Bridgwater and West Somerset

Bridgwater and West Somerset is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the South West region of England. The seat was last held by Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
9,249
Electorate
82,180
Turnout
66.3%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Liddell-Grainger, Ian
Conservative
24,675 45.3% -0.1%
Butt-Philip, Theodore
Liberal Democrat
15,426 28.3% 5.7%
Pearce, Kathy
Labour
9,332 17.1% -8.5%
Hollings, Peter
UK Independence Party
2,604 4.8% 1.1%
Treanor, Donna
British National Party
1,282 2.4% 2.4%
Graham, Charles
Green Party
859 1.6% -1.2%
Cudlipp, W. R.
Independent
315 0.6% 0.6%