Glastonbury and Somerton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Glastonbury and Somerton in South West England | |
County | Somerset |
Major settlements | Glastonbury, Street, Somerton, Wincanton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC ( TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Somerton and Frome, Wells & Yeovil |
Glastonbury and Somerton is a 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 wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will be made up of the following areas of Somerset: [4]
With effect from 1 April 2023, the Districts of Mendip and South Somerset were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. [5] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Tom Carter [8] | ||||
Green | Jon Cousins [9] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Dyke [10] | ||||
Labour | Hal Hooberman [11] | ||||
Conservative | Faye Purbrick [12] | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
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