UK general elections › 2017 › Somerton and Frome
Somerton and Frome — 2017
David Warburton (Conservative Party) was elected with 36,231 votes— 56.7% of 63,892 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 63,892
| 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 | David Warburton | Conservative Party | 36,231 | 56.7% | +6.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Blackburn | Liberal Democrats | 13,325 | 20.9% | — | |
| 3 | Sean Dromgoole | Labour Party | 10,998 | 17.2% | — | |
| 4 | Theo Simon | Green Party | 2,347 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Hadwin | Independent | 991 | 1.6% | — |
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.