List of parliamentary constituencies in Avon

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Avon was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a ceremonial county, but the name Avon continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the area covered by the former county for the purpose of the rules which strongly deter cross-council constituencies (spanning more than one local authority within its area).

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The Boundary Commission for England reviewed Avon in 2000 and devised a constituencies scheme in which no constituency spanned the four unitary authority boundaries within the abolished county. This entailed four seats to Bristol, three to South Gloucestershire and two each to Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset and accordingly a net increase of one seat. Constituency names were aligned with the new local council names. [1] [2] These changes were implemented at the 2010 general election. Bath was restored as a borough constituency (to which a different election expenses quota and returning officer applies compared to county constituencies). Thus Avon has 6 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies.

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Avon underwent further boundary changes, although the total number of seats was retained at 11.

Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    ♣ Green

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [3] Majority [4] Member of Parliament [4] Nearest opposition [4] Electoral wards [3] Map
Bath CC 73,24111,218  Wera Hobhouse¤ Dan Bewley‡ Bath and North East Somerset Council: Bathavon North, Bathwick, Combe Down, Kingsmead, Lambridge, Lansdown, Moorlands, Newbridge, Odd Down, Oldfield Park, Southdown, Twerton, Walcot, Westmoreland, Weston, Widcombe & Lyncombe.
South West England - Bath constituency.svg
Bristol Central BC 70,22710,407 Carla Denyer♣ Thangam Debbonaire‡ Bristol City Council: Ashley, Central, Clifton, Clifton Down, Cotham, Hotwells & Harbourside, Redland.
South West England - Bristol Central constituency.svg
Bristol East BC 75,9366,606 Kerry McCarthy‡Ani Stafford-Townsend♣ Bristol City Council: Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Knowle, Lawrence Hill, St. George Central, St. George Troopers Hill, St. George West, Stockwood.
South West England - Bristol East constituency.svg
Bristol North East BC 69,79311,167 Damien Egan‡Lorraine Francis♣ Bristol City Council: Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, Lockleaze. South Gloucestershire Council: Kingswood, New Cheltenham, Staple Hill & Mangotsfield, Woodstock.
South West England - Bristol North East constituency.svg
Bristol North West BC 76,78315,669 Darren Jones‡Mary Page♣ Bristol City Council: Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston, Bishopston & Ashley Down, Henbury & Brentry, Horfield, Southmead, Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze.
South West England - Bristol North West constituency.svg
Bristol South BC 74,6967,666 Karin Smyth‡Jai Breitnauer♣ Bristol City Council: Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe & Withywood, Hengrove & Whitchurch Park, Southville, Windmill Hill.
South West England - Bristol South constituency.svg
Filton and Bradley Stoke BC 73,59810,000 Claire Hazelgrove‡ Jack Lopresti† South Gloucestershire Council: Bradley Stoke North, Bradley Stoke South, Charlton & Cribbs, Emersons Green, Filton, Frenchay & Downend, Patchway Coniston, Stoke Gifford, Stoke Park & Cheswick, Winterbourne.
South West England - Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.svg
North East Somerset and Hanham CC 73,1135,319 Dan Norris‡ Jacob Rees-Mogg† Bath and North East Somerset Council: Chew Valley, Clutton & Farmborough, High Littleton, Keynsham East, Keynsham North, Keynsham South, Mendip, Paulton, Publow & Whitchurch, Saltford, Timsbury. South Gloucestershire Council: Bitton & Oldland Common, Hanham, Longwell Green, Parkwall & Warmley.
South West England - North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.svg
North Somerset CC 73,963639 Sadik Al-Hassan‡ Liam Fox† North Somerset Council: Backwell, Clevedon East, Clevedon South, Clevedon Walton, Clevedon West, Clevedon Yeo, Gordano Valley, Long Ashton, Nailsea Golden Valley, Nailsea West End, Nailsea Yeo, Nailsea Youngwood, Pill, Portishead East, Portishead North, Portishead South, Portishead West, Winford, Wrington.
South West England - North Somerset constituency.svg
Thornbury and Yate CC 74,9353,014 Claire Young¤ Luke Hall† South Gloucestershire Council: Boyd Valley, Charfield, Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge, Dodington, Frampton Cotterell, Pilning & Severn Beach, Severn Vale, Thornbury, Yate Central, Yate North.
South West England - Thornbury and Yate constituency.svg
Weston-super-Mare CC 70,7224,409 Dan Aldridge‡ John Penrose† North Somerset Council: Hutton & Locking, Weston-super-Mare Central, Weston-super-Mare Hillside, Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle, Weston-super-Mare Milton, Weston-super-Mare North Worle, Weston-super-Mare South, Weston-super-Mare South Worle, Weston-super-Mare Uphill, Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke, Wick St. Lawrence & St. Georges.
South West England - Weston-super-Mare constituency.svg

Boundary changes

2024

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. [5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission proposed that "Avon" (covering the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire council areas) be combined with Devon and Somerset as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Avon, Bristol West, Kingswood and North East Somerset were abolished, being replaced by Bristol Central, Bristol North East, and North East Somerset and Hanham. In addition, Frome and East Somerset, and Wells and Mendip Hills will be established as cross-authority boundary seats. [6] [7] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Bath and North East Somerset

Containing electoral wards in Bristol

Containing electoral wards in North Somerset

Containing electoral wards in South Gloucestershire

Current nameBoundaries 2010–presentProposed nameProposed boundaries
  1. Bath BC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Filton and Bradley Stoke CC
  7. Kingswood BC
  8. North East Somerset CC
  9. North Somerset CC
  10. Thornbury and Yate CC
  11. Weston-super-Mare CC
Former constituencies in Avon AvonParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Former constituencies in Avon
  1. Bath BC
  2. Bristol Central BC
  3. Bristol East BC
  4. Bristol North East BC
  5. Bristol North West BC
  6. Bristol South BC
  7. Filton and Bradley Stoke CC
  8. Frome and East Somerset CC
  9. North East Somerset and Hanham CC
  10. North Somerset CC
  11. Thornbury and Yate CC
  12. Wells and Mendip Hills CC
  13. Weston-super-Mare CC
Current constituencies in Avon AvonConstituencies2023.svg
Current constituencies in Avon

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered "Avon" from 10 to 11, with the creation of Filton and Bradley Stoke. This resulted in major changes to Kingswood and three of the four Bristol constituencies. A further three constituencies were renamed.

Former nameBoundaries 1997–2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. Bath CC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Kingswood BC
  7. Northavon CC
  8. Wansdyke CC
  9. Weston-super-Mare CC
  10. Woodspring CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Avon AvonParliamentaryConstituenciesNumbered.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
  1. Bath BC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Filton and Bradley Stoke CC
  7. Kingswood BC
  8. North East Somerset CC
  9. North Somerset CC
  10. Thornbury and Yate CC
  11. Weston-super-Mare CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Avon AvonParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Proposed Revised constituencies in Avon

(The maps on this page do not show the nominal extensions of several constituencies over the waters of the Bristol Channel.)

Other former constituencies in the area were:

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 [8]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Avon in the 2024 general election were as follows: [4]

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Labour 189,00736.2%Increase2.svg0.5%8Increase2.svg4
Conservative 110,55421.2%Decrease2.svg20.5%0Decrease2.svg6
Green 87,20416.7%Increase2.svg11.1%1Increase2.svg1
Liberal Democrat 71,76813.7%Decrease2.svg2.1%2Increase2.svg1
Reform 56,72110.9%Increase2.svg10.000
Others6,9511.3%Increase2.svg1.0%00
Total522,205100.011

2019

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

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 258,86741.7%Decrease2.svg0.9%60
Labour 221,71435.7%Decrease2.svg5.0%40
Liberal Democrats 97,76715.8%Increase2.svg4.0%10
Greens 34,5635.6%Increase2.svg2.1%00
Brexit 5,7170.9%new00
Others1,5590.3%Decrease2.svg1.1%00
Total620,187100.011

Percentage votes

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 24.324.027.536.536.831.823.225.740.735.736.2
Conservative 47.347.944.532.731.631.935.839.642.641.721.2
Green Party –*****1.38.73.55.616.7
Liberal Democrat 127.627.026.526.327.930.934.813.611.815.813.7
Reform 2–––––––––0.910.9
UKIP –––***2.812.00.6*–
Other0.81.11.54.53.75.42.10.40.80.31.3

11983 & 1987 – Alliance of Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party

2As the Brexit Party in 2019

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 11366523448
Liberal Democrat 100133330112
Green 00000000001
Conservative 99611268660
Total1010101010101111111112

11983 & 1987 – Alliance of Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party

Maps

1983 to 2019

2024 to present (including cross-boundary constituency with Somerset)

Historical representation by party

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Green

Constituency1983198719921997200120052010201520172019242024
Bath Patten Foster Howlett Hobhouse
Bristol East Sayeed Corston McCarthy
Bristol North West Stern Naysmith Leslie Jones
Bristol South Cocks Primarolo Smyth
Bristol West / Bristol Central (2024) Waldegrave Davey Williams Debbonaire Denyer
Filton and Bradley Stoke Lopresti Hazelgrove
Kingswood / Bristol North East (2024) Hayward Berry Skidmore Egan
Northavon / Thornbury & Yate (2010) Cope Webb Hall Young
Wansdyke / NE Somerset (2010) / NE Somerset & Hanham (2024) Aspinwall Norris Rees-Mogg Norris
Weston-super-Mare Wiggin Cotter Penrose Aldridge
Woodspring / North Somerset (2010) Dean Fox Al-Hassan

See also

Notes and references

References
  1. ↑ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 20 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 8 November 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Farell Roig, Estel (14 June 2021). "Bristol region constituency boundaries could soon look very different". Bristol Live. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1127–1178. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
Notes
  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

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