# Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Elections were held by the bloc vote system.

## Members of Parliament
### MPs 1290–1629

* Constituency created (1290)
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| Parliament of 1366 | Hugh de Durborough | William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1368 | Hugh de Durborough | Walter Blewet |
| Parliament of 1369 | Edward Cheney | Matthew de Clevedon |
| Parliament of 1371 | John Beauchamp of Lillisdon | |
| Parliament of 1372 | Hugh de Durborough | John Reynon |
| Parliament of 1373 | Sir John Delamare | Walter Blewet |
| Parliament of 1376 | Thomas Marshall | |
| Parliament of 1377 | Sir John Delamare | Sir Thomas Hungerford |
| Parliament of 1379 | Sir John Burghersh |
| Parliament of 1382 | Sir John Delamare | Sir Thomas Hungerford |
| Parliament of 1383 (Oct) | Sir William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1384 (Apr) | Sir William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1384 (Nov) | Sir William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1386 | Sir William Bonville | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| First Parliament of 1388 | Sir William Bonville | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| Second Parliament of 1388 | Sir Thomas Hungerford | Sir John Burghersh |
| First Parliament of 1390 | Sir Stephen Derby | Thomas Beaupine |
| Second Parliament of 1390 | Sir John Berkeley | Sir Thomas Hungerford |
| Parliament of 1391 | Sir John Rodney | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| Parliament of 1393 | Sir Thomas Brooke | Sir William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1394 | Sir Humphrey Stafford I | Sir John Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1395 | Sir William Bonville | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| First Parliament of 1397 | Sir Thomas Brooke | Sir Thomas Arthur |
| Second Parliament of 1397 | Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| Parliament of 1399 | Sir Thomas Brooke | Sir William Bonville |
| Parliament of 1401 | Sir Thomas Beauchamp | William Stourton |
| Parliament of 1402 | Sir Thomas Brooke | William Stourton |
| First Parliament of 1404 | Sir Thomas Brooke | William Stourton |
| Second Parliament of 1404 | Sir Hugh Lutrell | Sir Leonard Hakluyt |
| Parliament of 1406 | Sir Walter Rodney | Sir Leonard Hakluyt |
| Parliament of 1407 | Sir Thomas Brooke | Richard Cheddar |
| Parliament of 1410 | Walter Hungerford | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| Second Parliament of 1413 | Sir Thomas Brooke | Richard Cheddar |
| First Parliament of 1414 | Sir John Tiptoft | Sir Hugh Luttrell |
| Second Parliament of 1414 | Sir Hugh Luttrell | Robert Hill |
| Parliament of 1415 | Sir Hugh Luttrell | Robert Hill |
| First Parliament of 1416 | Robert Hill | Richard Boyton |
| Parliament of 1417 | Thomas Brooke | Richard Cheddar |
| Parliament of 1419 | Robert Hill | John Stourton |
| Parliament of 1420 | Sir Thomas Stawell | John Stourton |
| First Parliament of 1421 | Sir William Bonville | Sir Thomas Brooke |
| Second Parliament of 1421 | Richard Cheddar | John Stourton |
| Parliament of 1424 | Giles Daubeney | |
| Parliament of 1429 | Giles Daubeney | |
| Parliament of 1433 | John Hody | |
| Parliament of 1435 | John Hody | |
| Parliament of 1437 | John Hody | |
| Parliament of 1455 | William Courtenay | |
| Parliament of 1529 | Sir Nicholas Wadham | Sir William Stourton |
| Parliament of 1539 | Sir Hugh Paulet | Sir Thomas Speke |
| Parliament of 1545 | Sir Thomas Speke | Sir John St Loe |
| Parliament of 1547 | Sir Maurice Berkeley | Sir Henry Capell |
| First Parliament of 1553 | Sir Ralph Hopton | Sir Edward Rogers |
| Second Parliament of 1553 | Sir Edward Rogers | Sir Ralph Hopton |
| First Parliament of 1554 | Sir Edward Waldegrave | Sir John Sydenham |
| Second Parliament of 1554 | Sir Edward Waldegrave | Humphrey Colles |
| Parliament of 1555 | ?Sir Ralph Hopton | ?Sir John St Loe |
| Parliament of 1558 | Sir Edward Rogers | John Walshe |
| Parliament of 1559 | Sir Edward Rogers | Sir William St Loe |
| Parliament of 1562–1567 | Sir Edward Rogers | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1571 | Amias Paulet | George Rogers |
| Parliament of 1572–1581 | Sir Hugh Paulet died Sir George Speke | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1584–1585 | Thomas Horner | (Sir) Henry Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1586–1587 | Thomas Horner | (Sir) Henry Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1588–1589 | (Sir) Francis Hastings | Edward Dyer |
| Parliament of 1593 | (Sir) Francis Hastings | Edward Dyer |
| Parliament of 1597–1598 | Sir Francis Popham | Sir Hugh Portman |
| Parliament of 1601 | (Sir) Edward Phelips | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| Parliament of 1604–1611 | (Sir) Edward Phelips | Sir Francis Hastings died 1610 In his place John Poulett |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Maurice Berkeley | Sir Francis Hastings died 1610 In his place John Poulett |
| Parliament of 1621–1622 | Robert Hopton | Sir Henry Portman died 1621 In his place Charles Berkeley |
| Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | Sir Robert Phelips | John Symes |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | Sir Robert Phelips | John Stawell |
| Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Henry Berkeley | Sir John Horner |
| Parliament of 1628–1629 | Sir Robert Phelips | Sir Edward Rodney |
| No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |||

### MPs 1640–1832

| Election | First member | First member | First party | Second member | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | | Sir Ralph Hopton | Royalist | | Thomas Smith | Royalist |
| November 1640 | | Sir John Poulett | Royalist | | Sir John Stawell | Royalist |
| August 1642 | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant |
| 1645 | | George Horner | | | John Harrington | |
| Election declared void and new writ issued |||||||
| 1646 | | George Horner | | | John Harrington | |
| December 1648 | Horner excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Horner excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Horner excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Harrington did not sit after Pride's Purge | Harrington did not sit after Pride's Purge | Harrington did not sit after Pride's Purge |
| Somerset had four members in the Barebones Parliament |||||||
| 1653 | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley | General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley |
| Somerset had eleven members in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |||||||
| 1654 | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry | Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington, John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry |
| 1656 | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle | John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham, Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle |
| Representation reverted to two members for the Third Protectorate Parliament |||||||
| January 1659 | | John Buckland, | | | Robert Hunt | |
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump |
| April 1660 | | George Horner | | | Hugh Smith | |
| 1661 | | Sir John Stawell | | | Edward Phelips | |
| 1662 | | John Poulett | | | Edward Phelips | |
| 1665 | | Sir John Warre | | | Edward Phelips | |
| 1669 | | Sir John Sydenham | | | Edward Phelips | |
| February 1679 | | Sir John Sydenham | | | Sir Hugh Smith | |
| August 1679 | | Sir William Portman | | | George Speke | |
| 1685 | | Sir John Smith | | | George Horner | |
| 1689 | | Edward Gorges | | | George Horner | |
| 1690 | | Sir Edward Phelips | | | Nathaniel Palmer | |
| 1695 | | Sir John Smith | | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | |
| 1698 | | John Hunt | | | Sir Edward Phelips | |
| 1699 | | John Hunt | | | Nathaniel Palmer | |
| January 1701 | | John Hunt | | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | |
| December 1701 | | Sir Philip Sydenham | | | Nathaniel Palmer | |
| 1705 | | John Pigott | | | Nathaniel Palmer | |
| 1708 | | Henry Seymour Portman | | | John Prowse | |
| April 1710 | | Henry Seymour Portman | | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| October 1710 | | Sir Thomas Wroth | Tory | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| 1713 | | Thomas Horner | Tory | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| 1715 | | William Helyar | | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| 1722 | | Edward Phelips | | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| 1727 | | Thomas Strangways Horner | Tory | | Sir William Wyndham, Bt | Tory |
| 1740 | | Thomas Strangways Horner | Tory | | Thomas Prowse | |
| 1741 | | Henry William Portman | Tory | | Thomas Prowse | |
| 1747 | | Sir Charles Kemys Tynte | | | Thomas Prowse | |
| 1767 | | Sir Charles Kemys Tynte | | | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt | |
| 1768 | | Sir Charles Kemys Tynte | | | Richard Hippisley Coxe | |
| 1774 | | Edward Phelips | | | Richard Hippisley Coxe | |
| 1780 | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | | | Richard Hippisley Coxe | |
| 1784 | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | | | Edward Phelips | |
| 1792 | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | | | Henry Hippisley Coxe | |
| 1795 | | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt | | | William Gore-Langton | Whig |
| 1796 | | William Dickinson | Tory | | William Gore-Langton | Whig |
| June 1806 | | Thomas Lethbridge | Tory | | William Gore-Langton | Whig |
| November 1806 | | Thomas Lethbridge | Tory | | William Dickinson | Tory |
| 1812 | | William Gore-Langton | Whig | | William Dickinson | Tory |
| 1820 | | Sir Thomas Lethbridge | Tory | | William Dickinson | Tory |
| 1830 | | Edward Ayshford Sanford | Whig | | William Dickinson | Tory |
| 1831 | | Edward Ayshford Sanford | Whig | | William Gore-Langton | Whig |
| 1832 | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions | constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions |