The

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Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

is divided into 5

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, which are all

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Constituencies

2010 boundary changes

Under the

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, the

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decided to retain Somerset's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. In two cases the changes meant that the constituencies were renamed.

Proposed boundary changes

''See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.'' Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the

formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 2023. The commission has proposed that Somerset be combined with Avon and Devon as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies. In Somerset, only the constituency of

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retains its name with relatively minor changes. The proposals include the cross-county boundary constituencies of Frome, Wells and the Mendips, and Tiverton and Minehead. The following seats are proposed: Containing electoral wards from Mendip *

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(part)¹ * Glastonbury and Somerton (part) * Wells and Mendip Hills (part)² Containing electoral wards from Sedgemoor * Bridgwater * Wells and Mendip Hills (part)² Containing electoral wards from

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* Tiverton and Minehead (part)³ Containing electoral wards from

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* Frome (part)¹ * Glastonbury and Somerton (part) *

¹Also contains electoral wards in the District of

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²Also contains electoral wards in the District of

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³Also contains electoral wards in the Devon District of Mid Devon

Results history

''Primary data source:'' House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Somerset in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Somerset was analysed under its Ceremonial definition (including the southern part of what became analysed at boundary reviews as Avon, see Avon's list of seats). ¹pre-1979:

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; 1983 & 1987: SDP-Liberal Alliance * Included in Other

Seats

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg, 1885 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg, 1886 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1892Results.svg, 1892 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg, 1895 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1900Results.svg, 1900 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1906Results.svg, 1906 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1910Results.svg, Jan 1910 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1910Results.svg, Dec 1910

1918-1945

File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1918 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1922Results.svg, 1922 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg, 1923 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1924 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1929Results.svg, 1929 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1931 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1935 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1945Results.svg, 1945

1950-1979

File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1950 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1951 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1955 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1959 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1964 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1966 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1970 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, Feb 1974 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, Oct 1974 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1979

1983-present

File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg, 1983 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg, 1987 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg, 1992 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 1997 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2001Results.svg, 2001 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 2005 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2010 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2015Results.svg, 2015 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2015Results.svg, 2017 File:SomersetParliamentaryConstituency2015Results.svg, 2019

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918 (10 MPs)

1918 to 1950 (7 MPs)

1950 to 1983 (7 MPs)

1983 to present (5 MPs)

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In Somerset Somerset

Parliamentary constituencies 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 ...