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 (Labour)
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 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3] It is currently represented by Dan Norris of the Labour Party.

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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

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Dan Norris Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North East Somerset and Hanham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Norris [8] 20,739 40.6 +14.4
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg [9] 15,42030.2−24.5
Reform UK Paul MacDonnell [10] 7,42414.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Dine Romero [11] 3,8787.6−7.4
Green Edmund Cannon [12] 3,2226.3+3.9
Independent Nicholas Hales2310.5N/A
Monster Raving Loony Barmy Brunch2110.4N/A
Majority5,31910.4N/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 [13]
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

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