| Wells County constituency |
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| Wells shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1885 |
| MP: | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Somerset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Wells is a county constituency centred on the city of Wells in Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.
The original two member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election.
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Boundaries
The electoral wards which make up Wells constituency come from Mendip, and Sedgemoor districts.
- From Mendip; Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton, Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton, Croscombe and Pilton, the Glastonbury divisions of St. Benedict's, St. Edmund's, St. John's, and St. Mary's; Moor, Rodney and Westbury, St. Cuthbert Out North, Shepton East, Shepton West, Street North, Street South, Street West, Wells Central, Wells St. Cuthbert's, Wells St. Thomas', and Wookey and St. Cuthbert Out West.
- From Sedgemoor; Axbridge, Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, and Wedmore and Mark.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1660-1832
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Thomas White | Henry Bull | ||||
| 1661 | Lord Richard Butler | Sir Maurice Berkeley | ||||
| 1671 | John Hall | |||||
| 1679 | Edward Berkeley | William Coward | ||||
| 1680 | John Hall | |||||
| 1685 | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Berkeley | ||||
| Jan 1690 | William Coward | |||||
| Feb 1690 | Hopton Wyndham | |||||
| 1695 | William Coward | |||||
| 1701 | Henry Seymour Portman | |||||
| 1705 | Maurice Berkeley | |||||
| 1708 | Edward Colston | William Coward | ||||
| 1710 | Maurice Berkeley | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Thomas Wroth | |||||
| 1715 | Thomas Strangways Horner | |||||
| May 1716 | William Coward | William Piers | ||||
| Jun 1716 | Thomas Strangways Horner | |||||
| 1717 | John Dodd | |||||
| 1719 | Thomas Edwards | |||||
| 1722 | Francis Gwyn | |||||
| 1727 | Edward Prideaux Gwyn | |||||
| 1729 | William Piers | |||||
| 1734 | George Hamilton | |||||
| 1735 | William Piers | George Speke | ||||
| 1741 | Francis Gwyn | |||||
| 1747 | George Hamilton | |||||
| 1754 | Edward Digby, Baron Digby | Charles Tudway | ||||
| 1757 | Robert Digby | |||||
| 1761 | Henry Digby, Baron Digby | Clement Tudway | ||||
| 1765 | Robert Child | |||||
| 1782 | John Curtis | |||||
| 1784 | William Thomas Beckford | |||||
| 1790 | Henry Berkeley Portman | |||||
| 1796 | Charles William Taylor | |||||
| 1815 | John Paine Tudway | |||||
| 1830 | John Edwards-Vaughan | John Lee Lee | ||||
MPs 1832-1868
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Norman Lamont | John Lee Lee | ||||
| 1834 | Nicholas William Ridley Colborne | |||||
| 1837 | Richard Blakemore | William Goodenough Hayter | Whig | |||
| 1852 | Robert Charles Tudway | |||||
| 1855 | Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe | Conservative | ||||
| 1865 | Arthur Divett Hayter | |||||
| 1868 | borough constituency abolished | |||||
MPs 1885-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Sir Richard Horner Paget, Bt. | ||
| 1895 | Hylton Jolliffe | Conservative | |
| 1899 | Robert Edmund Dickinson | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Thomas Ball Silcock | Liberal | |
| Jan 1910 | George John Sandys | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Harry Greer | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Robert Bruford | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Arthur Hobhouse | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Robert Arthur Sandars, Bt. | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Anthony John Muirhead | Conservative | |
| 1939 | Lt. Col. Dennis Coleridge Boles | Conservative | |
| 1951 | Lynch Maydon | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Robert Boscawen | Conservative | |
| 1983 | David Heathcoat-Amory | Conservative | |
Election results
| Next United Kingdom general election: [1] Wells | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Heathcoat-Amory | ||||
| Labour | Andy Merryfield | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Tessa Munt | ||||
| General Election 2005: Wells | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Heathcoat-Amory | 23,071 | 43.6 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wells | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Heathcoat-Amory | 22,462 | 43.8 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
See also
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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