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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South West
73,241 electors
Active Seat

Bath

Current MP
Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
73.1%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse Hold
Majority 11,218
Turnout 69.1% ↓7.8pp
Total Votes 48,130
Winner Swing ↓13.2pp
✓ Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrats
19,883 41.3%
↓12.1pp
Dan Bewley
Labour
8,665 18.0%
↑5.5pp
James Wright
Conservative
7,659 15.9%
↓16.2pp
Dom Tristram
Green Party
5,952 12.4%
↑12.1pp
Teresa Hall
Reform UK
3,798 7.9%
↑6.8pp
Colin Blackburn
—
1,749 3.6%
—
Matthew Alford
Workers Party of Britain
230 0.5%
—
Bill Blockhead
—
169 0.4%
—
A ON
—
25 0.1%
—
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse Hold
Majority 12,322
Turnout 76.9% ↑2.6pp
Total Votes 52,138
Winner Swing ↑7.2pp
✓ Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrats
28,419 54.5%
↑7.2pp
Annabel Tall
Conservative
16,097 30.9%
↓4.9pp
Mike Davies
Labour
6,639 12.7%
↓2.0pp
Jimi Ogunnusi
—
642 1.2%
—
Bill Blockhead
—
341 0.7%
—
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse Gain from Conservative
Majority 5,694
Turnout 74.3% ↓0.5pp
Total Votes 49,583
Winner Swing ↑9.5pp
✓ Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrats
23,436 47.3%
↑17.6pp
Ben Howlett
Conservative
17,742 35.8%
↓2.0pp
Joe Rayment
Labour
7,279 14.7%
↑1.5pp
Eleanor Field
Green Party
1,126 2.3%
↓9.7pp
Conservative Ben Howlett Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 3,833
Turnout 74.8% ↑4.2pp
Total Votes 47,167
Winner Swing ↓18.8pp
✓ Ben Howlett
Conservative
17,833 37.8%
↑6.4pp
Steve Bradley
Liberal Democrats
14,000 29.7%
↓26.9pp
Ollie Middleton
Labour
6,216 13.2%
↑6.3pp
Dominic Tristram
Green Party
5,634 11.9%
↑9.6pp
Julian Deverell
—
2,922 6.2%
↑4.3pp
Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst
—
499 1.1%
—
Jenny Knight
—
63 0.1%
—
Liberal Democrat Don Foster Hold
Majority 11,883
Turnout 70.6%
Total Votes 47,086
✓ Don Foster
Liberal Democrats
26,651 56.6%
↑11.2pp
Fabian Richter
Conservative
14,768 31.4%
↓0.5pp
Hattie Ajderian
Labour
3,251 6.9%
↓7.5pp
Eric Lucas
Green Party
1,120 2.4%
↓3.6pp
Ernie Warrender
—
890 1.9%
↑0.2pp
Steve Hewett
—
250 0.5%
—
Anon Onymous
—
69 0.2%
—
Sean Geddis
—
56 0.1%
—
Robert Craig
—
31 0.1%
—

Turnout Trend

70.6%
'10
74.8%
'15
74.3%
'17
76.9%
'19
69.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
18 to 24
21.5%
50 to 64
17.1%
65 and over
17.0% ▲1.1pp
35 to 49
16.3%
0 to 17
16.2%
25 to 34
11.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
88.5%
Asian or Asian British
5.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.4%
Other
1.3%
📊 Age
18 to 29
33.3%
45 to 64
17.1%
65 and over
17.0%
30 to 44
16.3%
Under 18
16.2%
⛪ Religion
No religion
49.1%
Christian
39.2%
Not answered
7.8%
Muslim
1.5%
Buddhist
0.7%
Hindu
0.7%
Other religion
0.7%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
91.7%
Asian or Asian British
4.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.2%
Other ethnic group
0.7%
📊 Age
18 to 29
25.7%
45 to 64
22.5%
30 to 44
18.7%
Under 18
17.1%
65 and over
15.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
51.2%
No religion
36.9%
Religion not stated
8.6%
Muslim
1.1%
Buddhist
0.8%
Other religion
0.6%
Hindu
0.5%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Ben Howlett Conservative 2015-05-07 2017-05-03