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UK general election on 7 May 2015 South West, England - Elections contested by Liberal Democrat

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 Position
Bath BRADLEY, Steve 63,084 74.8% 14,000 29.7% -26.9% 2nd
Bournemouth East NICHOLAS, Jon 72,275 62.0% 3,752 8.4% -22.5% 4th
Bournemouth West PLUMMER, Mike 72,082 58.0% 3,281 7.9% -23.9% 4th
Bridgwater and West Somerset BUTT PHILIP, Theo 80,491 67.6% 6,765 12.4% -15.9% 4th
Bristol East MALIK, Abdul 71,193 64.9% 2,689 5.8% -18.6% 5th
Bristol North West CAMPION-SMITH, Clare 74,743 69.3% 3,214 6.2% -25.3% 4th
Bristol South WRIGHT, Mark 81,496 62.4% 4,416 8.7% -20.0% 5th
Bristol West WILLIAMS, Stephen 91,236 70.4% 12,103 18.8% -29.2% 3rd
Camborne and Redruth GOLDSWORTHY, Julia 66,944 68.5% 5,687 12.4% -25.0% 4th
Central Devon WHITE, Alex 72,737 74.9% 6,643 12.2% -22.2% 4th
Cheltenham HORWOOD, Martin 77,287 69.5% 18,274 34.0% -16.5% 2nd
Chippenham HAMES, Duncan 74,218 74.7% 16,278 29.4% -16.4% 2nd
Christchurch CANNING, Andy 69,303 71.7% 3,263 6.6% -18.7% 4th
Devizes RIGBY, Manda 69,205 70.8% 3,954 8.1% -18.9% 4th
East Devon MOLE, Stuart 76,519 71.5% 3,715 6.8% -24.4% 5th
Exeter MASON, Joel 76,968 70.2% 2,321 4.3% -16.0% 5th
Filton and Bradley Stoke BRUCE, Pete 71,310 68.9% 3,581 7.3% -18.0% 4th
Forest Of Dean COLEMAN, Chris 69,865 70.9% 2,630 5.3% -16.6% 5th
Gloucester HILTON, Jeremy 82,968 63.4% 2,828 5.4% -13.9% 4th
Kingswood BOYDEN, Adam 68,193 70.6% 1,827 3.8% -13.1% 4th
Mid Dorset and North Poole SLADE, Vikki 64,299 72.3% 13,109 28.2% -16.9% 2nd
Newton Abbot YOUNGER-ROSS, Richard 69,928 69.0% 11,560 24.0% -18.0% 2nd
North Cornwall ROGERSON, Dan 67,192 71.8% 15,068 31.2% -16.8% 2nd
North Devon HARVEY, Nick 74,737 70.0% 15,405 29.4% -17.9% 2nd
North Dorset MIEVILLE, Hugo 73,759 72.4% 6,226 11.7% -25.3% 3rd
North East Somerset HOBHOUSE, Wera 69,380 73.7% 4,029 7.9% -14.4% 4th
North Somerset KRAVIS, Marcus 80,161 73.5% 7,486 12.7% -23.0% 4th
North Swindon ELLARD, Janet 80,983 64.5% 1,704 3.3% -14.0% 5th
North Wiltshire MATHEW, Brian 67,851 74.5% 7,892 15.6% -20.6% 2nd
Plymouth, Moor View BONAR, Stuart 68,246 62.4% 1,265 3.0% -13.9% 4th
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport REED, Graham 73,274 65.5% 2,008 4.2% -20.5% 5th
Poole EADES, Philip 72,557 65.3% 5,572 11.8% -19.8% 4th
Salisbury BANERJI, Reeten 69,582 72.9% 5,099 10.1% -26.9% 4th
Somerton and Frome RENDEL, David 83,281 72.4% 11,692 19.4% -28.1% 2nd
South Dorset LEGG, Howard 71,534 67.9% 2,901 6.0% -13.0% 4th
South East Cornwall HUTTY, Phil 71,071 71.1% 8,521 16.9% -21.8% 2nd
South Swindon HOOTON, Damon 73,926 66.6% 1,817 3.7% -13.9% 4th
South West Devon DAVIES, Tom 71,035 70.9% 3,767 7.5% -16.7% 4th
South West Wiltshire CARBIN, Trevor 73,018 70.7% 5,482 10.6% -19.9% 4th
St Austell and Newquay GILBERT, Stephen 76,607 65.7% 12,077 24.0% -18.8% 2nd
St Ives GEORGE, Andrew 65,570 73.7% 16,022 33.2% -9.6% 2nd
Stroud WALKER-SMITH, Adrian 80,544 75.5% 2,086 3.4% -12.0% 5th
Taunton Deane GILMOUR, Rachel 83,221 69.6% 12,358 21.3% -27.7% 2nd
Tewkesbury CAMERON, Alistair 78,910 70.1% 7,629 13.8% -21.7% 3rd
The Cotswolds HODGKINSON, Paul 78,290 72.4% 10,568 18.6% -10.9% 2nd
Thornbury and Yate WEBB, Steve 66,066 73.5% 18,429 37.9% -14.0% 2nd
Tiverton and Honiton KEARNEY, Stephen 76,270 70.5% 5,626 10.5% -22.9% 4th
Torbay SANDERS, Adrian 76,350 63.0% 16,265 33.8% -13.2% 2nd
Torridge and West Devon DOLPHIN, Paula 78,621 72.0% 7,483 13.2% -27.1% 3rd
Totnes BRAZIL, Julian 68,630 68.6% 4,667 9.9% -25.7% 5th
Truro and Falmouth RIX, Simon 73,601 70.0% 8,681 16.8% -24.0% 2nd
Wells MUNT, Tessa 79,405 71.7% 18,662 32.8% -11.2% 2nd
West Dorset KAYES, Ros 78,000 72.4% 12,199 21.6% -19.1% 2nd
Weston-Super-Mare MUNRO, John 80,309 65.4% 5,486 10.4% -28.8% 4th
Yeovil LAWS, David 82,447 69.1% 18,865 33.1% -22.6% 2nd

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.

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.