South Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
South Somerset | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
South Somerset was a county constituency in the county of Somerset, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Yeovil, the Sessional Divisions of Crewkerne and Yeovil, and part of the Sessional Division of Ilminster.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Viscount Kilcoursie | Liberal | |
1892 | Edward Strachey[1] | Liberal | |
1911 by-election | Aubrey Herbert[2] | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Lambart | 4,534 | 58.1 | n/a | |
Conservative | John Wingfield Digby | 3,268 | 41.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,266 | 16.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 83.5 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Lambart | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Lambart | 3,739 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Henry Imbert-Terry | 3,512 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 227 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 77.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 4,330 | 52.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Imbert-Terry | 3,925 | 47.5 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 405 | 5.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 85.2 | +7.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 4,167 | 52.1 | ||
Conservative | Henry Gribble Turner | 3,827 | 47.9 | ||
Majority | 340 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 82.5 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 4,349 | 54.2 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | William Mason | 3,671 | 45.8 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 678 | 8.4 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 84.8 | +2.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Edward Strachey | 5,164 | 61.4 | ||
Liberal Unionist | B Portman | 3,247 | 38.6 | ||
Majority | 1,917 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 86.0 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 4,955 | 52.7 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | Aubrey Herbert | 4,444 | 47.3 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 511 | 5.4 | -17.4 | ||
Turnout | 92.5 | +6.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Strachey | 4,784 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Aubrey Herbert | 4,317 | 47.4 | ||
Majority | 5.2 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aubrey Herbert | 4,878 | 50.8 | ||
Liberal | Henry Harvey Vivian | 4,730 | 49.2 | ||
Majority | 148 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Aubrey Herbert
- Liberal: Henry Harvey Vivian
References
- ↑ "No. 28547". The London Gazette. 3 November 1911. p. 7952.
- ↑ "British by-election: Unionist returned". Dominion. 24 November 1911. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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