Wells (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Wells is a county constituency centred on the city of Wells

Wells

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Although the population recorded in the 2001 census is 10,406, it has had city status since 1205...

in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

, by the first past the post voting system. The current MP is Tessa Munt

Tessa Munt

Tessa Jane Munt is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset.-Political career:...

, elected in 2010, of the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

.

The original two member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867

Reform Act 1867

The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales....

with effect from the 1868 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1868

The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...

Boundaries

The electoral wards which make up Wells constituency come from Mendip

Mendip

Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 110,000...

, and Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor is a low lying area of land in Somerset, England. It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, historically largely marsh . The eastern part is known as King's Sedgemoor, and the western part West Sedgemoor. Sedgemoor is part of the area now known as the Somerset Levels...

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, Brean, Brent North, Burnham North, Burnham South, Cheddar and Shipham, Highbridge, Knoll, and Wedmore and Mark.

MPs 1295-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Nicholas Cristesham	Thomas Phelpes
1388 (Feb)	Richard Ferrour	Nicholas Cristesham
1388 (Sep)	John Blithe	Thomas Hore
1390 (Jan)	Nicholas More	Thomas Tanner
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Newmaster	Roger Chapman
1393	John Newmaster	John Blithe
1394	John Newmaster	Thomas Hore
1395	Nicholas Cristesham	John Comeland
1397 (Jan)	Nicholas More	Thomas Wynchester
1397 (Sep)	Roger Chapman	William Greynton
1399	Thomas Tanner	John Blithe
1401
1402	John Wycombe	Roger Chapman
1404 (Jan)	Roger Chapman	Richard Groos
1404 (Oct)	Walter Dyer	John Bowyer
1406	Thomas Wey	Thomas Jay
1407	Walter Duddesdon	John Newmaster
1410	John Russell	Luke Wilton
1411
1413 (Feb)	John Horewode I	John Podmore
1413 (May)	John Horewode I	Luke Wilton
1414 (Apr)	John Podmore	Thomas Dynt
1414 (Nov)	John Hynden	Thomas Dynt
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)	Simon Bailly	John Cutte
1417	Richard Setter	Hildebrand Eelwell
1419	Richard Perys	Richard Langford
1420	Richard Setter	Hildebrand Eelwell
1421 (May)	Hildebrand Eelwell	Richard Perys
1421 (Dec)	Robert Elwell	John Pedewell
1510	John Welshot	John Mawdley I
1512	Walter Sarger	Richard alias Robert Ruynon
1515	Walter Sarger	Richard alias Robert Ruynon
1523	Walter Sarger	John Mawdley I
1529	John Cutte	John Mawdley II
1536	?
1539	John Mawdley II	John Godwin
1542	John Godwin	James Dyer
1545	John Mawdley II	Anthony Gilbert
1547	Thomas Clerke	John Aylworth
First Parliament of 1553	John Aylworth	William Goodwin
Second Parliament of 1553	Thomas Lewis	John Goodwin
Parliament of 1554		John Mawdeley
Parliament of 1554-1555		William Gedney or Goodwin
Parliament of 1555		Maurice Llewellyn
Parliament of 1558	John Aylworth died during the 1572 Parliament In his place Ayshton Aylworth	John Mawdeley
Parliament of 1559		John Mawdeley
Parliament of 1563-1567		John Hippisley
Parliament of 1571		Henry Newton
Parliament of 1572-1581		William Bourman
Parliament of 1584-1585	John Biss	George Upton
Parliament of 1586-1587	Thomas Goodwin	William Smith
Parliament of 1588-1589	Thomas Purfrey	John Ayshe
Parliament of 1593	Richard Goodwin	James Goodwin
Parliament of 1597-1598	Leonard Crosse	William Watkins
Parliament of 1601	James Kirton	George Upton
Parliament of 1604-1611	James Kirton	Sir Robert Stapleton
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	Sidney Montagu Sidney Montagu Sir Sidney Montagu was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Thomas Southworth
Parliament of 1621-1622	(Sir) Edward Rodney Edward Rodney Sir Edward Rodney was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1642.Rodney was the son of Sir John Rodney of Rodney Stoke Somerset, and his wife Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir Henry Seymour and niece of Queen Jane Seymour. He was educated at...
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...		Sir Thomas Lake Thomas Lake Sir Thomas Lake was Secretary of State to James I of England. He was a Member of Parliament in 1604, 1614, 1625 and 1626....
Parliament of 1625-1626
Parliament of 1628-1629	Sir Ralph Hopton Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.-Life:Hopton was the son of Robert Hopton of Witham Somerset. He was apparently educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and served in the army of Frederick V, Elector Palatine in the early campaigns of the Thirty...	John Baber John Baber (MP) John Baber was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.Baber was the son of John Baber DD of Tormarton, Gloucestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 15 April 1608, aged 15 and was awarded BA on 22 May 1611. He was called to the bar...
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

MPs 1640–1832

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir Edward Rodney Edward Rodney Sir Edward Rodney was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1642.Rodney was the son of Sir John Rodney of Rodney Stoke Somerset, and his wife Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir Henry Seymour and niece of Queen Jane Seymour. He was educated at...	Royalist		John Baber John Baber (MP) John Baber was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.Baber was the son of John Baber DD of Tormarton, Gloucestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 15 April 1608, aged 15 and was awarded BA on 22 May 1611. He was called to the bar...
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...			Royalist		Sir Ralph Hopton Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.-Life:Hopton was the son of Robert Hopton of Witham Somerset. He was apparently educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and served in the army of Frederick V, Elector Palatine in the early campaigns of the Thirty...	Royalist
August 1642	Rodney and Hopton disabled from sitting - both seats vacant
1645		Lislebone Long Lislebone Long Sir Lislebone Long , baptised Loveban, was born at Beckington, Somerset, the son of William Long of Stratton on the Fosse and Mary Lovibond...	Recruiter Recruiter A recruiter is someone engaging in recruitment, or the solicitation of individuals to fill jobs or positions within a corporation, nonprofit organization, sports team, the military, etc. Recruiters may work within an organization's human resources department or on an outsourced basis...		Clement Walker Clement Walker Clement Walker was an English lawyer, official and politician. As a member of the Long Parliament, he became an outspoken critic of the conduct of its affairs, and allied himself to William Prynne...
December 1648				Walker excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Wells was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....		Lislebone Long Lislebone Long Sir Lislebone Long , baptised Loveban, was born at Beckington, Somerset, the son of William Long of Stratton on the Fosse and Mary Lovibond...		Wells had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...		John Jenkyn
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Sir Lislebone Long Lislebone Long Sir Lislebone Long , baptised Loveban, was born at Beckington, Somerset, the son of William Long of Stratton on the Fosse and Mary Lovibond...			Thomas White Thomas White (died 1670) Thomas White was an English politician. Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset from 1660 to 1661.-References:...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Henry Bull Henry Bull (MP) Henry Bull was an English Member of Parliament who represented three Somerset boroughs in the second half of the 17th century.-References:...			Thomas White Thomas White (died 1670) Thomas White was an English politician. Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset from 1660 to 1661.-References:...
1661		Sir Maurice Berkeley			Lord Richard Butler Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, Baron Butler of Cloughgrenan, Viscount Tullough was an Irish peer, the fourth son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde-Life:...
1671		Sir Maurice Berkeley			John Hall John Hall (1632-1711) John Hall was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Wells, Somerset, from 1671 from 1679 and from 1680 to 1685.-References:...
1679		Edward Berkeley Edward Berkeley Edward Berkeley was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Wells, Somerset from 1685 to 1701.-References:...			William Coward
1680		John Hall John Hall (1632-1711) John Hall was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Wells, Somerset, from 1671 from 1679 and from 1680 to 1685.-References:...			William Coward
1685		Edward Berkeley Edward Berkeley Edward Berkeley was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Wells, Somerset from 1685 to 1701.-References:...			Thomas Wyndham
Jan 1690					William Coward
Feb 1690					Hopton Wyndham
1695					William Coward
1701		Henry Seymour Portman			William Coward
1705		Henry Seymour Portman			Maurice Berkeley
1708		Edward Colston Edward Colston (died 1719) Edward Colston was Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset from 1708 to 1713.- References :...			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 John Dodd (Wells MP) John Dodd was an English politician. Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset from 1717 to 1719.- References :...
1719		Thomas Edwards Thomas Edwards (1673-1743) Thomas Edwards was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Bristol from 1713 to 1715 and for Wells in Somerset from 1719 to 1735.-References:...
1722					Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn PC , was a Welsh politician and official.-Background:Gwyn was the son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, who married Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Wiltshire; he was born at Combe Florey in Somerset about 1648...
1727					Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1729					William Piers
1734					George Hamilton George Hamilton (MP) George Hamilton was a British politician, the second son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.He was twice Member of Parliament for Wells in the British House of Commons. Between 1727 and 1761, he represented St Johnstown in the Irish House of Commons. He was known for his love of planting.In...
1735		William Piers			George Speke
1741		Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn PC , was a Welsh politician and official.-Background:Gwyn was the son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, who married Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Wiltshire; he was born at Combe Florey in Somerset about 1648...			George Speke
1747					George Hamilton George Hamilton (MP) George Hamilton was a British politician, the second son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.He was twice Member of Parliament for Wells in the British House of Commons. Between 1727 and 1761, he represented St Johnstown in the Irish House of Commons. He was known for his love of planting.In...
1754		The Lord Digby Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was the son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox and sister of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland...			Charles Tudway
1757		Captain Robert Digby			Charles Tudway
1761		The Lord Digby Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was the younger son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was his uncle and Charles James Fox his cousin...			Clement Tudway
1765		Robert Child
1782		John Curtis John Curtis (died 1813) John Curtis was a British Member of Parliament. The son of a Bristol merchant, he was MP for Wells in Somerset from 1782 to 1784; in 1784 he stood at Saltash , where he was defeated, but returned the House of Commons as MP for Steyning from 1791 to 1794.- References :* Lewis Namier & John Brooke,...
1784		William Thomas Beckford William Thomas Beckford William Thomas Beckford , usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed to be the richest commoner in England...
1790		Henry Berkeley Portman
1796		(Sir) Charles Taylor	Whig
1815		(Sir) Charles Taylor	Whig		John Paine Tudway	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...		John Edwards-Vaughan John Edwards-Vaughan John Edwards-Vaughan, also known as John Edwards was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1818 and 1832....	Tory		John Lee Lee John Lee Lee John Lee Lee was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.In 1830 Lee was elected one of the Members of Parliament for Wells. He held the seat until 1837....	Whig

MPs 1832–1868

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....		Norman Lamont	Whig	John Lee Lee John Lee Lee John Lee Lee was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.In 1830 Lee was elected one of the Members of Parliament for Wells. He held the seat until 1837....	Whig
1834 by-election		Nicholas William Ridley Colborne Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne was a British politician.-Background:Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Mary , daughter of Benjamin Colborne...	Whig		Whig
1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....		Richard Blakemore	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	William Goodenough Hayter	Whig
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...		Robert Charles Tudway	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1855 by-election		Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton , was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.-Birth and education:Hylton was the second son of William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton, and Eleanor Paget...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...				Arthur Divett Hayter Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham Arthur Divett Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham PC , known as Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt, from 1878 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	borough constituency abolished

MPs 1885–present

	Member	Party
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir Richard Horner Paget Sir Richard Paget, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Horner Paget, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895.... , Bt.	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...	Hylton Jolliffe Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton was a British peer and Conservative politician.Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey was his maternal great-grandfather...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1899 by-election	Robert Edmund Dickinson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Thomas Ball Silcock	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Jan 1910	George John Sandys George John Sandys George John Sandys was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.Sandys was educated at Clifton College and Pembroke College, Oxford. He served in the South African War and in the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War, during which he was wounded. He was Member of Parliament for...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Harry Greer Harry Greer Sir Harry Greer was a British businessman and Conservative politician.He was elected Member of Parliament for Clapham in a by-election in 1918. However, in the general election of that year he contested, and won, the constituency of Wells. He held the seat until the next election in 1922...	Coalition Conservative
1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Robert Bruford Robert Bruford Robert Bruford was a British farmer and agriculturist who developed his activities into the political field...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Arthur Hobhouse Arthur Hobhouse Sir Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse was a long-serving English local government Liberal politician, who is best remembered as the architect of the system of National parks of England and Wales....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Sir Robert Arthur Sanders Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:... , Bt.	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Anthony John Muirhead	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1939 Wells by-election, 1939 The Wells by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wells in Somerset on 13 December 1939. The seat had become vacant when Anthony Muirhead, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had died on 29 October, aged 48. He...	Lt. Col. Dennis Coleridge Boles Dennis Coleridge Boles Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis Coleridge Boles was a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats...	Lynch Maydon Lynch Maydon Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon, DSO and bar, DSC, RN was a British Navy officer and politician who had a brief career in government....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...	Robert Boscawen Robert Boscawen Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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