List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

The county of Somerset is divided into 5 Parliamentary constituencies, which are all County constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [1]	Majority [2] [nb 2]	Member of Parliament [2]		Nearest opposition [2]		Electoral wards [3] [4]	Map
Bridgwater and West Somerset CC	85,327	24,439		Ian Liddell-Grainger †		Oliver Thornton‡	Sedgemoor District Council: Bridgwater Bower, Bridgwater Eastover, Bridgwater Hamp, Bridgwater Quantock, Bridgwater Sydenham, Bridgwater Victoria, Cannington and Quantocks, East Poldens, Huntspill and Pawlett, King's Isle, North Petherton, Puriton, Sandford, West Poldens, Woolavington. West Somerset District Council: Alcombe East, Alcombe West, Aville Vale, Brompton Ralph and Haddon, Carhampton and Withycombe, Crowcombe and Stogumber, Dulverton and Brushford, Dunster, Exmoor, Minehead North, Minehead South, Old Cleeve, Porlock and District, Quantock Vale, Quarme, Watchet, West Quantock, Williton.
Somerton and Frome CC	85,866	19,217		David Warburton†		Adam Boyden	Mendip District Council: Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Park, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, Vale. South Somerset District Council: Blackmoor Vale, Bruton, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Tower, Turn Hill, Wessex, Wincanton.
Taunton Deane CC	88,676	11,700		Rebecca Pow†		Gideon Amos	Taunton Deane Borough Council: Bishop's Hull, Bishop's Lydeard, Blackdown, Bradford-on-Tone, Comeytrowe, Milverton and North Deane, Monument, Neroche, North Curry, Norton Fitzwarren, Ruishton and Creech, Staplegrove, Stoke St.Gregory, Taunton Blackbrook and Holway, Taunton Eastgate, Taunton Fairwater, Taunton Halcon, Taunton Killams and Mountfield, Taunton Lyngford, Taunton Manor and Wilton, Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton, Trull, Wellington East, Wellington North, Wellington Rockwell Green and West, West Monkton, Wiveliscombe and West Deane.
Wells CC	84,124	9,991		James Heappey†		Tessa Munt	Mendip District Council: Ashwick and Ston Easton, Avalon, Chilcompton, Glastonbury St Benedict's, Glastonbury St Edmund's, Glastonbury St John's, Glastonbury St Mary's, Knowle, Moor, Nedge, Pylcombe, Rodney and Priddy, St Cuthbert (Out) North and West, Shepton East, Shepton West, Street North, Street South, Street West, Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert's, Wells St Thomas’. Sedgemoor District Council: Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, Wedmore and Mark.
Yeovil CC	82,468	16,181		Marcus Fysh†		Mick Clark	South Somerset District Council: Blackdown, Brympton, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe, Chard Crimchard, Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, Coker, Crewkerne, Eggwood, Hamdon, Ilminster, Ivelchester, Neroche, Parrett, St Michael's, South Petherton, Tatworth and Forton, Windwhistle, Yeovil Central, Yeovil East, Yeovil South, Yeovil West, Yeovil Without.

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Somerset's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. In two cases the changes meant that the constituencies were renamed. ^[5]

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Bridgwater CC Somerton and Frome CC Taunton CC Wells CC Yeovil CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset	Bridgwater and West Somerset CC Somerton and Frome CC Taunton Deane CC Wells CC Yeovil CC	Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. ^[6]

The commission has proposed that Somerset be combined with Avon and Devon as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Somerset, only the constituency of Yeovil retains its name with relatively minor changes. The proposals include the cross-county boundary constituencies of Frome, Wells and the Mendips, and Tiverton and Minehead. ^{[7] [8]} The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Mendip

• Frome (part)¹
• Glastonbury and Somerton (part)
• Wells and Mendip Hills (part)²

Containing electoral wards from Sedgemoor

• Bridgwater
• Wells and Mendip Hills (part)²

Containing electoral wards from Somerset West and Taunton

• Taunton
• Tiverton and Minehead (part)³

Containing electoral wards from South Somerset

• Frome (part)¹
• Glastonbury and Somerton (part)
• Yeovil

¹Also contains electoral wards in the District of Bath and North East Somerset

²Also contains electoral wards in the District of North Somerset

³Also contains electoral wards in the Devon District of Mid Devon

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Somerset in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	174,145	56.7%	2.8%	5	0
Liberal Democrats	89,038	29.0%	3.6%	0	0
Labour	32,522	10.6%	6.4%	0	0
Greens	6,801	2.2%	0.4%	0	0
Others	4,600	1.5%	0.4%	0	0
Total	307,106	100.0		5

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Somerset was analysed under its Ceremonial definition (including the southern part of what became analysed at boundary reviews as Avon, see Avon's list of seats).

Election year	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974(F)	1974(O)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	61.5	51.1	47.4	52.9	45.4	66.6	55.4	45.5	47.0	55.0	54.8	51.4	45.9	45.8	53.2	44.7	43.8	52.3	51.2	50.6	45.3	36.5	40.9	41.4	41.5	47.2	53.9	56.7
Labour	24.3	19.3	10.6	16.6	22.3	19.7	25.4	39.8	38.3	43.2	40.6	34.4	33.3	38.1	35.0	27.0	28.6	24.0	11.7	11.7	12.9	17.4	16.5	14.9	7.7	9.5	17.0	10.6
Liberal Democrat 1	13.5	29.6	42.0	30.5	32.3	13.7	19.2	8.8	12.7	1.8	4.6	14.2	20.2	16.1	11.6	28.1	26.9	22.7	37.0	37.6	40.2	40.6	39.6	40.1	45.1	23.9	25.4	29.0
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	*	*	*	*	*	0.5	5.3	1.8	2.2
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	*	*	*	3.7	12.9	1.2	*
Other	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	2.0	-	-	-	0.7	-	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	0.1	-	1.5	5.4	2.9	3.6	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.5

¹pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987: SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974(F)	1974(O)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	2	3	2	1	5	5	5
Liberal Democrat 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	3	4	0	0	0
Total	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918 (10 MPs)

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	87	1892	1895	96	99	1900	1906	09	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	12	18
Bath	Blaine	Laurie		Murray					Maclean		A. Thynne				Foxcroft
	Wodehouse	→							Gooch		Hunter
Bridgwater	Stanley								Montgomery		Sanders
Frome	Baker	T. Thynne		Barlow	T. Thynne	Barlow
Somerset Eastern	Hobhouse	→							Thompson		Jardine			→
Somerset Northern	Llewellyn			Warner	Llewellyn				Hope		King
Somerset Southern	Lambart			Strachey									Herbert
Taunton	S. Allsopp		A. Allsopp		Welby				Boyle	Peel				Wills
Wellington	Dyke Acland	Elton		Fuller-Acland-Hood									Boles
Wells	Paget				Jolliffe		Dickinson		Silcock		Sandys

1918 to 1950 (7 MPs)

   Common Wealth    Conservative    Independent Progressive    Labour    Liberal

Constituency	1918	21	1922	23	1923	1924	29	1929	1931	34	1935	38	39	42	1945
Bath	Foxcroft				Raffety	Foxcroft	Baillie-Hamilton		Guinness						Pitman
Bridgwater	Sanders				Morse	Wood		Croom-Johnson				Bartlett		→	→
Frome	Hurd				Gould	Peto		Gould	Thynne		Tate				Farthing
Taunton	Boles	Griffith-Boscawen	Simpson			Gault					Wickham				Collins
Wells	Greer		Bruford		Hobhouse	Sanders		Muirhead					Boles
Weston-super-Mare	Wills		Erskine		Murrell	Erskine				Orr-Ewing
Yeovil	Herbert			Davies											Kingsmill

1950 to 1983 (7 MPs)

   Conservative

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	56	58	1959	1964	1966	69	70	1970	Feb 74	Oct 74	1979
Bath	Pitman						Brown							Patten
Bridgwater	Wills									King
Somerset North	Leather						Dean
Taunton	Hopkinson			du Cann
Wells	Boles	Maydon									Boscawen
Weston-super-Mare	Orr-Ewing				Webster				Wiggin
Yeovil	Kingsmill	Peyton

1983 to present (5 MPs)

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	1987	88	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Bridgwater / Bridgwater and West Somerset (2010-)	King					Liddell-Grainger
Somerton and Frome	Boscawen			Robinson	Heath				Warburton
Taunton / Taunton Deane (2010-)	du Cann	Nicholson			Ballard	Flook	Browne		Pow
Wells	Heathcoat-Amory							Munt	Heappey
Yeovil	Ashdown		→			Laws			Fysh

See also

• List of constituencies in South West England
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon for those covering the Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset unitary authorities.

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information . Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
4. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
5. "New Parliamentary Constituencies for England SN/PC/04297" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 2009-11-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
6. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
7. Mumby, Daniel (2021-06-09). "First glimpse of new general election battle lines". SomersetLive. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
8. 2023 review South West Boundary Commission for England
9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".