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Bath and North East Somerset shown within Somerset and England Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a unitary authority created on 1 April 1996, following the abolition of the County of Avon, which had existed since 1974. Part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset occupies an area of 220 square miles (570 km 2), two-thirds of ...
North East Somerset and Hanham is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3] It is currently represented by Dan Norris of the Labour Party.
The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council. In 1974 they became part of county of Avon , and in 1996 they became administratively independent when Avon was broken up into unitary authorities.
When elected county councils were established in 1889, Bath was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a county borough, independent from the new Somerset County Council, whilst remaining part of the geographical county of Somerset. [6] [7] The area that would become Bath and North East Somerset was ...
Pages in category "Villages in Bath and North East Somerset" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The last of the coal mines closed in the 1970s, [8] to be replaced by light industry, but the close knit industrial heritage of the area remains. [9] North East Somerset is estimated to have voted to Leave the European Union by 51.6% in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. [10] [11] [12]
North Somerset shown within the ceremonial county of Somerset North Somerset is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. As a unitary authority, North Somerset is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county of Somerset. Its administrative headquarters are located in the town hall of Weston-super-Mare. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building ...
Runcorn and Helsby is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.