Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bridgwater and West Somerset County constituency |
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| Bridgwater and West Somerset shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England | |
| Created: | in time for 2009/10 election |
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| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Somerset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Bridgwater and West Somerset will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
One of the oldest parliamentary constituencies in England, Bridgwater has been expanded following the review of Somerset's representation by the Boundary Commission for England
[edit] Boundaries
The new expanded Bridgwater seat has been created following a review of Somerset's existing parliamentary constituencies. The electoral wards in the new expanded seat are:
- The entire district of West Somerset
- Bridgwater Bower, Bridgwater Eastover, Bridgwater Hamp, Bridgwater Quantock, Bridgwater Sydenham, Bridgwater Victoria, Cannington and Quantocks, East Poldens, Huntspill and Pawlett, King’s Isle, North Petherton, Puriton, Sandford, West Poldens and Woolavington from the district of Sedgemoor
[edit] Election results
This seat will be fought for the first time at the United Kingdom general election of 2009 or 2010.
[edit] See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- 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) | |
