the Urban Districts of Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge, Minehead, and Watchet, and the Rural Districts of Bridgwater and Williton. 1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Bridgwater, the Urban Districts of Burnham-on-Sea, Minehead, and Watchet, and the Rural Districts of Bridgwater and Williton. Highbridge Urban District had been absorbed by Burnham-on-Sea UD in 1933, but the constituency boundaries remained unchanged. 1983–2010: The District of Sedgemoor wards of Cannington and Combwich, Central, Dowsborough, Eastern Quantocks, Eastover, East Poldens, Hamp, Huntspill, Newton Green, North Petherton, Parchey, Pawlett and Puriton, Quantock, Sandford, Sowey, Sydenham, Victoria, Westonzoyland, West Poldens, and Woolavington, and the District of West Somerset wards of Alcombe, Aville Vale, Carhampton and Withycombe, Crowcombe and Stogumber, Dunster, East Brendon, Holnicote, Minehead North, Minehead South, Old Cleeve, Porlock and Oare, Quantock Vale, Watchet, West Quantock, and Williton. Members of Parliament Constituency created (1295) Bridgwater borough, 1295–1870 MPs 1295–1640 1640–1868 Bridgwater county constituency, 1885–2010 County division created (1885) Elections Elections in the 1830s Leader resigned, by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, in order to contest a by-election at , causing a by-election. Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Elections in the 1860s Westropp's election was declared void on petition on 25 April 1866, causing a by-election. Patton was appointed Lord Advocate, requiring a by-election. A Royal Commission found extensive bribery in the seat and, from 4 July 1870, the writ was suspended, both MPs were unseated, and the electorate was absorbed into West Somerset. Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: Robert Sanders Liberal: Philip Foale Rowsell Sanders is appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring him to seek re-election. Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Independent Progressive: Vernon Bartlett Conservative: Patrick Heathcoat Amery Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1980s Elections in