Wells (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wells is a county constituency centred on the city of Wells in Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system. The current MP is Tessa Munt, elected in 2010, of the Liberal Democrats.
The original two member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election.
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