Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bridgwater and West Somerset County constituency
Bridgwater and West Somerset shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England
Created:	in time for 2009/10 election
MP:	[[]]
Party:	[[]]
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

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Election results 3 References 4 See also

[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

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Theo Butt Philip
	Conservative	Ian Liddell-Grainger

[edit] References

1. ^ Bridgwater and West Somerset, UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

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