Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°34′23″N 2°28′37″W / 51.573°N 2.477°W / 51.573; -2.477

Thornbury and Yate
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Thornbury and Yate in Avon.

Outline map

Location of Avon within England.
County Gloucestershire
Electorate 64,736 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Thornbury, Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Luke Hall (Conservative Party)
Number of members One
Created from Northavon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

Thornbury and Yate is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2015 election by Luke Hall, a Conservative.[n 2] Encompassing an area to the north-east of Bristol, it is one of three constituencies that make up the South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority Area, along with Filton and Bradley Stoke and Kingswood.

History

This seat is a successor to the former Northavon constituency, which was abolished following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election.[2] It is named after the two largest towns in the constituency: Thornbury and Yate.

Boundaries

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission this newly defined seat emerged. The electoral wards used in the creation of this new seat are all from the district of South Gloucestershire and are as follows:[2]

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4][5] Party
2010 Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
2015 Luke Hall Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Thornbury and Yate[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Hall 19,924 41.0 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Steve Webb 18,429 37.9 -14.0
UKIP Russ Martin[8] 5,126 10.6 +7.0
Labour Hadleigh Roberts 3,775 7.8 +0.8
Green Iain Hamilton [9] 1,316 2.7 N/A
Majority 1,495 3.1
Turnout 48,570 73.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
General Election 2010: Thornbury and Yate[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Steve Webb 25,032 51.9 −2.4
Conservative Matthew Riddle 17,916 37.2 +6.3
Labour Roxanne Egan 3,385 7.0 −3.8
UKIP Jenny Knight 1,709 3.5 +1.8
Independents Federation UK Thomas Beacham 126 0.3 N/A
Independent Anthony Clements 58 0.1 N/A
Majority 7,116 14.8 −8.7
Turnout 48,226 75.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing −4.3

This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election. It was the first Liberal Democrat victory to be declared on the evening of 6 May. The vote share change comes from the notional results as this is a new seat.

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire". Boundary Commission for England. 15 November 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ↑ "Bristol North West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  6. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/thornburyandyate/
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000994
  8. ↑ "Homepage". UKIP Thornbury and Yate. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. ↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/5411/iain-hamilton
  10. ↑ BBC – Election 2010 – Thornbury & Yate
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