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.

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