| Taunton and Wellington | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Taunton and Wellington in South West England | |
| County | Somerset |
| Electorate | 76,049 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Norton Fitzwarren,Taunton,Wellington,Wiveliscombe |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Gideon Amos (Liberal Democrat) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Taunton Deane |
Taunton and Wellington is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the2024 general election,[3] withGideon Amos of theLiberal Democrats taking the seat with a majority of 11,939. The predecessor seat,Taunton Deane, had been held byRebecca Pow of theConservative Party since 2015.
Under the2023 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 Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority ofSomerset.[5] Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:
The seat comprises the majority of the formerTaunton Deane constituency, withWiveliscombe and surrounding rural areas being included in the newly created constituency ofTiverton and Minehead.
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]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gideon Amos | Liberal Democrats | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gideon Amos | 24,331 | 48.4 | +12.1 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Pow | 12,392 | 24.6 | −27.4 | |
| Reform | Charles Hansard | 8,053 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Brenda Weston | 3,552 | 7.1 | −0.8 | |
| Green | Ryan Trower | 1,832 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Communist | Rochelle Russell | 134 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,939 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 50,294 | 64.4 | −7.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,116 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | +19.8 | |||
| 2019notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,298 | 52.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 19,762 | 36.3 | |
| Labour | 4,299 | 7.9 | |
| Independent | 2,081 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | 54,440 | 71.6 | |
| Electorate | 76,049 | ||