| Mid Somerset | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany: | two |
| Previous: | East Somerset West Somerset |
| Next: | East Somerset South Somerset Wells |
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,[1] 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.
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Richard Paget < | -- made a baronet in 1886, so don't display title --> | Conservative | Ralph Neville-Grenville[2] | Conservative | ||
| 1878 by-election | William Gore-Langton[3] | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 by-election | John Wingfield Digby | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||||||
Neville-Grenville resigned, causing a by-election.
Gore-Langton resigned, causing a by-election.