Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)

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Somerton and Frome County constituency
Somerton and Frome shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Heath
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Somerset
EP constituency:	South West England

Somerton and Frome is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the east of the district of Mendip and the north of the district of South Somerset.The Lib Dems have held the seat since 1997, albeit very narrowly by small three-figure majorities.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: Robert Boscawen, Conservative
• 1992 – 1997: Mark Noel Foster Robinson, Conservative
• 1997 – present: David Heath, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

Next United Kingdom general election: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath
	Conservative	Annunziata Rees-Mogg

General Election 2005: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	23,759	43.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Clive Allen	22,947	42.4	0.0
	Labour	Joseph Pestell	5,865	10.8	−0.8
	UK Independence	Bill Lukins	1,047	1.9	+0.2
	Veritas	Carl Beaman	484	0.9	N/A
Majority			812	1.5
Turnout			54,102	70.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 2001: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	22,983	43.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Marland	22,315	42.4	+3.1
	Labour	Andy Perkins	6,113	11.6	-4.7
	UK Independence	Peter Bridgwood	919	1.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Jean Pollock	354	0.7	N/A
Majority			668	1.2
Turnout			52,684	69.3	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1)