# Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

The county of Somerset is currently divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies, which are all county constituencies. Three seats cross the county boundary - two are shared with Avon and one with Devon.

## Constituencies

† Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Liberal Democrat
| Constituency | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards |
| Bridgwater CC | 71,418 | 1,349 | Ashley Fox† | Leigh Redman‡ | Sedgemoor District Council: Berrow, Bridgwater Dunwear, Bridgwater Eastover, Bridgwater Fairfax, Bridgwater Hamp, Bridgwater Victoria, Bridgwater Westover, Bridgwater Wyndham, Burnham Central, Burnham North, Cannington and Wembdon, Highbridge and Burnham Marine, Huntspill and Pawlett, King's Isle, North Petherton, Puriton and Woolavington, Quantocks. |
| Frome and East Somerset CC (part) | 70,177 | 5,415 | Anna Sabine¤ | Lucy Trimnell† | Bath and North East Somerset Council: Bathavon South, Midsomer Norton North, Midsomer Norton Redfield, Peasedown, Radstock, Westfield. Mendip District Council: Ammerdown, Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton, Beckington and Selwood, Coleford and Holcombe, Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome College, Frome Keyford, Frome Market, Frome Oakfield, Frome Park, Postlebury, Rode and Norton St. Philip, The Pennards and Ditcheat. |
| Glastonbury and Somerton CC | 70,015 | 6,611 | Sarah Dyke¤ | Faye Purbrick† | Mendip District Council: Butleigh and Baltonsborough, Glastonbury St. Benedict's, Glastonbury St. Edmund's, Glastonbury St. John's, Glastonbury St. Mary's, Street North, Street South, Street West. South Somerset District Council: Blackmoor Vale, Bruton, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Huish & Langport, Hamdon, Islemoor, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Ivelchester & St. Michael's, Tower, Turn Hill, Wessex, Wincanton. |
| Taunton and Wellington CC | 76,059 | 11,939 | Gideon Amos¤ | Rebecca Pow† | Somerset West and Taunton Council: Blackbrook & Holway, Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull, Creech St. Michael, Halcon & Lane, Hatch & Blackdown, Manor & Tangier, Monument, North Curry & Ruishton, North Town, Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove, Priorswood, Rockwell Green, Trull, Pitminster & Corfe, Victoria, Vivary, Wellington East, Wellington North, Wellington South, Wellsprings & Rowbarton, West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine, Wilton & Sherford. |
| Tiverton and Minehead CC (part) | 70,829 | 3,507 | Rachel Gilmour¤ | Ian Liddell-Grainger† | Mid Devon District Council: Canonsleigh, Castle, Clare and Shuttern, Cranmore, Halberton, Lower Culm, Lowman, Upper Culm, Westexe. Somerset West and Taunton Council: Alcombe, Cotford St. Luke & Oake, Dulverton & District, Exmoor, Milverton & District, Minehead Central, Minehead North, Old Cleeve & District, Periton & Woodcombe, Porlock & District, Quantock Vale, South Quantock, Watchet & Williton, Wiveliscombe & District. |
| Wells and Mendip Hills CC (part) | 69,843 | 11,121 | Tessa Munt¤ | Meg Powell-Chandler† | Mendip District Council: Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton, Croscombe and Pilton, Moor, Rodney and Westbury, Shepton East, Shepton West, St. Cuthbert Out North, Wells Central, Wells St. Cuthbert's, Wells St. Thomas', Wookey and St. Cuthbert Out West. North Somerset Council: Banwell & Winscombe, Blagdon & Churchill, Congresbury & Puxton, Yatton. Sedgemoor District Council: Axevale, Cheddar and Shipham, East Polden, Knoll, Wedmore and Mark, West Polden. |
| Yeovil CC | 76,056 | 12,286 | Adam Dance¤ | Marcus Fysh† | South Somerset District Council: Blackdown & Tatworth, Brympton, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe, Chard Crimchard, Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, Coker, Crewkerne, Eggwood, Ilminster, Neroche, Parrett, South Petherton, Windwhistle, Yeovil College, Yeovil Lyde, Yeovil Summerlands, Yeovil Westland, Yeovil without. |

## 2024 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
| Bridgwater and West Somerset CC Somerton and Frome CC Taunton Deane CC Wells CC Yeovil CC | Proposed Revision | Bridgwater CC Frome and East Somerset CC Glastonbury and Somerton CC Taunton and Wellington CC Tiverton and Minehead CC Wells and Mendip Hills CC Yeovil CC | |
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Somerset with Avon and Devon as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Somerset, only the constituency of Yeovil retained its name with relatively minor changes. The boundary changes created the cross-county boundary constituencies of Frome and East Somerset, Wells and Mendip Hills, and Tiverton and Minehead. Bridgwater was re-established as a constituency, replacing Bridgwater and West Somerset, while the new constituency of Glastonbury and Somerton largely replaced Somerton and Frome. Taunton Deane was renamed Taunton and Wellington.
The boundary commission recommended the following seats within Somerset:
Containing electoral wards from Mendip
* Frome and East Somerset (part)$^1$
* Glastonbury and Somerton (part)
* Wells and Mendip Hills (part)$^2$
Containing electoral wards from Sedgemoor
* Bridgwater
* Wells and Mendip Hills (part)$^2$
Containing electoral wards from Somerset West and Taunton
* Taunton and Wellington
* Tiverton and Minehead (part)$^3$
Containing electoral wards from South Somerset
* Glastonbury and Somerton (part)
* Yeovil
$^1$Also contains electoral wards in the District of Bath and North East Somerset
$^2$Also contains electoral wards in the District of North Somerset
$^3$Also contains electoral wards in the Devon District of Mid Devon

## Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

### 2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Somerset in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
| Liberal Democrats | 114,443 | 36.5% | 7.5% | 6 | 6 |
| Conservative | 88,408 | 28.2% | 28.5% | 1 | 4 |
| Reform | 53,160 | 17.0% | New | 0 | 0 |
| Labour | 34,865 | 11.1% | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 18,076 | 5.8% | 3.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 4,314 | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 313,266 | 100.0 | | 7 | |

### Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Somerset was analysed under its Ceremonial definition (including the southern part of what became analysed at boundary reviews as Avon, see Avon's list of seats).
| Election year | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974(F) | 1974(O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat$^1$ | 13.5 | 29.6 | 42.0 | 30.5 | 32.3 | 13.7 | 19.2 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 22.7 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 40.1 | 45.1 | 23.9 | 25.4 | 29.0 | 36.5 |
| Conservative | 61.5 | 51.1 | 47.4 | 52.9 | 45.4 | 66.6 | 55.4 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 55.0 | 54.8 | 51.4 | 45.9 | 45.8 | 53.2 | 44.7 | 43.8 | 52.3 | 51.2 | 50.6 | 45.3 | 36.5 | 40.9 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 47.2 | 53.9 | 56.7 | 28.2 |
| Reform | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.0 |
| Labour | 24.3 | 19.3 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 25.4 | 39.8 | 38.3 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 34.4 | 33.3 | 38.1 | 35.0 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 24.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 17.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.7 | 12.9 | 1.2 | * | - |
| Other | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.9 | 2.0 | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | - | 1.5 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
$^1$pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987: SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other

### Seats

| Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974(F) | 1974(O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat$^1$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
$^1$1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

### Maps
#### 1885-1910

* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910

#### 1918-1945

* 1918
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945

#### 1950-1979

* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* Feb 1974
* Oct 1974
* 1979

#### 1983-2019

* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019

#### 2024-present (including constituencies that cover parts of Devon and Avon)

* 2024

## Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

### 1885 to 1918 (10 MPs)

Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 87 | 1892 | 1895 | 96 | 99 | 1900 | 1906 | 09 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 | 12 | 18 |
| Bath | Blaine | Laurie | Laurie | Murray | Murray | Murray | Murray | Murray | Maclean | Maclean | A. Thynne | A. Thynne | A. Thynne | A. Thynne | Foxcroft |
| Bath | Wodehouse | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | Gooch | Gooch | Hunter | Hunter | Hunter | Hunter | Hunter |
| Bridgwater | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Stanley | Montgomery | Montgomery | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders |
| Frome | Baker | T. Thynne | T. Thynne | Barlow | T. Thynne | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow |
| Somerset Eastern | Hobhouse | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | Thompson | Thompson | Jardine | Jardine | Jardine | → | → |
| Somerset Northern | Llewellyn | Llewellyn | Llewellyn | Warner | Llewellyn | Llewellyn | Llewellyn | Llewellyn | Hope | Hope | King | King | King | King | King |
| Somerset Southern | Lambart | Lambart | Lambart | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Strachey | Herbert | Herbert | Herbert |
| Taunton | S. Allsopp | S. Allsopp | A. Allsopp | A. Allsopp | Welby | Welby | Welby | Welby | Boyle | Peel | Peel | Peel | Peel | Wills | Wills |
| Wellington | Dyke Acland | Elton | Elton | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Fuller-Acland-Hood | Boles | Boles | Boles |
| Wells | Paget | Paget | Paget | Paget | Jolliffe | Jolliffe | Dickinson | Dickinson | Silcock | Silcock | Sandys | Sandys | Sandys | Sandys | Sandys |

### 1918 to 1950 (7 MPs)

Common Wealth  Conservative  Independent Progressive  Labour  Liberal
| Constituency | 1918 | 21 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 29 | 1929 | 1931 | 34 | 1935 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 1945 |
| Bath | Foxcroft | Foxcroft | Foxcroft | Foxcroft | Raffety | Foxcroft | Baillie-Hamilton | Baillie-Hamilton | Guinness | Guinness | Guinness | Guinness | Guinness | Guinness | Pitman |
| Bridgwater | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders | Morse | Wood | Wood | Croom-Johnson | Croom-Johnson | Croom-Johnson | Croom-Johnson | Bartlett | Bartlett | → | → |
| Frome | Hurd | Hurd | Hurd | Hurd | Gould | Peto | Peto | Gould | Thynne | Thynne | Tate | Tate | Tate | Tate | Farthing |
| Taunton | Boles | Griffith-Boscawen | Simpson | Simpson | Simpson | Gault | Gault | Gault | Gault | Gault | Wickham | Wickham | Wickham | Wickham | Collins |
| Wells | Greer | Greer | Bruford | Bruford | Hobhouse | Sanders | Sanders | Muirhead | Muirhead | Muirhead | Muirhead | Muirhead | Boles | Boles | Boles |
| Weston-super-Mare | Wills | Wills | Erskine | Erskine | Murrell | Erskine | Erskine | Erskine | Erskine | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing |
| Yeovil | Herbert | Herbert | Herbert | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Kingsmill |

### 1950 to 1983 (7 MPs)

Conservative
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 56 | 58 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 69 | 70 | 1970 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 |
| Bath | Pitman | Pitman | Pitman | Pitman | Pitman | Pitman | Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Patten |
| Bridgwater | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | Wills | King | King | King | King | King |
| Somerset North | Leather | Leather | Leather | Leather | Leather | Leather | Dean | Dean | Dean | Dean | Dean | Dean | Dean | Dean |
| Taunton | Hopkinson | Hopkinson | Hopkinson | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann | du Cann |
| Wells | Boles | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Maydon | Boscawen | Boscawen | Boscawen | Boscawen |
| Weston-super-Mare | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Orr-Ewing | Webster | Webster | Webster | Webster | Wiggin | Wiggin | Wiggin | Wiggin | Wiggin | Wiggin |
| Yeovil | Kingsmill | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton | Peyton |

### 1983 to 2024 (5 MPs)

Conservative  Independent  Liberal  Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 22 | 23 |
| Bridgwater / Bridgwater and West Somerset (2010-) | King | King | King | King | King | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger | Liddell-Grainger |
| Somerton and Frome | Boscawen | Boscawen | Boscawen | Robinson | Heath | Heath | Heath | Heath | Warburton | Warburton | Warburton | → | Dyke |
| Taunton / Taunton Deane (2010-) | du Cann | Nicholson | Nicholson | Nicholson | Ballard | Flook | Browne | Browne | Pow | Pow | Pow | Pow | Pow |
| Wells | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Heathcoat-Amory | Munt | Heappey | Heappey | Heappey | Heappey | Heappey |
| Yeovil | Ashdown | Ashdown | → | → | → | Laws | Laws | Laws | Fysh | Fysh | Fysh | Fysh | Fysh |

### 2024 onwards (7 MPs, including constituencies that cover parts of Devon and Avon)

Conservative  Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 2024 |
| Bridgwater | Fox |
| Frome and East Somerset$^1$ | Sabine |
| Glastonbury and Somerton | Dyke |
| Taunton and Wellington | Amos |
| Tiverton and Minehead$^2$ | Gilmour |
| Wells and Mendip Hills$^1$ | Munt |
| Yeovil | Dance |
$^1$partly in Avon $^2$partly in Devon