| Taunton and Wellington | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map Entity: | Somerset |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Previous: | Taunton Deane |
| Electorate: | 76,049 (2023)[1] |
| Mp: | Gideon Amos |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Somerset |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Towns: | Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Wellington, Wiveliscombe |
Taunton and Wellington 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] with Gideon Amos of the Liberal Democrats taking the seat with a majority of 11,939. The predecessor seat, Taunton Deane, had been held by Rebecca Pow of the Conservative Party since 2015.
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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.[5] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:
Electoral Calculus 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.[6]
| 2019 notional result[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 28,298 | 52.0 | ||
| 19,762 | 36.3 | ||
| 4,299 | 7.9 | ||
| 2,081 | 3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 54,440 | 71.6 | |
| Electorate | 76,049 | ||