Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Somerset County constituency |
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons (in the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801).
Elections were held by the bloc vote system.
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[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
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1660 | George Horner | Hugh Smith | ||||
| 1661 | Sir John Stawell | Edward Phelips | ||||
| 1662 | John Poulett | |||||
| 1665 | Sir John Warre | |||||
| 1669 | Sir John Sydenham | |||||
| Feb 1679 | Sir Hugh Smith | |||||
| Aug 1679 | Sir William Portman | George Speke | ||||
| 1685 | Sir John Smith | George Horner | ||||
| 1689 | Edward Gorges | |||||
| 1690 | Sir Edward Phelips | Nathaniel Palmer | ||||
| 1695 | Sir John Smith | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | ||||
| 1698 | Sir Edward Phellips | John Hunt | ||||
| 1699 | Nathaniel Palmer | |||||
| Jan 1701 | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | |||||
| Dec 1701 | Sir Philip Sydenham | Nathaniel Palmer | ||||
| 1705 | John Pigott | |||||
| 1708 | Henry Seymour Portman | John Prowse | ||||
| Apr 1710 | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | |||||
| Oct 1710 | Sir Thomas Wroth | |||||
| 1713 | Thomas Horner | |||||
| 1715 | William Helyar | |||||
| 1722 | Edward Phelips | |||||
| 1727 | Thomas Strangways Horner | |||||
| 1740 | Thomas Prowse | |||||
| 1741 | Henry William Portman | |||||
| 1747 | Sir Charles Kemys-Tynte | |||||
| 1767 | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt | |||||
| 1768 | Richard Hippisley Coxe | |||||
| 1774 | Edward Phelips | |||||
| 1780 | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | |||||
| 1784 | Edward Phelips | |||||
| 1792 | Henry Hippisley Coxe | |||||
| 1795 | William Gore-Langton | |||||
| 1796 | William Dickinson | |||||
| Jun 1806 | Thomas Lethbridge | |||||
| Nov 1806 | William Dickinson | |||||
| 1812 | William Gore Langton | |||||
| 1826 | Sir Thomas Lethbridge | |||||
| 1830 | Edward Ayshford Sanford | |||||
| 1831 | William Gore Langton | |||||
| 1832 | constituency abolished | |||||
[edit] Election results
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