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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;
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The Municipal Borough of Yeovil, the Sessional Divisions of Crewkerne and Yeovil, and part of the Sessional Division of Ilminster.
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First form. Extract from 1906 result: this seat is the central zone (with the Tory blue West Dorset seat, south)
133:. The Act changed the county's representation to seven county and four borough seats, and abolished for the 1177: 1717: 1616: 1490: 1331: 1026: 872: 723: 561: 351: 257: 145: 1782: 8: 1762: 1653: 1648: 119: 103: 38: 1787: 1701: 1557: 1541: 1458: 1398: 1382: 1299: 1242: 1226: 1145: 1093: 1077: 994: 937: 921: 840: 788: 772: 691: 626: 610: 529: 487: 463: 413: 397: 320: 238: 218: 167: 141: 1850: 1725: 1565: 1406: 1250: 1101: 945: 796: 634: 1753: 1623: 1495: 1336: 252: 1887:
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
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Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
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London: Macmillan Press. p. 381. 1821: 1803:"British by-election: Unionist returned" 1781: 1577: 1418: 651: 186: 14: 1869: 1844: 1700: 1684: 1593: 1540: 1524: 1435: 1381: 1365: 1276: 1225: 1209: 1122: 1076: 1060: 971: 920: 904: 817: 771: 755: 668: 609: 593: 506: 440: 396: 381: 297: 24: 25: 1898: 427:Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1791:. 3 November 1911. p. 7952. 159: 127:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 116:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1588:1911 South Somerset by-election 1795: 1775: 1429:General election December 1910 13: 1: 1768: 1270:General election January 1910 151: 279: 140:It's elections returned one 7: 429:, requiring a by-election. 148:for its final seven years. 10: 1903: 215:, later 9th Earl of Cavan 131:general election that year 1716: 1668: 1605: 1602: 1599: 1596: 1556: 1510: 1447: 1444: 1441: 1438: 1397: 1351: 1288: 1285: 1282: 1279: 1241: 1195: 1134: 1131: 1128: 1125: 1092: 1046: 983: 980: 977: 974: 936: 890: 829: 826: 823: 820: 787: 741: 680: 677: 674: 671: 625: 579: 518: 515: 512: 509: 486: 475: 452: 449: 446: 443: 412: 368: 309: 306: 303: 300: 270: 193: 125:It was created under the 84: 70: 62: 51: 36: 31: 1845:Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). 1739:General Election 1914–15 434:By-election, 24 Feb 1886 1583: 1424: 1264:Elections in the 1910s 959:Elections in the 1900s 657: 648:Elections in the 1890s 425:Lambart was appointed 285:Elections in the 1880s 272:constituency abolished 1581: 1422: 1116:General election 1906 965:General election 1900 877:Henry Gribble Turner 811:General election 1895 662:General election 1892 655: 500:General election 1886 356:John Wingfield-Digby 291:General election 1885 187:Members of Parliament 135:1918 general election 1763:Henry Harvey Vivian 1702:Registered electors 1654:Henry Harvey Vivian 1590: 1542:Registered electors 1432: 1383:Registered electors 1273: 1227:Registered electors 1119: 1078:Registered electors 968: 922:Registered electors 814: 773:Registered electors 665: 611:Registered electors 503: 437: 398:Registered electors 294: 120:first past the post 104:county constituency 39:county constituency 1809:. 24 November 1911 1788:The London Gazette 1586: 1584: 1427: 1425: 1268: 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Retrieved 1806: 1797: 1786: 1777: 1758: 1749: 1743: 1738: 1737: 1720: 1718:Conservative 1678: 1639: 1634: 1629: 1622: 1617:Conservative 1615: 1582:Henry Vivian 1560: 1491:Conservative 1481: 1476: 1471: 1464: 1457: 1401: 1332:Conservative 1322: 1317: 1312: 1305: 1298: 1245: 1168: 1163: 1158: 1151: 1144: 1096: 1027:Conservative 1017: 1012: 1007: 1000: 993: 940: 873:Conservative 863: 858: 853: 846: 839: 791: 724:Conservative 714: 709: 704: 697: 690: 629: 589:−13.0 562:Conservative 552: 547: 542: 535: 528: 490: 477: 476: 469: 462: 424: 416: 352:Conservative 343: 338: 333: 326: 319: 271: 258:Conservative 182: 146:Conservative 139: 124: 96: 95: 71:Created from 26: 1783:"No. 28547" 1664:−3.4 1570:−0.1 1536:−3.0 1520:−0.2 1482:−0.1 1191:−7.2 950:−0.4 916:−2.7 900:−0.8 864:−0.4 639:−6.5 605:−5.9 553:−6.5 419:(new seat) 101:member (MP) 85:Replaced by 1871:Categories 1769:References 1597:Candidate 1439:Candidate 1280:Candidate 1182:B Portman 1126:Candidate 975:Candidate 821:Candidate 672:Candidate 510:Candidate 444:Candidate 301:Candidate 152:Boundaries 1813:6 October 1669:Majority 1511:Majority 1352:Majority 1196:Majority 1047:Majority 891:Majority 742:Majority 580:Majority 478:Unopposed 369:Majority 280:Elections 1807:Dominion 1750:Unionist 194:Election 129:for the 122:voting. 110:for the 108:Somerset 43:for the 1759:Liberal 1706:10,546 1686:Turnout 1649:Lib-Lab 1558:Liberal 1546:10,164 1526:Turnout 1459:Liberal 1399:Liberal 1387:10,164 1367:Turnout 1300:Liberal 1243:Liberal 1211:Turnout 1146:Liberal 1094:Liberal 1062:Turnout 995:Liberal 938:Liberal 906:Turnout 841:Liberal 789:Liberal 757:Turnout 692:Liberal 627:Liberal 595:Turnout 530:Liberal 488:Liberal 464:Liberal 414:Liberal 383:Turnout 321:Liberal 239:Liberal 219:Liberal 142:Liberal 114:of the 37:Former 1853:  1690:9,608 1658:4,730 1630:4,878 1600:Votes 1594:Party 1530:9,101 1500:4,317 1472:4,784 1442:Votes 1436:Party 1371:9,399 1361:−17.4 1341:4,444 1313:4,955 1283:Votes 1277:Party 1231:9,778 1215:8,411 1205:+14.4 1199:1,917 1185:3,247 1159:5,164 1129:Votes 1123:Party 1082:9,462 1066:8,020 1036:3,671 1008:4,349 978:Votes 972:Party 926:9,692 910:7,994 880:3,827 854:4,167 824:Votes 818:Party 777:9,693 761:8,255 731:3,925 705:4,330 675:Votes 669:Party 615:9,349 599:7,251 569:3,512 543:3,739 513:Votes 507:Party 447:Votes 441:Party 402:9,349 387:7,802 372:1,266 359:3,268 334:4,534 304:Votes 298:Party 200:Party 197:Member 89:Yeovil 1730:+3.4 1726:Swing 1696:+1.6 1693:91.1 1661:49.2 1640:+3.4 1635:50.8 1566:Swing 1533:89.5 1506:+0.1 1503:47.4 1477:52.6 1411:-8.7 1407:Swing 1377:+6.5 1374:92.5 1347:+8.7 1344:47.3 1323:−8.7 1318:52.7 1255:+7.2 1251:Swing 1221:+1.2 1218:86.0 1202:22.8 1188:38.6 1169:+7.2 1164:61.4 1106:+2.1 1102:Swing 1072:+2.3 1069:84.8 1056:+4.2 1042:−2.1 1039:45.8 1018:+2.1 1013:54.2 946:Swing 913:82.5 886:+0.4 883:47.9 859:52.1 801:+0.9 797:Swing 767:+7.6 764:85.2 751:+1.8 737:−0.9 734:47.5 715:+0.9 710:52.5 635:Swing 602:77.6 575:+6.5 572:48.4 548:51.6 390:83.5 375:16.2 362:41.9 339:58.1 63:Seats 1851:ISBN 1815:2012 1721:hold 1675:1.6 1672:148 1561:hold 1517:5.2 1514:467 1402:hold 1358:5.4 1355:511 1246:hold 1097:hold 1053:8.4 1050:678 941:hold 897:4.2 894:340 792:hold 748:5.0 745:405 630:hold 586:3.2 583:227 491:hold 267:1918 228:1892 208:1885 77:and 57:1918 53:1885 1679:N/A 417:win 106:in 66:one 1873:: 1823:^ 1805:. 1785:. 1761:: 1752:: 1741:: 1607:±% 1603:% 1449:±% 1445:% 1290:±% 1286:% 1136:±% 1132:% 985:±% 981:% 831:±% 827:% 682:±% 678:% 520:±% 516:% 454:±% 450:% 311:±% 307:% 137:. 1859:. 1817:. 55:– 20:)

Index

Somerset South (UK Parliament constituency)
county constituency
House of Commons
1885
1918
East Somerset
West Somerset
Yeovil
member (MP)
county constituency
Somerset
House of Commons
Parliament of the United Kingdom
first past the post
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
general election that year
1918 general election
Liberal
Conservative



1885
Frederick Lambart
Liberal
1892
Edward Strachey
Liberal
1911 by-election
Aubrey Herbert

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