Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. Taunton civil parish has a population of 44,050Somerset County Council, 2002. http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ Population estimates.. Suburbs of the town include Bishop's Hull, Staplegrove and Galmington, giving a total population for the "Taunton Urban Area" of 58,241 according to the 2001 census, up 4.3% since 1991.

Taunton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.