North East Somerset and Hanham
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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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 |
Boundaries
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.[4]
The following areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire make up the constituency:[5]
- Keynsham and rural areas to the south, comprising about 55% of the abolished North East Somerset constituency[6]
- Hanham and southern-most areas of South Gloucestershire, comprising about 45% of the abolished Kingswood constituency[6]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dan Norris | Labour | ||
| 2025 | Independent | Whip suspended after arrest on suspicion of rape and child sex offences[7] | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| 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
| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||