Wells David Heathcoat-Amory 22,208 10,204 21,680 0 92 Wells 28,620 6,126 21,971 0 1,042 Conservative Liberal (Democrat) candidates have achieved a strong second place in the last six general elections in the Wells constituency in the Mendip hills of Somerset. Yet there is always a feeling that they lack the power to push forward and actually take victory in the seat. They must have high hopes next time, for the Conservatives are seen to be in a position of national weakness, and the Liberal Democrats are dominant in politics in Somerset from local to Euro-level; but they will need to maintain the squeeze on Tony Blair's surging New Labour party if they are to close the gap of over 6,500 votes of Tory MP David Heathcoat-Amory in Wells. This is an attractive seat running from the Mendips, with the small cathedral city of Wells and the counter-culture centre of Glastonbury, to the Bristol Channel at Burnham on Sea. One interesting feature this time is that the Labour candidate is Michael Eavis, who runs the pop music festival on his farmland at Pilton, near Glastonbury.

	4,654	11.85	9.03	131
	8,155	20.77	11.17	186
	3,441	8.76	11.25	78
	5,949	15.15	14.70	103
	333	0.85	10.45	8
	2,616	6.66	2.81	237
	5,348	13.62	8.01	170
	7,655	19.50	15.25	128
	187	0.48	7.13	7
	420	1.07	10.17	11