UK general elections2017 › Taunton Deane

Taunton Deane — 2017

Rebecca Pow (Conservative Party) was elected with 33,333 votes52.9% of 63,053 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 63,053

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
1Rebecca Pow Conservative Party 33,33352.9%+2.9 ptsElected
2Gideon Amos Liberal Democrats 17,44627.7%
3Martin Jevon Labour Party 9,68915.4%
4Alan Dimmick UK Independence Party 1,4342.3%
5Clive Martin Green Party 1,1511.8%

Electorate 85,457 · Turnout 73.8% · Majority 15,887 · Back to 2017 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.