Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK constituency Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Faversham in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and Faversham and Mid Kent.

Boundaries

1885–1918:

• The Borough of Faversham
• the Sessional Division of Faversham
• the corporate town of Queenborough

1918–1950:

• the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough,
• the Urban Districts of Milton Regis,
• Sheerness, and Sittingbourne,
• the Rural Districts of Milton and Sheppey,
• the Rural District of Faversham (except the detached parts of the parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the Rural District of Blean)

1950–1983:

• the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough
• the Urban Districts of Sheerness, Sittingbourne and Milton
• the Rural Districts of Sheppey and Swale

1983–1997:

• the Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Borden, Davington Priory, East Downs, Eastern, Grove, Iwade and Lower Halstow
• Kemsley
• Milton Regis
• Minster Cliffs
• Murston
• Newington
• Queenborough and Halfway
• Roman
• St Ann's
• Sheerness East
• Sheerness West
• Sheppey Central
• Teynham and Lynsted
• Watling
• West Downs
• Woodstock

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Frederic Barnes	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900	John Howard	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Thomas Napier	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jan 1910	Sir Granville Wheler, Bt.	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1928 by-election	Sir Adam Maitland	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Percy Wells	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1964 by-election	Terry Boston	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1970	Sir Roger Moate	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen	Template:Replace	55.1
		Francis Flint Belsey	4,123	44.9
Majority			944	10.2
Turnout			9,190	80.8
Registered electors			11,370
	win (new seat)

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General election 1886: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen	Template:Replace	51.1
		Sydney Hallifax	4,640	48.9
Majority			206	2.2
Turnout			9,486	66.7
Registered electors			14,219
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederic Gorell Barnes	Template:Replace	55.7
		Samuel Barrow	4,557	44.3
Majority			1,181	11.4
Turnout			10,295	75.1
Registered electors			13,701
	hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

File:Thomas Bateman Napier.jpg

Thomas Napier

General election 1906: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Napier	Template:Replace	57.6
		John Howard	5,091	42.4
Majority			1,834	15.2
Turnout			12,016	80.9
Registered electors			14,860
	gain from		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Granville Wheler	Template:Replace	58.0
		Thomas Napier	5,394	42.0
Majority			2,044	16.0
Turnout			12,832	87.6
	gain from		Swing	+15.6

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Nicholls

General election December 1910: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Granville Wheler	Template:Replace	57.4
		George Nicholls	5,111	42.6
Majority			1,786	14.8
Turnout			12,008	82.0
	hold		Swing	-0.6

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Granville Wheler
• Liberal:
• Labour: Stanley Morgan

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stanley Morgan	5,981	31.8
Majority			6,845	36.4
Turnout			18,807	50.2
Registered electors			37,478
	hold		Swing

General election 1922: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Granville Wheler	Template:Replace	55.2
		Stanley Morgan	11,096	44.8
Majority			2,579	10.4
Turnout			24,771	61.7
Registered electors			40,156
	hold		Swing	−13.0

General election 1923: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Granville Wheler	Template:Replace	52.1
		Stanley Morgan	12,361	47.9
Majority			1,061	4.2
Turnout			25,783	63.4
Registered electors			40,676
	hold		Swing	−3.1

General election 1924: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Granville Wheler	Template:Replace	46.9
		Stanley Morgan	9,180	29.9
		Albert J Soloman	7,132	23.2
Majority			5,252	17.0
Turnout			30,744	73.9
Registered electors			41,589
	hold		Swing	+6.4

1928 Faversham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Maitland	Template:Replace	41.7
		Dudley Aman	11,313	36.2
		John Dunn	5,813	18.6
		E.A. Hailwood	1,090	3.5
Majority			1,684	5.5
Turnout			31,213	72.4
Registered electors			43,122
	hold		Swing	−5.8

General election 1929: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Maitland	Template:Replace	41.3
		Dudley Aman	15,275	38.9
		Maurice Gerothwohl	7,782	19.8
Majority			944	2.4
Turnout			39,276	75.5
Registered electors			52,047
	hold		Swing	−7.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Maitland	Template:Replace	65.9
		Norman Smith	13,226	34.1
Majority			12,342	31.8
Turnout			38,794	72.2
	hold		Swing

General election 1935: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Maitland	Template:Replace	54.6
		Norman Smith	19,060	45.4
Majority			3,821	9.2
Turnout			41,941	74.0
	hold		Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Adam Maitland
• Labour: John Belcher

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Wells	Template:Replace	52.8
		Adam Maitland	21,037	47.2
Majority			2,465	5.6
Turnout			44,539	73.1
	gain from		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Wells	Template:Replace	48.71
		J. E. Brooks	21,381	44.10
		Elizabeth May Graham	3,486	7.19
Majority			2,239	4.61
Turnout			48,487	86.33
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Wells	Template:Replace	50.57
		Clive Bossom	24,322	49.43
Majority			562	1.14
Turnout			49,206	86.04
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Wells	Template:Replace	50.06
		Clive Bossom	23,922	49.94
Majority			59	0.12
Turnout			47,903	78.36
	hold		Swing

General election 1959: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Wells	Template:Replace	50.26
		Elsie M. S. Olsen	24,074	49.74
Majority			253	0.52
Turnout			48,401	83.80
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Faversham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence Boston	Template:Replace	55.1
		Elsie M. S. Olsen	19,808	44.1
		Russell Eckley	352	0.8
Majority			4,941	11.0
Turnout			44,909	74.8
	hold		Swing	+10.5

General election 1964: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence Boston	Template:Replace	49.1
		Elsie M. S. Olsen	20,279	41.0
		Paul Hayden	4,882	9.9
Majority			3,964	8.1
Turnout			49,404	81.7
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence Boston	Template:Replace	52.5
		Roger Moate	23,886	47.5
Majority			2,489	5.0
Turnout			50,261	79.9
	hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	53.4
		Terence Boston	26,103	46.6
Majority			3,811	6.8
Turnout			56,013	78.1
	gain from		Swing

General election February 1974: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	42.2
		Mike Freedman	20,909	33.6
		PJ Morgan	14,927	24.0
	Community	E Dignan	151	0.2
Majority			5,407	8.6
Turnout			62,301	82.6
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	43.0
		Mike Freedman	22,210	38.1
		PJ Morgan	10,979	18.8
Majority			2,877	4.9
Turnout			58,276	76.7
	hold		Swing

General election 1979: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	54.4
		T Sherwen	21,351	34.6
		AC Aldous	6,349	10.3
		A Webb	439	0.7
Majority			12,162	19.8
Turnout			61,653	78.5
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	53.1
		Edward Goyder	15,252	27.1
		Christopher Bromley	11,130	19.8
Majority			14,597	26.0
Turnout			56,233	73.5
	hold		Swing

General election 1987: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	51.1
		Edward Goyder	17,096	28.1
		Philip Dangerfield	12,616	20.8
Majority			13,978	23.0
Turnout			60,788	76.9
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Moate	Template:Replace	50.1
		Helen Brinton	16,404	25.1
		Roger Truelove	15,896	24.3
		Robin M. Bradshaw	294	0.5
Majority			16,351	25.0
Turnout			65,352	79.7
	hold		Swing

References

• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by Fred W. S. Craig