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UK general election on 7 May 2015 South West, England - Elections won by Conservative

A general election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 46,354,197, having 30,697,525 valid votes and 102,639 invalid votes.

Read the House of Commons Library briefing.

Elections contested - Elections won

Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Majority
Bath HOWLETT, Ben 63,084 74.8% 17,833 37.8% 6.4% 3,833
Bournemouth East ELLWOOD, Tobias 72,275 62.0% 22,060 49.2% 0.8% 14,612
Bournemouth West BURNS, Conor 72,082 58.0% 20,155 48.2% 3.1% 12,410
Bridgwater and West Somerset LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Ian 80,491 67.6% 25,020 46.0% 0.7% 14,583
Bristol North West LESLIE, Charlotte 74,743 69.3% 22,767 43.9% 6.0% 4,944
Camborne and Redruth EUSTICE, George 66,944 68.5% 18,452 40.2% 2.6% 7,004
Central Devon STRIDE, Mel 72,737 74.9% 28,436 52.2% 0.7% 21,265
Cheltenham CHALK, Alex 77,287 69.5% 24,790 46.1% 5.0% 6,516
Chippenham DONELAN, Michelle 74,218 74.7% 26,354 47.6% 6.5% 10,076
Christchurch CHOPE, Christopher 69,303 71.7% 28,887 58.1% 1.7% 18,224
Devizes PERRY, Claire 69,205 70.8% 28,295 57.7% 2.7% 20,751
East Devon SWIRE, Hugo 76,519 71.5% 25,401 46.4% -1.9% 12,261
Filton and Bradley Stoke LOPRESTI, Jack 71,310 68.9% 22,920 46.7% 5.9% 9,838
Forest Of Dean HARPER, Mark 69,865 70.9% 23,191 46.8% -0.0% 10,987
Gloucester GRAHAM, Richard 82,968 63.4% 23,837 45.3% 5.4% 7,251
Kingswood SKIDMORE, Chris 68,193 70.6% 23,252 48.3% 7.9% 9,006
Mid Dorset and North Poole TOMLINSON, Michael 64,299 72.3% 23,639 50.8% 6.3% 10,530
Newton Abbot MORRIS, Anne Marie 69,928 69.0% 22,794 47.2% 4.2% 11,234
North Cornwall MANN, Scott 67,192 71.8% 21,689 45.0% 3.3% 6,621
North Devon HEATON-JONES, Peter 74,737 70.0% 22,341 42.7% 6.7% 6,936
North Dorset HOARE, Simon 73,759 72.4% 30,227 56.6% 5.6% 21,118
North East Somerset REES-MOGG, Jacob 69,380 73.7% 25,439 49.8% 8.5% 12,749
North Somerset FOX, Liam 80,161 73.5% 31,540 53.5% 4.2% 23,099
North Swindon TOMLINSON, Justin 80,983 64.5% 26,295 50.3% 5.8% 11,786
North Wiltshire GRAY, James 67,851 74.5% 28,938 57.2% 5.7% 21,046
Plymouth, Moor View MERCER, Johnny 68,246 62.4% 16,020 37.6% 4.3% 1,026
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport COLVILE, Oliver 73,274 65.5% 18,120 37.8% 3.5% 523
Poole SYMS, Robert 72,557 65.3% 23,745 50.1% 2.6% 15,789
Salisbury GLEN, John 69,582 72.9% 28,192 55.6% 6.4% 20,421
Somerton and Frome WARBURTON, David 83,281 72.4% 31,960 53.0% 8.5% 20,268
South Dorset DRAX, Richard 71,534 67.9% 23,756 48.9% 3.8% 11,994
South East Cornwall MURRAY, Sheryll 71,071 71.1% 25,516 50.5% 5.4% 16,995
South Swindon BUCKLAND, Robert 73,926 66.6% 22,777 46.2% 4.5% 5,785
South West Devon STREETER, Gary 71,035 70.9% 28,500 56.6% 0.6% 20,109
South West Wiltshire MURRISON, Andrew 73,018 70.7% 27,198 52.7% 1.0% 18,168
St Austell and Newquay DOUBLE, Steve 76,607 65.7% 20,250 40.2% 0.2% 8,173
St Ives THOMAS, Derek 65,570 73.7% 18,491 38.3% -0.7% 2,469
Stroud CARMICHAEL, Neil 80,544 75.5% 27,813 45.7% 4.9% 4,866
Taunton Deane POW, Rebecca 83,221 69.6% 27,849 48.1% 5.9% 15,491
Tewkesbury ROBERTSON, Laurence 78,910 70.1% 30,176 54.5% 7.3% 21,972
The Cotswolds CLIFTON-BROWN, Geoffrey 78,290 72.4% 32,045 56.5% 3.5% 21,477
Thornbury and Yate HALL, Luke 66,066 73.5% 19,924 41.0% 3.9% 1,495
Tiverton and Honiton PARISH, Neil 76,270 70.5% 29,030 54.0% 3.7% 20,173
Torbay FOSTER, Kevin 76,350 63.0% 19,551 40.7% 2.0% 3,286
Torridge and West Devon COX, Geoffrey 78,621 72.0% 28,774 50.9% 5.2% 18,403
Totnes WOLLASTON, Sarah 68,630 68.6% 24,941 53.0% 7.1% 18,285
Truro and Falmouth NEWTON, Sarah 73,601 70.0% 22,681 44.0% 2.3% 14,000
Wells HEAPPEY, James 79,405 71.7% 26,247 46.1% 3.6% 7,585
West Dorset LETWIN, Oliver 78,000 72.4% 28,329 50.2% 2.6% 16,130
Weston-Super-Mare PENROSE, John 80,309 65.4% 25,203 48.0% 3.7% 15,609
Yeovil FYSH, Marcus 82,447 69.1% 24,178 42.5% 9.6% 5,313

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.