North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Somerset is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Liam Fox, a Conservative who served as Secretary of State for International Trade, a new position in the Cabinet, from 2016 to 2019.[n 2]
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North Somerset | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Somerset |
Electorate | 78,469 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Liam Fox (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Woodspring |
1950–1983 | |
Created from | Frome and Weston-super-Mare |
Replaced by | Woodspring, Wansdyke and Wells[2] |
1885–1918 | |
Created from | East Somerset |
Replaced by | Frome and Weston-super-Mare |
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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes which will involve the loss of the Yatton area which will move into the new constituency of Wells and Mendip Hills to be first contested at the next general election.[3]