North East Somerset and Hanham

North East Somerset and Hanham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Somerset and Hanham in South West England
County	Somerset and Gloucestershire
Electorate	73,113 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Hanham Keynsham
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Dan Norris (Independent)
Seats	One
Created from	North East Somerset Kingswood

North East Somerset and Hanham is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. ^[3] It is currently represented by Dan Norris, who sat as a member of the Labour Party before his suspension in April 2025.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The seat is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Bath and North East Somerset wards of: Chew Valley; Clutton & Farmborough; High Littleton; Keynsham East; Keynsham North; Keynsham South; Mendip; Paulton; Publow & Whitchurch; Saltford; Timsbury.
• The District of South Gloucestershire wards of: Bitton & Oldland Common; Hanham; Longwell Green; Parkwall & Warmley. ^[4]

The following areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire make up the constituency: ^[5]

• Keynsham and rural areas to the south, comprising about 55% of the abolished North East Somerset constituency ^[6]
• Hanham and southern-most areas of South Gloucestershire, comprising about 45% of the abolished Kingswood constituency ^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2024	Dan Norris	Labour
	2025		Independent	Whip suspended after arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences [7]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North East Somerset and Hanham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Norris	20,739	40.6	+14.4
	Conservative	Jacob Rees-Mogg	15,420	30.2	−24.5
	Reform	Paul MacDonnell	7,424	14.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dine Romero	3,878	7.6	−7.4
	Green	Edmund Cannon	3,222	6.3	+3.9
	Independent	Nicholas Hales	231	0.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Barmy Brunch	211	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,319	10.4	N/A
Turnout			51,125	69.2	−9.4
Registered electors			73,887
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	19.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,435	54.7
	Labour	15,046	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	8,625	15.0
	Green	1,370	2.4
	Others	961	1.7
Turnout		57,437	78.6
Electorate		73,113

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
2. "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
3. "Shake-up revealed for Somerset MPs' boundaries". BBC News. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
5. "New Seat Details - Somerset North East and Hanham". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
6. "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".
7. "MP Dan Norris arrested on suspicion of child sex offences and rape". BBC News. 2025-04-05. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
8. "North East Somerset and Hanham results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
9. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• North East Somerset and Hanham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK