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Tiverton and Minehead — 2024

Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 18,326 votes38.6% of 47,491 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. 38.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,491

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
1Rachel Gilmour Liberal Democrats 18,32638.6%−11.4 ptsElected
2Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative Party 14,81931.2%
3Fred Keen Reform UK 7,78716.4%
4Jonathan Barter Labour Party 4,3259.1%
5Laura Buchanan Green Party 2,2344.7%

Electorate 72,087 · Turnout 65.9% · Majority 3,507 · Back to 2024 overview

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.