Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)

Somerton and Frome
Somerton and Frome
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Somerton and Frome in Somerset
	Location of Somerset within England
County	Somerset
Electorate	82,150 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Frome, Somerton, Wincanton and Bruton
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	David Warburton (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wells and Yeovil

Somerton and Frome is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by David Warburton of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries[]

Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: The District of Yeovil wards of Blackmoor Vale, Brue, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Ivelchester, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Badcox, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Selwood and Berkley, Stratton, and Vale.

1997–2010: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackmoor Vale, Brue, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Ivelchester, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Badcox, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, and Vale.

2010–present: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackmoor Vale, Bruton, Burrow Hill, Camelot, Cary, Curry Rivel, Islemoor, Langport and Huish, Martock, Milborne Port, Northstone, Tower, Turn Hill, Wessex, and Wincanton, and the District of Mendip wards of Beacon, Beckington and Rode, Coleford, Creech, Frome Berkley Down, Frome Fromefield, Frome Keyford, Frome Park, Frome Welshmill, Mells, Nordinton, Postlebury, Stratton, and Vale.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seat of Wells. It covers the east of the district of Mendip and the north of the district of South Somerset.

Constituency profile[]

This area has a mixed economy, including agriculture and, in November 2012, had below the national average proportion of jobseekers (3.8%) at 1.6% of the population.^[3]

Members of Parliament[]

	Member^[4]	Party
1983	Robert Boscawen	Conservative
1992	Mark Robinson	Conservative
1997	David Heath	Liberal Democrat
2015	David Warburton	Conservative

Elections[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Somerton and Frome^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Warburton	36,230	55.8	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Boyden	17,017	26.2	+5.3
	Labour	Sean Dromgoole	8,354	12.9	–4.3
	Green	Andrea Dexter	3,295	5.1	+1.4
Majority			19,213	29.6	–6.2
Turnout			64,896	75.6	–0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.1

General election 2017: Somerton and Frome^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Warburton	36,231	56.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Blackburn	13,325	20.9	+1.5
	Labour	Sean Dromgoole	10,998	17.2	+9.9
	Green	Theo Simon	2,347	3.7	–5.3
	Independent	Richard Hadwin	991	1.6	New
Majority			22,906	35.8	+2.2
Turnout			63,892	75.8	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

General election 2015: Somerton and Frome^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Warburton	31,960	53.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Rendel	11,692	19.4	−28.1
	UKIP	Alan Dimmick	6,439	10.7	+7.5
	Green	Theo Simon	5,434	9.0	New
	Labour	David Oakensen	4,419	7.3	+2.9
	Independent	Ian Angell	365	0.6	New
Majority			20,268	33.6	N/A
Turnout			60,309	72.2	−2.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+18.3

General election 2010: Somerton and Frome^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	28,793	47.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Annunziata Rees-Mogg	26,976	44.5	+1.9
	Labour	David Oakensen	2,675	4.4	−6.4
	UKIP	Barry Harding	1,932	3.2	+1.3
	Independent	Niall Warry	236	0.4	New
Majority			1,817	3.0	+1.9
Turnout			60,612	74.3	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	23,759	43.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Clive Allen	22,947	42.4	0.0
	Labour	Joseph Pestell	5,865	10.8	−0.8
	UKIP	Bill Lukins	1,047	1.9	+0.2
	Veritas	Carl Beaman	484	0.9	New
Majority			812	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			54,102	70.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.2

General election 2001: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	22,983	43.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Marland	22,315	42.4	+3.1
	Labour	Andy Perkins	6,113	11.6	−4.7
	UKIP	Peter Bridgwood	919	1.7	+1.1
	Liberal	Jean Pollock	354	0.7	New
Majority			668	1.2	+1.0
Turnout			52,684	69.3	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	22,684	39.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Mark Robinson	22,554	39.3	−8.2
	Labour	Robert Ashford	9,385	16.3	+5.9
	Referendum	Robert Rodwell	2,449	4.3	New
	UKIP	R.P. Gadd	331	0.6	New
Majority			130	0.2	N/A
Turnout			57,403	77.3	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1992: Somerton and Frome^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Robinson	28,052	47.5	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Heath	23,711	40.2	+3.9
	Labour	Robert Ashford	6,154	10.4	+0.4
	Green	Ms. LA Graham	742	1.3	New
	Liberal	Ms. J Pollock	388	0.7	New
Majority			4,341	7.3	−10.2
Turnout			59,047	82.7	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.1

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Boscawen	29,351	53.73	-0.66
	Liberal	R.G. Morgan	19,813	36.27	+0.47
	Labour	I.S. Kelly	5,461	10.00	+0.19
Majority			9,538	17.46	-1.13
Turnout			54,625	79.43	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.6

General election 1983: Somerton and Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Boscawen	26,988	54.39
	SDP	N Hinton	17,761	35.80
	Labour	JB Osborn	4,867	9.81
Majority			9,227	18.59
Turnout			49,616	76.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes[]

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References[]

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "'Somerton and Frome', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ "Somerton and Frome". Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
^ "Parliamentary Constituencies Election Results-Thursday, 8 June 2017" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Somerton & Frome". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ "UK Polling Report".
^ "Somerton & Frome". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Coordinates: 51°06′00″N 2°30′36″W / 51.1000°N 2.5100°W / 51.1000; -2.5100

[3] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[ElectionWeb83-2] "'Somerton and Frome', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[5] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[6] "Somerton and Frome". Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

[7] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).

[8] "Parliamentary Constituencies Election Results-Thursday, 8 June 2017" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

[electoralcalculus-9] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[10] "Somerton & Frome". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[11] "UK Polling Report".

[12] "Somerton & Frome". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[13] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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