| Canterbury County constituency |
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| Canterbury shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295 |
| MP: | Julian Brazier |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Canterbury is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has elected only Conservative MPs since 1874, the longest any current UK constituency has remained under the control of one party.
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Boundaries
Canterbury constituency comprises the larger part of the City of Canterbury District, containing the City and surrounding villages, together with the coastal town of Whitstable, but excluding the town of Herne Bay which is in the North Thanet constituency.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes across the county.
The modified Canterbury constituency is formed from the following electoral wards from within the city of Canterbury;
- Barham Downs, Barton, Blean Forest, Chartham and Stone Street, Chestfield and Swalecliffe, Gorrell, Harbledown, Harbour, Little Stour, North Nailbourne, Northgate, St Stephens, Seasalter, Sturry North, Sturry South, Tankerton, Westgate, and Wincheap
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1295)
- 1593 - Sir Henry Finch
- 1597 - Sir Henry Finch
- 1614 - Addled Parliament - John Finch
MPs 1660-1880
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Anthony Aucher | Heneage Finch |
| 1661 | Francis Lovelace | Sir Edward Master |
| 1664 | Thomas Hardres | |
| Feb 1679 | Edward Hales | William Jacob |
| Aug 1679 | Sir Thomas Hardres | |
| 1681 | Lewis Watson | Vincent Denne |
| 1685 | Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet | Henry Lee |
| 1695 | George Sayer | |
| 1698 | Henry Lee | |
| 1705 | John Hardres | |
| 1708 | Edward Watson | Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet |
| 1710 | John Hardres | Henry Lee |
| 1715 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1722 | Samuel Milles | |
| 1727 | Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet | |
| 1734 | Thomas May | |
| 1735 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1741 | Thomas Watson | Thomas Best |
| 1746 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1747 | Matthew Robinson-Morris | |
| 1754 | Sir James Creed | |
| 1761 | Richard Milles | Thomas Best |
| 1768 | William Lynch | |
| 1774 | Sir William Mayne,later Baron Newhaven | |
| 1780 | George Gipps | Charles Robinson |
| 1790 | Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet | |
| 1796 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| Election declared void 2 Mar 1797 | ||
| Mar 1797 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| May 1797 | Sir John Honywood | George Gipps |
| 1800 | George Watson | |
| 1802 | John Baker | |
| 1806 | James Simmons | |
| Feb 1807 | Samuel Elias Sawbridge | |
| May 1807 | Edward Taylor | |
| 1812 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1818 | Lord Clifton | |
| 1830 | Richard Watson | Viscount Fordwich |
| Jan 1835 | Lord Albert Conyngham | Frederick Villiers |
| Mar 1835 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1837 | James Bradshaw | |
| 1841 | George Smythe | |
| 1847 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | |
| 1850 | Frederick Romilly | |
| 1852 | Henry Plumptre Gipps | Henry Butler-Johnstone |
| Constituency representation suspended (1853) | ||
| 1854 | Charles Manners Lushington | Sir William Somerville, Bt[1] |
| 1857 | Henry Butler-Johnstone | |
| 1862 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | |
| 1865 | John Walter Huddleston, Conservative | |
| 1868 | Theodore Henry Brinckman, Liberal | |
| 1874 | Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative | |
| 1878 | Hon. Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative | |
| 1879 | Robert Peter Laurie, Conservative | |
| Constituency representation suspended (1880) | ||
MPs since 1885
- Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | John Henniker Heaton | Conservative | |
| December 1910 | Francis Bennett-Goldney | Conservative | |
| 1918 by-election | George Knox Anderson | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Ronald McNeill | Conservative | |
| 1927 by-election | William Wayland | Conservative | |
| 1945 | John Baker White | Conservative | |
| 1953 by-election | Leslie Thomas | Conservative | |
| 1966 | David Crouch | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Julian Brazier | Conservative | |
Election results
| Next General Election: Canterbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BNP | tbc | ||||
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | ||||
| General Election 2005: Canterbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 21,113 | 44.4 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Alex Hilton | 13,642 | 28.7 | -8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jenny Barnard-Langston | 10,059 | 21.1 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Geoffrey Meaden | 1,521 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
| UKIP | John Moore | 926 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Rocky van de Benderskum | 326 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 7,471 | 15.7 | |||
| Turnout | 47,587 | 66.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Canterbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 18,711 | 41.5 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Emily Thornberry | 16,642 | 36.9 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Wales | 8,056 | 17.8 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Hazel Dawe | 920 | 2.0 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | Lisa Moore | 803 | 1.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 2,069 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 45,132 | 60.9 | -11.6 | ||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 1997: Canterbury[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 20,913 | 38.65 | ||
| Labour | C Hall | 16,949 | 31.32 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | M Vye | 12,854 | 23.76 | ||
| Referendum Party | J Osborne | 2,460 | 4.55 | ||
| Green | G Meaden | 588 | 1.09 | ||
| UKIP | John Moore | 281 | 0.52 | ||
| Natural Law | A Pringle | 64 | 0.12 | ||
| Majority | 3,964 | 7.33 | |||
| Turnout | 54,109 | 72.45 | |||
| General Election 1992: Canterbury[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 29,827 | 50.78 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | M Vye | 19,022 | 32.39 | ||
| Labour | MF Whitemore | 8,936 | 15.21 | ||
| Green | WJ Arnall | 747 | 1.27 | ||
| Natural Law | S Curphey | 203 | 0.35 | ||
| Majority | 10,805 | 18.4 | |||
| Turnout | 58,731 | 78.12 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1987: Canterbury[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 30,273 | 53.82 | ||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J Purchese | 15,382 | 27.34 | ||
| Labour | LA Keen | 9,494 | 16.88 | ||
| Green | S Dawe | 947 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent Canterbury Nationalist | Joan White | 157 | 0.28 | ||
| Majority | 14,891 | 26.47 | |||
| Turnout | 56,255 | 73.96 | |||
| General Election 1983: Canterbury[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Crouch | 29,029 | 56.47 | ||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J Purchese | 13,287 | 25.85 | ||
| Labour | J Gould | 7,906 | 15.38 | ||
| Ecology | D Conder | 962 | 1.87 | ||
| Independent | Joan White | 226 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 15,742 | 30.62 | |||
| Turnout | 51,410 | 69.98 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1979: Canterbury[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Crouch | 38,805 | 58.28 | ||
| Labour | RP Spencer | 16,168 | 24.28 | ||
| Liberal | J Purchese | 10,665 | 16.02 | ||
| National Front | Joan White | 941 | 1.41 | ||
| Majority | 22,637 | 34 | |||
| Turnout | 66,578 | 74.72 | |||
| General Election October 1974: Canterbury[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Crouch | 31,002 | 49.81 | ||
| Labour | MF Fuller | 16,247 | 26.10 | ||
| Liberal | SE Goulden | 13,898 | 22.33 | ||
| National Front | Kenneth McKilliam | 1,096 | 1.76 | ||
| Majority | 14,755 | 23.71 | |||
| Turnout | 62,239 | 72.61 | |||
| General Election February 1974: Canterbury[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Crouch | 34,341 | 50.34 | ||
| Liberal | S Goulden | 17,300 | 25.36 | ||
| Labour | MF Fuller | 15,751 | 23.09 | ||
| National Front | Kenneth McKilliam | 831 | 1.22 | ||
| Majority | 17,041 | 24.98 | |||
| Turnout | 68,220 | 80.24 | |||
| General Election 1970: Canterbury[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Crouch | 33,222 | 55.42 | ||
| Labour | HGN Clother | 15,172 | 25.31 | ||
| Liberal | DCP Gracie | 11,553 | 19.27 | ||
| Majority | 18,050 | 30.11 | |||
| Turnout | 59,950 | 74.57 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Notes
- ^ Known as The Lord Athlumney from 1863.
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/389.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i04.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i04.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i04.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i05.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i05.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i05.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i05.htm
See also
References
- Iain Dale, ed (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
- The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
- The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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