UK Explained

Frome and East Somerset

Represented in Parliament by Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Anna Sabine, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Frome and East Somerset compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 426 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £717£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 147 areas and lower than 501.

UK 3.9%This area 2.4%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Frome and East Somerset£7172.4%
Shrewsbury£7172.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth£7152.5%
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber£7242.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Frome and East Somerset

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people92,15159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over22%19%3 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%1 points lower
Households that own their home72%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Anna Sabine

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
5,415

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Anna Sabine won with 35% of the votes, and Lucy Trimnell (Conservative) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat35% · 16,580
Conservative24% · 11,165
Reform UK14% · 6,441
Labour14% · 6,416
Green Party11% · 5,083
Independent2% · 1,031
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anna SabineLiberal Democrat16,58035.5%
Lucy TrimnellConservative11,16523.9%
David SwainReform UK6,44113.8%
Robin MossLabour6,41613.7%
Martin DimeryGreen Party5,08310.9%
Shaun HughesIndependent7371.6%
Gavin HeathcoteIndependent2940.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£717 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026