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South West
70,722 electors
Active Seat

Weston-super-Mare

Current MP
Dan Aldridge
Dan Aldridge

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
65.6%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Daniel Aldridge Gain from Conservative
Majority 4,409
Turnout 59.4% ↓8.0pp
Total Votes 42,390
Winner Swing ↓19.0pp
✓ Daniel Aldridge
Labour
16,310 38.5%
↑10.4pp
John Penrose
Conservative
11,901 28.1%
↓29.1pp
Richard Pearse
Reform UK
7,735 18.3%
—
Patrick Keating
Liberal Democrats
3,756 8.9%
↓2.9pp
Thomas Daw
Green Party
2,688 6.3%
↑3.3pp
Conservative John Penrose Hold
Majority 17,121
Turnout 67.4% ↓1.3pp
Total Votes 55,614
Winner Swing ↑4.4pp
✓ John Penrose
Conservative
31,983 57.5%
↑4.4pp
Tim Taylor
Labour
14,862 26.7%
↓6.0pp
Patrick Keating
Liberal Democrats
6,935 12.5%
↑3.3pp
Suneil Basu
Green Party
1,834 3.3%
↑1.7pp
Conservative John Penrose Hold
Majority 11,544
Turnout 68.7% ↑3.2pp
Total Votes 56,415
Winner Swing ↑5.2pp
✓ John Penrose
Conservative
29,982 53.2%
↑5.2pp
Timothy Taylor
Labour
18,438 32.7%
↑14.4pp
Mike Bell
Liberal Democrats
5,175 9.2%
↓1.3pp
Helen Hims
—
1,932 3.4%
↓14.4pp
Suneil Basu
Green Party
888 1.6%
↓3.4pp
Conservative John Penrose Hold
Majority 15,609
Turnout 65.4% ↓1.7pp
Total Votes 52,552
Winner Swing ↑3.6pp
✓ John Penrose
Conservative
25,203 48.0%
↑3.7pp
Tim Taylor
Labour
9,594 18.3%
↑7.3pp
Ernie Warrender
—
9,366 17.8%
↑15.2pp
John Munro
Liberal Democrats
5,486 10.4%
↓28.8pp
Richard Lawson
Green Party
2,592 4.9%
—
Ronald Lavelle
—
311 0.6%
↑0.1pp
Conservative John Penrose Hold
Majority 2,691
Turnout 67.2%
Total Votes 52,716
✓ John Penrose
Conservative
23,356 44.3%
↑4.0pp
Mike Bell
Liberal Democrats
20,665 39.2%
↑3.1pp
David Bradley
Labour
5,772 11.0%
↓7.7pp
Paul Spencer
—
1,406 2.7%
↑0.2pp
Peryn Parsons
—
1,098 2.1%
↑0.5pp
John Peverelle
—
275 0.5%
—
Steve Satchwell
—
144 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

67.2%
'10
65.4%
'15
68.7%
'17
67.4%
'19
59.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
21.4% ▲0.7pp
50 to 64
19.9%
0 to 17
19.7%
35 to 49
19.4%
25 to 34
12.8%
18 to 24
6.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
95.0%
Asian or Asian British
1.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.7%
Other
0.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.7%
📊 Age
65 and over
21.4%
45 to 64
19.9%
Under 18
19.7%
18 to 29
19.5%
30 to 44
19.4%
⛪ Religion
No religion
46.6%
Christian
44.6%
Not answered
6.7%
Muslim
0.8%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.9%
Asian or Asian British
1.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
26.5%
65 and over
20.7%
Under 18
20.5%
30 to 44
19.0%
18 to 29
13.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
59.6%
No religion
31.2%
Religion not stated
7.6%
Muslim
0.5%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
John Penrose Conservative 2005-05-05 2024-05-30
Sir Jerry Wiggin Conservative 1969-03-27 1997-05-01