UK general elections › 2010 › Bridgwater and West Somerset
Bridgwater and West Somerset — 2010
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,675 votes— 45.3% of 54,493 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,493
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Liddell-Grainger | Conservative Party | 24,675 | −4.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Theodore Butt Philip | Liberal Democrats | 15,426 | — | ||
| 3 | Kathy Pearce | Labour Party | 9,332 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Hollings | UK Independence Party | 2,604 | — | ||
| 5 | Donna Treanor | British National Party | 1,282 | — | ||
| 6 | Charles Graham | Green Party | 859 | — | ||
| 7 | W. R. Cudlipp | Independent | 315 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.