Taunton and Wellington

Taunton and Wellington is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, 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.

Boundaries

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:

The District of Somerset West and Taunton wards of: Blackbrook & Holway; Comeytrowe & Bishop’s Hull; Creech St. Michael; Halcon & Lane; Hatch & Blackdown; Manor & Tangier; Monument; North Curry & Ruishton; North Town; Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove; Priorswood; Rockwell Green; Trull, Pitminster and Corfe; Victoria; Vivary; Wellington East; Wellington North; Wellington South; Wellsprings & Rowbarton; West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine; Wilton & Sherford.

With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Somerset West and Taunton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Somerset. Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following electoral divisions of Somerset from the 2024 general election:

Bishop's Hull and Taunton West; Blackdown and Neroche; Comeytrowe and Trull; Lydeard ; Monkton and North Curry; Rowbarton and Staplegrove; Taunton East; Taunton North; Taunton South; Upper Tone ; Wellington.

The seat comprises the majority of the former Taunton Deane constituency, with Wiveliscombe and surrounding rural areas being included in the newly created constituency of Tiverton and Minehead.

Constituency profile

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.