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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 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]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
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 ...
Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Mendip, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Frome Rural District. [4] It is also part of the Frome and East Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
The 12-acre Saxonvale site in Frome has been empty for decades, but a plan for more than 260 homes and a commercial space can now be taken forward by social enterprise Mayday Saxonvale.
The seat is made up of the following areas of Somerset: [6] Majority of the former Somerton and Frome constituency, including the communities of Bruton, Castle Cary, Langport, Martock, Somerton and Wincanton. Glastonbury and Street from the former Wells constituency. A small part transferred from the Yeovil constituency.