Politics
The county is divided into nine constituencies for the election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. As of May 2010, the constituencies of Bridgwater and West Somerset, North East Somerset, North Somerset and Weston-super-Mare elect Conservative MPs, while Bath, Somerton and Frome, Taunton Deane, Wells and Yeovil return Liberal Democrats. Residents of Somerset also form part of the electorate for the South West England constituency for elections to the European Parliament.
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“In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.”
—Cecil Parkinson (b. 1932)
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