Somerset was a
parliamentary constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as
knights of the shire
Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistribution ...
, to the
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons ...
until
1707, the
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the ...
from 1707 to
1800, and the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 ...
from 1801 to 1832.
Elections were held by the
bloc vote system.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1290–1629
* ''Constituency created'' (1290)
MPs 1640–1832
References
Sources
*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)
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* Henry Stooks Smith,
The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847', Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845)
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Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832