Taunton and Wellington 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 next general election.

Boundaries

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * The District of Somerset West and Taunton wards of: Blackbrook & Holway; Comeytrowe & Bishop’s Hull; Creech St. Michael; Halcon & Lane; Hatch & Blackdown; Manor & Tangier; Monument; North Curry & Ruishton; North Town; Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove; Priorswood; Rockwell Green; Trull, Pitminster and Corfe; Victoria; Vivary; Wellington East; Wellington North; Wellington South; Wellsprings & Rowbarton; West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine; Wilton & Sherford. It will comprise the majority of the current Taunton Deane constituency (to be abolished), with Wiveliscombe and surrounding rural areas being included in the newly created constituency of Tiverton and Minehead. With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was 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: * Bishop's Hull and Taunton West; Blackdown and Neroche; Comeytrowe and Trull; Lydeard (part); Monkton and North Curry; Rowbarton and Staplegrove; Taunton East; Taunton North; Taunton South; Upper Tone (small part); Wellington.

Constituency profile

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characterises this area as "Centrist", where voters have moderate/centrist views on economic and social issues and thus could support any of the three main English parties.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

References

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