Wells and Mendip Hills

7:27am on 5th July

Liberal Democrats GAIN / provisional
Elected: Tessa Munt

Candidates

Photograph of Tessa MuntLD / 46.9%
Tessa Munt
Photograph of Meg Powell-ChandlerCon / 24.8%
Meg Powell-Chandler
Photograph of Helen HimsReform / 13.1%
Helen Hims
Photograph of Joe JosephLab / 7.0%
Joe Joseph
Photograph of Peter Alexander WelshGreen / 4.1%
Peter Alexander Welsh
Photograph of Abi McGuireIndependent / 3.7%
Abi McGuire
Photograph of Craig ClarkeIndependent / 0.4%
Craig Clarke

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 88600

Households: 38000

Housing tenure type for Wells and Mendip Hills

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 1.1%
Owned outright
Percentage: 45.9%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 29.5%
Private rented
Percentage: 14.5%
Social rented
Percentage: 9%

Age demographic for Wells and Mendip Hills

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 16.1%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 8.4%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 9.3%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 16.3%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 23.2%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 26.7%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.