Faversham and Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Faversham and Mid Kent County constituency |
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| Faversham and Mid Kent shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Hugh Robertson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Faversham and Mid Kent 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Faversham and Mid Kent covers sections of the Swale and Maidstone boroughs. The constituency includes the East of the Town of Maidstone. This caused much confusion amongst local residents when the boundaries were first changed in 1997 as the constituency named Maidstone and the Weald was retained but did not cover the entire town.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes across the county.
For the most part in Faversham and Mid Kent, the changes simply re-align the constituency boundary to match electoral ward boundaries. The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified constituency are:
- From the borough of Maidstone - Bearsted, Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton, Boxley, Detling & Thurnham, Downswood & Otham, Harrietsham & Lenham, Headcorn, Leeds, North Downs, Park Wood, Shepway North, Shepway South and Sutton Valence & Langley.
- From the borough of Swale - Abbey, Boughton & Courtenay, Davington Priory, East Downs, St. Ann’s and Watling.
[edit] History
In 1997 this constituency was formed when the previous Faversham was abolished and split into Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the town of Faversham which was then merged with Mid Kent to form this constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1997)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Hugh Robertson | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Faversham and Mid Kent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Hugh Robertson | 21,690 | 49.7 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | Andrew Bradstock | 12,970 | 29.7 | -5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Naghi | 7,204 | 16.5 | +3.0 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Thompson | 1,152 | 2.6 | +0.6 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Norman Davidson | 610 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 8,720 | 20.0 | |||
| Turnout | 43,626 | 65.7 | +5.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Faversham and Mid Kent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Hugh Robertson | 18,739 | 45.6 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Grahame Birchall | 14,556 | 35.5 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Sole | 5,529 | 13.5 | +1.1 | |
| UK Independence | Jim Gascoyne | 828 | 2.0 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Penny Kemp | 799 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Norman Davidson | 600 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,183 | 10.1 | |||
| Turnout | 41,051 | 60.4 | -13.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Faversham and Mid Kent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 22,016 | 44.4 | ||
| Labour | Alan Stewart | 17,843 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Bruce Parmenter | 6,138 | 12.4 | ||
| Referendum Party | Robin Birley | 2,073 | 4.2 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | Norman Davidson | 511 | 1.0 | ||
| UK Independence | Michael Cunningham | 431 | 0.9 | ||
| Green | David Currer | 380 | 0.8 | ||
| Green Referendum Lawless Naturally Street Party | Caroline Morgan | 115 | 0.2 | ||
| Natural Law | Nigel Pollard | 99 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,173 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49,606 | 73.5 | |||
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
