Result: Weston-Super-Mare
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative |  | 40.3% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 36.1% |
| Labour |  | 18.7% |
| Swing: 2.5% from LD to CON | ||
| IN DETAIL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- % |
| John Penrose | Conservative | 19,804 | 40.3 | +1.6 |
| Brian Cotter | Liberal Democrat | 17,725 | 36.1 | -3.4 |
| Damien Egan | Labour | 9,169 | 18.7 | -1.1 |
| Paul Spencer | UK Independence Party | 1,207 | 2.5 | +1.1 |
| Clive Courtney | British National Party | 778 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| William Human | Independent | 225 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Paul Hemingway-Arnold | Demanding Honesty in Politics and Whitehall | 187 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | 2,079 | 4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 49,095 | 65.5 | +2.7 | |
KEY SEAT
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SOUTH WEST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| 2001 RESULT FOR WESTON-SUPER-MARE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat |  | 39.5% |
| Conservative |  | 38.7% |
| Labour |  | 19.8% |
| Others |  | 2.0% |
