Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| 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 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1295)
| Year | First member | Second member |
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| 1854 | Charles Manners Lushington | Sir William Meredyth Somerville |
| 1857 | Henry Butler-Johnstone | |
| 1862 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | |
| 1865 | John Walter Huddleston | |
| 1868 | Theodore Henry Brinckman, Liberal | |
| 1874 | Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative | |
| 1878 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative | |
| 1879 | Robert Peter Laurie, Conservative |
- Constituency representation suspended (1880)
- Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
- 1885 — 1910: John Henniker Heaton, Conservative
- 1910 — 1918: Francis Bennett-Goldney, Conservative
- August 1918 — December 1918: George Knox Anderson, Conservative
- 1918 — 1927: Ronald McNeill, Conservative
- 1927 — 1945: William Wayland, Conservative
- 1945 — 1953: John Baker White, Conservative
- 1953 — 1966: Leslie Thomas, Conservative
- 1966 — 1987: David Crouch, Conservative
- 1987 — present: Julian Brazier, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Canterbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 21,113 | 44.4 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Alex Hilton | 13,642 | 28.7 | -8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Barnard-Langston | 10,059 | 21.1 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Geoffrey Meaden | 1,521 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 18,711 | 41.5 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Emily Thornberry | 16,642 | 36.9 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Wales | 8,056 | 17.8 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Hazel Dawe | 920 | 2.0 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | Lisa Moore | 803 | 1.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 2,069 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 45,132 | 60.9 | -11.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (2003) Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945.
- (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950.
- (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955.
