 It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.Southill House is an early 18th-century manor house south of the main village.It was given a new facade by John Wood, the Younger, of Bath, in the late 18th century.