UK general elections › 2024 › Tiverton and Minehead
Tiverton and Minehead — 2024
Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 18,326 votes— 38.6% 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
| 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 | Rachel Gilmour | Liberal Democrats | 18,326 | 38.6% | −11.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Liddell-Grainger | Conservative Party | 14,819 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Fred Keen | Reform UK | 7,787 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jonathan Barter | Labour Party | 4,325 | 9.1% | — | |
| 5 | Laura Buchanan | Green Party | 2,234 | 4.7% | — |
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.