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North East Somerset & Hanham

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, replacing North East Somerset.

Dispatch
Apr 2026

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Kingswood and Fishponds, Keynsham and Paulton. Population 82,589. Recorded crime is 36% below the national average.

Sitting as an independent since July 2024, Dan Norris has recently been voting consistently with the Labour government -- most notably backing the government's position on five separate Lords amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in April 2026, as well as supporting an extension of government powers over energy pricing. These votes place him squarely against the majority of his fellow independents, who tended to side with the Lords on scrutiny questions. His stance profile makes this pattern explicit: he scores 0% on pro-lords-scrutiny and just 5% on pro-parliamentary-scrutiny, while hitting 100% alignment on pro-commons-primacy and pro-government-bill-unamended -- deviating from the independent average by as much as 75 percentage points on both measures.

His broader voting record suggests a broadly left-leaning but government-friendly posture. He aligns strongly with progressive taxation (96%) and workers' rights (91%), but scores low on pro-business (19%) and tough-on-crime (27%) stances. His participation rate of 73% -- below the Commons average -- is notable for an independent without ministerial or committee duties. He has made 11 contributions across 8 debates since July 2024, with his last recorded speech in March 2025, covering education, environment, economy, and crime. He sits on no select committees.

364
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
73.9k
Electorate
2024 GE

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review.

Current Member of Parliament

Dan Norris

Dan Norris

Independent

Dan Norris is the Independent MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on whether to reject a Lords amendment (Amendment 6) to the Crime and Policing Bill that would have strengthened powers to tackle fly-tipping. The government opposed the Lords change, meaning communities — particularly rural ones — would not get the enhanced enforcement tools the Lords had proposed.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

The government asked MPs to reject a Lords amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill (the largest criminal justice bill in a generation), instead offering its own alternative measures. The bill covers knife crime, violence against women and girls, antisocial behaviour, and online harms including AI-generated intimate images.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on regulations to raise university tuition fees in England by 2.71% for 2026-27. The Labour government backed the increase, while opposition MPs (Conservatives) criticised it as an added burden on young people, despite their own party having nearly tripled fees in 2012.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Kingswood and Fishponds, Keynsham and Paulton. Population 82,589. Recorded crime is 36% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Norris’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.366 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Norris has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
71
Economy
67
Crime & Policing
43
Employment
33
Education
22
Welfare and Benefits
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 614 Apr 2026
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 214 Apr 2026
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 202618 Mar 2026
Aye
§ 08The local picture.15 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Bitton Oldland CommonErica Williams833Conserva
Bitton Oldland CommonPaul Hughes899Conserva
Chew ValleyAnna Victoria Box1,104Liberal
Chew ValleyDave Harding1,104Liberal
Clutton FarmboroughSam Ross609Green Pa
HanhamApril Janet Lilian Clare Begley1,336Labour P
HanhamBrenda Barbara Langley1,455Conserva
HanhamJune Bamford1,525Conserva
High LittletonAnn Morgan371Liberal
Keynsham EastAndy Wait1,191Liberal
Keynsham EastHal Macfie1,143Liberal
Keynsham NorthAlex Beaumont914Liberal
Population (2021 Census)
82,589
Electorate 73,889 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,400
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
10.9%
England average 20.0%
Schools
46
36 primary · 7 secondary
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