Somerset's parliamentary candidates for the General Election 2024

Milly Vincent

22 May 2024 at 2:37 pm·2-min read

Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Picture: Robin Parker

PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak has called a General Election for July 4, earlier than many had expected.

This election will see Somerset reorganised into seven parliamentary constituencies, it currently has five. The changes were approved by Parliament in March after the Boundary Commission for England’s proposal was subject to three rounds of public consultation.

Somerset’s constituencies for the July 4 General Election are as follows: Bridgwater, Frome and East Somerset, Glastonbury and Somerton, Taunton and Wellington, Tiverton and Minehead, Wells and Mendip Hills, and Yeovil.

Note: Labour has not announced candidates for these constituencies: Taunton and Wellington, Wells and Mendip Hills, Yeovil. The Conservative Party has not announced a candidate for Wells and Mendip Hills.

Here are the parliamentary candidates currently standing in Somerset’s constituencies:

Parliamentary candidates for Bridgwater

Independent: Pele Barnes

Conservative: Sir Ashley Fox

Green Party: Charlie Graham

Labour: Leigh Redman

Liberal Democrat: Claire Sully

Parliamentary candidates for Frome and East Somerset

Green Party: Martin Dimery

Independent: Gavin Heathcote

Labour: Robin Moss

Liberal Democrat: Anna Sabine

Reform UK: David Swain

Conservative: Lucy Trimnell

Parliamentary candidates for Glastonbury and Somerton

Reform UK: Tom Carter

Green Party: Jon Cousins

Liberal Democrat: Sarah Dyke

Workers Party of Britain: Angela Henderson

Labour: Hal Hooberman

Conservative: Faye Purbrick

Parliamentary candidates for Taunton and Wellington

Liberal Democrat: Gideon Amos

Reform UK: Charles Hansard

Conservative: Rebecca Pow

Green Party: Ryan Trower

Parliamentary candidates for Tiverton and Minehead

Labour: Jonathan Barter

Green Party: Laura Buchanan

Liberal Democrat: Rachel Gilmour

Conservative: Ian Liddell-Grainger

Reform UK: Frederick Keen

Parliamentary candidates for Wells and Mendip Hills

Reform UK: Helen Hims

Independent: Abi McGuire

Liberal Democrat: Tessa Munt

Green Party: Peter Welsh

Parliamentary candidates for Yeovil

Reform UK: Mark Burdge

Liberal Democrat: Adam Dance

Conservative: Marcus Fysh

Workers Party Of Britain: Nidal Shah

Green Party: Serena Wootton

Somerset’s current MPs and constituencies:

Taunton Deane: Rebecca Pow, Conservative

Somerton and Frome: Sarah Dyke, Liberal Democrat

Yeovil: Marcus Fysh, Conservative

Wells: James Heappey, Conservative

Bridgwater and West Somerset: Ian Liddell-Grainger, Conservative

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