David Digby Rendel was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin,and he held it until his defeat at the 2005 general election to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Higher and Further Education. In September 2014,Rendel was selected as Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2015 general election for the seat of Somerton and Frome in Somerset;however,he lost to the Conservative candidate,David Warburton.
David William St John Heath is a British optometrist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food from September 2012 to October 2013 in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government.
Somerton and Frome was a constituency in Somerset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Wells was a constituency in Somerset in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Apart from between 2010–2015,Wells was represented by members of the Conservative Party since 1924.
Yeovil is a constituency in Somerset created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since the 2024 General Election,the constituency has been represented by Liberal Democrat MP Adam Dance.
Bristol East is a constituency recreated in 1983 covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.
Taunton Deane was a constituency in Somerset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Somerset Council,known until 2023 as Somerset County Council,is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England. Since 2023 it has been a unitary authority,being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council. The non-metropolitan county of Somerset is smaller than the ceremonial county,which additionally includes Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset.
The region of South West England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies,which are made up of 16 borough constituencies and 42 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024,24 are represented by Labour MPs,22 by Liberal Democrat MPs,11 by Conservative MPs,and 1 by a Green MP.
Tessa Jane Muntnée Vasey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills in Somerset,having previously been elected as the MP for Wells from 2010 to 2015 and serving as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Business,Innovation and Skills,Vince Cable. As a councillor on Somerset Council,she was the executive member for Children,Families and Education from 2022 until 2023.
David John Warburton is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until his resignation in 2023. On his election in the 2015 general election he represented the Conservative Party,but was suspended from the party in April 2022 pending the outcome of an Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) investigation into allegations,eventually withdrawn,of harassment and class A drug use. Prior to entering politics,he was the founder,chief executive and chairman of Pitch Entertainment Group. On 17 June 2023,Warburton announced his resignation as an MP,triggering a by-election.
Rebecca Pow,is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane from 2015 to 2024. She also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature from November 2023 to 4 July 2024. Pow lost her bid to be elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the revised Taunton and Wellington seat to Gideon Amos of the Liberal Democrats in the 2024 United Kingdom General Election. Pow previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
Wera Benedicta Hobhouse is a British-German Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017. She serves as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change and Transport.
Richard John Foord is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former British Army officer who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Honiton and Sidmouth,previously Tiverton and Honiton,since 2022. He won the seat in a by-election in June 2022,following the resignation due to scandal of the previous Conservative MP,Neil Parish.
Glastonbury and Somerton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome took place on 20 July 2023,following the resignation of the incumbent MP David Warburton on 17 June.
Sarah Joanne Dyke is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Glastonbury and Somerton since 2024 and was previously MP for Somerton and Frome from 2023 to 2024.
Sarah Gibson is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since the 2024 general election. Before her election to parliament,Gibson was elected to Wiltshire Council in 2017 and 2021.
