Wells and Mendip Hills

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Wells and Mendip Hills
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Wells and Mendip Hills constituency.svg
Boundary of Wells and Mendip Hills in South West England
County Somerset
Electorate 69,843 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Wells, Shepton Mallet
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Wells, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset & Bridgwater and West Somerset

Wells and Mendip Hills is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] It is currently represented by Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt, who was previously MP for Wells from 2010 to 2015.

Contents

Boundaries

Wells and Mendip Hills
Map of boundaries from 2024

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

With effect from 1 April 2023, the Districts of Mendip and Sedgemoor were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. [5] Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

The following areas of Somerset make up the constituency: [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Wells and Mendip Hills [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt 23,622 46.9 +16.1
Conservative Meg Powell-Chandler12,50124.8−31.3
Reform Helen Hims6,61113.1N/A
Labour Co-op Joe Joseph3,5277.0−3.8
Green Peter Welsh2,0684.1+2.9
Independent Abi McGuire1,8493.7N/A
Independent Craig Clarke1900.4N/A
Majority 11,12122.1N/A
Turnout 50,36869.9−10.9
Registered electors 72,051
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +23.7
2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote%
Conservative 31,67856.1
Liberal Democrats 17,38330.8
Labour 6,07610.8
Green 6611.2
Others6431.2
Turnout56,44180.8
Electorate69,843

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 29 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. ↑ "The Somerset (Structural Changes) Order 2022".
  6. 1 2 "New Seat Details – Wells and Mendip Hills". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Wells and Mendip Hills - General election results 2024". BBC News . Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "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.
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