UK general elections2015 › Bridgwater and West Somerset

Bridgwater and West Somerset — 2015

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,020 votes46.0% of 54,447 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. 46.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,447

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative Party 25,02046.0%−4.0 ptsElected
2Stephen Fitzgerald UK Independence Party 10,43719.2%
3Mick Lerry Labour Party 9,58917.6%
4Theo Butt Philip Liberal Democrats 6,76512.4%
5Julie Harvey-Smith Green Party 2,6364.8%

Electorate 80,491 · Turnout 67.6% · Majority 14,583 · Back to 2015 overview

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.