North East Somerset and Hanham (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Somerset and Hanham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.svg
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)
SeatsOne
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.

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Boundaries

North East Somerset and Hanham (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

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

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Norris 20,739 40.6 +14.4
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg 15,42030.2−24.5
Reform UK Paul MacDonnell7,42414.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Dine Romero3,8787.6−7.4
Green Edmund Cannon3,2226.3+3.9
Independent Nicholas Hales2310.5N/A
Monster Raving Loony Barmy Brunch2110.4N/A
Majority 5,31910.4N/A
Turnout 51,12569.2−9.4
Registered electors 73,887
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg19.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Conservative 31,43554.7
Labour 15,04626.2
Liberal Democrats 8,62515.0
Green 1,3702.4
Others9611.7
Turnout57,43778.6
Electorate73,113

See also

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. 1 2 "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.