Wells (UK Parliament constituency)
Wells | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Wells in Somerset | |
![]() Location of Somerset within England | |
County | Somerset |
Electorate | 79,989 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | James Heappey (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1295–1868 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough 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
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MPs 1640–1832
Election | 1st Member[6] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[6] | 2nd Party | ||
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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
MPs 1885–present
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPA | Lorna Corke | ||||
Conservative | James Heappey | ||||
Labour | Andy Merryfield | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Tessa Munt |
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 |
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
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 |
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
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 |
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
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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
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;
- Conservative: Anthony Muirhead
- Liberal: James A Brown [21]
- Labour:
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 |
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
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Paget | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hylton Jolliffe | 4,696 | |||
Liberal | Beaumont Morice | 3,286 | |||
Majority | 1,410 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Edmund Dickinson | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Edmund Dickinson | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sandys | 6,167 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Ball Silcock | 4,871 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sandys | 6,178 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Lane Wills | 4,094 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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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: George Sandys
- Liberal: Charles Conybeare
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
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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
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- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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- ^ a b Cassidy, Irene. "Wells". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ http://www.mendip.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16036&p=0
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