Constituency profile

North East Somerset and Hanham

South West · County constituency

Dan Norris MP
Sitting MP

Dan Norris

Independent

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
54.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +2.5pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +0.8pp
vs Reform UK 28.0%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency

North East Somerset and Hanham is a county constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Dan Norris (Independent), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 40.6% to 30.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,319 votes on a 69.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 28.8% and Reform UK on 28.0%, a margin of 0.8 points.

Who lives in North East Somerset and Hanham? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
54.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
32.4%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
14.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
76.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
22.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
44.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
26.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.2%
UK average ~28%

How did North East Somerset and Hanham 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 5,319 votes (10.4pp) · turnout 69.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of North East Somerset and Hanham

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

North East Somerset and Hanham within Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire

North East Somerset and Hanham crosses council boundaries: Bath and North East Somerset (56%), South Gloucestershire (44%). 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

CouncilShare of seat
Bath and North East Somerset
33 LSOAs
56%
South Gloucestershire
26 LSOAs
44%

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.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
23 Jul 2026Longwell Green
South Gloucestershire
Con HOLDCon 37% Ref 27% LD 20%
3 Jul 2025Mendip
Bath & North East Somerset
LD HOLDLD 57% Ref 22% Con 10%
17 Jan 2025Saltford
Bath and North East Somerset
Ind GAIN from LD

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
Bitton & Oldland CommonLabour 43.6%vs Conservative 28.9%2023 Conservative 43.5%vs Green 22.1%-35.0%
Chew ValleyConservative 37.0%vs Labour 31.7%2023 Lib Dem 54.6%vs Conservative 31.4%-44.8%
Clutton & FarmboroughConservative 35.5%vs Labour 31.4%2023 Green 55.3%vs Conservative 29.9%-44.8%
HanhamLabour 45.0%vs Conservative 29.4%2023 Conservative 47.2%vs Labour 27.8%-38.6%
High LittletonLabour 34.7%vs Conservative 33.0%2023 Lib Dem 40.9%vs Conservative 35.1%-38.1%
Keynsham EastLabour 32.9%vs Conservative 31.0%2023 Lib Dem 57.4%vs Conservative 26.9%-44.3%
Keynsham NorthLabour 39.6%vs Conservative 30.3%2023 Lib Dem 47.9%vs Conservative 25.9%-38.0%
Keynsham SouthLabour 47.4%vs Conservative 26.5%2023 Labour 37.4%vs Conservative 35.7%-34.0%
Longwell GreenLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 31.6%2023 Conservative 54.8%vs Lib Dem 32.0%-39.2%
MendipConservative 32.3%vs Labour 30.7%2023 Lib Dem 75.3%vs Conservative 16.4%-46.6%
Parkwall & WarmleyLabour 43.4%vs Conservative 27.7%2023 Conservative 48.6%vs Labour 40.4%-27.7%
PaultonLabour 55.2%vs Conservative 21.0%2023 Labour 72.0%vs Conservative 16.0%-20.8%
Publow & WhitchurchConservative 34.8%vs Labour 34.5%2023 Lib Dem 61.9%vs Conservative 24.1%-36.2%
SaltfordConservative 35.4%vs Labour 32.1%2023 Lib Dem 43.6%vs Conservative 23.1%-50.2%
TimsburyLabour 34.9%vs Conservative 29.9%2023 Lib Dem 70.1%vs Conservative 17.1%-46.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for North East Somerset and Hanham at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won North East Somerset and Hanham 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon holdJacob Rees-Mogg North East Somerset MP31.7%41.3%22.3%3.4% UKIP1.3%-4,91475.4%
2015predecessorCon holdJacob Rees-Mogg North East Somerset MP24.8%49.8%7.9%12.0% UKIP5.5%-12,74973.7%-1.7
2017predecessorCon holdJacob Rees-Mogg North East Somerset MP34.7%53.6%8.3%-2.3%1.1%10,23575.7%+2.0
2019notionalConservative winnerJacob Rees-Mogg North East Somerset MP, pre-review boundary26.2%54.7%15.0%-2.4%1.7%16,38978.6%
2024Lab gain from ConDan Norris40.6%30.2%7.6%14.5% Ref6.3%0.9%5,31969.2%-9.4

North East Somerset and Hanham was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat North East Somerset (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 North East Somerset and Hanham

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to North East Somerset and Hanham. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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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