England · Constituency
Taunton and Wellington
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Photograph shows West Monkton, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Taunton and Wellington.
Your member of parliament
Gideon Amos
Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrat won Taunton and Wellington at the 2024 general election with a majority of 11,939 votes, or 23.7 points. A swing of 11.8 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 494 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 156.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 23.7 points, which is larger than 494 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 11,939 votes.
Majority
11,939
23.7% of votes cast.
Turnout
63.9%
+4.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
6
50,294 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gideon AmosElected | Liberal Democrat | 24,331 | 48.4% | +36.2 |
| Rebecca Pow | Conservative | 12,392 | 24.6% | +0.9 |
| Charles Hansard | Reform UK | 8,053 | 16.0% | +1.7 |
| Brenda Weston | Labour | 3,552 | 7.1% | -26.6 |
| Ryan Trower | Green Party | 1,832 | 3.6% | -2.8 |
| Rochelle Russell | Communist Party of Britain | 134 | 0.3% | +0.3 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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