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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
CountySomerset
Electorate79,989 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentJames Heappey (Conservative)
SeatsOne
1295–1868
SeatsTwo
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Wells is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Heappey, of the Conservative Party (UK).[n 2]

History

The original two-member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election. Its revival saw a more comparable size of electorate across the country and across Somerset, with a large swathe of the county covered by this new seat, under the plans of the third Reform Act and the connected Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which was enacted the following year.

Political history

The seat was largely Conservative-held during the 20th century and has not seen a Labour MP in its history. The only other party to have been represented is the Liberal Democrats or their predecessor, the Liberal Party, who achieved a marginal victory in 2010, see marginal seat.

Prominent frontbenchers

Sir William Hayter was chief government whip of the Commons under three Liberal Prime Ministers governing from the Lords, (Lord John) Russell, Aberdeen and Palmerston.

So too in this role was Lord Hylton from 1916 until 1922 alongside the Lord Colebrooke in the Conservative-Liberal National coalition.

Robert Sanders was Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons, 1918–1919, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1922-1924.

Robert Boscawen was a government whip (1988-1989).

David Heathcoat-Amory was Minister for Europe (1993-1994) and later a Shadow Cabinet member (1997-2001).

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Wells, and the Sessional Divisions of Axbridge and Wells (except the civil parish of Binegar).

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, the Urban Districts of Shepton Mallet and Street, the Rural Districts of Shepton Mallet, Wells, and Wincanton, and in the Rural District of Frome the civil parishes of Cloford, Marston Bigot, Nunney, Wanstrow, Whatley, and Witharn Friary.

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, the Urban Districts of Frome, Shepton Mallet, and Street, and the Rural Districts of Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells, and Wincanton.

1983-2010: The District of Mendip wards of Ashwick, Avalon, Chilcompton and Ston Easton, Ebbor, Glastonbury St Benedict's, Glastonbury St Edmund's, Glastonbury St John's, Glastonbury St Mary's, Moor, Nedge, Pylcombe, Rodney, Sheppey, Shepton Mallet, Street North, Street South, Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert's, and Wells St Thomas, and the District of Sedgemoor wards of Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar, Highbridge, Mark, Shipham, and Wedmore.

2010–present: The District of Mendip wards of Ashwick and Ston Easton, Avalon, Chilcompton, Glastonbury St Benedict’s, Glastonbury St Edmund’s, Glastonbury St John’s, Glastonbury St Mary’s, Knowle, Moor, Nedge, Pylcombe, Rodney and Priddy, St Cuthbert Out North and West, Shepton East, Shepton West, Street North, Street South, Street West, Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert’s, and Wells St Thomas, and the District of Sedgemoor wards of Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, and Wedmore and Mark.

Constituency profile

Aside from energy, transportation, retail and distribution which are major sectors, agriculture and tourism are still important areas to this central and quite quintessential part of Somerset which includes the coastal resort of Burnham-on-Sea, the city of Wells with its cathedral, and notable natural landmarks such as the Cheddar Gorge and Glastonbury Tor.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1386 Nicholas Cristesham Thomas Phelpes[3]
1388 (Feb) Richard Ferrour Nicholas Cristesham[3]
1388 (Sep) John Blithe Thomas Hore[3]
1390 (Jan) Nicholas More Thomas Tanner[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Newmaster Roger Chapman[3]
1393 John Newmaster John Blithe[3]
1394 John Newmaster Thomas Hore[3]
1395 Nicholas Cristesham John Comelond[3]
1397 (Jan) Nicholas More Thomas Wynchester[3]
1397 (Sep) Roger Chapman William Greynton[3]
1399 Thomas Tanner John Blithe[3]
1401
1402 John Wycombe Roger Chapman[3]
1404 (Jan) Roger Chapman Richard Groos[3]
1404 (Oct) Walter Dyer John Bowyer[3]
1406 Thomas Wey Thomas Jay[3]
1407 Walter Duddesdon John Newmaster[3]
1410 John Russell Luke Wilton[3]
1411
1413 (Feb) John Horewode I John Podmore[3]
1413 (May) John Horewode I Luke Wilton[3]
1414 (Apr) John Podmore Thomas Dynt[3]
1414 (Nov) John Hynden Thomas Dynt[3]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct) Simon Bailly John Cutte[3]
1417 Richard Setter Hildebrand Elwell[3]
1419 Richard Perys Richard Langford[3]
1420 Richard Setter Hildebrand Elwell[3]
1421 (May) Hildebrand Elwell Richard Perys[3]
1421 (Dec) Robert Elwell John Pedewell[3]
1510 John Welshot John Mawdley I[4]
1512 Walter Sarger Richard alias Robert Ruynon[4]
1515 Walter Sarger Richard alias Robert Ruynon[4]
1523 Walter Sarger John Mawdley I[4]
1529 John Cutte John Mawdley II[4]
1536 ?
1539 John Mawdley II John Godwin[4]
1542 John Godwin James Dyer[4]
1545 John Mawdley II Anthony Gilbert[4]
1547 Thomas Clerke John Aylworth[4]
First Parliament of 1553 John Aylworth William Godwin
Second Parliament of 1553 Thomas Lewis John Godwin
Parliament of 1554 John Mawdley II
Parliament of 1554–1555 William Gedney or Godwin
Parliament of 1555 Maurice Llewellyn
Parliament of 1558 John Aylworth died during the 1572 Parliament
In his place Ayshton Aylworth 		John Mawdley II
Parliament of 1559
Parliament of 1563–1567 John Hippisley
Parliament of 1571 Henry Newton
Parliament of 1572–1581 William Bowerman
Parliament of 1584–1585 James Bisse George Upton
Parliament of 1586–1587 Thomas Godwyn 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 (Edward Forsett)[5]
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

MPs 1640–1832

Election 1st Member[6] 1st Party 2nd Member[6] 2nd Party
April 1640 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir Edward Rodney Royalist style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Baber
November 1640 style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir Ralph Hopton Royalist
August 1642 Rodney and Hopton disabled from sitting – both seats vacant
1645 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lislebone Long Recruiter style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Clement Walker
December 1648 Walker excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Wells was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lislebone Long Wells had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Jenkyn
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Lislebone Long style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas White
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Bull style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas White
1661 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Maurice Berkeley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord Richard Butler
1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hall
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Berkeley rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Coward
1680 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hall
1685 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Berkeley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Wyndham (died December 1689)
Jan 1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Coward
Feb 1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hopton Wyndham
1695 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Coward
1701 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Seymour Portman
1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Berkeley
1708 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Colston style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Coward
1710 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Berkeley
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Wroth
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Strangways Horner
May 1716 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Coward rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Piers
Jun 1716 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Strangways Horner
1717 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Dodd
1719 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Edwards
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Gwyn
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1729 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Piers
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Hamilton
1735 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Piers rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Speke
1741 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Gwyn
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Hamilton
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Lord Digby rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Tudway
1757 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Captain Robert Digby
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Lord Digby rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Clement Tudway
1765 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Child
1782 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Curtis
1784 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Thomas Beckford
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Berkeley Portman
1796 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | (Sir) Charles Taylor Whig
1815 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | John Paine Tudway Tory
1830 style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | John Edwards-Vaughan Tory style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | John Lee Lee Whig

MPs 1832–1868

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | Norman Lamont Whig rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | John Lee Lee Whig
1834 by-election style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | Nicholas William Ridley Colborne Whig
1837 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Blakemore Conservative rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | William Goodenough Hayter Whig
1852 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Charles Tudway Conservative
1855 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe Conservative
1865 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal
1868 borough constituency abolished

MPs 1885–present

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Sir Richard Paget, Bt. Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1895 Hylton Jolliffe Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1899 by-election Robert Edmund Dickinson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Thomas Ball Silcock Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jan 1910 George Sandys Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | 1918 Harry Greer Coalition Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Robert Bruford Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Arthur Hobhouse Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 Sir Robert Sanders, Bt. Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Anthony John Muirhead Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1939 Lt. Col. Dennis Coleridge Boles Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1951 Lynch Maydon Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1970 Robert Boscawen Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1983 David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 2010 Tessa Munt Liberal Democrats
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2015 James Heappey Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Wells[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPA Lorna Corke
Conservative James Heappey
Labour Andy Merryfield
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt
General Election 2015: Wells[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Heappey 26,247 46.1 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt 18,662 32.8 −11.2
UKIP Helen Hims 5,644 9.9 +6.9
Labour Chris Inchley 3,780 6.6 −0.9
Green Jon Cousins 2,331 4.1 +3.0
Independent Paul Arnold 83 0.1 N/A
Birthday Dave Dobbs 81 0.1 N/A
Independent Gypsy Watkins[10] 76 0.1 + 0.1
Majority 7,585 13.3
Turnout 56,904 71.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +7.4
General Election 2010: Wells[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +3.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wells[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 23,071 43.6 −0.2
Liberal Democrats 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[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 22,462 43.8 +4.4
Liberal Democrats 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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wells[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 22,208 39.4 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Gold 21,680 38.5 −0.2
Labour Michael Eavis 10,204 18.1 +7.5
Referendum Patricia Phelps 2,196 3.9 N/A
Natural Law Lynn Royse 92 0.2 N/A
Majority 528 0.9
Turnout 56,380 77.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992: Wells[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 28,620 49.6 −4.0
Liberal Democrats Humphrey P.N. Temperley 21,971 38.0 +0.5
Labour John W. Pilgrim 6,126 10.6 +1.9
Green Mike R. 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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wells[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 28,624 53.52
Liberal Alan Butt-Philip 20,083 37.55
Labour Peter James 4,637 8.67
Independent John Fish 134 0.25
Majority 8,541 15.97
Turnout 79.59
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Wells[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 25,385 52.65
Liberal Alan 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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Boscawen 30,400 51.35
Liberal Alan Butt-Philip 18,204 30.75
Labour Paul Murphy 10,025 16.93
Independent G. Livings 421 0.71
Wessex Regionalist Alexander Thynn 155 0.26
Majority 12,196 20.60
Turnout 79.24
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Boscawen 23,979 43.64
Liberal Alan Butt-Philip 16,278 29.63
Labour G. Mortimer 13,909 25.31
United Democratic Party P. Howard 778 1.42
Majority 7,701 14.02
Turnout 78.88
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Boscawen 25,430 44.25
Liberal Alan Butt-Philip 17,645 30.70
Labour D.K. Pearce 14,399 25.05
Majority 7,785 13.55
Turnout 83.29
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Boscawen 25,106 49.6
Labour Frank R. Thompson 16,335 32.3
Liberal William Fedde J Pinching 9,174 18.1
Majority 8,771 17.3
Turnout 77.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynch Maydon 20,528 43.0
Labour John G Cousins 16,989 35.6
Liberal Howard Fry 10,224 21.4
Majority 3,539 7.4
Turnout 81.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynch Maydon 20,663 43.2
Labour Reginald George White 15,080 31.5
Liberal Howard Fry 12,132 25.3
Majority 5,583 11.7
Turnout 82.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynch Maydon 23,357 48.6
Labour Jon Antony A Evans 16,452 34.2
Liberal Paul R Hobhouse 8,220 17.1
Majority 6,905 14.4
Turnout 83.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynch Maydon 25,624 56.4
Labour Maxwell Bresler 19,745 43.5
Majority 5,879 13.0
Turnout 79.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynch Maydon 26,524 55.2
Labour David R Llewellyn 21,481 44.8
Majority 5,043 10.5
Turnout 84.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Boles 20,613 42.6
Labour Catherine Archibald 17,987 37.2
Liberal Anthony Marreco 9,771 20.2
Majority 2,626 5.4
Turnout 87.8
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Boles 13,004 41.3
Labour Cyril Morgan 10,539 33.5
Liberal Violet Bonham Carter 7,910 25.2
Majority 2,465 7.8
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Wells by-election, 1939
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Boles Unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1935: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Muirhead 14,898 53.4
Liberal Arnold H Jones 7,277 26.1
Labour William James Waring 5,716 20.5
Majority 7,621 27.3
Turnout 73.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Muirhead 17,711 58.7
Liberal John Thompson 12,440 41.3
Majority 5,271 17.5
Turnout 17.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Arthur Hobhouse
General Election 1929: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Anthony Muirhead 13,026 43.6 −9.0
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse 12,382 41.4 +5.3
Labour R D Q Davies 4,472 15.0 +3.7
Majority 644 2.2 −14.3
Turnout 82.5 +0.3
Unionist hold Swing -7.2
General Election 1924: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Sanders 12,642 52.6
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse 8,668 36.1
Labour Wilfred Thomas Young 2,726 11.3 +3.7
Majority
Turnout 82.2
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 6 December 1923: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse 10,818 48.2 +14.8
Unionist Robert Bruford 9,909 44.2 −3.5
Labour Charles Henry Whitlow 1,713 7.6 −11.3
Majority 909 4.0 18.3
Turnout 79.1 +1.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +9.1
General Election 1922: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Bruford 10,210 47.7
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse 7,156 33.4
Labour Leonard Smith 4,048 18.9
Majority 3,054 14.2
Turnout 77.8
Unionist hold Swing

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Wells [22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Paget 4,200 n/a
Liberal Pandeli Ralli 3,335 n/a
Majority 865 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Wells [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Paget unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Wells [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Paget 4,335 n/a
Liberal Beaumont Morice 3,395 n/a
Majority 940 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: Wells [22][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hylton Jolliffe 4,696
Liberal Beaumont Morice 3,286
Majority 1,410
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Wells by-election, 1899 [22][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Edmund Dickinson unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Wells [22][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Edmund Dickinson unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Silcock
General Election 1906: Wells [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Ball Silcock 5,146 n/a
Conservative Robert Edmund Dickinson 4,761 n/a
Majority 385 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Wells [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Sandys 6,167
Liberal Thomas Ball Silcock 4,871
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election December 1910: Wells [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Sandys 6,178
Liberal Arthur Lane Wills 4,094
Majority
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;

General Election 1918: Wells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 9,785
Liberal John Coleby Morland 6,935
National G.C.S. Hodgson 804
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Forsett, Edward (c.1554-1630), of Marylebone, Mdx. and Charing Cross House, Westminster, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b Cassidy, Irene. "Wells". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  7. ^ http://www.mendip.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16036&p=0
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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