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Bath — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bath was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,218 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Bath from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Charles Palmer (Whig); John Arthur Roebuck (Radical) 1,138 40.7% (top seat) Henry William Hobhouse (Whig) 98 (2.7 pts) 64.3%
1835 Charles Palmer (Whig); John Arthur Roebuck (Radical) 1,042 38.6% (top seat) Henry Daubeney (Conservative) 336 (11.8 pts) 51.5%
1837 Richard Wingfield (Conservative); William Heald Ludlow Bruges (Conservative) 1,024 27.3% (top seat) Charles Palmer (Whig) 62 (1.6 pts) 67.0%
1841 Adam Haldane-Duncan (Whig); John Arthur Roebuck (Radical) 1,157 28.9% (top seat) William Heald Ludlow Bruges (Conservative) 227 (5.4 pts) 71.0%
1847 Anthony Ashley-Cooper (Conservative); Adam Haldane-Duncan (Whig) 1,228 35.5% (top seat) John Arthur Roebuck (Radical) 135 (3.8 pts) 63.7%
1852 George Treweeke Scobell (Whig); Thomas Phinn (Whig) 1,290 34.4% (top seat) William Whateley (Peelite) 37 (0.9 pts) 59.1%
1857 Arthur Hallam Elton (Whig); William Tite (Whig) 1,200 34.1% (top seat) Arthur Edwin Way (Conservative) 3 (0.1 pts) 57.9%
1859 William Tite (Liberal); Arthur Edwin Way (Conservative) 1,339 34.7% (top seat) Thomas Phinn (Liberal) 141 (3.6 pts) 61.0%
1865 William Tite (Liberal); James Macnaghten McGarel Hogg (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 William Tite (Liberal); Donald Dalrymple (Liberal) 2,187 37.0% (top seat) James Macnaghten Hogg (Conservative) 163 (2.4 pts) 66.6%
1874 Arthur Divett Hayter (Liberal); Nathaniel George Philips Bousfield (Conservative) 2,397 26.1% (top seat) John William Nicholas Hervey (Liberal) 6 (0.1 pts) 88.5%
1880 Arthur Divett Hayter (Liberal); Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal) 2,700 27.1% (top seat) Reginald Hardy (Conservative) 341 (3.4 pts) 90.5%
1885 Robert Stickney Blaine (Conservative); Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal) 2,990 26.5% (top seat) Robert Peter Laurie (Conservative) 19 (0.2 pts) 91.9%
1886 Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal Unionist); Robert Peter Laurie (Conservative) 3,244 28.4% (top seat) Arthur Divett Hayter (Liberal) 656 (5.6 pts) 88.4%
1892 Charles Wyndham Murray (Conservative); Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal Unionist) 3,177 26.0% (top seat) Thomas Baptie (Liberal) 196 (1.6 pts) 89.3%
1895 Charles Wyndham Murray (Conservative); Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal Unionist) 3,358 27.4% (top seat) William Martin Conway (Liberal) 441 (3.5 pts) 89.7%
1900 Charles Wyndham Murray (Conservative); Edmond Robert Wodehouse (Liberal Unionist) 3,439 28.9% (top seat) Donald Maclean (Liberal) 834 (6.9 pts) 83.5%
1906 Donald Maclean (Liberal); George Peabody Gooch (Liberal) 4,069 28.5% (top seat) Alexander George Boteville Thynne (Conservative) 946 (6.6 pts) 90.8%
Jan 1910 Alexander George Boteville Thynne (Conservative); Charles Roderick Hunter (Conservative) 3,889 25.8% (top seat) Donald Maclean (Liberal) 118 (0.8 pts) 94.7%
Dec 1910 Alexander George Boteville Thynne (Conservative); Charles Roderick Hunter (Conservative) 3,841 26.0% (top seat) George Peabody Gooch (Liberal) 210 (1.4 pts) 92.0%
1918 Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Unionist) 15,605 74.8% Alfred James Bethell (Labour) 10,361 (49.7 pts) 66.2%
1922 Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Unionist) 13,666 50.2% Edward Harold Spender (Liberal) 4,967 (18.2 pts) 82.4%
1923 Frank Walter Raffety (Liberal) 13,694 51.6% Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Unionist) 864 (3.3 pts) 79.1%
1924 Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Unionist) 16,067 55.8% Frank Walter Raffety (Liberal) 7,267 (25.2 pts) 84.5%
1929 Charles William Baillie-Hamilton (Unionist) 17,845 46.8% Sidney Reginald Daniels (Liberal) 6,360 (16.7 pts) 81.3%
1931 Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness (Conservative) 24,696 64.0% Sidney Reginald Daniels (Liberal) 16,455 (42.6 pts) 80.6%
1935 Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness (Conservative) 20,670 56.6% Sidney Reginald Daniels (Liberal) 12,020 (32.9 pts) 74.5%
1945 Isaac James Pitman (Conservative) 20,196 43.7% Dorothy Archibald (Labour) 2,076 (4.5 pts) 77.5%
1950 Isaac James Pitman (Conservative) 23,070 47.2% Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew (Labour) 3,730 (7.6 pts) 87.3%
1951 Isaac James Pitman (Conservative) 27,826 55.3% Victor Mishcon (Labour) 5,296 (10.5 pts) 85.6%
1955 Isaac James Pitman (Conservative) 24,489 51.9% Thomas W Richardson (Labour) 6,843 (14.5 pts) 82.5%
1959 Isaac James Pitman (Conservative) 24,048 50.3% George E Mayer (Labour) 6,533 (13.7 pts) 83.6%
1964 Sir Edward Joseph Brown (Conservative) 20,255 42.3% Frederick Moorhouse (Labour) 3,791 (7.9 pts) 80.7%
1966 Sir Edward Brown (Conservative) 19,344 43.0% Frederick Moorhouse (Labour) 800 (1.8 pts) 80.5%
1970 Sir Edward Brown (Conservative) 22,344 49.0% David Young (Labour) 5,851 (12.8 pts) 77.2%
Feb 1974 Sir Edward Brown (Conservative) 20,920 40.7% Peter Paul Downey (Liberal) 5,182 (10.1 pts) 83.0%
Oct 1974 Sir Edward Brown (Conservative) 18,470 37.7% Christopher Mayhew (Liberal) 2,122 (4.3 pts) 78.6%
1979 Christopher Patten (Conservative) 23,025 46.4% Christopher Mayhew (Liberal) 9,112 (18.4 pts) 78.1%
1983 Christopher Patten (Conservative) 22,544 47.1% James Dean (Social Democratic Party) 5,304 (11.1 pts) 74.4%
1987 Christopher Patten (Conservative) 23,515 45.4% James Dean (Social Democratic Party) 1,412 (2.7 pts) 79.4%
1992 Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) 25,718 48.9% Christopher Patten (Conservative) 3,768 (7.2 pts) 82.5%
1997 Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) 26,169 48.5% Alison McNair (Conservative) 9,319 (17.3 pts) 76.2%
2001 Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) 23,372 50.5% Ashley Fox (Conservative) 9,894 (21.4 pts) 64.9%
2005 Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) 20,101 43.9% Sian Dawson (Conservative) 4,638 (10.1 pts) 68.6%
2010 Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) 26,651 56.6% Fabian Richter (Conservative) 11,883 (25.2 pts) 70.7%
2015 Ben Howlett (Conservative) 17,833 37.8% Steve Bradley (Liberal Democrat) 3,833 (8.1 pts) 75.1%
2017 Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) 23,436 47.3% Ben Howlett (Conservative) 5,694 (11.5 pts) 74.4%
2019 Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) 28,419 54.5% Annabel Tall (Conservative) 12,322 (23.6 pts) 77.2%
2024 Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) 19,883 41.3% Dan Bewley (Labour) 11,218 (23.3 pts) 69.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Palmer Whig 1,49240.7% Yes
John Arthur Roebuck Radical 1,13831.0% Yes
Henry William Hobhouse Whig 1,04028.3% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Palmer Whig 1,09738.6% Yes
John Arthur Roebuck Radical 1,04236.6% Yes
Henry Daubeney Conservative 70624.8% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Wingfield Conservative 1,08727.3% Yes
William Heald Ludlow Bruges Conservative 1,02425.7% Yes
Charles Palmer Whig 96224.2% No
John Arthur Roebuck Radical 91022.8% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Adam Haldane-Duncan Whig 1,22328.9% Yes
John Arthur Roebuck Radical 1,15727.3% Yes
William Heald Ludlow Bruges Conservative 93022.0% No
Richard Wingfield Conservative 92621.9% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Ashley-Cooper Conservative 1,27835.5% Yes
Adam Haldane-Duncan Whig 1,22834.1% Yes
John Arthur Roebuck Radical 1,09330.4% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Treweeke Scobell Whig 1,33234.4% Yes
Thomas Phinn Whig 1,29033.3% Yes
William Whateley Peelite 1,25332.3% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Hallam Elton Whig 1,24334.1% Yes
William Tite Whig 1,20033.0% Yes
Arthur Edwin Way Conservative 1,19732.9% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Tite Liberal 1,34934.7% Yes
Arthur Edwin Way Conservative 1,33934.5% Yes
Thomas Phinn Liberal 1,19830.8% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Tite Liberal Unopposed Yes
James Macnaghten McGarel Hogg Conservative Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Tite Liberal 2,47837.0% Yes
Donald Dalrymple Liberal 2,18732.7% Yes
James Macnaghten Hogg Conservative 2,02430.3% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 2,52026.1% Yes
Nathaniel George Philips Bousfield Conservative 2,39724.8% Yes
John William Nicholas Hervey Liberal 2,39124.8% No
Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton Conservative 2,34824.3% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 2,71227.1% Yes
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal 2,70027.0% Yes
Reginald Hardy Conservative 2,35923.6% No
Thomas James Smyth Conservative 2,24122.4% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Stickney Blaine Conservative 3,20826.5% Yes
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal 2,99024.7% Yes
Robert Peter Laurie Conservative 2,97124.5% No
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 2,95324.4% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal Unionist 3,30928.4% Yes
Robert Peter Laurie Conservative 3,24427.8% Yes
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 2,58822.2% No
Frederick William Verney Liberal 2,52921.7% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wyndham Murray Conservative 3,19826.0% Yes
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal Unionist 3,17725.8% Yes
Thomas Baptie Liberal 2,98124.2% No
John Miller Adye Liberal 2,94123.9% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wyndham Murray Conservative 3,44527.4% Yes
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal Unionist 3,35826.7% Yes
William Martin Conway Liberal 2,91723.2% No
John Michael Fleetwood Fuller Liberal 2,86522.8% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wyndham Murray Conservative 3,48628.9% Yes
Edmond Robert Wodehouse Liberal Unionist 3,43928.5% Yes
Donald Maclean Liberal 2,60521.6% No
Alpheus Cleophas Morton Liberal 2,54921.1% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Donald Maclean Liberal 4,10228.5% Yes
George Peabody Gooch Liberal 4,06928.3% Yes
Alexander George Boteville Thynne Conservative 3,12321.7% No
Charles Wyndham Murray Conservative 3,08821.5% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander George Boteville Thynne Conservative 3,96125.8% Yes
Charles Roderick Hunter Conservative 3,88925.3% Yes
Donald Maclean Liberal 3,77124.5% No
George Peabody Gooch Liberal 3,75724.4% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander George Boteville Thynne Conservative 3,87526.0% Yes
Charles Roderick Hunter Conservative 3,84125.7% Yes
George Peabody Gooch Liberal 3,63124.3% No
George Alexander Hardy Liberal 3,58524.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Unionist 15,60574.8% Yes
Alfred James Bethell Labour 5,24425.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Unionist 13,66650.2% Yes
Edward Harold Spender Liberal 8,69932.0% No
Herbert Henry Elvin Labour 4,84917.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Walter Raffety Liberal 13,69451.6% Yes
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Unionist 12,83048.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Unionist 16,06755.8% Yes
Frank Walter Raffety Liberal 8,80030.6% No
Walter Barton Scobell Labour 3,91413.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Baillie-Hamilton Unionist 17,84546.8% Yes
Sidney Reginald Daniels Liberal 11,48530.1% No
George Gilbert Desmond Labour 8,76923.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness Conservative 24,69664.0% Yes
Sidney Reginald Daniels Liberal 8,24121.3% No
George Gilbert Desmond Labour 5,68014.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness Conservative 20,67056.6% Yes
Sidney Reginald Daniels Liberal 8,65023.7% No
George Gilbert Desmond Labour 7,18519.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac James Pitman Conservative 20,19643.7% Yes
Dorothy Archibald Labour 18,12039.2% No
Philip William Hopkins Liberal 7,95217.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac James Pitman Conservative 23,07047.2% Yes
Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew Labour 19,34039.5% No
Philip William Hopkins Liberal 6,50813.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac James Pitman Conservative 27,82655.3% Yes
Victor Mishcon Labour 22,53044.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac James Pitman Conservative 24,48951.9% Yes
Thomas W Richardson Labour 17,64637.4% No
Barbara Burwell Liberal 5,01110.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac James Pitman Conservative 24,04850.3% Yes
George E Mayer Labour 17,51536.7% No
George Allen Liberal 6,21413.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Edward Joseph Brown Conservative 20,25542.3% Yes
Frederick Moorhouse Labour 16,46434.4% No
Dr Brian R Pamplin Liberal 8,79518.4% No
Sidney Gilbert Young World Government 3180.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Edward Brown Conservative 19,34443.0% Yes
Frederick Moorhouse Labour 18,54441.2% No
Roger Crowther Liberal 7,09515.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Edward Brown Conservative 22,34449.0% Yes
David Young Labour 16,49336.1% No
Roger Crowther Liberal 5,95713.1% No
Sidney Young World Government 8401.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Edward Brown Conservative 20,92040.7% Yes
Peter Paul Downey Liberal 15,73830.6% No
Malcolm Bishop Labour 14,39628.0% No
HB de Latteriere Independent Conservative 2040.4% No
Sidney Young World Government 1180.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Edward Brown Conservative 18,47037.7% Yes
Christopher Mayhew Liberal 16,34833.4% No
Malcolm Bishop Labour 14,01128.6% No
John Kemp United Democratic 1500.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Patten Conservative 23,02546.4% Yes
Christopher Mayhew Liberal 13,91328.0% No
Martin Tudor William Baber Labour 11,40723.0% No
Donald Patrick Grimes Green 1,0822.2% No
Thomas Frederick Mundy National Front 2060.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Patten Conservative 22,54447.1% Yes
James Dean Social Democratic Party 17,24036.0% No
Andrew Johnathan Pott Labour 7,25915.2% No
Donald Patrick Grimes Green 4410.9% No
Raymond Stewart Wandle Progressive Liberal 3190.7% No
Sidney Young World Government 670.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Patten Conservative 23,51545.4% Yes
James Dean Social Democratic Party 22,10342.7% No
Jenny Smith Labour 5,50710.6% No
Derek Wall Green 6871.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Don Foster Liberal Democrat 25,71848.9% Yes
Christopher Patten Conservative 21,95041.8% No
Pamela Richards Labour 4,1027.8% No
Duncan McCanlis Green 4330.8% No
May Barker Liberal 1720.3% No
Alan Sked Anti-Federalist League 1170.2% No
John Rumming Independent 790.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Don Foster Liberal Democrat 26,16948.5% Yes
Alison McNair Conservative 16,85031.2% No
Tim Bush Labour 8,82816.4% No
Tony Cook Referendum Party 1,1922.2% No
Richard Scrase Green 5801.1% No
Peter Sandell UKIP 3150.6% No
Nicholas Pullen Natural Law 550.1% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Don Foster Liberal Democrat 23,37250.5% Yes
Ashley Fox Conservative 13,47829.1% No
Marilyn Hawkings Labour 7,26915.7% No
Michael Boulton Green 1,4693.2% No
Andrew Tettenborn UKIP 7081.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Don Foster Liberal Democrat 20,10143.9% Yes
Sian Dawson Conservative 15,46333.7% No
Harrier Ajderian Labour 6,77314.8% No
Eric Lucas Green 2,4945.4% No
Richard Crowder UKIP 7701.7% No
Patrick Cobbe Independent 1770.4% No
Graham Walker Independent 580.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Don Foster Liberal Democrat 26,65156.6% Yes
Fabian Richter Conservative 14,76831.4% No
Hattie Ajderian Labour 3,2516.9% No
Eric Lucas Green 1,1202.4% No
Ernie Warrender UKIP 8901.9% No
Steve Hewett Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 2500.5% No
Anon Onymous Independent 690.1% No
Sean Geddis Independent 560.1% No
Robert Craig All The South Party 310.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Howlett Conservative 17,83337.8% Yes
Steve Bradley Liberal Democrat 14,00029.7% No
Ollie Middleton Labour 6,21613.2% No
Dominic Tristram Green 5,63411.9% No
Julian Deverell UKIP 2,9226.2% No
Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst Independent 4991.1% No
Jenny Knight English Democrats 630.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat 23,43647.3% Yes
Ben Howlett Conservative 17,74235.8% No
Joe Rayment Labour 7,27914.7% No
Eleanor Field Green 1,1262.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat 28,41954.5% Yes
Annabel Tall Conservative 16,09730.9% No
Mike Davies Labour 6,63912.7% No
Jimi Ogunnusi Brexit Party 6421.2% No
Bill Blockhead Independent 3410.7% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat 19,88341.3% Yes
Dan Bewley Labour 8,66518.0% No
James Wright Conservative 7,65915.9% No
Dom Tristram Green 5,95212.4% No
Teresa Hall Reform UK 3,7987.9% No
Colin Blackburn Independent 1,7493.6% No
Matthew Alford Workers Party of Britain 2300.5% No
Bill Blockhead Independent 1690.4% No
A ON Independent 250.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 2.7 pts 1835: Whig margin 11.8 pts 1837: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1841: Whig margin 5.4 pts 1847: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1852: Whig margin 0.9 pts 1857: Whig margin 0.1 pts 1859: Liberal margin 3.6 pts 1868: Liberal margin 2.4 pts 1874: Liberal margin 0.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1885: Conservative margin 0.2 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 5.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1895: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1900: Conservative margin 6.9 pts 1906: Liberal margin 6.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 0.8 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 49.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 18.2 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 25.2 pts 1929: Unionist margin 16.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 42.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 32.9 pts 1945: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 1950: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1955: Conservative margin 14.5 pts 1959: Conservative margin 13.7 pts 1964: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1970: Conservative margin 12.8 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 10.1 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 18.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 11.1 pts 1987: Conservative margin 2.7 pts 1992: Liberal Democrat margin 7.2 pts 1997: Liberal Democrat margin 17.3 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 21.4 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 10.1 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 25.2 pts 2015: Conservative margin 8.1 pts 2017: Liberal Democrat margin 11.5 pts 2019: Liberal Democrat margin 23.6 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 23.3 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Bath has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bath in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Bath in 2024 with 19,883 votes (41.3%), a majority of 11,218 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Bath since 1832?

Since 1832, Bath has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Liberal Unionist, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Bath?

The closest result on record for Bath was 1857, when Whig beat Conservative by just 3 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did Bath ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Bath elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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