North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Somerset County constituency
Image:Constituency.svg
North Somerset shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England
Created:	1885, 1950, 2010?
MP:	[[]]
Party:	[[]]
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Somerset
EP constituency:	South West England

North Somerset will be a county 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. This seat is the successor seat to Woodspring.

Constituencies of the same name previously existed between 1885-1918 and 1950-1983.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1885-1918 3.2 MPs 1950-1983 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Bath and North Somerset, the Boundary Commission for England have created a constituency of North Somerset. The electoral wards used to form this constituency are:

• Backwell, Clevedon Central, Clevedon East, Clevedon North, Clevedon South, Clevedon Walton, Clevedon West, Clevedon Yeo, Easton-in-Gordano, Gordano, Nailsea East, Nailsea North and West, Pill, Portishead Central, Portishead Coast, Portishead East, Portishead Redcliffe Bay, Portishead South and North Weston, Portishead West, Winford, Wraxall and Long Ashton, Wrington, and Yatton.

[edit] History

A previous constituency of the same name was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Evan Henry Llewellyn	Conservative
	1892	Courtenay Warner	Liberal
	1895	Evan Henry Llewellyn	Conservative
	1906	William Henry Bateman Hope	Liberal
	1910	Joseph King	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1950-1983

Year		Member	Party
1950		constituency re-established
	1950	Sir Edwin Hartley Cameron Leather	Conservative
	1964	Paul Dean	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

For previous results in this seat, see Woodspring

This seat of North Somerset will be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election

[edit] See also

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

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