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Weston-super-Mare is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by John Penrose, a Conservative. ==History== The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Its forerunner was the North Somerset division created in 1885. The by-election of 1934 was triggered by the acceptance of the appointment of Lord Erskine to the position of Governor of Madras Presidency, that of 1958 by the death of Ian Orr-Ewing and that of 1969 by the death of David Webster following an accident. ;Political history The seat has alternated in representation between 1992 and 2005: in the election of 1997 the fresh Conservative candidate, Margaret Daly failed to hold the seat which led to Weston Super Mare's first marginal majority since 1923, obtained by Brian Cotter, a Liberal Democrat. Since this date all of the majorities have been lower than 3,000 votes, remaining strongly marginal and seeing in 2005 Cotter lose the seat to John Penrose. In terms of other parties, the last occasion on which the Labour candidate achieved second place was at the 1970 general election. ;Frontbenchers *Jerry Wiggin was a Minister for the Armed Services from 1981–1983. *Brian Cotter was the Liberal Democrat Small Business Spokesman (1997–2005), *John Penrose was appointed the Minister for Tourism and Heritage (2010–2012). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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