UK general elections › 2024 › Glastonbury and Somerton
Glastonbury and Somerton — 2024
Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 20,364 votes— 42.7% of 47,642 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,642
| 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 | Sarah Dyke | Liberal Democrats | 20,364 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Faye Purbrick | Conservative Party | 13,753 | 28.9% | — | |
| 3 | Tom Carter | Reform UK | 7,678 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Hal Hooberman | Labour Party | 3,111 | 6.5% | — | |
| 5 | Jon Cousins | Green Party | 2,736 | 5.7% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.