| Frome and East Somerset | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Previous: | Somerton and Frome & North East Somerset |
| Electorate: | 70,177 (2023)[1] |
| Mp: | Anna Sabine |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Somerset |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Towns: | Frome, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Peasedown St John |
Frome and East Somerset is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested at the 2024 general election. It was created from the parts of the former constituencies of Somerton and Frome and North East Somerset as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[2] It has been represented since 2024 by Anna Sabine of the Liberal Democrats.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Mendip was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset.[4] Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
The constituency covers the town of Frome and surrounding rural areas, previously part of the abolished constituency of Somerton and Frome; and smaller communities to the South of Bath, including Midsomer Norton, Radstock and Peasedown St John, previously part of the abolished constituency of North East Somerset.
| 2019 notional result[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 23,646 | 49.3 | ||
| 11,251 | 23.5 | ||
| 10,156 | 21.2 | ||
| 2,917 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 47,970 | 68.4 | |
| Electorate | 70,177 | ||