UK general elections › 2015 › Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane — 2015
Rebecca Pow (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,849 votes— 48.1% of 57,887 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,887
| 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 | Rebecca Pow | Conservative Party | 27,849 | 48.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rachel Gilmour | Liberal Democrats | 12,358 | 21.3% | — | |
| 3 | Laura Bailhache | UK Independence Party | 6,921 | 12.0% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Guild | Labour Party | 5,347 | 9.2% | — | |
| 5 | Clive Martin | Green Party | 2,630 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Rigby | Independent | 2,568 | 4.4% | — | |
| 7 | Steve German | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 118 | 0.2% | — | |
| 8 | Bruce Gauld | Independent | 96 | 0.2% | — |
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.