North East Somerset and Hanham
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 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[3] It is currently represented by Dan Norris, who sat as a member of the Labour Party before his suspension in April 2025.
| North East Somerset and Hanham | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of North East Somerset and Hanham in South West England | |
| County | Somerset and Gloucestershire |
| Electorate | 73,113 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Hanham Keynsham |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Dan Norris (Independent) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North East Somerset Kingswood |
Constituency profile
editNorth East Somerset and Hanham is a constituency in South West England covering parts of Somerset and Gloucestershire. It includes the suburban neighbourhoods of Hanham and Oldland—which form part of Bristol's wider urban area but lie outside the city's official boundaries—and the rural area to the south of Bristol, including the town of Keynsham and the villages of Saltford and Paulton.
Keynsham is a historic, affluent market town that houses many commuters to the nearby cities of Bristol and Bath. Hanham and Oldland are wealthy and suburban in character with many detached and semi-detached properties.[4] The south of the constituency around Paulton and Timsbury is part of the Somerset coalfield, one of the small number of former coal mining areas in Southern England. House prices across the constituency are generally higher than the regional and national averages.[5]
North East Somerset and Hanham has a large retired population.[6] In general, residents have average levels of education and high rates of homeownership. Household income is above average and the child poverty rate is around half the UK-wide figure.[5][7] A high proportion of residents work in the retail, education and construction sectors,[8] and the percentage claiming unemployment benefits is very low.[7] White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census.[9]
At the local council level, most of Keynsham and the rural areas are represented by Liberal Democrats, Paulton by Labour Party councillors and Hanham and Oldland mostly by Conservatives. An estimated 54% of voters in North East Somerset and Hanham supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, marginally higher than the UK-wide figure of 52%.[5]
Boundaries
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The seat is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Bath and North East Somerset wards of: Chew Valley; Clutton & Farmborough; High Littleton; Keynsham East; Keynsham North; Keynsham South; Mendip; Paulton; Publow & Whitchurch; Saltford; Timsbury.
- The District of South Gloucestershire wards of: Bitton & Oldland Common; Hanham; Longwell Green; Parkwall & Warmley.[10]
The following areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire make up the constituency:[11]
- Keynsham and rural areas to the south, comprising about 55% of the abolished North East Somerset constituency[12]
- Hanham and southern-most areas of South Gloucestershire, comprising about 45% of the abolished Kingswood constituency[12]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dan Norris | Labour | ||
| 2025 | Independent | Whip suspended after arrest on suspicion of rape and child sex offences[13] | ||
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dan Norris | 20,739 | 40.6 | +14.4 | |
| Conservative | Jacob Rees-Mogg | 15,420 | 30.2 | −24.5 | |
| Reform | Paul MacDonnell | 7,424 | 14.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dine Romero | 3,878 | 7.6 | −7.4 | |
| Green | Edmund Cannon | 3,222 | 6.3 | +3.9 | |
| Independent | Nicholas Hales | 231 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Barmy Brunch | 211 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,319 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 51,125 | 69.2 | −9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,887 | ||||
| Labour notional gain from Conservative | Swing |  19.5 | |||
Notional results are those of the 2019 election. There was a by-election in Kingswood, one of the preceding constituencies, in February 2024, resulting in a gain from the Conservatives; the winning candidate, Damien Egan, subsequently won another successor constituency, Bristol North East, in the 2024 general election.
Elections in the 2010s
edit| 2019 notional result[15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 31,435 | 54.7 | |
| Labour | 15,046 | 26.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,625 | 15.0 | |
| Green | 1,370 | 2.4 | |
| Others | 961 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | 57,437 | 78.6 | |
| Electorate | 73,113 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ↑ "Shake-up revealed for Somerset MPs' boundaries". BBC News. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Somerset North East and Hanham". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Constituency data: Population, by age". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Constituency dashboard". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ↑ "New Seat Details - Somerset North East and Hanham". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- 1 2 "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".
- ↑ "MP Dan Norris arrested on suspicion of child sex offences and rape". BBC News. 2025-04-05. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ↑ "North East Somerset and Hanham results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
edit- North East Somerset and Hanham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK