THE Liberal Democrats are celebrating victory in Somerset where they have taken seven out of 10 seats in a General Election which has brought an end to Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Government.
Gideon Amos swept to victory in a much anticipated Taunton and Wellington poll with 24,331 votes giving him a majority of 11,939 over Conservative Rebecca Pow’s 12,392, proving to be almost a complete reversal of the 2019 General Election.
The party also took Frome and East Somerset, Glastonbury and Somerton, Tiverton and Minehead, Wells and Mendip, Yeovil and Bath, with Labour claiming Weston-super-Mare and North East Somerset and Hanham, with Bridgwater being the only conservative constituency in the county.
The Conservative Party have been in power since they formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
Here is the full breakdown of the results in Somerset
Frome and East Somerset constituency
Anna Sabine (Lib Dem) – 16,580 [E]
Lucy Trimnell (Conservative) – 11,165
David Swain (Reform UK) – 6,441
Robin Moss (Labour) – 6,416
Martin Dimery (Green Party) – 5,083
Shaun Hughes (Independent) - 737
Gavin Heathcote (Independent) - 294
Anna Sabine is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Taunton and Wellington
Gideon Amos (Lib Dem) - 24,331
Charles Hansard (Reform UK) - 8,053
Rebecca Pow (Conservative) - 12,392
Rochelle Russell (Communist Party of Britain) - 134
Ryan Trower (Green Party) - 1,832
Brenda Weston (Labour) - 3,552
Gideon Amos (Lib Dem) is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Tiverton and Minehead
Jonathan Barter (Labour) - 4,325
Laura Buchanan (Green Party) - 2,234
Rachel Gilmour (Lib Dem) - 18,326
Fred Keen (Reform UK) - 7,787
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) - 14,819
Rachel Gilmour (Lib Dem) is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Yeovil
Steve Ashton (Independent) - 608
Laura Bailhache (Reform UK) – 7,677
Adam Dance (Lib Dem) – 23,765
Marcus Fysh (Conservative) – 11,497
Rebecca Montacute (Labour) – 3,002
Serena Wootton (Green Party) – 2,403
Adam Dance is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Wells and Mendip Hills
Tessa Munt (Lib Dem) – 23,622 [Elected]
Meg Powell-Chandler (Conservative) – 12,501
Helen Hims (Reform UK) – 6,611
Joe Joseph (Labour) – 3,527
Peter Welsh (Green Party) – 2,068
Abi McGuire (Independent) – 1,849
Craig Clarke (Independent) - 190
Tessa Munt is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Glastonbury and Somerton
The result of the election in the Glastonbury and Somerton constituency is:
Tom Carter (Reform UK); 7,678
Jon Cousins (Green Party); 2,736
Sarah Dyke (Lib Dem); 20,364
Hal Hooberman (Labour); 3,111
Faye Purbrick (Conservative): 13,753
Sarah Dyke is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Bridgwater
The result of the election in the Bridgwater constituency is:
Pele Barnes (Independent) - 334
William Fagg (Reform UK) - 8,913
Ashley Fox (Conservative) - 12,281
Charles Graham (Green Party) - 1,720
Leigh Redman (Labour) - 10,932
Claire Sully (Lib Dem) - 5,781
Gregory Tanner (Workers Party) - 168
Ashley Peter Fox is elected as the MP for the constituency.
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Weston-super-Mare
Dan Aldridge (Lab) 16,310 (38.48%)
John Penrose (C) 11,901 (28.08%)
Richard Pearse (Reform) 7,735 (18.25%)
Patrick Keating (LD) 3,756 (8.86%)
Thomas Daw (Green) 2,688 (6.34%)
Dan Aldridge is elected as the MP for the constituency
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North East Somerset and Hanham
Dan Norris, Labour Party: 20,739
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative Party: 15,420
Paul Macdonnell, Reform UK: 7,424
Dine Romero, Liberal Democrats: 3,878
Edmund Cannon, Green Party: 3,222
Nicholas Hales, Independent: 231
Barmy Brunch, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party: 211
Dan Noris is elected as the MP for the constituency
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Bath
A.N.ON: 25
Matthew Alford, Workers Party: 230
Dan Bewley, Labour Party: 8,665
Colin David Blackburn, Independent: 1,749
Bill Blockhead, Independent: 169
Teresa Hall, Reform UK: 3,798
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: 19,883
Dom Tristam, Green Party: 5,952
James Wright, Conservative Party: 7,659
Wera Hobhouse is elected as the MP for the constituency