UK general elections › 2017 › Bridgwater and West Somerset
Bridgwater and West Somerset — 2017
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,111 votes— 55.1% of 58,267 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,267
| 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 | 32,111 | 55.1% | +5.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Wes Hinckes | Labour Party | 16,663 | 28.6% | — | |
| 3 | Marcus Kravis | Liberal Democrats | 6,332 | 10.9% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Smedley | UK Independence Party | 2,102 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Kay Powell | Green Party | 1,059 | 1.8% | — |
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.