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Somerton and Frome was a constituency [n 1] in Somerset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2]It was formerly represented by David Warburton, who was elected as a Conservative, but latterly sat as an Independent after losing the Conservative whip in April 2022 following allegations of misconduct.
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. [5] [6] The boundary commission recommended the following seats within Somerset: Containing electoral wards from Mendip
Frome was a constituency centred on the town of Frome in Somerset. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832, until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Between 1832 and 1885, it was a parliamentary borough; after 1885 it was a county constituency, a division ...
In addition, Frome and East Somerset, and Wells and Mendip Hills were established as cross-authority boundary seats. [3] [4] The following seats were proposed: Containing electoral wards from Bath and North East Somerset. Bath; Frome and East Somerset (part also in the Somerset District of Mendip) North East Somerset and Hanham (part)
Anna Elizabeth Sabine [1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Frome and East Somerset since 2024. She is the first holder of the seat. She won 16,580 votes (35.5%), with a majority of 5,415. [2]
Frome and East Somerset is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.It was first contested at the 2024 general election.It was created from the parts of the former constituencies of Somerton and Frome and North East Somerset as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. [2]
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome took place on 20 July 2023, following the resignation of the incumbent MP David Warburton on 17 June. It was the first by-election in Somerset since the 1970 Bridgwater by-election. [1] The seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Dyke. [2]
Sarah Joanne Dyke [1] was born in 1971 and comes from a Somerset farming family that can be traced back more than 250 years to the local area. [2] [3] She was privately educated at Warminster School and studied agricultural and business studies at Harper Adams University.