| Thornbury and Yate | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Thornbury and Yate in South West England | |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Electorate | 74,935 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Thornbury,Yate andChipping Sodbury |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Claire Young (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Northavon |
Thornbury and Yate is aconstituency[n 1] encompassing an area to the north-east of Bristol within theSouth Gloucestershire Unitary Authority Area. It is represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since the2024 election byClaire Young, a member of theLiberal Democrats.[n 2]
TheThornbury andYate constituency bordersBristol,Gloucestershire,Wiltshire andSomerset and includes the Boyd Valley and Cotswold Edge, the villages of Alveston, Charfield, Frampton Cotterell and Westerleigh, the market town of Chipping Sodbury,Severn Beach from Filton and Bradley Stoke, and the villages of Siston and Bridgeyate from Kingswood. The commuter towns of Yate and Thornbury are home to some 35,000 people.[2]
This seat is a successor to the formerNorthavon constituency, which was abolished following boundary changes taking effect at the2010 general election.[3]
The constituency was one of a significant number gained from the Liberal Democrats by the Conservatives in the2015 general election, and their majority further increased to more than 12,000 in the2017 election, even as the Conservatives saw a net loss of seats nationally. The Liberal Democrats regained the seat at the2024 general election.
2010–2024: Following theFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by theBoundary Commission this newly defined seat emerged. Theelectoral wards used in the creation of this new seat were all from the district ofSouth Gloucestershire and were as follows:[3]
Ward names and boundaries were subsequently reconfigured by the South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2018[4] which came into effect in 2019.[5]
2024–present: Further to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, with the addition of areas in theBristol Channelhinterland includingSevern Beach fromFilton and Bradley Stoke.[7][8]
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Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation byThe Guardian.[9]
| Election | Member[10][11] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Steve Webb | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2015 | Luke Hall | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Claire Young | Liberal Democrat | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Young | 20,815 | 39.0 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Luke Hall | 17,801 | 33.4 | –25.1 | |
| Reform | Andrew Banwell | 7,529 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Rob Logan | 5,057 | 9.5 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Alexandra Jenner-Fust | 2,165 | 4.1 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 3,014 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 53,367 | 68.3 | −6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,195 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing |  15.8 | |||
| 2019notional result[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 32,798 | 58.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 18,260 | 32.6 | |
| Labour | 4,899 | 8.7 | |
| Green | 126 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | 56,083 | 74.8 | |
| Electorate | 74,935 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Luke Hall | 30,202 | 57.8 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Young | 17,833 | 34.1 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Rob Logan | 4,208 | 8.1 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 12,369 | 23.7 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 52,243 | 75.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 69,492 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Luke Hall | 28,008 | 55.3 | +14.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Young | 15,937 | 31.4 | −6.5 | |
| Labour | Brian Mead | 6,112 | 12.1 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Iain Hamilton | 633 | 1.2 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 12,071 | 23.9 | +20.8 | ||
| Turnout | 50,690 | 74.6 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,927 | +3.1 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +10.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Luke Hall | 19,924 | 41.0 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Webb | 18,429 | 37.9 | −14.0 | |
| UKIP | Russ Martin | 5,126 | 10.6 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Hadleigh Roberts | 3,775 | 7.8 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Iain Hamilton | 1,316 | 2.7 | New | |
| Majority | 1,495 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 48,570 | 73.7 | −1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,884 | +2.8 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +8.92 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Webb | 25,032 | 51.9 | −2.4 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Riddle | 17,916 | 37.2 | +6.3 | |
| Labour | Roxanne Egan | 3,385 | 7.0 | −3.9 | |
| UKIP | Jenny Knight | 1,709 | 3.5 | ||
| Independents Federation UK | Thomas Beacham | 126 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Clements | 58 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 7,116 | 14.7 | |||
| Turnout | 48,226 | 72.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 64,092 | +0.1 | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
