Frome and East Somerset | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Somerset |
Current constituency | |
Created | Next United Kingdom general election |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Somerton and Frome & North East Somerset |
Frome and East Somerset is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following areas: [4]
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Mendip was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. [5] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the next general election:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Martin Dimery [6] | ||||
Independent | Gavin Heathcote [7] | ||||
Labour | Robin Moss | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Sabine [8] | ||||
Reform UK | David Swain [9] | ||||
Conservative | Lucy Trimnell [10] | ||||
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Norton Radstock is the name of a former parish council that covered the conurbation of Midsomer Norton, Radstock and Westfield, in the English ceremonial county of Somerset. Created in 1974 as a large civil parish, it was abolished in 2011 and replaced by three smaller parishes.
Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Bath and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Frome. It is within the area of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. The Radstock built-up area had a population of 9,419 at the 2011 Census.
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