were extended westwards to the fringes of Bristol, bringing in Midsomer Norton and the areas round Clutton, Chew Magna and Keynsham (previously in the Northern division): the revised constituency consisted of the urban districts of Frome, Midsomer Norton and Radstock, the Bath, Clutton and Keynsham rural districts and all but six parishes of Frome Rural District. This, too, was a marginal constituency, and except in 1923 was always won at general elections by the party which was successful nationally. The Frome constituency was abolished in the boundary changes which came into effect at the 1950 election, Frome itself being transferred to the Wells division but most of the remainder of the constituency forming the bulk of the new Somerset North. Members of Parliament Frome parliamentary borough Frome division of Somerset Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s The election was declared void on petition after Boyle was declared ineligible due to his holding of the office of Secretary to the Order of St Patrick. Ahead of the ensuing by-election, Boyle resigned this position. Boyle's death caused a by-election. Boyle succeeded to the peerage, becoming 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Lopes resigned after being appointed a judge of the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice. 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 and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: John Barlow Unionist: H. Barker-Hahlo Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s 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; Conservative: Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe Labour: Kim Mackay British Union: Charles Hewitt Elections in the 1940s References The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913) F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969) Henry Pelling, Social