Somerton and Frome Parliamentary by-election

An election was held for a Member of Parliament to serve Somerton and Frome constituency on on Thursday 20 July 2023.

You can find the result of the poll and information about the lead up to this election below.

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Name of candidateLorna Corke	PartyChristian Peoples Alliance	Number of votes 256
Name of candidateMartin Dimery	PartyGreen	Number of votes 3,944
Name of candidateSarah Dyke	PartyLiberal Democrats	Number of votes 21,187
Name of candidateBruce Evans	PartyReform UK	Number of votes 1,303
Name of candidateNeil Guild	PartyLabour	Number of votes 1,009
Name of candidateRosie Mitchell	PartyIndependent	Number of votes 635
Name of candidateFaye Purbrick	PartyConservative	Number of votes 10,179
Name of candidatePeter Richardson	PartyUK Independence	Number of votes 275

Electorate: 87,921
Turnout: 44.23
The number of spoiled ballots: 97

Register to vote by: Tuesday 4 July 2023 (midnight)
Last day to apply for a postal vote (or make a change to an existing postal vote): Wednesday 5 July 2023 (by 5pm)
Last day to apply for a proxy vote: Wednesday 12 July 2023 ( by 5pm)
Last day to apply for Voter Authority Certificate (voter ID): Wednesday 12 July 2023 ( by 5pm)
The poll with take place on Thursday 20 July 2023

Find out more on how you can register to vote on our Electoral Services page