UK general elections2015 › Somerton and Frome

Somerton and Frome — 2015

David Warburton (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,960 votes53.0% of 60,309 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,309

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
1David Warburton Conservative Party 31,96053.0%+3.0 ptsElected
2David Rendel Liberal Democrats 11,69219.4%
3Alan Dimmick UK Independence Party 6,43910.7%
4Theo Simon Green Party 5,4349.0%
5David Oakensen Labour Party 4,4197.3%
6Ian Angell Independent 3650.6%

Electorate 83,281 · Turnout 72.4% · Majority 20,268 · 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.