WELLINGTON (SOMERSET) (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)


'Wellington (Somerset)' is a former county constituency in the United Kingdom, formally known as 'The Western or Wellington Division of Somerset'. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolsihed for the 1918 general election.

Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also
References

Boundaries


Members of Parliament


ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir Thomas Dyke Acland
1886 Charles Isaac Elton
1892 Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Conservative
1911 Dennis Fortescue Boles Conservative
1918 ''constituency abolished''

Election results


See also



List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

Unreformed House of Commons

References





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