Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

Avon was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a ceremonial county, being succeeded by the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four authorities were considered separately, entailing four seats for Bristol, three for South Gloucestershire and two each for Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the former county of Avon, together with Devon (including Plymouth and Torbay) and Somerset as a sub-region of the South West Region.

The area is divided into 13 parliamentary constituencies – 6 borough constituencies and 7 county constituencies, including two which cross local authority boundaries with Somerset.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    ♣ Green

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [1]	Majority [2]	Member of Parliament [2]		Nearest opposition [2]		Electoral wards [1]	Map
Bath  CC	73,241	11,218		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.
Bristol Central  BC	70,227	10,407		Carla Denyer♣		Thangam Debbonaire‡	Bristol City Council: Ashley, Central, Clifton, Clifton Down, Cotham, Hotwells & Harbourside, Redland.
Bristol East  BC	75,936	6,606		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.
Bristol North East  BC	69,793	11,167		Damien Egan‡		Lorraine Francis♣	Bristol City Council: Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, Lockleaze. South Gloucestershire Council: Kingswood, New Cheltenham, Staple Hill & Mangotsfield, Woodstock.
Bristol North West  BC	76,783	15,669		Darren Jones‡		Mary Page♣	Bristol City Council: Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston, Bishopston & Ashley Down, Henbury & Brentry, Horfield, Southmead, Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze.
Bristol South  BC	74,696	7,666		Karin Smyth‡		Jai Breitnauer♣	Bristol City Council: Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe & Withywood, Hengrove & Whitchurch Park, Southville, Windmill Hill.
Filton and Bradley Stoke  BC	73,598	10,000		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.
Frome and East Somerset  CC (part)	70,177	5,415		Anna Sabine¤		Lucy Trimnell†	Bath and North East Somerset Council: Bathavon South, Midsomer Norton North, Midsomer Norton Redfield, Peasedown, Radstock, Westfield. Mendip District Council: Ammerdown, Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton, Beckington and Selwood, Coleford and Holcombe, Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome College, Frome Keyford, Frome Market, Frome Oakfield, Frome Park, Postlebury, Rode and Norton St. Philip, The Pennards and Ditcheat.
North East Somerset and Hanham  CC	73,113	5,319		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.
North Somerset  CC	73,963	639		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.
Thornbury and Yate  CC	74,935	3,014		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.
Wells and Mendip Hills  CC (part)	69,843	11,121		Tessa Munt¤		Meg Powell-Chandler†	Mendip District Council: Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton, Croscombe and Pilton, Moor, Rodney and Westbury, Shepton East, Shepton West, St. Cuthbert Out North, Wells Central, Wells St. Cuthbert's, Wells St. Thomas', Wookey and St. Cuthbert Out West. North Somerset Council: Banwell & Winscombe, Blagdon & Churchill, Congresbury & Puxton, Yatton. Sedgemoor District Council: Axevale, Cheddar and Shipham, East Polden, Knoll, Wedmore and Mark, West Polden.
Weston-super-Mare  CC	70,722	4,409		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.

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Bath BC Bristol East BC Bristol North West BC Bristol South BC Bristol West BC Filton and Bradley Stoke CC Kingswood BC North East Somerset CC North Somerset CC Thornbury and Yate CC Weston-super-Mare CC	Former constituencies in Avon	Bath CC Bristol Central BC Bristol East BC Bristol North East BC Bristol North West BC Bristol South BC Filton and Bradley Stoke BC Frome and East Somerset CC North East Somerset and Hanham CC North Somerset CC Thornbury and Yate CC Wells and Mendip Hills CC Weston-super-Mare CC

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine "Avon" (covering the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire council areas) 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 were established as cross-authority boundary seats. ^{[3] [4]}

The following seats were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Bath and North East Somerset

• Bath
• Frome and East Somerset (part also in the Somerset District of Mendip)
• North East Somerset and Hanham (part)

Containing electoral wards in Bristol

• Bristol Central
• Bristol East
• Bristol North East (part)
• Bristol North West
• Bristol South

Containing electoral wards in North Somerset

• North Somerset
• Wells and Mendip Hills (parts also in the Somerset Districts of Mendip and Sedgemoor)
• Weston-super-Mare

Containing electoral wards in South Gloucestershire

• Filton and Bradley Stoke
• North East Somerset and Hanham (part)
• North East Bristol (part)
• Thornbury and Yate

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 name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024
Bath CC Bristol East BC Bristol North West BC Bristol South BC Bristol West BC Kingswood BC Northavon CC Wansdyke CC Weston-super-Mare CC Woodspring CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Avon	Bath BC Bristol East BC Bristol North West BC Bristol South BC Bristol West BC Filton and Bradley Stoke CC Kingswood BC North East Somerset CC North Somerset CC Thornbury and Yate CC Weston-super-Mare CC	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:

• Bristol Central abolished 1974
• Bristol South East abolished 1983
• Bristol North East abolished 1983
• South Gloucestershire abolished 1983

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[5]

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: ^[2]

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	189,007	36.2%	0.5%	8	4
Conservative	110,554	21.2%	20.5%	0	6
Green	87,204	16.7%	11.1%	1	1
Liberal Democrat	71,768	13.7%	2.1%	2	1
Reform	56,721	10.9%	10.0	0	0
Others	6,951	1.3%	1.0%	0	0
Total	522,205	100.0		11

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:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	258,867	41.7%	0.9%	6	0
Labour	221,714	35.7%	5.0%	4	0
Liberal Democrats	97,767	15.8%	4.0%	1	0
Greens	34,563	5.6%	2.1%	0	0
Brexit	5,717	0.9%	new	0	0
Others	1,559	0.3%	1.1%	0	0
Total	620,187	100.0		11

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	24.3	24.0	27.5	36.5	36.8	31.8	23.2	25.7	40.7	35.7	36.2
Conservative	47.3	47.9	44.5	32.7	31.6	31.9	35.8	39.6	42.6	41.7	21.2
Green Party	–	*	*	*	*	*	1.3	8.7	3.5	5.6	16.7
Liberal Democrat 1	27.6	27.0	26.5	26.3	27.9	30.9	34.8	13.6	11.8	15.8	13.7
Reform 2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.9	10.9
UKIP	–	–	–	*	*	*	2.8	12.0	0.6	*	–
Other	0.8	1.1	1.5	4.5	3.7	5.4	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.3

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

²As the Brexit Party in 2019

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	1	1	3	6	6	5	2	3	4	4	8
Liberal Democrat 1	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	2
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Conservative	9	9	6	1	1	2	6	8	6	6	0
Total	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12

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

Maps

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

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Historical representation by party

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Green

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	24	2024
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

• List of constituencies in South West England

Notes and references

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 10 July 2024.
2. "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. Farell Roig, Estel (14 June 2021). "Bristol region constituency boundaries could soon look very different". Bristol Post. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1127–1178. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
5. 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.