UK general elections › 2015 › Bridgwater and West Somerset
Bridgwater and West Somerset — 2015
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,020 votes— 46.0% 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
| 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 | 25,020 | 46.0% | −4.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Fitzgerald | UK Independence Party | 10,437 | 19.2% | — | |
| 3 | Mick Lerry | Labour Party | 9,589 | 17.6% | — | |
| 4 | Theo Butt Philip | Liberal Democrats | 6,765 | 12.4% | — | |
| 5 | Julie Harvey-Smith | Green Party | 2,636 | 4.8% | — |
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.