Filton and Bradley Stoke | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Gloucestershire |
Electorate | 67,062 (2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Filton, Downend, Winterbourne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Jack Lopresti (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bristol North West, Northavon, Kingswood |
Filton and Bradley Stoke is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jack Lopresti, a Conservative. [n 2]
The seat was created by the Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election. [2] The seat was formed by taking parts of the Bristol North West, Kingswood, and Northavon constituencies.
The electoral wards used to create the seat in time for the 2010 election were: [2]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes which will involve the gain of parts of the Kingswood constituency (to be abolished), including the community of Emersons Green. [4] This will be offset by the loss of the Bristol Channel hinterland including Severn Beach to an enlarged Thornbury and Yate, and Staple Hill and Mangotsfield, which will move into the re-established Bristol North East constituency. [5]
Election | Member [6] | Party | |
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2010 | Jack Lopresti | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Benet Allen [8] | ||||
Reform UK | Stephen Burge | ||||
Labour | Claire Hazelgrove [9] | ||||
Conservative | Jack Lopresti [10] | ||||
Green | James Nelson [11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 26,293 | 48.9 | -1.1 | |
Labour | Mhairi Threlfall | 20,647 | 38.4 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Harris | 4,992 | 9.3 | +3.3 | |
Green | Jenny Vernon | 1,563 | 2.9 | +0.6 | |
Citizens Movement Party UK | Elaine Hardwick | 257 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,646 | 10.5 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,752 | 72.6 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 25,339 | 50.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Naomi Rylatt | 21,149 | 41.7 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eva Fielding | 3,052 | 6.0 | -1.3 | |
Green | Diana Warner | 1,162 | 2.3 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 4,190 | 8.3 | -11.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,702 | 70.2 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 22,920 | 46.7 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Ian Boulton | 13,082 | 26.6 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Ben Walker | 7,261 | 14.8 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pete Bruce | 3,581 | 7.3 | -18.0 | |
Green | Diana Warner | 2,257 | 4.6 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 9,838 | 20.1 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,101 | 68.9 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 19,686 | 40.8 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Ian Boulton | 12,772 | 26.4 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Tyzack | 12,197 | 25.3 | -3.1 | |
UKIP | John Knight | 1,506 | 3.1 | +0.9 | |
BNP | David Scott | 1,328 | 2.7 | New | |
Green | Jon Lucas | 441 | 0.9 | New | |
Christian | Ruth Johnson | 199 | 0.4 | New | |
No label | None of the Above Zero [n 3] | 172 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,914 | 14.3 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,301 | 70.0 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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