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At the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], Gilmour stood in the newly created seat of Tiverton and Minehead. Her Conservative opponent, [[Ian Liddell-Grainger]], was the incumbent MP for the constituency of [[Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater and West Somerset]], which was abolished at this election and partially replaced by Tiverton and Minehead. On 4 July, Gilmour won the seat with a majority of 3,507 votes (7.4% of the vote) over Liddell-Grainger. This was in keeping with the national election results, which were the best for the Liberal Democrats and the worst for the Conservatives in modern history.

At the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], Gilmour stood in the newly created seat of Tiverton and Minehead. Her Conservative opponent, [[Ian Liddell-Grainger]], was the incumbent MP for the constituency of [[Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater and West Somerset]], which was abolished at this election and partially replaced by Tiverton and Minehead. On 4 July, Gilmour won the seat with a majority of 3,507 votes (7.4% of the vote) over Liddell-Grainger. This was in keeping with the national election results, which were the best for the Liberal Democrats and the worst for the Conservatives in modern history.

On 14th January 2025, Gilmour referred herself to the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] after it had emerged that she had made her son one of her staff team albeit in a voluntary capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Rachel Gilmour MP parliamentary watchdog son Tiverton |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pgy5645yo |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 14 January 2025, Gilmour referred herself to the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] after it had emerged that she had made her son one of her staff team albeit in a voluntary capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Rachel Gilmour MP parliamentary watchdog son Tiverton |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pgy5645yo |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In January 2025, she said that [[Butlin's Minehead|Butlin's]] was 'partly' to blame for the low social mobility in her constituency by offering employment that does not require qualifications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mumby |first=Daniel |date=2025-01-29 |title=Butlin's 'partly to blame' for rural Somerset town's woes |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/butlins-partly-blame-rural-somerset-9903727 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Somerset Live |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2025, she said that [[Butlin's Minehead|Butlin's]] was 'partly' to blame for the low social mobility in her constituency by offering employment that does not require qualifications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mumby |first=Daniel |date=2025-01-29 |title=Butlin's 'partly to blame' for rural Somerset town's woes |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/butlins-partly-blame-rural-somerset-9903727 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Somerset Live |language=en}}</ref>