South_Somerset_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

South Somerset
South Somerset
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	East Somerset and West Somerset
Replaced by	Yeovil

South Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Somerset was a single-member (MP) county constituency in Somerset for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As all single-member seats, its elections were by first past the post voting.

Quick Facts 1885–1918, Seats ...

It was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 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, then another, covering its first 26 years; then returned a Conservative for its final seven years.

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	Member	Party
1885	Frederick Lambart, later 9th Earl of Cavan	Liberal
1892	Edward Strachey, later ennobled^[1]	Liberal
1911 by-election	Aubrey Herbert^[2]	Conservative
1918	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Lambart	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Lambart	3,739	51.6	−6.5
	Conservative	Sir Henry Machu Imbert-Terry, 1st Baronet	3,512	48.4	+6.5
Majority			227	3.2	−13.0
Turnout			7,251	77.6	−5.9
Registered electors			9,349
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	4,330	52.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Sir Henry Machu Imbert-Terry, 1st Baronet	3,925	47.5	-0.9
Majority			405	5.0	+1.8
Turnout			8,255	85.2	+7.6
Registered electors			9,693
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

South Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

South Somerset
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	East Somerset and West Somerset
Replaced by	Yeovil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	4,167	52.1	−0.4
	Conservative	Henry Gribble Turner	3,827	47.9	+0.4
Majority			340	4.2	−0.8
Turnout			7,994	82.5	−2.7
Registered electors			9,692
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	4,349	54.2	+2.1
	Conservative	William Mason	3,671	45.8	-2.1
Majority			678	8.4	+4.2
Turnout			8,020	84.8	+2.3
Registered electors			9,462
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	5,164	61.4	+7.2
	Liberal Unionist	B Portman	3,247	38.6	−7.2
Majority			1,917	22.8	+14.4
Turnout			8,411	86.0	+1.2
Registered electors			9,778
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	4,955	52.7	-8.7
	Conservative	Aubrey Herbert	4,444	47.3	+8.7
Majority			511	5.4	-17.4
Turnout			9,399	92.5	+6.5
Registered electors			10,164
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strachey	4,784	52.6	−0.1
	Conservative	Aubrey Herbert	4,317	47.4	+0.1
Majority			467	5.2	−0.2
Turnout			9,101	89.5	−3.0
Registered electors			10,164
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Herbert	4,878	50.8	+3.4
	Lib-Lab	Henry Harvey Vivian	4,730	49.2	−3.4
Majority			148	1.6	N/A
Turnout			9,608	91.1	+1.6
Registered electors			10,546
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4