Bridgwater and West Somerset (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Ian Liddell-Grainger

Majority

15,448

Electorate

89,294

Turnout

65.3%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Con	32,111	55.1	9.2
Wes Hinckes	Lab	16,663	28.6	11.0
Marcus Kravis	LD	6,332	10.9	-1.6
Simon Smedley *	UKIP	2,102	3.6	-15.6
Kay Powell *	Green	1,059	1.8	-3.0

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	BNP	Ind
2005	45.4%	25.6%	22.6%	3.6%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	45.3%	17.1%	28.3%	4.8%	1.6%	2.4%	0.6%
2015	46.0%	17.6%	12.4%	19.2%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	55.1%	28.6%	10.9%	3.6%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
291	Bridgwater and West Somerset	26.5%
650	North East Fife	0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
347	Bridgwater and West Somerset	55.1%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
490	Bridgwater and West Somerset	65.3%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.