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Mid Somerset Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1868–1885 Number of members two Mid Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election, when Somerset was divided into several new single-member constituencies: Bridgwater, Frome, East Somerset, North Somerset, South Somerset, Wellington and Wells.
Members of Parliament
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1868 Richard Horner Paget Ralph Neville Grenville 1878 by-election William Stephen Gore-Langton Conservative 1885 by-election John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby 1885 constituency abolished References
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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