Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)

Somerton and Frome
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Somerton and Frome in Somerset.
Location of Somerset within England.
County	Somerset
Electorate	82,150 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Frome, Somerton and Wincanton
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	David Warburton (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wells
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Somerton and Frome is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by David Warburton of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1983-1997: The District of Yeovil wards of Blackmoor Vale, Brue, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Ivelchester, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Badcox, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Selwood and Berkley, Stratton, and Vale.

1997-2010: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackmoor Vale, Brue, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Ivelchester, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Badcox, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, and Vale.

2010–present: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackmoor Vale, Bruton, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Tower, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Park, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, and Vale.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seat of Wells. It covers the east of the district of Mendip and the north of the district of South Somerset.

Constituency profile

This area has a mixed economy, including agriculture and, in November 2012, had below the national average proportion of jobseekers (3.8%) at 1.6% of the population.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Robert Boscawen	Conservative
1992	Mark Robinson	Conservative
1997	David Heath	Liberal Democrat
2015	David Warburton	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Somerton and Frome^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Warburton	31,960	53.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Rendel	11,692	19.4	−28.1
	UKIP	Alan Dimmick^[6]	6,439	10.7	+7.5
	Green	Theo Simon	5,434	9.0	+9.0
	Labour	David Oakensen	4,419	7.3	+2.9
	Independent	Ian Angell	365	0.6	+0.6
Majority			20,268	33.6
Turnout			60,309	72.2	−2.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+18.3

General Election 2010: Somerton and Frome^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Heath	28,793	47.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Annunziata Rees-Mogg	26,976	44.5	+1.9
	Labour	David Oakensen	2,675	4.4	−6.4
	UKIP	Barry Harding	1,932	3.2	+1.3
	Independent	Niall Warry	236	0.4	+0.4
Majority			1,817	3.0	+1.5
Turnout			60,612	74.3	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UKIP	Bill Lukins	1,047	1.9	+0.2
	Veritas	Carl Beaman	484	0.9	N/A
Majority			812	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			54,102	70.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 2001: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UKIP	Peter Bridgwood	919	1.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Jean Pollock	354	0.7	N/A
Majority			668	1.2	+1.0
Turnout			52,684	69.3	−8.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Heath	22,684	39.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Mark Robinson	22,554	39.3	−8.2
	Labour	Robert Ashford	9,385	16.3	+5.9
	Referendum	Robert Rodwell	2,449	4.3	N/A
	UKIP	R.P. Gadd	331	0.6	N/A
Majority			130	0.2
Turnout			57,403	77.3	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Somerton and Frome^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Robinson	28,052	47.5	−6.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Heath	23,711	40.2	+3.9
	Labour	Robert Ashford	6,154	10.4	+0.4
	Green	Ms. LA Graham	742	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. J Pollock	388	0.7	N/A
Majority			4,341	7.4	−10.1
Turnout			59,047	82.7	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Boscawen	29,351	53.73
	Liberal	R.G. Morgan	19,813	36.27
	Labour	I.S. Kelly	5,461	10.00
Majority			9,538	17.46
Turnout				79.43
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Boscawen	26,988	54.39	N/A
	Social Democratic	N Hinton	17,761	35.80	N/A
	Labour	JB Osborn	4,867	9.81	N/A
Majority			9,227	18.60	N/A
Turnout				76.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ "Somerton and Frome". Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Somerton & Frome". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/somertonandfrome/
↑ "Somerton & Frome". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Bristol West Exeter

South West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Green (1) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

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