Faversham and Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Faversham and Mid Kent
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Faversham and Mid Kent in Kent for the 2010 general election.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	68,521 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Faversham
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Hugh Robertson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Faversham and Mid Kent 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2010s 4.2 Elections in the 2000s 4.3 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 Sources

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.

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.

History

In 1997 this constituency was formed when the previous Faversham seat was abolished and split into Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the town of Faversham which was then merged with Mid Kent to form this constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1997	Andrew Rowe	Conservative
	2001	Hugh Robertson	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Faversham and Mid Kent[3][4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Robertson	26,250	56.2	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Naghi	9,162	19.6	+2.9
	Labour	Ashok Rehal	7,748	16.6	-12.5
	UKIP	Sarah Larkins	1,722	3.7	+1.0
	Green	Tim Valentine	890	1.9	N/A
	National Front	Graham Kemp[6]	542	1.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Hairy Knorm Davidson	398	0.9	-0.6
Majority			17,088	36.6	+16.6
Turnout			46,712	67.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Faversham and Mid Kent
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
	UKIP	Robert Thompson	1,152	2.6	+0.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Norman Davidson	610	1.4	+1.4
Majority			8,720	20.0	9.9
Turnout			43,626	65.7	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.9

General Election 2001: Faversham and Mid Kent
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
	UKIP	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	+1.7
Turnout			41,051	60.4	-13.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Faversham and Mid Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	22,016	44.4	N/A
	Labour	Alan Stewart	17,843	36.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Parmenter	6,138	12.4	N/A
	Referendum Party	Robin Birley	2,073	4.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Norman Davidson	511	1.0	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Cunningham	431	0.9	N/A
	Green	David Currer	380	0.8	N/A
	Green Referendum Lawless Naturally Street Party	Caroline Morgan	115	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Nigel Pollard	99	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,173	8.4	N/A
Turnout			49,606	73.5	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

Notes and references

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

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