| Glastonbury and Somerton | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Previous: | Somerton and Frome, Wells & Yeovil |
| Electorate: | 70,015 (2023)[1] |
| Mp: | Sarah Dyke |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Somerset |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Towns: | Glastonbury, Street, Somerton, Wincanton |
| Caption2: | Boundary of Glastonbury and Somerton in South West England |
Glastonbury and Somerton 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]
The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It is made up of the following areas of Somerset:[5]
With effect from 1 April 2023, the Districts of Mendip and South Somerset were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset.[6] The constituency, therefore, now comprises the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:
Electoral Calculus characterised the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit.[7] In its coverage of the 2024 general election, the BBC had calculated that the changed boundaries made the new seat notionally Conservative; thus, when Sarah Dyke won the seat during the election, her victory was categorised as "Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative".[8]
| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 30,606 | 57.5 | ||
| 16,423 | 30.9 | ||
| 5,095 | 9.6 | ||
| 1,070 | 2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 53,194 | 76.0 | |
| Electorate | 70,015 | ||