UK general elections › 2017 › Wells
Wells — 2017
James Heappey (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,488 votes— 50.1% of 60,843 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,843
| 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 | James Heappey | Conservative Party | 30,488 | 50.1% | +0.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tessa Munt | Liberal Democrats | 22,906 | 37.6% | — | |
| 3 | Andy Merryfield | Labour Party | 7,129 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Lorna Corke | Christian Peoples Alliance | 320 | 0.5% | — |
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.