Constituency profile

North Somerset

South West · County constituency · North Somerset borough

Sadik Al-Hassan MP
Sitting MP

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
County constituency, North Somerset council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
47.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -4.3pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +4.5pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the North Somerset constituency

North Somerset is a county constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 35.6% to 34.4% for the Conservatives, a majority of 639 votes on a 72.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 31.2% and Labour on 26.7%, a margin of 4.5 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in North Somerset? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
47.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
39.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
77.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
21.8%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
30.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
21.3%
UK average ~28%

How did North 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 639 votes (1.2pp) · turnout 72.2%

Current projection

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

Map of North 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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

North Somerset within North Somerset

North Somerset sits entirely within North Somerset Council. North Somerset was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
North Somerset
59 LSOAs
100%

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
6 Feb 2026Clevedon South
North Somerset
Lab HOLDLab 29% Ref 28% Con 19%
13 Nov 2025Long Ashton
North Somerset
Grn HOLDGrn 56% Con 18% Ref 16%
18 Nov 2023Wrington
North Somerset
Grn GAIN from Ind—

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
BackwellLabour 40.2%vs Conservative 31.2%2023 Green 64.3%vs Conservative 24.4%-48.4%
Clevedon EastLabour 39.0%vs Conservative 29.9%2023 Independent 30.6%vs Conservative 28.5%-34.2%
Clevedon SouthLabour 44.0%vs Conservative 28.7%2023 Labour 54.4%vs Conservative 45.6%-33.0%
Clevedon WaltonConservative 38.7%vs Labour 29.7%2023 Conservative 34.4%vs Independent 26.0%-48.1%
Clevedon WestLabour 35.8%vs Conservative 35.0%2023 Conservative 39.7%vs Lib Dem 24.9%-42.8%
Clevedon YeoLabour 41.3%vs Conservative 32.2%2023 Conservative 44.4%vs Labour 37.5%-36.3%
Gordano ValleyConservative 42.2%vs Labour 28.9%2023 Conservative 56.0%vs Lib Dem 44.0%-42.8%
Long AshtonConservative 38.0%vs Labour 29.8%2023 Conservative 37.6%vs Lib Dem 28.7%-66.3%
Nailsea Golden ValleyLabour 33.7%vs Conservative 33.0%2023 Independent 75.3%vs Labour 13.1%-41.6%
Nailsea West EndLabour 36.7%vs Conservative 35.4%2023 Conservative 53.5%vs Independent 26.9%-39.3%
Nailsea YeoConservative 37.2%vs Labour 33.5%2023 Independent 55.0%vs Conservative 24.9%-31.2%
Nailsea YoungwoodLabour 36.8%vs Conservative 35.0%2023 Labour 51.7%vs Conservative 48.3%-38.9%
PillLabour 39.0%vs Conservative 31.7%2023 Green 48.6%vs Conservative 33.9%-37.5%
Portishead EastLabour 38.5%vs Conservative 30.6%2023 Others 37.0%vs Independent 24.0%-44.4%
Portishead NorthLabour 37.5%vs Conservative 32.3%2023 Others 49.7%vs Conservative 27.2%-37.8%
Portishead SouthConservative 37.8%vs Labour 31.5%2023 Conservative 33.8%vs Lib Dem 27.1%-40.4%
Portishead WestConservative 34.8%vs Labour 33.0%2023 Conservative 35.3%vs Others 28.3%-53.9%
WinfordLabour 41.3%vs Conservative 32.4%2023 Green 58.6%vs Conservative 41.4%-32.5%
WringtonLabour 35.4%vs Conservative 33.8%2023 Independent 77.9%vs Conservative 22.1%-36.5%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won North 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdLiam Fox11.1%49.3%35.7%3.9% UKIP--7,86275.0%
2015Con holdLiam Fox14.3%53.5%12.7%13.0% UKIP6.5%-23,09973.5%-1.5
2017Con holdLiam Fox26.6%54.2%9.6%-3.2%6.3%17,10377.0%+3.5
2019notionalConservative winnerLiam Fox 2019 MP, pre-review boundary25.0%53.5%16.6%-4.9%-16,18476.9%-0.1
2024Lab gain from ConSadik Al-Hassan35.6%34.4%13.2%10.4% Ref6.1%0.2%63972.2%-4.7

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like North Somerset

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to North Somerset. 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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