Taunton and Wellington | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Somerset |
Major settlements | Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Wellington, Wiveliscombe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Taunton Deane |
Taunton and Wellington is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the majority of the current Taunton Deane constituency (to be abolished), with Wiveliscombe and surrounding rural areas being included in the newly created constituency of Tiverton and Minehead.
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. [4] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:
Electoral Calculus characterises this area as "Centrist", where voters have moderate/centrist views on economic and social issues and thus could support any of the three main English parties. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gideon Amos [6] | ||||
Reform UK | Charles Hansard [7] | ||||
Conservative | Rebecca Pow [8] | ||||
Communist | Rochelle Russell [9] | ||||
Green | Ryan Trower [10] | ||||
Labour | Brenda Weston [11] | ||||
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