Yeovil (constituency)
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| Yeovil shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | David Laws |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Somerset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Boundaries
The constituency covers the towns of Yeovil, Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster in Somerset. Until 1983 Somerset was split into four constituencies and Yeovil constitency also contained the towns of Ilchester, Martock and Somerton but they were moved into the newly created constituency of Somerton and Frome. From the next election, Yeovil constituency will contain Ilchester once again to equalise the populations of the Somerset constituencies.The Boundary Commission for England estimate the electorate of Yeovil constituency after the pending boundary changes to be 77,049.
Yeovil 31,812, Chard 11,455, Crewkerne 6,103, Ilminster 3,825, Ilchester 2,177
The remaining 21,677 electors live in various villages between the aforementioned towns.
History
Until his retirement from the House of Commons in 2001 this seat was held by the Liberal Democrats leader Paddy Ashdown. The seat has remained Liberal Democrat since.Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1918)
- 1918 — 1923: Aubrey Herbert, Conservative
- 1923 — 1945: Sir George Davies, Conservative
- 1945 — 1951: William Kingsmill, Conservative
- 1951 — 1983: John Peyton, Conservative
- 1983 — 2001: Paddy Ashdown, Liberal then Liberal Democrat
- 2001 — present: David Laws, Liberal Democrat
Election results
See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| Conservative | Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat | Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour | Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth, Devonport | Plymouth, Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
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