Tiverton and Minehead General Election results in full as Lib Dems take seat

Voters in the new Tiverton and Minehead constituency have elected their new MP - and it is a Liberal Democrat gain

This new seat is the single biggest redrawing of the political map in the local area, with Somerset and Devon joining up together Voters have been choosing between Jonathan Barter (Lab), Laura Buchanan (Green), Rachel Gilmour (Lib Dem), Fred Keen (Reform UK) and Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) - and they voted for the Liberal Democrat candidate.

Pollsters have been predicting that the Liberal Democrats would gain the seat. And they were right as Rachel Gilmour, Lib Dem candidate for Tiverton and Minehead, has won the seat which had been Conservative since 1950.

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The seat straddles the Devon- Somerset border, includes the titular towns along with Bishop's Lydeard, Dulverton, Watchet , Williton and much of the Exmoor National Park .

The constituency combines the western, more rural end of the current Bridgwater and West Somerset seat – including Minehead, Watchet and Williton – together with most of the Exmoor National Park and the entirety of the Quantock Hills.

Mr Liddell Grainger was Conservative MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset from 2010. Previously Tiverton was covered by the Tiverton and Honiton constituency, which has now become the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency. The Tiverton and Honiton by-election in 2022, triggered when shamed Tory MP Neil Parish stood down - was won by Lib Dem Richard Foord. Mr Foord is now standing in the new Honiton and Sidmouth ward.

FULL RESULTS

Rachel Gilmour (LD) 18,326 (38.59%)
+Ian Liddell-Grainger (C) 14,819 (31.20%)
Fred Keen (Reform) 7,787 (16.40%)
Jonathan Barter (Lab) 4,325 (9.11%)
Laura Buchanan (Green) 2,234 (4.70%)

LD maj 3,507 (7.38%)

Notional 24.60% swing C to LD
109.50% boundary change

Electorate 71,843; Turnout 47,491 (66.10%)