Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
For the 1868–1885 constituency, see Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency).
| Mid Kent | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Kent |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Faversham & Mid Kent |
Mid Kent was a county constituency in the county of Kent, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Rochester and Chatham & Maidstone, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
A previous two-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1868 to 1885.
Boundaries
The City of Rochester upon Medway wards of Holcombe, Horsted, Lordswood, Luton, Walderslade, Wayfield, and Weedswood; and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boxley, Detling, East, Harrietsham and Lenham, Hollingbourne, North, and Thurnham.
The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Chatham.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Mid Kent[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 33,633 | 56.7 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Tim J. Robson | 13,984 | 23.6 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham D. Colley | 11,476 | 19.3 | −7.4 | |
| Natural Law | Gerard J. Valente | 224 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 19,649 | 33.1 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 59,317 | 79.7 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Mid Kent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 28,719 | 55.1 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Graham D. Colley | 13,951 | 26.8 | −0.2 | |
| Labour | J.A. Hazelgrove | 9,420 | 18.1 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 14,768 | 28.3 | |||
| Turnout | 52,090 | 71.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| General Election 1983: Mid Kent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 25,400 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal | A.J. Wainman | 12,857 | 27.0 | ||
| Labour | V.A. Hull | 8,928 | 18.8 | ||
| Independent | D.W. Delderfield | 324 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 12,543 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,509 | 71.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.