Wells (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wells County constituency
Wells shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England
Created:	1295, 1885
MP:	David Heathcoat-Amory
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Somerset
EP constituency:	South West England

Wells is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The original two member borough constituency was abolished with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1868. The county constituency was created and has returned one Member of Parliament from the United Kingdom general election, 1885.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1945 — 1951 Lt. Col. DC Boles, Conservative
• 1951 — 1970: Lynch Maydon, Conservative
• 1970 — 1983: Robert Boscawen, Conservative
• 1983 — present: David Heathcoat-Amory, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Wells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heathcoat-Amory	23,071	43.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tessa Munt	20,031	37.8	−0.5
	Labour	Dan Whittle	8,288	15.6	+0.2
	UK Independence	Steve Reed	1,575	3.0	+0.8
Majority			3,040	5.7
Turnout			52,965	68.0	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Wells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heathcoat-Amory	22,462	43.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Oakes	19,666	38.3	-0.1
	Labour	Andy Merryfield	7,915	15.4	-2.7
	UK Independence	Steve Reed	1,104	2.2	N/A
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	167	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,796	5.5
Turnout			51,314	69.2	-8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

Constituencies in South West England
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)