Frome and East Somerset
South West · County constituency
About the Frome and East Somerset constituency
Frome and East Somerset is a county constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 35.5% to 23.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,415 votes on a 65.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 30.9% and Reform UK on 28.4%, a margin of 2.5 points.
Who lives in Frome and East Somerset? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Frome and East Somerset vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Frome and East Somerset
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Frome and East Somerset within Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset
Frome and East Somerset crosses council boundaries: Somerset (60%), Bath and North East Somerset (40%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Somerset | 60% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 40% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2024 | Mendip South | LD HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathavon South | Lib Dem 47.5%vs Conservative 23.4% | 2023 Lib Dem 54.4%vs Conservative 29.0% | - | 46.4% |
| Frome East | Lib Dem 33.4%vs Conservative 20.3% | 2022 Green 37.2%vs Lib Dem 29.6% | - | 66.2% |
| Frome North | Lib Dem 37.0%vs Conservative 24.7% | 2022 Lib Dem 38.5%vs Conservative 28.5% | - | 83.4% |
| Frome West | Lib Dem 38.1%vs Green 18.9% | 2022 Green 46.7%vs Lib Dem 35.9% | - | 76.1% |
| Mendip Central and East | Lib Dem 37.1%vs Conservative 27.6% | 2022 Conservative 43.0%vs Lib Dem 34.3% | - | 44.3% |
| Mendip Hills | Lib Dem 41.3%vs Conservative 25.4% | 2022 Lib Dem 49.8%vs Conservative 41.1% | - | 41.0% |
| Mendip South | Lib Dem 42.1%vs Conservative 26.4% | 2022 Lib Dem 52.7%vs Conservative 47.3% | - | 43.3% |
| Midsomer Norton North | Lib Dem 33.9%vs Conservative 23.4% | 2023 Lib Dem 29.2%vs Independent 26.9% | - | 34.0% |
| Midsomer Norton Redfield | Conservative 29.4%vs Lib Dem 26.9% | 2023 Conservative 37.1%vs Labour 23.4% | - | 22.9% |
| Peasedown | Lib Dem 28.5%vs Conservative 25.9% | 2023 Independent 38.9%vs Labour 26.9% | - | 31.5% |
| Radstock | Lib Dem 32.9%vs Conservative 21.2% | 2023 Labour 40.7%vs Lib Dem 23.3% | - | 29.3% |
| Westfield | Lib Dem 27.0%vs Conservative 21.6% | 2023 Labour 56.3%vs Conservative 21.4% | - | 21.9% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Frome and East Somerset at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Frome and East Somerset at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | LD hold | David Heath Somerton and Frome MP | 4.4% | 44.5% | 47.5% | 1,817 | 74.3% |
| 2015predecessor | Con gain from LD | David Warburton Somerton and Frome MP | 7.3% | 53.0% | 19.4% | 20,268 | 72.4%-1.9 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | David Warburton Somerton and Frome MP | 17.2% | 56.7% | 20.9% | 22,906 | 75.7%+3.3 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | David Warburton Somerton and Frome MP, pre-review boundary | 21.2% | 49.3% | 23.5% | 12,395 | 68.4% |
| 2024 | LD gain from Con | Anna Sabine | 13.7% | 23.9% | 35.5% | 5,415 | 65.3%-3.1 |
Frome and East Somerset was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Somerton and Frome (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Frome and East Somerset
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Frome and East Somerset. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied71.1 / 71.0vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 12.1vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3525.7 / 24.6vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied71.1 / 71.8vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 11.5vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3525.7 / 25.8vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied71.1 / 70.5vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent15.8 / 16.0vs 20.2
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 13.2vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied71.1 / 73.6vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 11.6vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3525.7 / 25.2vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied71.1 / 68.9vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 12.2vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3525.7 / 24.6vs 30.2
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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