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Canterbury
County constituency
CanterburyConstituency.svg
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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.

Contents

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

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

  1. ^ Known as The Lord Athlumney from 1863.
  2. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/389.htm
  3. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i04.htm
  4. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i04.htm
  5. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i04.htm
  6. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i05.htm
  7. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i05.htm
  8. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i05.htm
  9. ^ 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. 
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Coordinates: 51°18′N 1°3′E / 51.3°N 1.05°E / 51.3; 1.05


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