An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Weston-Super-Mare, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by John Penrose with a majority of 11,544 - 20.5% - on a turnout of 68.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
PENROSE, John | Con | 29,982 | 53.1% | 5.2% |
TAYLOR, Timothy | Lab | 18,438 | 32.7% | 14.4% |
BELL, Mike | LD | 5,175 | 9.2% | -1.3% |
HIMS, Helen | UKIP | 1,932 | 3.4% | -14.4% |
BASU, Suneil | Green | 888 | 1.6% | -3.4% |
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 82,136, having a valid vote count of 56,415 and an invalid vote count of 97.
Result declared at 03:58 on 9 June 2017.