Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
| Mid Kent | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | West Kent |
| Replaced by | Medway Ashford Tunbridge |
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.
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
[edit]1868-1885: 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
[edit]Elections 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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