England · Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Covers Wells · Portishead · Shepton Mallet
Photograph shows Portishead, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Wells and Mendip Hills.
Your member of parliament
Tessa Munt
Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrat won Wells and Mendip Hills at the 2024 general election with a majority of 11,121 votes, or 22.1 points. A swing of 11.1 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 470 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 180.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 22.1 points, which is larger than 470 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 11,121 votes.
Majority
11,121
22.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
68.5%
+8.8 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
50,368 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tessa MuntElected | Liberal Democrat | 23,622 | 46.9% | +34.7 |
| Meg Powell-Chandler | Conservative | 12,501 | 24.8% | +1.1 |
| Helen Hims | Reform UK | 6,611 | 13.1% | -1.2 |
| Joe Joseph | Labour | 3,527 | 7.0% | -26.7 |
| Peter Welsh | Green Party | 2,068 | 4.1% | -2.3 |
| Abi McGuire | Independent | 1,849 | 3.7% | +1.6 |
| Craig Clarke | Independent | 190 | 0.4% | -1.7 |
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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