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2015 general election

South West: 2015 general election results

How South West voted at the 2015 general election: the Conservatives won 51 of 55 seats with 46.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

South West: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative51+151,319,99446.5%+3.755
Labour40501,68417.7%+2.355
Liberal Democrats0−15428,92715.1%−19.655
UK Independence Party00384,54613.6%+9.155
Green00168,1305.9%+4.854
Independent0020,6850.7%+0.517
18 other parties and independents12,3280.4%

Change compared with the 2010 general election in South West.

Bath: Con (Ben Howlett), majority 8.1% — Con gain from LDBournemouth East: Con (Tobias Ellwood), majority 32.6%Bournemouth West: Con (Conor Burns), majority 29.7%Bridgwater and West Somerset: Con (Ian Liddell-Grainger), majority 26.8%Bristol East: Lab (Kerry McCarthy), majority 8.6%Bristol North West: Con (Charlotte Leslie), majority 9.5%Bristol South: Lab (Karin Smyth), majority 14.0%Bristol West: Lab (Thangam Debbonaire), majority 8.8% — Lab gain from LDCamborne and Redruth: Con (George Eustice), majority 15.3%Central Devon: Con (Mel Stride), majority 39.1%Cheltenham: Con (Alex Chalk), majority 12.1% — Con gain from LDChippenham: Con (Michelle Donelan), majority 18.2% — Con gain from LDChristchurch: Con (Christopher Chope), majority 36.7%Devizes: Con (Claire Perry), majority 42.3%East Devon: Con (Hugo Swire), majority 22.4%Exeter: Lab (Ben Bradshaw), majority 13.3%Filton and Bradley Stoke: Con (Jack Lopresti), majority 20.0%Forest of Dean: Con (Mark Harper), majority 22.2%Gloucester: Con (Richard Graham), majority 13.8%Kingswood: Con (Chris Skidmore), majority 18.7%Mid Dorset and North Poole: Con (Michael Tomlinson), majority 22.7% — Con gain from LDNewton Abbot: Con (Anne Marie Morris), majority 23.3%North Cornwall: Con (Scott Mann), majority 13.7% — Con gain from LDNorth Devon: Con (Peter Heaton-Jones), majority 13.3% — Con gain from LDNorth Dorset: Con (Simon Hoare), majority 39.6%North East Somerset: Con (Jacob Rees-Mogg), majority 24.9%North Somerset: Con (Liam Fox), majority 39.2%North Swindon: Con (Justin Tomlinson), majority 22.6%North Wiltshire: Con (James Gray), majority 41.6%Plymouth, Moor View: Con (Johnny Mercer), majority 2.4% — Con gain from LabPlymouth, Sutton and Devonport: Con (Oliver Colvile), majority 1.1%Poole: Con (Robert Syms), majority 33.3%Salisbury: Con (John Glen), majority 40.3%Somerton and Frome: Con (David Warburton), majority 33.6% — Con gain from LDSouth Dorset: Con (Richard Drax), majority 24.7%South East Cornwall: Con (Sheryll Murray), majority 33.7%South Swindon: Con (Robert Buckland), majority 11.7%South West Devon: Con (Gary Streeter), majority 39.9%South West Wiltshire: Con (Andrew Murrison), majority 35.2%St Austell and Newquay: Con (Steve Double), majority 16.2% — Con gain from LDSt Ives: Con (Derek Thomas), majority 5.1% — Con gain from LDStroud: Con (Neil Carmichael), majority 8.0%Taunton Deane: Con (Rebecca Pow), majority 26.8% — Con gain from LDTewkesbury: Con (Laurence Robertson), majority 39.7%The Cotswolds: Con (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), majority 37.9%Thornbury and Yate: Con (Luke Hall), majority 3.1% — Con gain from LDTiverton and Honiton: Con (Neil Parish), majority 37.5%Torbay: Con (Kevin Foster), majority 6.8% — Con gain from LDTorridge and West Devon: Con (Geoffrey Cox), majority 32.5%Totnes: Con (Sarah Wollaston), majority 38.8%Truro and Falmouth: Con (Sarah Newton), majority 27.2%Wells: Con (James Heappey), majority 13.3% — Con gain from LDWest Dorset: Con (Oliver Letwin), majority 28.6%Weston-Super-Mare: Con (John Penrose), majority 29.7%Yeovil: Con (Marcus Fysh), majority 9.3% — Con gain from LD

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
BathCon Ben Howlett3,8338.174.8%Con gain from LD
Bournemouth EastCon Tobias Ellwood14,61232.662.0%Con hold
Bournemouth WestCon Conor Burns12,41029.758.0%Con hold
Bridgwater and West SomersetCon Ian Liddell-Grainger14,58326.867.6%Con hold
Bristol EastLab Kerry McCarthy3,9808.664.9%Lab hold
Bristol North WestCon Charlotte Leslie4,9449.569.3%Con hold
Bristol SouthLab Karin Smyth7,12814.062.4%Lab hold
Bristol WestLab Thangam Debbonaire5,6738.870.4%Lab gain from LD
Camborne and RedruthCon George Eustice7,00415.368.5%Con hold
Central DevonCon Mel Stride21,26539.174.9%Con hold
CheltenhamCon Alex Chalk6,51612.169.5%Con gain from LD
ChippenhamCon Michelle Donelan10,07618.274.7%Con gain from LD
ChristchurchCon Christopher Chope18,22436.771.7%Con hold
DevizesCon Claire Perry20,75142.370.8%Con hold
East DevonCon Hugo Swire12,26122.471.5%Con hold
ExeterLab Ben Bradshaw7,18313.370.2%Lab hold
Filton and Bradley StokeCon Jack Lopresti9,83820.068.9%Con hold
Forest of DeanCon Mark Harper10,98722.270.9%Con hold
GloucesterCon Richard Graham7,25113.863.4%Con hold
KingswoodCon Chris Skidmore9,00618.770.6%Con hold
Mid Dorset and North PooleCon Michael Tomlinson10,53022.772.3%Con gain from LD
Newton AbbotCon Anne Marie Morris11,23423.369.0%Con hold
North CornwallCon Scott Mann6,62113.771.8%Con gain from LD
North DevonCon Peter Heaton-Jones6,93613.370.0%Con gain from LD
North DorsetCon Simon Hoare21,11839.672.4%Con hold
North East SomersetCon Jacob Rees-Mogg12,74924.973.7%Con hold
North SomersetCon Liam Fox23,09939.273.5%Con hold
North SwindonCon Justin Tomlinson11,78622.664.5%Con hold
North WiltshireCon James Gray21,04641.674.5%Con hold
Plymouth, Moor ViewCon Johnny Mercer1,0262.462.4%Con gain from Lab
Plymouth, Sutton and DevonportCon Oliver Colvile5231.165.5%Con hold
PooleCon Robert Syms15,78933.365.3%Con hold
SalisburyCon John Glen20,42140.372.9%Con hold
Somerton and FromeCon David Warburton20,26833.672.4%Con gain from LD
South DorsetCon Richard Drax11,99424.767.9%Con hold
South East CornwallCon Sheryll Murray16,99533.771.1%Con hold
South SwindonCon Robert Buckland5,78511.766.6%Con hold
South West DevonCon Gary Streeter20,10939.970.9%Con hold
South West WiltshireCon Andrew Murrison18,16835.270.7%Con hold
St Austell and NewquayCon Steve Double8,17316.265.7%Con gain from LD
St IvesCon Derek Thomas2,4695.173.7%Con gain from LD
StroudCon Neil Carmichael4,8668.075.5%Con hold
Taunton DeaneCon Rebecca Pow15,49126.869.6%Con gain from LD
TewkesburyCon Laurence Robertson21,97239.770.1%Con hold
The CotswoldsCon Geoffrey Clifton-Brown21,47737.972.4%Con hold
Thornbury and YateCon Luke Hall1,4953.173.5%Con gain from LD
Tiverton and HonitonCon Neil Parish20,17337.570.5%Con hold
TorbayCon Kevin Foster3,2866.863.0%Con gain from LD
Torridge and West DevonCon Geoffrey Cox18,40332.572.0%Con hold
TotnesCon Sarah Wollaston18,28538.868.6%Con hold
Truro and FalmouthCon Sarah Newton14,00027.270.0%Con hold
WellsCon James Heappey7,58513.371.7%Con gain from LD
West DorsetCon Oliver Letwin16,13028.672.4%Con hold
Weston-Super-MareCon John Penrose15,60929.765.4%Con hold
YeovilCon Marcus Fysh5,3139.369.1%Con gain from LD

South West at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in South West at the 2015 general election?

The Conservatives won 51 of the 55 seats in South West, with 46.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South West in 2015?

55 constituencies.

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