Thornbury and Yate | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Gloucestershire |
Electorate | 64,368 (2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Thornbury, Yate and Chipping Sodbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Luke Hall (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northavon |
Thornbury and Yate is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2015 election by Luke Hall, a member of the Conservative Party. [n 2] Encompassing an area to the north-east of Bristol, it is one of three constituencies that make up the South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority Area, along with Filton and Bradley Stoke and Kingswood.
This seat is a successor to the former Northavon constituency, which was abolished following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election. [2] It is named after the two largest towns in the constituency: Thornbury and Yate.
The constituency was one of a significant number gained from the Liberal Democrats by the Conservatives in the 2015 general election, and their majority further increased to more than 12,000 in the 2017 election, even as the Conservatives saw a net loss of seats nationally.
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission this newly defined seat emerged. The electoral wards used in the creation of this new seat were all from the district of South Gloucestershire and were as follows: [2]
Ward names and boundaries were subsequently reconfigured by the South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 [3] which came into effect in 2019. [4]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, with the addition of areas in the Bristol Channel hinterland including Severn Beach from Filton and Bradley Stoke. [6] [7]
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [8]
Election | Member [9] [10] | Party | |
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2010 | Steve Webb | Liberal Democrat | |
2015 | Luke Hall | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Andrew Banwell [11] | ||||
Conservative | Luke Hall [12] | ||||
Green | Alexandra Jenner-Fust [13] | ||||
Labour | Rob Logan [14] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Young [15] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Luke Hall | 30,202 | 57.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Young | 17,833 | 34.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Rob Logan | 4,208 | 8.1 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 12,369 | 23.7 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,243 | 75.2 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 69,492 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Luke Hall | 28,008 | 55.3 | +14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Young | 15,937 | 31.4 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Brian Mead | 6,112 | 12.1 | +4.3 | |
Green | Iain Hamilton | 633 | 1.2 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 12,071 | 23.9 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,690 | 74.6 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 67,927 | +3.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Luke Hall | 19,924 | 41.0 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Webb | 18,429 | 37.9 | -14.0 | |
UKIP | Russ Martin | 5,126 | 10.6 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Hadleigh Roberts | 3,775 | 7.8 | +0.8 | |
Green | Iain Hamilton | 1,316 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,495 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,570 | 73.7 | -1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 65,884 | +2.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +8.92 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Webb | 25,032 | 51.9 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Matthew Riddle | 17,916 | 37.2 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Roxanne Egan | 3,385 | 7.0 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | Jenny Knight | 1,709 | 3.5 | ||
Independents Federation UK | Thomas Beacham | 126 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Anthony Clements | 58 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 7,116 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,226 | 72.2 | |||
Registered electors | 64,092 | +0.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
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