An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bridgwater and West Somerset, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by Ian Liddell-Grainger with a majority of 15,448 - 26.5% - on a turnout of 65.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Ian | Con | 32,111 | 55.1% | 9.2% |
HINCKES, Wes | Lab | 16,663 | 28.6% | 11.0% |
KRAVIS, Marcus | LD | 6,332 | 10.9% | -1.6% |
SMEDLEY, Simon | UKIP | 2,102 | 3.6% | -15.6% |
POWELL, Kay | Green | 1,059 | 1.8% | -3.0% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 89,294, having a valid vote count of 58,267 and an invalid vote count of 131.
Result declared at 04:33 on 9 June 2017.