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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.
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]
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 "Avon" (covering the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire council areas) with Devon and Somerset as a ...
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 ...
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.
Separate representation was abolished for the 1950 general election, with Frome itself being transferred to the Wells division, whilst most of the remainder of the constituency formed the bulk of the new Somerset North constituency. Further changes took place for the 1983 general election when the Somerton and Frome constituency was created.
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]