South Somerset was a single-
member (MP) county constituency
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in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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for the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. As all single-member seats, after the
1832 Great Reform, its elections were by
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
voting.
It was created under the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
for the
general election that year. The Act changed the county's representation to seven county and four borough seats, and abolished for the
1918 general election.
It's elections returned one
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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, then another, covering its first 26 years; then returned a
Conservative
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for its final seven years.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Yeovil, the Sessional Divisions of Crewkerne and Yeovil, and part of the Sessional Division of Ilminster.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Lambart was appointed
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
![Aubrey Herbert](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Aubrey_Herbert.jpg)
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Unionist:
Aubrey Herbert
Colonel The Honourable Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert (3 April 1880 – 26 September 1923), of Pixton Park in Somerset and of Teversal, in Nottinghamshire, was a British soldier, diplomat, traveller, and intelligence officer associat ...
*Liberal:
Henry Harvey Vivian
Henry Harvey Vivian (20 April 1868 – 30 May 1930) was an English trade unionist, and Liberal Party politician and campaigner for industrial democracy and co-partnership, especially noted for his work in co-partnership housing.
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References
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Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918