Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)

Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Faversham in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament 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 & Faversham and Mid Kent.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Faversham, the Sessional Division of Faversham, and the corporate town of Queenborough.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough, the Urban Districts of Milton Regis, Sheerness, and Sittingbourne, the Rural Districts of Milton and Sheppey, and the Rural District of Faversham except the detached parts of the civil parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the Rural District of Blean.

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough, the Urban Districts of Sheerness, and Sittingbourne and Milton, and 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, and Woodstock.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1885	Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen	Conservative
1895	Frederic Barnes	Conservative
1900	John Howard	Conservative
1906	Thomas Napier	Liberal
Jan 1910	Sir Granville Wheler, Bt.	Conservative
1928 by-election	Sir Adam Maitland	Conservative
1945	Percy Wells	Labour
1964 by-election	Terry Boston	Labour
1970	Sir Roger Moate	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Faversham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	5,067	55.1	n/a
	Liberal	Sir Francis Flint Belsey	4,123	44.9	n/a
Majority			944	10.2	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Faversham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	unpposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Faversham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	4,846	51.1	n/a
	Liberal	S. Halifax	4,640	48.9	n/a
Majority			206	2.2	n/a
Turnout				66.7	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Faversham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederic Gorell Barnes	5,738	55.7
	Liberal	Samuel Barrow	4,557	44.3
Majority			1,181	11.4
Turnout				75.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Faversham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Howard	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Thomas Napier

General Election 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Bateman Napier	6,925	57.6	n/a
	Conservative	John Howard	5,091	42.4	n/a
Majority			1,834	15.2	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	7,438	58.0	+15.6
	Liberal	Thomas Bateman Napier	5,394	42.0	-15.6
Majority			2,044	16.0	31.2
Turnout				87.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+15.6

Nicholls

General Election December 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	6,897	57.4	-0.6
	Liberal	George Nicholls	5,111	42.6	+0.6
Majority			1,786	14.8	-1.2
Turnout				82.0	-5.6
	Conservative 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Granville Charles Hastings Wheler
Liberal:
Labour: Stanley James Wells Morgan

General Election 1918: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Maj. Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	12,826
	Labour	Stanley James Wells Morgan	5,981
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	13,675
	Labour	Stanley James Wells Morgan	11,096
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	13,422
	Labour	Stanley James Wells Morgan	12,361
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election, 29 October 1924: Faversham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	14,432	46.9
	Labour	Stanley James Wells Morgan	9,180	29.9
	Liberal	Albert J Soloman	7,132	23.2
Majority			5,252	17.0
Turnout				73.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

Faversham by-election, 1928^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Adam Maitland	12,997	41.7	-5.2
	Labour	Dudley Leigh Aman	11,313	36.2	+6.3
	Liberal	John Freeman Dunn	5,813	18.6	-4.6
	Independent Conservative	E. Augustine Hailwood	1,090	3.5	+3.5
Majority			1,684	5.5
Turnout				72.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election, 30 May 1929: Faversham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Adam Maitland	16,219	41.3	-5.6
	Labour	Dudley Leigh Aman	15,275	38.9	+9.0
	Liberal	Prof. Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl	7,782	19.8	-3.4
Majority			944	2.4	-14.6
Turnout				75.5	+1.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.3

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adam Maitland	25,568	65.9
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	13,226	34.1
Majority			12,342	31.8
Turnout			38,794	72.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adam Maitland	22,881	54.6
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	19,060	45.4
Majority			3,821	9.1
Turnout			41,941	74.0
	Conservative 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: Sir Adam Maitland
Labour: John William Belcher^[5]

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Faversham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Percy Lawrence Wells	23,502	52.8
	Conservative	Sir Adam Maitland	21,037	47.2
Majority			2,465	5.5
Turnout				73.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Percy Lawrence Wells	23,620	48.71
	Conservative	J. E. Brooks	21,381	44.10
	Liberal	Elizabeth May Graham	3,486	7.19
Majority			2,239	4.62
Turnout				86.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Percy Lawrence Wells	24,884	50.57
	Conservative	Clive Bossom	24,322	49.43
Majority			562	1.14
Turnout				86.04
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Percy Lawrence Wells	23,981	50.06
	Conservative	Clive Bossom	23,922	49.94
Majority			59	0.12
Turnout			47,903	78.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Percy Lawrence Wells	24,327	50.26
	Conservative	Mrs Elsie M. S. Olsen	24,074	49.74
Majority			253	0.52
Turnout			48,401	83.80
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Faversham by-election, 1964 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Terence George Boston	24,749	55.1	4.8
	Conservative	Mrs Elsie M. S. Olsen	19,808	44.1	-3.6
	Independent	Russell Eckley	352	0.8	N/A
Majority			4,941	11.0	10.5
Turnout			44,909	74.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence George Boston	24,243	49.1
	Conservative	Mrs Elsie M. S. Olsen	20 279	41.0
	Liberal	Paul Hayden	4,882	9.9
Majority			3,964	8.1
Turnout			49,404	81.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence George Boston	26,375	52.5
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	23,886	47.5
Majority			2,489	5.0
Turnout			50,261	79.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Faversham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	29,914	53.4
	Labour	Terence George Boston	26,103	46.6
Majority			3,811	6.8
Turnout			56,013	78.1

General election February 1974^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	26,316	42.2
	Labour	Mike Freedman	20,909	33.6
	Liberal	PJ Morgan	14,927	24.0
	Community	E Dignan	151	0.2
Majority			5,407	8.7
Turnout			62,301	8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election, October 1974: Faversham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	25,087	43.0
	Labour	Mike Freedman	22,210	38.1
	Liberal	PJ Morgan	10,979	18.8
Majority			2,877	4.9
Turnout			58,276	76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election, 1979: Faversham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	33,513	54.4
	Labour	T Sherwen	21,351	34.6
	Liberal	AC Aldous	6,349	10.3
	National Front	A Webb	439	0.7
Majority			12,162	19.7
Turnout			61,653	78.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Faversham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	29,849	53.1
	Social Democratic	E Mark Goyder	15,252	27.1
	Labour	CM Bromley	11,130	19.8
Majority			14,597	26.0
Turnout			56,233	73.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: Faversham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	31,074	51.1
	Social Democratic	E Mark Goyder	17,096	28.1
	Labour	Philip Dangerfield	12,616	20.8
Majority			13,978	23.0
Turnout			60,788	76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election, 1992: Faversham^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roger Denis Moate	32,755	50.1	−1.0
	Labour	Helen Rosemary Brinton	16,404	25.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Truelove	15,896	24.3	−3.8
	Natural Law	Robin M. Bradshaw	294	0.5
Majority			16,351	25.0
Turnout			65,352	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
1 2 3 4 5 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
1 2 3 4 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
1 2 3 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ "UK General Election results 1970". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
↑ "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". politicsresources.net.

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