North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Somerset
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Location of North East Somerset in Somerset
Outline map
Location of Somerset within England.
County Somerset
Electorate 68,546 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Chew Magna, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton and Radstock
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Wansdyke (19 wards)
Bath constituency (two wards)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

North East Somerset is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Conservative.[n 2]

Boundaries

The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency and as such contains 21 electoral wards in the Bath and North East Somerset District:

Origin of first boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which transferred all the electoral wards in Wandsyke constituency save for its four wards in South Gloucestershire to this new seat[n 3]. To compensate the new seat gained the whole of the large wards in the valley of the City, Bathavon North, and the rest of Bathavon South, both from the Bath constituency.

Constituency profile

This area is marked by significant agriculture and green buffers around almost each of its settlements, which largely consist of detached and semi-detached properties,[3] with a low rate of unemployment[4] and negligible dependency on social housing.[5]

An unusually shaped seat that takes in all the western part of the Bath and North East Somerset council area, and the rural outskirts of Bath in the east, meaning the Bath constituency is entirely surrounded by a thin belt of North East Somerset. The seat contains some contrasting areas. The northern parts of the seat, especially the town of Keynsham, are commuter areas for Bath and Bristol.[6] To the west the seat is more rural, covering the patchwork of farmland and rural villages that make up the Chew Valley. The southern part around Midsomer Norton and Radstock is part of the old Somerset Coalfield. The last of the coal mines closed in the 1960s, to be replaced by light industry, but the close knit industrial heritage of the area remains.[7]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2010 Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: North East Somerset[8][9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg 28,992 53.6 +3.9
Labour Robin Moss 18,757 34.7 +9.9
Liberal Democrat Manda Rigby 4,461 8.3 +0.4
Green Sally Calverley 1,245 2.3 -3.2
Independent Shaun Hughes 588 1.1 +1.1
Majority 10,235 18.9 -5.9
Turnout 54,043 75.7 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General Election 2015: North East Somerset[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg 25,439 49.8 +8.5
Labour Todd Foreman 12,690 24.8 −6.8
UKIP Ernest Blaber 6,150 12.0 +8.6
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse 4,029 7.9 −14.4
Green Katy Boyce[14] 2,802 5.5 +4.2
Majority 12,749 24.9 +15.3
Turnout 51,110 73.7 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing +7.65
General Election 2010: North East Somerset[15][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg 21,130 41.3 +2.2
Labour Dan Norris* 16,216 31.7 −7.0
Liberal Democrat Gail Coleshill 11,433 22.3 +2.7
UKIP Peter Sandell 1,754 3.4 +1.2
Green Michael Jay 670 1.3 +1.3
Majority 4,914 9.6 N/A
Turnout 51,203 76.0 +4.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.6

* Served in the 2005–2010 Parliament as MP for Wansdyke

Notional results (before 2010)

General Election 2005 (Notional): North East Somerset[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 18,241 38.94
Conservative 18,217 38.88
Liberal Democrat 8,666 18.50
Majority 24 0.06
Turnout 46,849 72.00
Labour hold Swing

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.
  3. ↑ namely, Bitton, Hanham, Longwell Green and Oldland Common.
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.
  2. ↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ↑ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Unemployment statistics by constituency The Guardian
  5. ↑ Sillitoe, Neighbourhood Statistics - Neil (14 April 2008). "Detect browser settings".
  6. ↑ "Saltford & Keynsham Area Information". Eveleighs. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Boyd, Lorna (2013). Radstock and Midsomer Norton Through Time. Amberley. ISBN 9781445615271.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bath and North East Somerset Returning Officer. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bath and NE Somerset Green Party - BaNES Greens: all female line up for election challenge". bath.greenparty.org.uk.
  10. ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/. "Manda Rigby for North East Somerset".
  11. ↑ "Somerset North East". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Somerset North East". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Katy Boyce". WhoCanIVoteFor?.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Somerset North East". BBC News.
  17. ↑ "Somerset North East". Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  18. ↑

Sources

Coordinates: 51°20′N 2°30′W / 51.333°N 2.500°W / 51.333; -2.500

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