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North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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County
  
Somerset

European Parliament constituency
  
South West England

Number of members
  
1

Electorate
  
68,546 (December 2010)

Member of parliament
  
Jacob Rees-Mogg

Party
  
Conservative Party

North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

Major settlements
  
Chew Magna, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Radstock

Replaced by
  
Wansdyke (19 wards), Bath (two wards)

Created from
  
Wansdyke (19 wards), Bath (two wards)

North East Somerset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Conservative who was re-elected in the General Elections of 2015.

Contents

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:

  • Bathavon North – the Civil Parishes ('Parishes') of Batheaston, Bathford, Bathampton, Charlcombe, Claverton, Kelston, North Stoke, Swainswick and St Catherine.
  • Bathavon South – the Parishes of Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Monkton Combe, Shoscombe, South Stoke and Wellow.
  • Bathavon West – the Parishes of Camerton, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Newton St Loe and Priston.
  • Clutton – the Parishes of Chelwood, Clutton and Stanton Drew.
  • Chew Valley North – the Parishes of Chew Magna, Chew Stoke and Norton Malreward.
  • Chew Valley South – the Parishes of Compton Martin, Stowey Sutton, Nempnett Thrubwell, Ubley.
  • Farmborough – the Parishes of Compton Dando, Corston, Farmborough and Marksbury.
  • High Littleton – the Parishes of Farrington Gurney and High Littleton.
  • Keynsham North
  • Keynsham South
  • Keynsham East
  • Mendip – the Parishes of Cameley, East Harptree, Hinton Blewett and West Harptree.
  • Midsomer Norton North
  • Midsomer Norton Redfield
  • Paulton – the Parish of Paulton.
  • Peasedown – the Parish of Peasedown St John.
  • Publow and Whitchurch – the Parishes of Publow and Whitchurch.
  • Radstock
  • Saltford – the Parish of Saltford.
  • Timsbury – the Parish of Timsbury.
  • Westfield
    • 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. 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, with a low rate of unemployment and negligible dependency on social housing.

    Elections in the 2010s

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

    References

    North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia
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