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Bridgwater — UK General Election Results

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

Bridgwater was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 1,349 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Bridgwater 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 Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte (Whig); William Tayleur (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1835 Charles Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte (Whig); John Temple Leader (Radical) 208 29.5% (top seat) Henry Broadwood (Conservative) 18 (2.3 pts) 92.3%
1837 Henry Broadwood (Conservative); Philip Courtenay (Conservative) 277 49.6% (top seat) Thomas Buckler Lethbridge (Whig) 272 (48.3 pts) 50.4%
1841 Henry Broadwood (Conservative); Thomas Seaton Forman (Conservative) 276 26.8% (top seat) Edward Simcoe Drewe (Whig) 29 (2.8 pts) 87.8%
1847 Charles John Kemeys-Tynte (Whig); Henry Broadwood (Conservative) 265 46.1% (top seat) Stephen Gaselee (Radical) 69 (8.1 pts) 80.9%
1852 Charles John Kemeys-Tynte (Whig); Brent Spencer Follett (Conservative) 244 28.8% (top seat) John Clavell Mansel (Conservative) 67 (7.1 pts) 68.5%
1857 Charles John Kemeys-Tynte (Whig); Alexander William Kinglake (Whig) 301 39.6% (top seat) Brent Spencer Follett (Conservative) 98 (11.8 pts) 70.8%
1859 Charles John Kemeys-Tynte (Liberal); Alexander William Kinglake (Liberal) 279 28.8% (top seat) Henry Padwick (Conservative) 49 (4.9 pts) 82.0%
1865 Henry Westropp (Conservative); Alexander William Kinglake (Liberal) 257 39.9% (top seat) John Villiers Shelley (Liberal) 20 (2.4 pts) 63.8%
1868 Alexander William Kinglake (Liberal); Philip Vanderbyl (Liberal) 725 26.2% (top seat) Henry Westropp (Conservative) 44 (1.6 pts) 93.0%
1885 Edward James Stanley (Conservative) 3,935 50.6% Edwin Brook Cely Trevilian (Liberal) 100 (1.3 pts) 78.8%
1886 Edward James Stanley (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Edward James Stanley (Conservative) 4,555 57.5% James Douglas Walker (Liberal) 1,193 (15.1 pts) 77.5%
1895 Edward James Stanley (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Edward James Stanley (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Henry Greville Montgomery (Liberal) 4,422 50.1% Robert Arthur Sanders (Conservative) 17 (0.2 pts) 86.7%
Jan 1910 Robert Arthur Sanders (Conservative) 5,575 58.9% Harold Hicks (Liberal) 1,679 (17.7 pts) 91.6%
Dec 1910 Robert Arthur Sanders (Conservative) 5,160 57.7% Harold Hicks (Liberal) 1,381 (15.4 pts) 86.4%
1918 Robert Arthur Sanders (Unionist) 12,587 68.6% Sid J Plummer (Labour) 6,816 (37.1 pts) 62.4%
1922 Robert Arthur Sanders (Unionist) 11,240 46.9% William Ewart Morse (Liberal) 119 (0.5 pts) 78.2%
1923 William Ewart Morse (Liberal) 13,778 52.7% Robert Arthur Sanders (Unionist) 1,431 (5.5 pts) 83.4%
1924 Brooks Crompton Wood (Unionist) 14,283 52.7% William Ewart Morse (Liberal) 3,441 (12.7 pts) 84.4%
1929 Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson (Unionist) 15,440 46.8% Joseph William Molden (Liberal) 4,279 (13.0 pts) 80.4%
1931 Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson (Conservative) 24,041 77.5% James Musgrave Boltz (Labour) 17,067 (55.0 pts) 73.8%
1935 Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson (Conservative) 17,939 56.9% Norman David Blake (Liberal) 10,569 (33.5 pts) 72.7%
1945 Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett (Independent Progressive) 17,936 45.8% Gerald Wills (Conservative) 2,311 (5.9 pts) 72.7%
1950 Gerald Wills (Conservative) 21,732 48.8% Norman Carr (Labour) 5,679 (12.8 pts) 85.8%
1951 Gerald Wills (Conservative) 25,365 56.3% Norman Carr (Labour) 5,709 (12.7 pts) 84.6%
1955 Gerald Wills (Conservative) 24,887 59.2% Albert E Sumbler (Labour) 7,717 (18.4 pts) 78.0%
1959 Sir Gerald Wills (Conservative) 23,002 50.4% James Finnigan (Labour) 8,296 (18.2 pts) 81.8%
1964 Sir Gerald Wills (Conservative) 20,822 44.8% Norman J Hart (Labour) 6,177 (13.3 pts) 80.3%
1966 Sir Gerald Wills (Conservative) 20,850 44.4% Richard Mayer (Labour) 2,986 (6.4 pts) 80.2%
1970 Tom King (Conservative) 26,685 52.3% Raymond Billington (Labour) 8,461 (16.6 pts) 77.2%
Feb 1974 Tom King (Conservative) 24,830 43.6% Roger Undy (Labour) 8,044 (14.1 pts) 82.2%
Oct 1974 Tom King (Conservative) 23,850 44.3% Anne Mitchell (Labour) 6,187 (11.5 pts) 77.3%
1979 Tom King (Conservative) 31,259 54.0% John Raymond Beasant (Labour) 14,450 (25.0 pts) 79.2%
1983 Tom King (Conservative) 25,107 52.3% Rosemary Hill Farley (Social Democratic Party) 10,697 (22.3 pts) 74.8%
1987 Tom King (Conservative) 27,177 51.5% Christopher James Clarke (Social Democratic Party) 11,195 (21.2 pts) 78.3%
1992 Tom King (Conservative) 26,610 46.8% William John Revans (Liberal Democrat) 9,716 (17.1 pts) 79.5%
1997 Tom King (Conservative) 20,174 36.9% Michael Hoban (Liberal Democrat) 1,796 (3.3 pts) 74.8%
2001 Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) 19,354 40.4% Ian Thorn (Liberal Democrat) 4,987 (10.4 pts) 64.6%
2005 Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) 21,240 44.1% Matthew Burchell (Labour) 8,469 (17.6 pts) 63.5%
2024 Ashley Fox (Conservative) 12,281 30.6% Leigh Redman (Labour) 1,349 (3.4 pts) 56.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte Whig Unopposed Yes
William Tayleur Whig Unopposed Yes

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte Whig 23429.5% Yes
John Temple Leader Radical 20826.2% Yes
Henry Broadwood Conservative 19023.9% No
Francis Mountjoy Martyn Conservative 16220.4% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Broadwood Conservative 27949.6% Yes
Philip Courtenay Conservative 27749.2% Yes
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge Whig 50.9% No
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan Whig 20.4% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Broadwood Conservative 28026.8% Yes
Thomas Seaton Forman Conservative 27626.4% Yes
Edward Simcoe Drewe Whig 24723.6% No
Augustin Robinson Whig 24223.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles John Kemeys-Tynte Whig 39546.1% Yes
Henry Broadwood Conservative 26531.0% Yes
Stephen Gaselee Radical 19622.9% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles John Kemeys-Tynte Whig 27128.8% Yes
Brent Spencer Follett Conservative 24425.9% Yes
John Clavell Mansel Conservative 17718.8% No
Anthony Henley Henley Whig 14915.8% No
Alexander William Kinglake Whig 10110.7% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles John Kemeys-Tynte Whig 33039.6% Yes
Alexander William Kinglake Whig 30136.1% Yes
Brent Spencer Follett Conservative 20324.3% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles John Kemeys-Tynte Liberal 29028.8% Yes
Alexander William Kinglake Liberal 27927.7% Yes
Henry Padwick Conservative 23022.8% No
Henry Westropp Conservative 20820.7% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Westropp Conservative 32839.9% Yes
Alexander William Kinglake Liberal 25731.3% Yes
John Villiers Shelley Liberal 23728.8% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander William Kinglake Liberal 73126.2% Yes
Philip Vanderbyl Liberal 72526.0% Yes
Henry Westropp Conservative 68124.4% No
Charles William Gray Conservative 65023.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward James Stanley Conservative 3,93550.6% Yes
Edwin Brook Cely Trevilian Liberal 3,83549.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward James Stanley Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward James Stanley Conservative 4,55557.5% Yes
James Douglas Walker Liberal 3,36242.5% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward James Stanley Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward James Stanley Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Greville Montgomery Liberal 4,42250.1% Yes
Robert Arthur Sanders Conservative 4,40549.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Sanders Conservative 5,57558.9% Yes
Harold Hicks Liberal 3,89641.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Sanders Conservative 5,16057.7% Yes
Harold Hicks Liberal 3,77942.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Sanders Unionist 12,58768.6% Yes
Sid J Plummer Labour 5,77131.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Sanders Unionist 11,24046.9% Yes
William Ewart Morse Liberal 11,12146.4% No
Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams Labour 1,5986.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Ewart Morse Liberal 13,77852.7% Yes
Robert Arthur Sanders Unionist 12,34747.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brooks Crompton Wood Unionist 14,28352.7% Yes
William Ewart Morse Liberal 10,84240.0% No
James Musgrave Boltz Labour 1,9667.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson Unionist 15,44046.8% Yes
Joseph William Molden Liberal 11,16133.8% No
James Musgrave Boltz Labour 6,42319.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson Conservative 24,04177.5% Yes
James Musgrave Boltz Labour 6,97422.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson Conservative 17,93956.9% Yes
Norman David Blake Liberal 7,37023.4% No
Arthur Loveys Labour 6,24019.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett Independent Progressive 17,93645.8% Yes
Gerald Wills Conservative 15,62539.9% No
Norman Corkhill Labour 5,61314.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Wills Conservative 21,73248.8% Yes
Norman Carr Labour 16,05336.1% No
William Stephen Richard King-Hall Independent 6,70815.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Wills Conservative 25,36556.3% Yes
Norman Carr Labour 19,65643.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Wills Conservative 24,88759.2% Yes
Albert E Sumbler Labour 17,17040.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Gerald Wills Conservative 23,00250.4% Yes
James Finnigan Labour 14,70632.2% No
Philip George Watkins Liberal 7,89317.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Gerald Wills Conservative 20,82244.8% Yes
Norman J Hart Labour 14,64531.5% No
Philip George Watkins Liberal 9,00919.4% No
Michael L de V Hart Independent 2,0384.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Gerald Wills Conservative 20,85044.4% Yes
Richard Mayer Labour 17,86438.1% No
Philip Watkins Liberal 8,20517.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 26,68552.3% Yes
Raymond Billington Labour 18,22435.8% No
Patrick O'Loughlin Liberal 6,06611.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 24,83043.6% Yes
Roger Undy Labour 16,78629.5% No
John Harcourt George Wyatt Liberal 15,26926.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 23,85044.3% Yes
Anne Mitchell Labour 17,66332.8% No
John Harcourt George Wyatt Liberal 12,07722.4% No
Stanley Raymond Harrad United Democratic 2880.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 31,25954.0% Yes
John Raymond Beasant Labour 16,80929.1% No
Christina Baron Liberal 9,79316.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 25,10752.3% Yes
Rosemary Hill Farley Social Democratic Party 14,41030.0% No
Andrew James May Labour 8,52417.7% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 27,17751.5% Yes
Christopher James Clarke Social Democratic Party 15,98230.3% No
John Turner Labour 9,59418.2% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 26,61046.8% Yes
William John Revans Liberal Democrat 16,89429.7% No
Peter Edward James Labour 12,36521.7% No
Graham Matthew James Dummett Green 7461.3% No
Alan Cecil Body Independent 1830.3% No
Gillian Frances Sanson Natural Law 1120.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom King Conservative 20,17436.9% Yes
Michael Hoban Liberal Democrat 18,37833.6% No
Roger Lavers Labour 13,51924.8% No
Fran Evens Referendum Party 2,5514.7% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative 19,35440.4% Yes
Ian Thorn Liberal Democrat 14,36730.0% No
Bill Monteith Labour 12,80326.8% No
Vicky Gardner UKIP 1,3232.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative 21,24044.1% Yes
Matthew Burchell Labour 12,77126.5% No
James Main Liberal Democrat 10,94022.7% No
Raymond Weinstein UKIP 1,7673.7% No
Charlie Graham Green 1,3912.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ashley Fox Conservative 12,28130.6% Yes
Leigh Redman Labour 10,93227.2% No
Wiliam Fagg Reform UK 8,91322.2% No
Claire Sully Liberal Democrat 5,78114.4% No
Charles Graham Green 1,7204.3% No
Pelé Barnes Independent 3340.8% No
Gregory Tanner Workers Party of Britain 1680.4% No

Margin Over Time

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

1835: Whig margin 2.3 pts 1837: Conservative margin 48.3 pts 1841: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1847: Whig margin 8.1 pts 1852: Whig margin 7.1 pts 1857: Whig margin 11.8 pts 1859: Liberal margin 4.9 pts 1865: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1868: Liberal margin 1.6 pts 1885: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 15.1 pts 1906: Liberal margin 0.2 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 17.7 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 15.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 37.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 0.5 pts 1923: Liberal margin 5.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 12.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 13.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 55.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 33.5 pts 1945: Independent Progressive margin 5.9 pts 1950: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1951: Conservative margin 12.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 18.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1966: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1970: Conservative margin 16.6 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 14.1 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 11.5 pts 1979: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 22.3 pts 1987: Conservative margin 21.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 17.1 pts 1997: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 2001: Conservative margin 10.4 pts 2005: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 2024: Conservative margin 3.4 pts 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1885 1892 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 2024

Trend

Bridgwater has been contested at 43 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Independent Progressive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bridgwater in the 2024 general election?

Conservative won Bridgwater in 2024 with 12,281 votes (30.6%), a majority of 1,349 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Bridgwater since 1832?

Since 1832, Bridgwater has been won by: Conservative, Independent Progressive, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Bridgwater?

The closest result on record for Bridgwater was 1906, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 17 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Bridgwater 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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