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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.
Somerton and Frome is a rural constituency in Somerset in the South West of England. The constituency includes the market towns of Somerton, Frome, Castle Cary, Langport, Wincanton, Templecombe, Bruton and Martock. [3] Frome, the largest community in the seat, acts as a small commercial centre for the surrounding areas.
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.
The Frome Society for Local Study [147] was founded in 1958 to make the history of Frome and the district better known, and to preserve its historic buildings and records; there is an annual programme of winter lectures and summer visits to places of interest as well as a wide range of research, donations, and publications.
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 .
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 ]
David John Warburton FRSA (born 28 October 1965) [1] is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until his resignation in 2023. [2]
The town is in the Mendip district of Somerset and is part of the parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome. In April 2010 a large hoard of third-century Roman coins was unearthed in a field near the town. From AD 950 to 1650, Frome was larger than Bath and originally grew due to the wool and cloth industry. It later diversified into ...