South Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Somerset
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.

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

General Election 1885: South Somerset[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie 4,534 58.1 n/a
Conservative John Kenelm Digby Wingfield Digby 3,268 41.9 n/a
Majority 1,266 16.2 n/a
Turnout 83.5 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
South Somerset by-election, 1886[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, Rt Hon. Viscount Kilcoursie unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
General Election 1886: South Somerset[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, Rt Hon. Viscount Kilcoursie 3,739 51.6
Conservative Henry Machu Imbert-Terry 3,512 48.4
Majority 227 3.2
Turnout 77.6
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Edward Strachey
General Election 1892: South Somerset[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Strachey 4,330 52.5 +0.9
Conservative Henry Machu Imbert-Terry 3,925 47.5 -0.9
Majority 405 5.0 +1.8
Turnout 85.2 +7.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General Election 1895: South Somerset[7]
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

General Election 1900: South Somerset[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Strachey 4,349 54.2 +2.1
Conservative William James Peake Mason 3,671 45.8 -2.1
Majority 678 8.4 +4.2
Turnout 84.8 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.1
General Election 1906: South Somerset[9]
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

General Election January 1910: South Somerset[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Edward Strachey 4,955 52.7 -8.7
Conservative Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert 4,444 47.3 +8.7
Majority 511 5.4 -17.4
Turnout 92.5 +6.5
Liberal hold Swing -8.7
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Aubrey Herbert
General Election December 1910: South Somerset[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Edward Strachey 4,784 52.6
Conservative Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert 4,317 47.4
Majority 5.2
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Henry Vivian
South Somerset by-election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux 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;

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28547. p. 7952. 3 November 1911.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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