Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)

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Yeovil

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Yeovil in Somerset.


Outline map
Location of Somerset within England.

CountySomerset
Electorate82,771 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of parliament
Marcus Fysh (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created from
South Somerset and East Somerset
Overlaps
European Parliament constituencySouth West England

Yeovil is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been represented since 2015 by Marcus Fysh, a Conservative.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Members of Parliament


  • 4 Elections

    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.8 Election in the 1940s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 4.11 Elections in the 1910s



  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes and references




Boundaries


1918-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Yeovil and Chard, the Urban Districts of Crewkerne and Ilminster, and the Rural Districts of Chard, Langport, and Yeovil.


1974-1983: As 1918 but with redrawn boundaries.


1983-1997: The District of Yeovil wards of Blackdown, Chard North East, Chard North West, Chard Parish, Chard South East, Chard South West, Chinnock, Coker, Crewkerne Town, Dowlish, Egwood, Hazelbury, Houndstone, Ilminster Town, Lynches, Mudford, Neroche, St Michael's, South Petherton, Stoke, Windwhistle, Yeovil Central, Yeovil East, Yeovil North, Yeovil Preston, Yeovil South, and Yeovil West.


1997-2010: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackdown, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe, Chard Crimchard, Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, Coker, Crewkerne, Egwood, Hamdon, Houndstone, Ilminster, Mudford, Neroche, Parrett, St Michael's, South Petherton, Tatworth and Forton, Windwhistle, Yeovil Central, Yeovil East, Yeovil Preston, Yeovil South, Yeovil West, and Yeovil Without.


2010–present: The District of South Somerset wards of Blackdown, Brympton, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe, Chard Crimchard, Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, Coker, Crewkerne, Egwood, Hamdon, Ilminster, Ivelchester, Neroche, Parrett, St Michael’s, South Petherton, Tatworth and Forton, Windwhistle, Yeovil Central, Yeovil East, Yeovil South, Yeovil West, and Yeovil Without.


The constituency covers the towns of Yeovil, Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster in Somerset. Until 1983 Somerset was split into four constituencies and Yeovil constituency also contained the towns of Ilchester, Martock and Somerton but they were transferred to the newly created constituency of Somerton and Frome.


As part of minor changes implemented following the review by the Boundary Commission for England, the town of Ilchester was returned to the Yeovil constituency at the 2010 general election.[2]



History


From 1918 until 1983, Yeovil always returned a Conservative MP (though by only narrow margins over Labour in the 1940s and 1950s). There then followed a period of over 30 years during which the seat was represented by a member of the Liberal Party or their successors, the Liberal Democrats; firstly former leader Paddy Ashdown (1983–2001) and then former Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws (2001 to 2015).[3] At the 2015 election, the seat returned to its former Conservative allegiance as Marcus Fysh defeated Laws by over 5,000 votes.[4]


The South Somerset district voted 57% to leave the European Union, and academic analysis estimates that Yeovil itself voted 59% to leave [5]. There was a swing of 7.7% away from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats towards the pro-Leave Conservatives, which made the seat much safer in 2017, Marcus Fysh's majority increasing to just under 15,000.



Members of Parliament
































ElectionMember[6]Party


1918

Aubrey Herbert

Conservative


1923 by-election

George Davies


1945

William Kingsmill


1951

John Peyton


1983

Paddy Ashdown

Liberal


1988

Liberal Democrats


2001

David Laws


2015

Marcus Fysh

Conservative


Elections



Elections in the 2010s



























Next United Kingdom general election: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Mick Clark [7]


Majority




Turnout




Registered electors





















































General Election 2017: Yeovil[8][9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Marcus Fysh
32,369
54.5
+12.0


Liberal Democrat
Jo Roundell Greene
17,646
29.7
-3.4


Labour
Ian Martin
7,418
12.5
+5.4


Green
Robert Wood
1,052
1.8
-2.1


Independent
Katy Pritchard
919
1.5
+1.5
Majority
14,723
24.8
+15.5

Turnout
59,404
71.6
+2.5


Conservative hold

Swing
+7.7



















































General Election 2015: Yeovil[10][11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Marcus Fysh
24,158
42.5
+9.6


Liberal Democrat

David Laws
18,865
33.1
−22.6


UKIP
Simon Smedley[12]7,646
13.4
+9.3


Labour
Sheena King
4,053
7.1
+1.9


Green
Emily McIvor
2,191
3.8
n/a
Majority
5,293
9.3


Turnout
56,933
69.1
−0.3


Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing
+16.1



















































General Election 2010: Yeovil[13][14][15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

David Laws
31,843
55.7
+4.2


Conservative
Kevin Davis
18,807
32.9
−1.2


Labour
Lee Skevington
2,991
5.2
−5.3


UKIP
Nigel Pearson
2,357
4.1
+0.3


BNP
Robert Baehr
1,162
2.0
+2.0
Majority
13,036
22.8


Turnout
57,160
69.4
+5.6


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+2.7


Elections in the 2000s














































General Election 2005: Yeovil[15][16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

David Laws
25,658
51.4
+7.2


Conservative
Ian Jenkins
17,096
34.3
−1.7


Labour
Colin Rolfe
5,256
10.5
−4.2


UKIP
Graham Livings
1,903
3.8
+1.5
Majority
8,562
17.2


Turnout
49,913
64.3
0.1


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+4.5

























































General Election 2001: Yeovil[15][16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

David Laws
21,266
44.2
−4.6


Conservative
Marco Forgione
17,338
36.0
+8.4


Labour
Joe Conway
7,077
14.7
−0.2


UKIP
Neil Boxall
1,131
2.3

N/A


Green
Alex Begg
786
1.6
+0.3


Liberal
Anthony Prior
534
1.1

N/A
Majority
3,928
8.2
−12.8

Turnout
48,132
64.2
−8.5


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
−6.5


Elections in the 1990s
































































General Election 1997: Yeovil[15][16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Paddy Ashdown
26,349
48.7
−2.9


Conservative
Nicholas Cambrook
14,946
27.7
−9.3


Labour
Patrick Conway
8,053
14.9
+5.3


Referendum
John Beveridge
3,574
6.6

N/A


Green

David Taylor
728
1.3
+0.2


Independent
John Archer
306
0.6

N/A


Rainbow Dream Ticket
Christopher Hudson
97
0.2

N/A
Majority
11,403
21.0
+6.3

Turnout
53,747
72.3
−9.7


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+3.2

























































General Election 1992: Yeovil[15][16][17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Paddy Ashdown
30,958
51.7
+0.3


Conservative
Julian Davidson
22,125
36.9
−4.4


Labour
Vivien Elson
5,765
9.6
+2.3


Green
Jay Risbridger
639
1.1

N/A


Monster Raving Loony

Screaming Lord Sutch
338
0.6

N/A

Anti-Paddy Ashdown Keep Britain Independent
Reginald Simmerson
70
0.1

N/A
Majority
8,833
14.7
+4.6

Turnout
59,895
82.0
+2.3


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+2.4


Elections in the 1980s








































General Election 1987: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Paddy Ashdown
28,841
51.4
+0.3


Conservative
George Sandeman
23,141
41.3
−4.4


Labour
John Fitzmaurice
4,099
7.3
+2.3
Majority
5,700
10.1
+3.8

Turnout
56,081
79.7
−0.1


Liberal hold

Swing
+2.4







































General Election 1983: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Paddy Ashdown
26,608
50.5
+20.0


Conservative

David Martin
23,202
44.0
−3.9


Labour
Peter Brushett
2,928
5.6
−16.1
Majority
3,406
6.3
-11.1

Turnout
52,738
79.8
-2.3


Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+12.0


Elections in the 1970s








































General Election 1979: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
31,321
47.9
+4.9


Liberal

Paddy Ashdown
19,939
30.5
+1.5


Labour

Ian Luder
14,098
21.6
-7.4
Majority
11,382
17.4
+3.4

Turnout
65,358
82.1
+2.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.2













































General Election October 1974: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
25,658
43.0
+1.47


Labour
M. T. McVicar
17,330
29.0
+1.22


Liberal
Geoffrey F. Taylor
17,298
29.0
-0.04

Independent
J. E. Tippett
332
0.5
+0.5
Majority
7,379
14.0
+2.02

Turnout
60,618
79.3
-4.56


Conservative hold

Swing
+0.12













































General Election February 1974: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
25,955
41.53
-8.16


Liberal
Geoffrey F. Taylor
18,465
29.54
+16.23


Labour
M.T. McVicar
17,362
27.78
-9.22

Democratic Conservative
J.E. Tippett
720
1.15
+1.15
Majority
7,490
11.98
-0.7

Turnout
62,542
83.86
+4.52


Conservative hold

Swing
-12.2







































General Election 1970: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
27,689
49.69
+6.52


Labour
John A Elswood
20,621
37.00
-2.21


Liberal
David E Evans
7,418
13.31
-4.31
Majority
7,068
12.68
+8.72

Turnout
55,728
79.34
-4.24


Conservative hold

Swing
+4.36


Elections in the 1960s








































General Election 1966: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
22,664
43.17
+0.62


Labour
John A Elswood
20,584
39.21
+5.88


Liberal
David E Evans
9,248
17.62
-6.50
Majority
2,080
3.96
-5.26

Turnout
52,496
83.63
+0.32


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.25







































General Election 1964: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
21,919
42.55
-4.16


Labour
Albert C Reed
17,171
33.33
-1.33


Liberal
Geoffrey F. Taylor
12,426
24.12
+6.48
Majority
4,748
9.22
-2.83

Turnout
51,516
83.31
-1.88


Conservative hold

Swing
-2.75


Elections in the 1950s








































General Election 1959: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
23,771
46.71
-1.46


Labour
W. Alex Baker
17,638
34.66
-4.97


Liberal
Geoffrey Fawsitt Taylor
9,484
18.64
+6.55
Majority
6,133
12.05
+3.49

Turnout
50,893
85.19
+0.13


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.31







































General Election 1955: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
24,059
48.17
+1.33


Labour
Moss Murray
19,793
39.63
-0.43


Liberal
Geoffrey Fawsitt Taylor
6,089
12.19
+0.1
Majority
4,266
8.54
+2.77

Turnout
49,941
85.06
-2.9


Conservative hold

Swing
+0.88







































General Election 1951: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Peyton
23,701
46.84
+4.27


Labour
Moss Murray
20,780
41.07
+1.74


Liberal
Marguerite L Winsor
6,118
12.09
-6.01
Majority
2,921
5.77
+2.52

Turnout
50,599
87.96
+0.5


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.0







































General Election 1950: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Kingsmill
21,145
42.57
+4.81


Labour
M. Shinwell
19,532
39.33
+1.95


Liberal

Leon MacLaren
8,990
18.10
-6.74
Majority
1,613
3.25
+2.86

Turnout
49,867
87.46
+12.20


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.38


Election in the 1940s








































General Election 1945: Yeovil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Kingsmill
16,815
37.78
-9.02


Labour

Malcolm MacPherson
16,641
37.38
+17.28


Liberal
James Douglas Bateman
11,057
24.84
-8.26
Majority
174
0.39
-13.31

Turnout
44,513
75.26
-3.04


Conservative hold

Swing
-13.15

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;



  • Conservative: Hon. John Fox-Strangways[18]


  • Liberal: James Bateman


  • Labour: Malcolm MacPherson


Elections in the 1930s








































General Election 1935: Yeovil[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Davies
17,640
46.8
-4.1


Liberal
James Douglas Bateman
12,482
33.1
-2.4


Labour
Albert Edward Millett
7,567
20.1
+6.5
Majority
5,158
13.7
-1.7

Turnout

78.3
-5.8


Conservative hold

Swing
-0.9



Hamilton Fyfe








































General Election 1931: Yeovil[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Davies
20,165
50.9
+9.8


Liberal
Percy Holt Heffer
14,046
35.5
-3.3


Labour

Hamilton Fyfe
5,377
13.6
-6.5
Majority
6,119
15.5
+13.1

Turnout

84.1
+0.7


Conservative hold

Swing
+6.6


Elections in the 1920s








































General Election 1929: Yeovil [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Davies
15,526
41.1
-7.2


Liberal
Percy Holt Heffer
14,679
38.8
+7.7


Labour

Francis Douglas
7,609
20.1
-0.5
Majority
847
2.3
-14.9

Turnout
37,814
83.4
-0.2


Unionist hold

Swing
-7.5







































General Election 1924: Yeovil [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Davies
14,477
48.3
+3.8


Liberal

Charles Waley Cohen
9,320
31.1
-6.5


Labour
James Lievsley George
6,179
20.6
+2.8
Majority
5,157
17.2
+10.2

Turnout
29,976
83.6



Unionist hold

Swing
+5.1






































1923 General Election: Yeovil [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Davies
12,690
44.5
-2.1


Liberal

Charles Waley Cohen
10,715
37.6
+12.8


Labour

William Kelly
5,080
17.8
-10.9
Majority
1,975
6.9


Turnout





Unionist hold

Swing
-7.5







































Yeovil by-election, 1923 [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Davies
13,205
46.6
-15.2


Labour

William Kelly
8,140
28.7
-9.6


Liberal

Charles Waley Cohen
7,024
24.8
n/a
Majority

17.9
-5.7

Turnout

80.8
+7.8


Unionist hold

Swing
-2.8
































1922 General Election: Yeovil [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Aubrey Herbert
15,468
61.8
+11.3


Labour

William Kelly
9,581
38.3
+1.9
Majority
5,887
23.5
+9.4

Turnout

73.0
+11.2


Unionist hold

Swing
+4.7


Elections in the 1910s




Aubrey Herbert





































General Election 14 December 1918: Yeovil [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Aubrey Herbert
10,522
50.5
n/a


Labour

William Kelly
7,589
36.4
n/a


Liberal
J. R. Brough
2,743
13.2
n/a
Majority
2,933
14.1
n/a

Turnout
20,854
61.8
n/a


Unionist win (new seat)

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset


Notes and references




  1. ^ "Electorate Figures — Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Fifth periodical report — Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities, The Stationery Office, 26 February 2007, ISBN 0-10-170322-8


  3. ^ "Yeovil". Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2012.


  4. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001060


  5. ^ https://medium.com/@chrishanretty/ward-level-results-from-the-eu-referendum-b9df8dd29c98#.3cv6x3ura


  6. ^ "Yeovil (UK Parliament Constituency)". Altius Directory. Retrieved 6 October 2012.


  7. ^ "Mick Clark selected for Yeovil". Lib Dem Voice. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.


  8. ^ "Statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


  9. ^ "Yeovil". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.


  10. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  11. ^ "Yeovil parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.


  12. ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/yeovil/


  13. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  14. ^ "Yeovil". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.


  15. ^ abcde "Parliamentary Elections — Yeovil Constituency" (PDF). South Somerset Council. Retrieved 6 October 2012.


  16. ^ abcd "Yeovil". Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2012.


  17. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.


  18. ^ Western Gazette, 4 Feb 1938


  19. ^ abcdefgh F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949




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