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.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
15,448
Electorate
89,294
Turnout
65.3%

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
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Conservative
32,111 55.1% 9.2%
Wes Hinckes
Labour
16,663 28.6% 11.0%
Marcus Kravis
Liberal Democrat
6,332 10.9% -1.6%
Simon Smedley
UK Independence Party
2,102 3.6% -15.6%
Kay Powell
Green Party
1,059 1.8% -3.0%