UK general elections › 2017 › Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare — 2017
John Penrose (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,982 votes— 53.1% of 56,415 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,415
| 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 | John Penrose | Conservative Party | 29,982 | 53.1% | +3.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Timothy Taylor | Labour Party | 18,438 | 32.7% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Bell | Liberal Democrats | 5,175 | 9.2% | — | |
| 4 | Helen Hims | UK Independence Party | 1,932 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Suneil Basu | Green Party | 888 | 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.