Rebecca Pow retained her seat as Conservative MP for the Taunton Deane constituency after winning more than half the votes on Thursday.

She received 33,333 votes (52.9 per cent), with Liberal Democrat Gideon Amos second with 17,446, a majority of 15,887.

RESULT

Rebecca Pow (Con) 33,333

Gideon Amos (Lib Dem) 17,446

Martin Jevon (Lab) 9,689

Alan Dimmick (UKIP) 1,434

Clive Martin (Green) 1,151