Glastonbury and Somerton is a proposed

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of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the

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, it will first be contested at the

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Boundaries

The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * The District of Mendip wards of: Butleigh and Baltonsborough; Glastonbury St. Benedict’s; Glastonbury St. Edmund’s; Glastonbury St. John’s; Glastonbury St. Mary’s; Street North; Street South; Street West. * The District of South Somerset wards of: Blackmoor Vale; Bruton; Burrow Hill; Camelot; Cary; Curry Rivel, Huish & Langport; Hamdon; Islemoor; Martock; Milborne Port; Northstone, Ivelchester & St. Michael’s; Tower; Turn Hill; Wessex; Wincanton. It will be made up of the following areas of Somerset: * Majority of the current Somerton and Frome constituency (to be abolished, with remaining parts being included in the new Frome and East Somerset seat). Includes the communities of Bruton,

Castle Cary Castle Cary () is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, north west of Wincanton and south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. History The word Cary derives fr ...

Langport Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate ...

Martock Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and Bow ...

, Somerton and Wincanton. * Glastonbury and

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from the Wells constituency (to be abolished and succeeded by Wells and Mendip Hills) * A small part of the Yeovil constituency. With effect from 1 April 2023, the Districts of Mendip and South Somerset were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the next general election: * Castle Cary; Curry Rivel and Langport; Glastonbury; Martock; Somerton; Street; Wincanton and Bruton; and small parts of Brympton, Coker, Mendip South, and South Petherton and Islemoor.

Constituency profile

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characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Glastonbury%20and%20Somerton

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

References

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