An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wells, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by James Heappey with a majority of 7,582 - 12.5% - on a turnout of 73.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HEAPPEY, James | Con | 30,488 | 50.1% | 4.0% |
MUNT, Tessa | LD | 22,906 | 37.6% | 4.9% |
MERRYFIELD, Andy | Lab | 7,129 | 11.7% | 5.1% |
CORKE, Lorna | CPA | 320 | 0.5% | - |
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 82,451, having a valid vote count of 60,843 and an invalid vote count of 131.
Result declared at 04:35 on 9 June 2017.