Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Canterbury in Kent.
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Location of Kent within England.
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County | Kent |
Population | 109,280 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,779 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Canterbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Julian Brazier (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1295–1918 | |
Number of members | 1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Canterbury is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Julian Brazier of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Contents
History
The wider constituency was formed from an expansion of the narrow parliamentary borough (or simply borough) of the same name that existed from 1295 to 1918. This had elected two MPs from 1295 (the Model Parliament) until 1885, and then one until 1918. Since 1918 it has consistently elected candidates of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Canterbury, the Urban Districts of Herne Bay and Whitstable, the Rural Districts of Bridge and Elham, and the Rural District of Blean with the detached parts of the civil parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the rural district.
1950-1983: The County Borough of Canterbury, the Urban Districts of Herne Bay and Whitstable, and the Rural District of Bridge Blean.
1983-1997: The City of Canterbury wards of Barham Downs, Barton, Blean Forest, Chartham, Chestfield, Gorrell, Harbledown, Harbour, Little Stour, Marshside, Northgate, North Nailbourne, Seasalter, Stone Street, St Stephen's, Sturry North, Sturry South, Swalecliffe, Tankerton, Westgate, and Wincheap, and the Borough of Swale wards of Boughton and Courtenay.
1997-2010: The City of Canterbury wards of Barham Downs, Barton, Blean Forest, Chartham, Chestfield, Gorrell, Harbledown, Harbour, Little Stour, Marshside, Northgate, North Nailbourne, Seasalter, Stone Street, St Stephen's, Sturry North, Sturry South, Swalecliffe, Tankerton, Westgate, and Wincheap.
2010-present: The City of Canterbury wards of Barham Downs, Barton, Blean Forest, Chartham and Stone Street, Chestfield and Swalecliffe, Gorrell, Harbledown, Harbour, Little Stour, North Nailbourne, Northgate, St Stephen's, Seasalter, Sturry North, Sturry South, Tankerton, Westgate, and Wincheap.
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 (although it was in this seat before the 1983 redistribution).
Members of Parliament
Parliamentary borough of Canterbury
MPs 1295–1660
MPs 1660–1880
MPs 1885–1918
- Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
Election | Member[9][15] | Party | |
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1885 | John Heaton | Conservative | |
Dec 1910 | Francis Bennett-Goldney | Independent Unionist | |
1918 by-election | George Anderson | Conservative | |
1918 | Parliamentary borough abolished, name transferred to a new county division |
Canterbury county constituency
MPs since 1918
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Brazier[17] | 22,918 | 42.9 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Hugh Lanning[17] | 13,120 | 24.5 | +8.4 | |
UKIP | Jim Gascoyne[17] | 7,289 | 13.6 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Flanagan[17] | 6,227 | 11.6 | -20.9 | |
Green | Stuart Jeffery[18] | 3,746 | 7.0 | +4.7 | |
Socialist (GB) | Robert Cox[19] | 165 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 9,798 | 18.3 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 53465 | 64.0 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Brazier | 22,050 | 44.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Guy Voizey | 16,002 | 32.5 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Jean Samuel | 7,940 | 16.1 | −12.0 | |
UKIP | Howard Farmer[21] | 1,907 | 3.9 | +1.9 | |
Green | Geoff Meaden | 1,137 | 2.3 | −1.0 | |
Money Reform | Anne Belsey | 173 | 0.4 | - | |
Majority | 6,048 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,209 | 64.1 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Brazier | 20,913 | 38.65 | ||
Labour | Cheryl Hall | 16,949 | 31.32 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Vye | 12,854 | 23.76 | ||
Referendum | James Osborne | 2,460 | 4.55 | ||
Green | Geoffrey Meaden | 588 | 1.09 | ||
UKIP | John Moore | 281 | 0.52 | ||
Natural Law | Andrew Pringle | 64 | 0.12 | ||
Majority | 3,964 | 7.33 | |||
Turnout | 54,109 | 72.45 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Brazier | 29,827 | 50.8 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | M J Vye | 19,022 | 32.4 | +5.0 | |
Labour | MF Whitemore | 8,936 | 15.2 | −1.7 | |
Green | Ms. WJ Arnall | 747 | 1.3 | −0.4 | |
Natural Law | Ms. SE Curphey | 203 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,805 | 18.4 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,735 | 78.1 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Brazier | 30,273 | 53.82 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | John Purchese | 15,382 | 27.34 | ||
Labour | Linda A. Keen | 9,494 | 16.88 | ||
Green | Steve Dawe | 947 | 1.68 | ||
Independent Canterbury Nationalist | Joan White | 157 | 0.28 | ||
Majority | 14,891 | 26.47 | |||
Turnout | 56,255 | 73.96 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Crouch | 29,029 | 56.47 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | J Purchese | 13,287 | 25.85 | ||
Labour | Jeannette Gould | 7,906 | 15.38 | ||
Ecology | D Conder | 962 | 1.87 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Joan White | 226 | 0.44 | ||
Majority | 15,742 | 30.62 | |||
Turnout | 51,410 | 69.98 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Crouch | 27,160 | 49.84 | ||
Labour | B Sawbridge | 15,372 | 28.21 | ||
Liberal | EW Moss | 11,962 | 21.95 | ||
Majority | 11,788 | 21.63 | |||
Turnout | 76.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Thomas | 26,827 | 51.97 | ||
Labour | GS Cobbett | 15,211 | 29.47 | ||
Liberal | EW Moss | 9,582 | 18.56 | ||
Majority | 11,616 | 22.50 | |||
Turnout | 76.32 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Thomas | 30,846 | 66.20 | ||
Labour | GE Peters | 15,746 | 33.80 | ||
Majority | 15,100 | 32.41 | |||
Turnout | 75.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Thomas | 28,739 | 66.55 | ||
Labour | RG Ward | 14,444 | 33.45 | ||
Majority | 14,295 | 33.10 | |||
Turnout | 72.66 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Thomas | 19,400 | |||
Labour | JAE Jones | 9,560 | |||
Majority | 9,930 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baker White | 28,632 | 61.09 | ||
Labour | JAE Jones | 14,543 | 31.03 | ||
Liberal | TH Payne | 3,695 | 7.88 | ||
Majority | 14,089 | 30.06 | |||
Turnout | 80.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baker White | 26,491 | 55.95 | ||
Labour | Jackson Newman | 14,563 | 30.76 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Graham Jupp | 6,296 | 13.30 | ||
Majority | 11,928 | 25.19 | |||
Turnout | 82.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John White | 24,282 | 61.61 | ||
Labour | JDM Bell | 14,115 | 35.81 | ||
Common Wealth | C Williamson | 1,017 | 2.58 | ||
Majority | 10,167 | 25.80 | |||
Turnout | 68.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wayland | 26,552 | 74.34 | ||
Labour | HR Adams | 9,164 | 25.66 | ||
Majority | 17,388 | 48.68 | |||
Turnout | 64.45 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wayland | 30,328 | 83.67 | ||
Labour | P Winterton | 5,921 | 16.33 | ||
Majority | 24,407 | 67.33 | |||
Turnout | 66.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland | 19,181 | 56.7 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | David Carnegie | 9,937 | 29.4 | -13.3 | |
Labour | Philip Sidney Eastman | 4,703 | 13.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,244 | 27.3 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,821 | 68.3 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland | 13,657 | 57.3 | -13.0 | |
Liberal | David Carnegie | 10,175 | 42.7 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 3,482 | 14.6 | -26.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,832 | 60.8 | -5.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Ronald John McNeill | 16,693 | 70.3 | ||
Liberal | David Carnegie | 7,061 | 29.7 | ||
Majority | 9,632 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 65.9 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Ronald John McNeill | 12,017 | |||
Liberal | William Robertson Heatley | 8,561 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
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- ↑ Browne Willis
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Sir William Hardres, Bt was re-elected in 1734, but the result was overturned on petition and his seat awarded in 1735 to Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
- ↑ A petition was lodged against the 1837 result, but withdrawn
- ↑ A petition was lodged against the result of the by-election in February 1841, but it was dismissed
- ↑ Sir William Somerville was known from 1863 as The Lord Athlumney.
- ↑ A petition was lodged against the 1865 result, but withdrawn
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- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/canterbury-2015.html
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- ↑ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
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- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- Sources
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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Canterbury — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
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