East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Somerset County constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

East Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1832 to 1885, then one MP until 1918.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1832-1885 3.2 MPs 1885-1918 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		William Gore Langton			William Papwell Brigstocke
1834		Sir William Miles
1847					William Pinney
1852					William Francis Knatchbull
1865		Ralph Neville Grenville			Richard Horner Paget
1868		Ralph Shuttleworth Allen			Richard Bright
1878					Philip John William Miles
1879		Francis Greville, Baron Brooke, later Earl of Warwick

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Hobhouse
	1906	John William Howard Thompson
	1910	Ernest Jardine
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.