UK Explained

North Somerset

Represented in Parliament by Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Sadik Al-Hassan, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How North 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 40 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £952£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 12 areas and lower than 636.

UK 3.9%This area 1.7%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
North Somerset£9521.7%
Henley and Thame£9501.7%
Altrincham and Sale West£9531.8%
Sheffield Hallam£9411.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North 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 people94,22159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over26%19%7 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home78%62%16 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association8%17%10 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%6 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
Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

MAJORITY
639

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
72%

of people who could vote did

Sadik Al-Hassan won with 36% of the votes, and Liam Fox (Conservative) came second with 34%.

Votes for each party

Labour36% · 19,138
Conservative34% · 18,499
Liberal Democrat13% · 7,121
Reform UK10% · 5,602
Green Party6% · 3,273
Workers Party of Britain0% · 133
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sadik Al-HassanLabour19,13835.6%
Liam FoxConservative18,49934.4%
Ash CartmanLiberal Democrat7,12113.2%
Alexander KokkinoftasReform UK5,60210.4%
Oscar Livesey-LodwickGreen Party3,2736.1%
Suneil BasuWorkers Party of Britain1330.2%

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
£952 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
1.7%
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