List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

Avon was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a ceremonial county, but the name Avon continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the area covered by the former county for the purpose of the rules which strongly deter cross-council constituencies (spanning more than one local authority within its area).

The Boundary Commission for England reviewed Avon in 2000 and devised a constituencies scheme in which no constituency spanned the four unitary authority boundaries within the abolished county. This entailed four seats to Bristol, three to South Gloucestershire and two each to Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset and accordingly a net increase of one seat. Constituency names were aligned with the new local council names.[1][2] These changes were implemented at the 2010 general election. Bath was restored as a borough constituency (to which a different election expenses quota and returning officer applies compared to county constituencies). Thus Avon has 6 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies.

The immediate predecessor constituency definitions had persisted, with slight amendments in 1997, from before the general election in 1983 to that of 2005. The area had been used as a convenient unit for division into ten Parliamentary constituencies (five Borough constituencies and five County constituencies).[3]

Constituencies
Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   ♣ Green Party

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[4] Majority[5] Member of Parliament[5] Nearest opposition[5] Electoral wards[6] Map
Bath BC 67,805 12,232   Wera Hobhouse¤   Annabel Tall† Bath and North East Somerset Council: Bathwick, Combe Down, Kingsmead, Lambridge, Lansdown, Moorlands, Newbridge (part), Odd Down, Oldfield Park, Southdown, Twerton, Walcot, Westmoreland, Weston and Widcombe and Lyncombe.
Bristol East BC 73,867 10,794 Kerry McCarthy‡ Sarah Codling† Bristol City Council: Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, Stockwood.
Bristol North West BC 76,273 5,692 Darren Jones‡ Mark Weston† Bristol City Council: Avonmouth, Henbury, Henleaze, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, Southmead, Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym.
Bristol South BC 84,079 9,859 Karin Smyth‡ Richard Morgan† Bristol City Council: Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe, Hengrove, Knowle, Southville, Whitchurch Park, Windmill Hill.
Bristol West BC 99,253 28,219 Thangam Debbonaire‡ Carla Denyer♣ Bristol City Council: Ashley, Bishopston, Cabot, Clifton, Clifton East, Cotham, Easton, Lawrence Hill, Redland.
Filton and Bradley Stoke CC 74,016 5,646 Jack Lopresti† Mhairi Threlfall‡ South Gloucestershire Council: Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke Baileys Court, Bradley Stoke Bowsland, Bradley Stoke Sherbourne, Downend, Filton, Patchway, Pilning and Severn Beach, Staple Hill, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne.
Kingswood BC 68,972 11,220 Chris Skidmore† Nicola Bowden-Jones‡ South Gloucestershire Council: Willsbridge, Bitton, Hanham, Kings Chase, Longwell Green, Oldland Common, Parkwall, Rodway, Siston, Woodstock.
North East Somerset CC 73,692 14,729 Jacob Rees-Mogg† Mark Huband‡ Bath and North East Somerset Council: Bathavon North, Bathavon South, Clutton and Farmborough, Chew Valley, High Littleton, Keynsham North, Keynsham South, Keynsham East, Mendip, Midsomer Norton North, Midsomer Norton Redfield, Newbridge (part), Paulton, Peasedown, Publow and Whitchurch, Radstock, Saltford, Timsbury, Westfield.
North Somerset CC 80,194 17,536 Liam Fox† Hannah Young‡ North Somerset Council: Backwell, Clevedon Central, Clevedon East, Clevedon North, Clevedon South, Clevedon Walton, Clevedon West, Clevedon Yeo, Easton-in-Gordano, Gordano, Nailsea East, Nailsea North and West, Pill, Portishead Central, Portishead Coast, Portishead East, Portishead Redcliffe Bay, Portishead South and North Weston, Portishead West, Winford, Wraxall and Long Ashton, Wrington, and Yatton.
Thornbury and Yate CC 69,492 12,369 Luke Hall† Claire Young¤ South Gloucestershire Council: Alveston, Boyd Valley, Charfield, Chipping Sodbury, Cotswold Edge, Dodington, Frampton Cotterell, Ladden Brook, Severn, Thornbury North, Thornbury South, Westerleigh, Yate Central, Yate North, Yate West.
Weston-super-Mare CC 82,526 17,121 John Penrose† Tim Taylor‡ North Somerset Council: Banwell and Winscombe, Blagdon and Churchill, Congresbury, Hutton and Locking, Kewstoke, Weston-Super-Mare Central, Weston-Super-Mare Clarence and Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare East, Weston-Super-Mare Milton and Old Worle, Weston-Super-Mare North Worle, Weston-Super-Mare South, Weston-Super-Mare South Worle, Weston-Super-Mare West.

Implemented boundary changes for 2010
NamePre-2010 Boundaries
  1. Bath CC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Kingswood BC
  7. Northavon CC
  8. Wansdyke CC
  9. Weston-super-Mare CC
  10. Woodspring CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
Revised namePost-2010 Boundaries
  1. Bath BC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Filton and Bradley Stoke CC
  7. Kingswood BC
  8. North East Somerset CC
  9. North Somerset CC
  10. Thornbury and Yate CC
  11. Weston-super-Mare CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Avon

(The maps on this page do not show the nominal extensions of several constituencies over the waters of the Bristol Channel.)

Other former constituencies in the area were:

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[7] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[8] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[9] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[10]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Avon in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 258,867 41.7% 0.9% 6 0
Labour 221,714 35.7% 5.0% 4 0
Liberal Democrats 97,767 15.8% 4.0% 1 0
Greens 34,563 5.6% 2.1% 0 0
Brexit 5,717 0.9% new 0 0
Others 1,559 0.3% 1.1% 0 0
Total 620,187 100.0 11

Percentage votes
Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 47.3 47.9 44.5 32.7 31.6 31.9 35.8 39.6 42.6 41.7
Labour 24.3 24.0 27.5 36.5 36.8 31.8 23.2 25.7 40.7 35.7
Liberal Democrat1 27.6 27.0 26.5 26.3 27.9 30.9 34.8 13.6 11.8 15.8
Green Party - * * * * * 1.3 8.7 3.5 5.6
UKIP - - - * * * 2.8 12.0 0.6 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 0.9
Other 0.8 1.1 1.5 4.5 3.7 5.4 2.1 0.4 0.8 0.3

11983 & 1987 - Alliance of Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party

* Included in Other

Seats
Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 9 9 6 1 1 2 6 8 6 6
Labour 1 1 3 6 6 5 2 3 4 4
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 1 1
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11

11983 & 1987 - Alliance of Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party

Maps
  • 1983
  • 1987
  • 1992
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2010
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019

Historical representation by party

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Bristol South Cocks Primarolo Smyth
Bristol East Sayeed Corston McCarthy
Bristol West Waldegrave Davey Williams Debbonaire
Bristol North West Stern Naysmith Leslie Jones
Bath Patten Foster Howlett Hobhouse
Northavon / Thornbury & Yate (2010) Cope Webb Hall
Kingswood Hayward Berry Skidmore
Wansdyke / NE Somerset (2010) Aspinwall Norris Rees-Mogg
Weston-super-Mare Wiggin Cotter Penrose
Woodspring / N Somerset (2010) Dean Fox
Filton and Bradley Stoke Lopresti

See also

Notes and references
References
  1. "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 20 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 8 November 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. "Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1626: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". Office of Public Sector Information. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  4. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 No. 1681". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  7. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  9. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Notes
  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
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