Wells (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wells
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Wells in Somerset.
Outline map
Location of Somerset within England.
County Somerset
Electorate 79,989 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members One
1295 (1295)–1868 (1868)
Number of members Two
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

Wells is a county constituency centred on the city of Wells in Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system. The current MP is Tessa Munt, elected in 2010, of the Liberal Democrats.

The original two member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The electoral wards which make up Wells constituency come from Mendip, and Sedgemoor districts.

  • From Mendip; Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton, Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton, Croscombe and Pilton, the Glastonbury divisions of St. Benedict's, St. Edmund's, St. John's, and St. Mary's; Moor, Rodney and Westbury, St. Cuthbert Out North, Shepton East, Shepton West, Street North, Street South, Street West, Wells Central, Wells St. Cuthbert's, Wells St. Thomas', and Wookey and St. Cuthbert Out West.
  • From Sedgemoor; Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brean, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, and Wedmore and Mark.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1295-1640

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Parliament First member Second member
1386 Nicholas Cristesham Thomas Phelpes [2]
1388 (Feb) Richard Ferrour Nicholas Cristesham [2]
1388 (Sep) John Blithe Thomas Hore [2]
1390 (Jan) Nicholas More Thomas Tanner [2]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Newmaster Roger Chapman [2]
1393 John Newmaster John Blithe [2]
1394 John Newmaster Thomas Hore[2]
1395 Nicholas Cristesham John Comeland [2]
1397 (Jan) Nicholas More Thomas Wynchester [2]
1397 (Sep) Roger Chapman William Greynton [2]
1399 Thomas Tanner John Blithe [2]
1401
1402 John Wycombe Roger Chapman [2]
1404 (Jan) Roger Chapman Richard Groos [2]
1404 (Oct) Walter Dyer John Bowyer [2]
1406 Thomas Wey Thomas Jay [2]
1407 Walter Duddesdon John Newmaster [2]
1410 John Russell Luke Wilton [2]
1411
1413 (Feb) John Horewode I John Podmore [2]
1413 (May) John Horewode I Luke Wilton [2]
1414 (Apr) John Podmore Thomas Dynt [2]
1414 (Nov) John Hynden Thomas Dynt [2]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct) Simon Bailly John Cutte [2]
1417 Richard Setter Hildebrand Eelwell [2]
1419 Richard Perys Richard Langford [2]
1420 Richard Setter Hildebrand Eelwell [2]
1421 (May) Hildebrand Eelwell Richard Perys [2]
1421 (Dec) Robert Elwell John Pedewell [2]
1510 John Welshot John Mawdley I [3]
1512 Walter Sarger Richard alias Robert Ruynon [3]
1515 Walter Sarger Richard alias Robert Ruynon [3]
1523 Walter Sarger John Mawdley I [3]
1529 John Cutte John Mawdley II [3]
1536  ?
1539 John Mawdley II John Godwin [3]
1542 John Godwin James Dyer [3]
1545 John Mawdley II Anthony Gilbert [3]
1547 Thomas Clerke John Aylworth [3]
First Parliament of 1553 John Aylworth William Goodwin
Second Parliament of 1553 Thomas Lewis John Goodwin
Parliament of 1554 John Mawdeley
Parliament of 1554-1555 William Gedney or Goodwin
Parliament of 1555 Maurice Llewellyn
Parliament of 1558 John Aylworth died during the 1572 Parliament
In his place Ayshton Aylworth		 John Mawdeley
Parliament of 1559
Parliament of 1563-1567 John Hippisley
Parliament of 1571 Henry Newton
Parliament of 1572-1581 William Bourman
Parliament of 1584-1585 John Biss George Upton
Parliament of 1586-1587 Thomas Goodwin William Smith
Parliament of 1588-1589 Thomas Purfrey John Ayshe
Parliament of 1593 Richard Goodwin James Goodwin
Parliament of 1597-1598 Leonard Crosse William Watkins
Parliament of 1601 James Kirton George Upton
Parliament of 1604-1611 Sir Robert Stapleton
Addled Parliament (1614) Sidney Montagu Thomas Southworth
Parliament of 1621-1622 (Sir) Edward Rodney
Happy Parliament (1624-1625)
Useless Parliament (1625) Sir Thomas Lake
Parliament of 1625-1626
Parliament of 1628-1629 Sir Ralph Hopton John Baber
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

[edit] MPs 1640–1832

Election 1st Member[4] 1st Party 2nd Member[4] 2nd Party
April 1640 Sir Edward Rodney Royalist John Baber
November 1640 Sir Ralph Hopton Royalist
August 1642 Rodney and Hopton disabled from sitting - both seats vacant
1645 Lislebone Long Recruiter Clement Walker
December 1648 Walker excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653 Wells was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Lislebone Long Wells had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 John Jenkyn
January 1659 Sir Lislebone Long Thomas White
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Henry Bull Thomas White
1661 Sir Maurice Berkeley Lord Richard Butler
1671 John Hall
1679 Edward Berkeley William Coward
1680 John Hall
1685 Edward Berkeley Thomas Wyndham
Jan 1690 William Coward
Feb 1690 Hopton Wyndham
1695 William Coward
1701 Henry Seymour Portman
1705 Maurice Berkeley
1708 Edward Colston William Coward
1710 Maurice Berkeley
1713 Sir Thomas Wroth
1715 Thomas Strangways Horner
May 1716 William Coward William Piers
Jun 1716 Thomas Strangways Horner
1717 John Dodd
1719 Thomas Edwards
1722 Francis Gwyn
1727 Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1729 William Piers
1734 George Hamilton
1735 William Piers George Speke
1741 Francis Gwyn
1747 George Hamilton
1754 The Lord Digby Charles Tudway
1757 Captain Robert Digby
1761 The Lord Digby Clement Tudway
1765 Robert Child
1782 John Curtis
1784 William Thomas Beckford
1790 Henry Berkeley Portman
1796 (Sir) Charles Taylor Whig
1815 John Paine Tudway Tory
1830 John Edwards-Vaughan Tory John Lee Lee Whig

[edit] MPs 1832–1868

Election 1st Member[4] 1st Party 2nd Member[4] 2nd Party
1832 Norman Lamont Whig John Lee Lee Whig
1834 by-election Nicholas William Ridley Colborne Whig
1837 Richard Blakemore Conservative William Goodenough Hayter Whig
1852 Robert Charles Tudway Conservative
1855 by-election Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe Conservative
1865 Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal
1868 borough constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1885–present

Election Member[4] Party
1885 Sir Richard Horner Paget, Bt. Conservative
1895 Hylton Jolliffe Conservative
1899 by-election Robert Edmund Dickinson Conservative
1906 Thomas Ball Silcock Liberal
Jan 1910 George John Sandys Conservative
1918 Harry Greer Coalition Conservative
1922 Robert Bruford Conservative
1923 Arthur Hobhouse Liberal
1924 Sir Robert Arthur Sanders, Bt. Conservative
1929 Anthony John Muirhead Conservative
1939 Lt. Col. Dennis Coleridge Boles Conservative
1951 Lynch Maydon Conservative
1970 Robert Boscawen Conservative
1983 David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
2010 Tessa Munt Liberal Democrats

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Wells[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt 24,560 44.0 +6.1
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 23,760 42.5 -1.0
Labour Andy Merryfield 4,198 7.5 -8.1
UKIP Jake Baynes 1,711 3.1 +0.1
BNP Richard Boyce 1,004 1.8 N/A
Green Chris Briton 631 1.1 N/A
Majority 800 1.4
Turnout 55,864 70.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing +3.6

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 23,071 43.6 −0.2
Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt 20,031 37.8 −0.5
Labour Dan Whittle 8,288 15.6 +0.2
UKIP Steve Reed 1,575 3.0 +0.8
Majority 3,040 5.7
Turnout 52,965 68.0 −1.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
General Election 2001: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 22,462 43.8 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Graham Oakes 19,666 38.3 -0.1
Labour Andy Merryfield 7,915 15.4 -2.7
UKIP Steve Reed 1,104 2.2 N/A
Wessex Regionalist Colin Bex 167 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,796 5.5
Turnout 51,314 69.2 -8.7
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Wells[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 28,620 49.6 −4.0
Liberal Democrat HPN Temperley 21,971 38.0 +0.5
Labour JW Pilgrim 6,126 10.6 +1.9
Green MR Fenner 1,042 1.8 +1.8
Majority 6,649 11.5 −4.5
Turnout 57,759 82.7 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing −2.2

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 28,624 53.52
Liberal A. Butt-Philip 20,083 37.55
Labour P. James 4,637 8.67
Independent J.S. Fish 134 0.25
Majority 8,541 15.97
Turnout 79.59
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 25,385 52.65
Liberal A. Butt-Philip 18,810 39.01
Labour A.M. Leigh 3,747 7.77
Independent G. Livings 273 0.57
Majority 6,575 13.64
Turnout 77.57
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/wells. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/wells. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
  4. ^ a b c d e Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
  5. ^ "General Election 2010". Mendip District Council. 20 April 2010. http://www.mendip.gov.uk/CouncilService.asp?id=SX9452-A7831664&cat=136#SX9452-A7831811. Retrieved 24 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Wells". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f02.stm. 
  7. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

[edit] Sources

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845) [2]
Conservative (36)
Liberal Democrats (15)
Labour (4)
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