List of MPs for Kent
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of members of Parliament in Kent, covering each of the seats in the English county, except Kent (to 1832), East Kent (1832–1885), West Kent (1832–1885), and Mid Kent (1868–1885).
Ashford
The Ashford constituency was created in 1885.
Canterbury
The Canterbury constituency was created in 1295.
MPs 1660–1880
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Anthony Aucher | Heneage Finch,later Earl of Nottingham |
| 1661 | Francis Lovelace | Sir Edward Master |
| 1664 | Thomas Hardres | |
| Feb 1679 | Edward Hales | William Jacob |
| Aug 1679 | Sir Thomas Hardres | |
| 1681 | Lewis Watson | Vincent Denne |
| 1685 | Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet | Henry Lee |
| 1695 | George Sayer | |
| 1698 | Henry Lee | |
| 1705 | John Hardres | |
| 1708 | Edward Watson | Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet |
| 1710 | John Hardres | Henry Lee |
| 1715 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1722 | Samuel Milles | |
| 1727 | Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet | |
| 1734 | Thomas May | |
| 1735 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1741 | Thomas Watson | Thomas Best |
| 1746 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1747 | Matthew Robinson-Morris | |
| 1754 | Sir James Creed | |
| 1761 | Richard Milles | Thomas Best |
| 1768 | William Lynch | |
| 1774 | Sir William Mayne,later Baron Newhaven | |
| 1780 | George Gipps | Charles Robinson |
| 1790 | Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet | |
| 1796 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| Election declared void 2 Mar 1797 | ||
| Mar 1797 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| May 1797 | Sir John Honywood | George Gipps |
| 1800 | George Watson | |
| 1802 | John Baker | |
| 1806 | James Simmons | |
| Feb 1807 | Samuel Elias Sawbridge | |
| May 1807 | Edward Taylor | |
| 1812 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1818 | Edward Bligh, Baron Clifton | |
| 1830 | Richard Watson | George Cowper, Viscount Fordwich |
| Jan 1835 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | Frederick Villiers |
| Mar 1835 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1837 | James Bradshaw | |
| 1841 | George Smythe | |
| 1847 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | |
| 1850 | Frederick Romilly | |
| 1852 | Henry Plumptre Gipps | Henry Butler-Johnstone |
| Constituency representation suspended (1853) | ||
| 1854 | Charles Manners Lushington | Sir William Meredyth Somerville |
| 1857 | Henry Butler-Johnstone | |
| 1862 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | |
| 1865 | John Walter Huddleston, Conservative | |
| 1868 | Theodore Henry Brinckman, Liberal | |
| 1874 | Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative | |
| 1878 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative | |
| 1879 | Robert Peter Laurie, Conservative | |
| Constituency representation suspended (1880) | ||
MPs since 1885
- Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1885 | John Henniker Heaton | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | December 1910 | Francis Bennett-Goldney | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 by-election | George Knox Anderson | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Ronald McNeill | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1927 by-election | William Wayland | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | John Baker White | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1953 by-election | Leslie Thomas | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1966 | David Crouch | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1987 | Julian Brazier | Conservative |
Chatham and Aylesford
The Chatham and Aylesford constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Jonathan Shaw | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Tracey Crouch | Conservative |
Dartford
The Dartford constituency was created in 1885
MPs 1885–1945
MPs since 1945
The constituency was split in 1945, with half becoming the new Bexley seat
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | Norman Dodds | Labour Co-operative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1955 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1970 | Peter Trew | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1974 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1979 | Bob Dunn | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Howard Stoate | Labour |
Dover
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | John Thomas | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1950 | John Arbuthnot | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1964 | David Ennals | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1970 | Peter Rees | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1987 | David Shaw | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Gwyn Prosser | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Charlie Elphicke | Conservative |
Faversham and Mid Kent
The Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2001 | Hugh Robertson | Conservative |
Folkestone and Hythe
The Folkestone and Hythe constituency was created in 1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1950 | Harry Ripley Mackeson | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1959 | Sir Albert Costain | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | Michael Howard | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Damian Collins | Conservative |
Gillingham
The Gillingham constituency was created in 1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Constituency created | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Sir Gerald Fitzroy Hohler | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1929 | Sir Robert Vaughan Gower | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | Joseph Binns | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1950 | Sir Frederick Burden | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | James Couchman | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Paul Clark | Labour |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see extended constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. | ||
Gravesham
The Gravesham constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | Timothy Brinton | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Chris Pond | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative |
Maidstone and The Weald
The Maidstone and The Weald constituency, originally named "Maidstone", was created in 1560. Up until 1885 it elected two MPs. In 1997 the name was changed to "Maidstone and The Weald".
MPs 1660–1885
MPs 1885–present
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Alexander Henry Ross | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1888 by-election | Fiennes Cornwallis | Conservative |
| 1895 | Sir Frederick Hunt | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1898 by-election | Fiennes Cornwallis | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1900 | John Barker | Liberal |
| 1901 by-election | Sir Francis Evans | ||
| 1906 | Viscount Castlereagh | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1915 by-election | Carlyon Bellairs | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1931 | Sir Alfred Charles Bossom | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1959 | John Wells | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1987 | Ann Widdecombe | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Helen Grant | Conservative |
Medway
The Medway constituency was created in 1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1885 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1892 | Charles Warde | Conservative |
The constituency was abolished in 1918 and recreated in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | Dame Peggy Fenner | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Bob Marshall-Andrews | Labour |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Rochester and Strood | ||
North Thanet
The North Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | Roger Gale | Conservative |
Sevenoaks
The Sevenoaks constituency was created in 1885
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
The Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Derek Wyatt | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Gordon Henderson | Conservative |
South Thanet
The South Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1983 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2010 | Laura Sandys | Conservative |
Tonbridge and Malling
The Tonbridge and Malling constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Feb. 1974 | Sir John Stanley | Conservative |
Tunbridge Wells
The Tunbridge Wells constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Feb. 1974 | Patrick Mayhew | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1997 | Archie Norman | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2005 | Greg Clark | Conservative |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
- West Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
- Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
- Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
- East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
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