Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Kent was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Kent, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Mid Kent | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | West Kent |
| Replaced by | Medway Ashford Tunbridge |
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election, when the three two-member constituencies (East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent) were replaced by several new single-member constituencies: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustines, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.
A later single-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1983 to 1997.
Boundaries
edit1868-1885: The Lathe of Aylesford, and the Lower Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | William Hart Dyke | Conservative | William Amherst | Conservative | ||
| 1880 | Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1884 by-election | John Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
Election results
editElections in the 1860s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 3,251 | 26.6 | ||
| Conservative | William Amherst | 3,248 | 26.5 | ||
| Liberal | John William Nicholas Hervey | 2,872 | 23.5 | ||
| Liberal | Sir Francis Head, 2nd Baronet | 2,868 | 23.4 | ||
| Majority | 376 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 6,120 (est) | 70.2 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 8,723 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 3,710 | 36.3 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | William Amherst | 3,542 | 34.7 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal | David Salomons | 2,956 | 29.0 | −17.9 | |
| Majority | 586 | 5.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6,582 (est) | 73.9 (est) | +3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,905 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 4,056 | 28.6 | −7.7 | |
| Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,783 | 26.7 | −8.0 | |
| Liberal | Edward Cazalet | 3,318 | 23.4 | +8.9 | |
| Liberal | Howard Elphinstone | 3,020 | 21.3 | +6.8 | |
| Majority | 465 | 3.3 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 7,089 (est) | 80.9 (est) | +7.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,763 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −8.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −7.4 | |||
Filmer's resignation caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Gathorne-Hardy | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Dyke's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland required a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hart Dyke | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "Mid Kent Election". The Daily News. 30 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 405. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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