Wells and Mendip Hills (UK Parliament constituency)

Wells and Mendip Hills is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[3]

Wells and Mendip Hills
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wells and Mendip Hills in Somerset
County	Somerset
Electorate	69,843 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Wells & North Somerset

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Mendip wards of: Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton; Croscombe and Pilton; Moor; Rodney and Westbury; St. Cuthbert Out North; Shepton East; Shepton West; Wells Central; Wells St. Cuthbert's; Wells St. Thomas'; Wookey and St. Cuthbert Out West.
• The District of North Somerset wards of: Banwell & Winscombe; Blagdon & Churchill; Congresbury & Puxton; Yatton.
• The District of Sedgemoor wards of: Axevale; Cheddar and Shipham; East Polden; Knoll; Wedmore and Mark; West Polden.^[4]

The following areas of Somerset will make up the constituency:^[5]

• The majority of the Wells constituency (to be abolished) – including the communities of Axbridge, Cheddar, Shepton Mallet and Wells
• Banwell, Blagdon, Churchill, Congresbury, Puxton and Winscombe from the Weston-super-Mare constituency
• Yatton from the North Somerset constituency
• The Polden Hills area from the Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency

With effect from 1 April 2023, the Districts of Mendip and Sedgemoor were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset.^[6] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:

• The District of North Somerset wards of: Banwell & Winscombe; Blagdon & Churchill; Congresbury & Puxton; Yatton.
• The Somerset electoral divisions of: Brent (majority); Cheddar; Huntspill (part); King Alfred (most); Mendip Hills (part); Mendip South (small part); Mendip West; Shepton Mallet; Wells.^[5]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Wells and Mendip Hills^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tessa Munt[8]	23,622	46.9	+16.1
	Conservative	Meg Powell-Chandler[9]	12,501	24.8	−31.3
	Reform UK	Helen Hims[10]	6,611	13.1	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Joe Joseph[11]	3,527	7.0	−3.8
	Green	Peter Welsh[12]	2,068	4.1	+2.9
	Independent	Abi McGuire[13]	1,849	3.7	N/A
	Independent	Craig Clarke	190	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,121	22.1	N/A
Turnout			50,368	69.9	−10.9
Registered electors			72,051
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	23.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,678	56.1
	Liberal Democrats	17,383	30.8
	Labour	6,076	10.8
	Green	661	1.2
	Others	643	1.2
Turnout		56,441	80.8
Electorate		69,843

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
2. "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
3. "Shake-up revealed for Somerset MPs' boundaries". BBC News. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
5. "New Seat Details – Wells and Mendip Hills". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
6. "The Somerset (Structural Changes) Order 2022".
7. "Notice of Poll and Persons Nominated". Somerset Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
8. "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
9. Meg Powell-Chandler [@meg4wells] (June 3, 2024). "I'm delighted to have been selected as the Parliamentary Candidate for the beautiful Wells and Mendip Hills Constituency. If elected on 4th July I will work tirelessly for the residents and make sure their voice is heard in Westminster" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. "Wells and Mendip Hills Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
11. "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
12. "Stand at the next general election". South West Green Party. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
13. "Abi McGuire for Wells and Mendip Hills". Abi McGuire. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
14. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Wells and Mendip Hills UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK