Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Yeovil, the Sessional Divisions of Crewkerne and Yeovil, and part of the Sessional Division of Ilminster.
| 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 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.
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.
The Municipal Borough of Yeovil, the Sessional Divisions of Crewkerne and Yeovil, and part of the Sessional Division of Ilminster.
| Election | 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 | 4,534 | 58.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Wingfield-Digby | 3,268 | 41.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,266 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 7,802 | 83.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,349 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Lambart was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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;
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