Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)

Yeovil
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Yeovil in Somerset.
Location of Somerset within England.
County	Somerset
Electorate	82,771 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Marcus Fysh (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South 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.

Boundaries

1918-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Chard and Yeovil, the Urban Districts of Crewkerne and Ilminster, and the Rural Districts of Chard, Langport, and Yeovil.

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 constitency 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. 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]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[5]	Party
1918	Aubrey Herbert	Conservative
1923 by-election	George Davies
1945	William Kingsmill
1951	John Peyton
1983	Paddy Ashdown	Liberal
1988	Paddy Ashdown	Liberal Democrats
2001	David Laws	Liberal Democrats
2015	Marcus Fysh	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Yeovil^[6]^[7]
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^[8]	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
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	16.1

General Election 2010: Yeovil^[9]^[10]^[11]
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^[11]^[12]
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^[11]^[12]
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^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paddy Ashdown	26,349	48.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Nick Cambrook	14,946	27.7	−9.3
	Labour	Joe 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
Turnout			53,747	72.3	−9.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.2

General Election 1992: Yeovil^[11]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paddy Ashdown	30,958	51.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Julian Turner Davidson	22,125	36.9	−4.4
	Labour	Vivien Elson	5,765	9.6	+2.3
	Green	Jay Oliver 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 Dugald Sandeman	23,141	41.3	−4.4
	Labour	John Francis 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 John Pattison Martin	23,202	44.0	−3.9
	Labour	Peter Brushett	2,928	5.6	−16.1
Majority			3,406	6.3
Turnout			52,738	79.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	31,321	47.9
	Liberal	Paddy Ashdown	19,939	30.5
	Labour	Ian Luder	14,098	21.6
Majority			11,382	17.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	25,658	43.0
	Labour	M. T. McVicar	17,330	29.0
	Liberal	Geoffrey F. Taylor	17,298	29.0
	Independent	J. E. Tippett	332	0.5
Majority			7,379	14.0
Turnout			60,618	79.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	25,955	41.53
	Liberal	Geoffrey F. Taylor	18,465	29.54
	Labour	M.T. McVicar	17,362	27.78
	Democratic Conservative	J.E. Tippett	720	1.15
Majority			7,490	11.98
Turnout				83.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	27,689	49.69
	Labour	John A Elswood	20,621	37.00
	Liberal	David E Evans	7,418	13.31
Majority			7,068	12.68
Turnout			55,728	79.34
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	22,664	43.17
	Labour	John A Elswood	20,584	39.21
	Liberal	David E Evans	9,248	17.62
Majority			2,080	3.96
Turnout			52,496	83.63
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.65

General Election 1964: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	21,919	42.55
	Labour	Albert C Reed	17,171	33.33
	Liberal	Geoffrey F. Taylor	12,426	24.12
Majority			4,748	9.22
Turnout			51,516	83.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	23,771	46.71
	Labour	W. Alex Baker	17,638	34.66
	Liberal	Geoffrey Fawsitt Taylor	9,484	18.64
Majority			6,133	12.05
Turnout			50,893	85.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	24,059	48.17
	Labour	Moss Murray	19,793	39.63
	Liberal	Geoffrey Fawsitt Taylor	6,089	12.19
Majority			4,266	8.54
Turnout			49,941	85.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wynne William Peyton	23,701	46.84
	Labour	Moss Murray	20,780	41.07
	Liberal	Marguerite L Winsor	6,118	12.09
Majority			2,921	5.77
Turnout				87.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Henry Kingsmill	21,145	42.57
	Labour	M. Shinwell	19,532	39.33
	Liberal	Leonardo Da Vinci MacLaren	8,990	18.10
Majority			1,613	3.25
Turnout				87.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Yeovil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Henry Kingsmill	16,815	37.78
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	16,641	37.38
	Liberal	James Douglas Bateman	11,057	24.84
Majority			174	0.39
Turnout				75.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

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^[14]
Liberal: James Bateman
Labour: Malcolm MacPherson

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Yeovil^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Frederick 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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Frederick Davies	20,165	50.9	+9.8
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	14,046	35.5	-3.3
	Labour	Henry 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 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Frederick Davies	15,526	41.1	-7.2
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	14,679	38.8	+7.7
	Labour	Francis Campbell Ross 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 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Frederick 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 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Frederick Davies	12,690	44.5	-2.1
	Liberal	Charles Waley Cohen	10,715	37.6	+12.8
	Labour	William Thomas Kelly	5,080	17.8	-10.9
Majority			1,975	6.9
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.5

George Davies

Yeovil by-election, 1923 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Frederick Davies	13,205	46.6	-15.2
	Labour	William Thomas 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 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert	15,468	61.8	+11.3
	Labour	William Thomas 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 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert	10,522	50.5	n/a
	Labour	William Thomas 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 hold		Swing	n/a

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Notes and references

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↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001060
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↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Yeovil parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/yeovil/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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1 2 3 4 "Yeovil". Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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↑ Western Gazette, 4 Feb 1938
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Constituencies in South West England (55)

Conservative (51)	Bath Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Cheltenham Chippenham Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Mid Dorset and North Poole Newton Abbot North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury Somerton and Frome South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire St Austell and Newquay St Ives Stroud Taunton Deane Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Thornbury and Yate Tiverton and Honiton Torbay Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth Wells West Dorset Weston-super-Mare Yeovil

Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Bristol West Exeter

South West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Green (1) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

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