North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
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North East Somerset is a constituency created by the Boundary Commission for England as the successor seat to the Wansdyke Parliamentary Seat. It will come into being at the next United Kingdom general election, 2009/10.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency.
The North East Somerset Constituency contains 21 wards of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Authority.
- Bathavon North - Containing the Parishes of Batheaston, Bathford, Bathampton, Charlcombe, Claverton, Kelston, North Stoke, Swainswick and St Catherine.
- Bathavon South - Containing the Parishes of Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Monkton Combe, Shoscombe, Southstoke and Wellow.
- Bathavon West - Containing the Parishes of Camerton, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Newton Saint Loe and Priston.
- Clutton - Containing the Parishes of Chelwood, Clutton and Stanton Drew.
- Chew Valley North - Containing the Parishes of Chew Magna, Chew Stoke and Norton Malreward.
- Chew Valley South - Containing the Parishes of Compton Martin, Stowey Sutton, Nempnett Thrubwell, Ubley.
- Farmborough - Containing the Parishes of Compton Dando, Corston, Farmborough and Marksbury.
- High Littleton - Containing the Parishes of Farrington Gurney and High Littleton.
- Keynsham North - A Ward of Keynsham Town Council.
- Keynsham South - A Ward of Keynsham Town Council.
- Keynsham East - A Ward of Keynsham Town Council.
- Mendip - Containing the Parishes of Cameley, East Harptree, Hinton Blewett and West Harptree.
- Midsomer Norton North - A Ward of Norton Radstock Town Council.
- Midsomer Norton Redfield - A Ward of Norton Radstock Town Council.
- Paulton - Containing the Parish of Paulton.
- Peasedown - Covering the Parish of Peasedown St John.
- Publow and Whitchurch - Containing the Parishes of Publow and Whitchurch.
- Radstock - A Ward of Norton Radstock Town Council.
- Saltford - Covering the Parish of Saltford.
- Timsbury Covering the Parish of Timsbury.
- Westfield - A Ward of Norton Radstock Town Council.
Boundary Commission changes saw the North East Somerset Seat lose 4 wards in the South Gloucestershire Local Authority previously contained within Wansdyke. Bitton, Hanham, Longwell Green and Oldland Common. In return the new seat gained the whole of the Bathavon North ward and half the Bathavon South ward both from the Bath constituency.
Politically these changes are not seen as favourable to the Labour Party and calculations carried out by Anthony Wells of UKPolling Report based on previous local election results predicts that this seat would have a notional majority of 234 for the Conservatives.
[edit] See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
- Wansdyke - the predecessor constituency.
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- UKPolling Report - Anthony Wells calculations of notional majorities.
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