n 2]
North Somerset | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of North Somerset in South West England | |
County | Somerset |
Electorate | 73,963 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1992 |
Member of Parliament | Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Woodspring |
1950–1983 | |
Created from | Frome and Weston-super-Mare |
Replaced by | Woodspring, Wansdyke and Wells[2] |
1885–1918 | |
Created from | East Somerset |
Replaced by | Frome and Weston-super-Mare |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to moderate boundary changes which involved the loss of the Yatton area which moved into the new constituency of Wells and Mendip Hills, first contested at the 2024 general election.[3]
History
editEarlier versions of the seat existed in 1885–1918 and 1950–1983.
- First creation
Parliament passed the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 creating the larger constituency of North Somerset from the 1885 general election, which was later abolished for the 1918 general election.
- Second creation
North Somerset was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.
- Third creation
Following the review of parliamentary representation in the North Somerset district by the Boundary Commission for England, the former Woodspring constituency was renamed as North Somerset without substantial boundary changes.[4]
Boundaries
edit1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Keynsham, Long Ashton, and Temple Cloud, and the civil parishes of Binegar, Chilcompton, and Midsomer Norton.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Keynsham, Norton Radstock, and Portishead, the Rural Districts of Bathavon and Clutton, and part of the Rural District of Long Ashton.
2010–2024: The District of North Somerset wards of Backwell, Clevedon Central, Clevedon East, Clevedon North, Clevedon South, Clevedon Walton, Clevedon West, Clevedon Yeo, Easton-in-Gordano, Gordano, Nailsea East, Nailsea North and West, Pill, Portishead Central, Portishead Coast, Portishead East, Portishead Redcliffe Bay, Portishead South and North Weston, Portishead West, Winford, Wraxall and Long Ashton, Wrington, and Yatton.
2024-present: The composition of the constituency from the 2024 United Kingdom general election is reduced in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the Yatton ward to the new constituency of Wells and Mendip Hills.[5]
Constituency profile
editThis is essentially the former Woodspring seat with a new name. A coastal strip between the Severn Estuary and the M5 motorway includes the towns of Clevedon and Portishead, while inland from the motorway is the town of Nailsea and a predominantly rural area dotted with villages. This is a fairly affluent constituency with average incomes and low proportion of unemployment claimants[6] – about a third of the population commute to work, mostly in Bristol and Bath.[7]
The Woodspring seat returned Conservative MPs, and was held by Fox from 1992 until 2024. Fox won the new constituency by nearly 14 percentage points over the Liberal Democrats in 2010, while Labour took second place in 2015 and 2017. In 2024, Sadik Al-Hassan was elected as MP - the first to have been returned to Parliament for the Labour Party (UK).
Members of Parliament
editYear | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Evan Henry Llewellyn | Conservative | |
1892 | Courtenay Warner | Liberal | |
1895 | Evan Henry Llewellyn | Conservative | |
1906 | William Henry Bateman Hope | Liberal | |
1910 | Joseph King | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished | ||
1950 | Sir Ted Leather | Conservative | |
1964 | Paul Dean | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Woodspring | ||
2010 | Liam Fox | Conservative | |
2024 | Sadik Al-Hassan | Labour |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sadik Al-Hassan[9] | 19,138 | 35.6 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Liam Fox[10] | 18,499 | 34.4 | −19.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Cartman[11] | 7,121 | 13.2 | −3.4 | |
Reform UK | Alexander Kokkinoftas[12] | 5,602 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Green | Oscar Livesey-Lodwick[13] | 3,273 | 6.1 | +1.2 | |
Workers Party | Suneil Basu | 133 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 639 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,766 | 76.3 | –0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 74,426 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.8 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019 notional result[14] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,411 | 53.5 | |
Labour | 14,227 | 25.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,425 | 16.6 | |
Green | 2,801 | 4.9 | |
Turnout | 56,864 | 76.9 | |
Electorate | 73,963 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liam Fox | 32,801 | 52.9 | –1.3 | |
Labour | Hannah Young | 15,265 | 24.6 | –2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Cartman | 11,051 | 17.8 | +8.2 | |
Green | Phil Neve | 2,938 | 4.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 17,536 | 28.3 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,055 | 77.4 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liam Fox | 33,605 | 54.2 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Greg Chambers | 16,502 | 26.6 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Foord | 5,982 | 9.6 | −3.1 | |
Independent | Donald Davies | 3,929 | 6.3 | New | |
Green | Charley Pattison | 1,976 | 3.2 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 17,103 | 27.6 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 61,994 | 76.9 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liam Fox | 31,540 | 53.5 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Greg Chambers | 8,441 | 14.3 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Ian Kealey[18] | 7,669 | 13.0 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marcus Kravis | 7,486 | 12.7 | −23.0 | |
Green | David Derbyshire | 3,806 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 23,099 | 39.2 | +25.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,942 | 73.6 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liam Fox | 28,549 | 49.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Mathew | 20,687 | 35.7 | ||
Labour | Steve Parry-Hearn | 6,448 | 11.1 | ||
UKIP | Sue Taylor | 2,257 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 7,862 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 57,941 | 75.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 43,173 | 54.34 | +9.4 | |
Labour | AJ Smith | 22,122 | 27.85 | −3.8 | |
Liberal | David Sanders | 12,898 | 16.23 | −6.7 | |
Ecology | R Carder | 1,254 | 1.58 | New | |
Majority | 21,051 | 26.49 | +13.26 | ||
Turnout | 79,447 | 82.24 | +1.81 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 32,146 | 44.88 | ||
Labour | HR White | 22,671 | 31.65 | ||
Liberal | JM Bourne | 16,428 | 22.93 | ||
United Democratic Party | JK Polling | 387 | 0.54 | New | |
Majority | 9,475 | 13.23 | |||
Turnout | 71,632 | 80.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 34,576 | 46.09 | ||
Labour | HR White | 22,421 | 29.89 | ||
Liberal | JM Bourne | 18,023 | 24.02 | New | |
Majority | 12,155 | 16.20 | |||
Turnout | 75,020 | 85.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 38,975 | 58.1 | +11.7 | |
Labour | John T Mitchard | 28,121 | 41.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 10,854 | 16.2 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 67,096 | 79.1 | −6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 28,824 | 46.4 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Brian Tilley | 26,526 | 42.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Mark E Willies | 6,745 | 10.9 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 2,298 | 3.7 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 62,095 | 85.3 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dean | 27,814 | 46.4 | −9.9 | |
Labour | DT White | 23,896 | 39.8 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Mark E Willies | 8,253 | 13.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,918 | 6.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,963 | 85.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ted Leather | 30,432 | 56.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | E Fraser Wilde | 23,649 | 43.7 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 6,783 | 12.6 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,081 | 85.5 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ted Leather | 26,985 | 54.2 | +1.8 | |
Labour | David Llewellyn | 22,802 | 45.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 4,183 | 8.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,081 | 85.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ted Leather | 27,465 | 52.4 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Robert J Hurst | 24,917 | 47.6 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 2,548 | 4.8 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,382 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ted Leather | 23,953 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | Xenia Field | 23,050 | 43.8 | ||
Liberal | Albert Ernest Whitcher | 5,573 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 903 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 52,576 | 87.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Election results 1885–1918
editElections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evan Henry Llewellyn | 4,170 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 3,491 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 679 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,661 | 75.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,209 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evan Henry Llewellyn | 4,252 | 67.1 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | James Dormer Marshall[24] | 2,087 | 32.9 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 2,165 | 34.2 | +25.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,339 | 62.1 | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,209 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Courtenay Warner | 3,920 | 50.1 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Evan Henry Llewellyn | 3,901 | 49.9 | −17.2 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,821 | 77.5 | +15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,086 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evan Henry Llewellyn | 4,652 | 54.0 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Courtenay Warner | 3,966 | 46.0 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 686 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,618 | 84.4 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,208 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Even Llewellyn | 4,530 | 53.0 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | William Hope | 4,014 | 47.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 516 | 6.0 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,544 | 80.0 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,682 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Hope | 6,626 | 60.2 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | William Mason | 4,380 | 39.8 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 2,246 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,006 | 88.9 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,381 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph King | 6,568 | 53.2 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Frank Beachim Beauchamp | 5,768 | 46.8 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 800 | 6.4 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 12,336 | 91.4 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph King | 6,299 | 53.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Frank Beachim Beauchamp | 5,378 | 46.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 921 | 7.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,677 | 86.5 | −4.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Joseph King
- Unionist: J Windsor Levis[27]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "'Somerset North', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES IN THE UNITARY AUTHORITY OF NORTH SOMERSET". Boundary Commission for England. 8 November 2000. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). North Somerset Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ North Somerset Labour Party [@NSLabour] (19 May 2024). "We are delighted to announce Sadik Al-Hassan @Sadik4Pharmacy as our parliamentary candidate in North Somerset…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dr Liam Fox re-adopted as the Conservative Party's Parliamentary Candidate for North Somerset". Liam Fox. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "North Somerset Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "North Somerset Greens name Oscar Livesey Lodwick as candidate". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
- ^ "Somerset North". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Somerset North". BBC News. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 380. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ "The Nomination". Shepton Mallet Journal. 9 July 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 11 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Standard 21 June 1913
External links
edit- North Somerset UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North Somerset UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK