East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

East Somerset
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the main eastern striped area at centre
CountySomerset
18851918
SeatsOne
Replaced byWells and Yeovil
18321885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromSomerset

East Somerset was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1832 and 1918.

From 1832 to 1885, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election. From 1885 to 1918, a different constituency of the same name returned one MP, elected by the first past the post voting system.


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