Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Canterbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Canterbury in Kent.

Outline map

Location of Kent within England.
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]

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, St Stephen's, Seasalter, Stone Street, 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, St Stephen's, Seasalter, Stone Street, 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

MPs 1295–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386 Thomas Holt John Symme[3]
1388 (Feb) John Mendham William Ellis[3]
1388 (Sep) John Creking John Wimpole[3]
1390 (Jan) Thomas Lincoln Thomas Ickham[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391 Edmund Horne John Proude[3]
1393 John Sexton Richard Gervays[3]
1394 John Proude Robert Farthing[3]
1395 William Ellis Thomas Ickham[3]
1397 (Jan) Richard Gervays John Sexton[3]
1397 (Sep) Edmund Horne Robert Farthing[3]
1399 John Sheldwich I Thomas Lane[3]
1401 Thomas Ickham John Pirie[3]
1402 John Sheldwich IRobert Cooper[3]
1404 (Jan) Thomas Chicche John Sexton[3]
1404 (Oct) John Umfray John Haute[3]
1406 Edmund Horne Richard Water[3]
1407 John Sexton Richard Water[3]
1410 Thomas Lane Henry Lynde[3]
1411 William Ickham William Rose[3]
1413 (Feb) William Lane John Sheldwich II[3]
1413 (May) Thomas Lane William Emery[3]
1414 (Apr) Richard Water John Sheldwich II[3]
1414 (Nov) Thomas Lane John Sheldwich II[3]
1415 John Sheldwich II[3]
1416 (Mar) Henry Lynde John Sheldwich II[3]
1416 (Oct) William Ickham William Benet[3]
1417 John Sheldwich II Henry Lynde[3]
1419 John Monyn John Sheldwich II[3]
1420 William Benet William Ickham[3]
1421 (May) John Sheldwich II William Lane[3]
1421 (Dec) Thomas Langdon Thomas Norman[3]
1425 William Benet [4]
1435 William Benet [4]
1450 William Benet [4]
1483 Sir George Browne (died 1483)
1489 John Crysp [5]
1504Thomas Atwode
1510 William Crump Thomas Atwode[6]
1512 Thomas Wainfleet John Hales I[6]
1515 Thomas Atwode John Hales I[6]
1523 Christopher Hales John Bridges[6]
1529 Thomas Atwode, died
and repl. by Feb 1535 by Robert Darknall		 John Bridges[6]
1536 Robert Darknall John Bridges[6]
1539 John Starkey Robert Lewis[6]
1542 Robert Darknall Walter Hendley[6]
1545 Robert Lewis ?[6]
1547 Robert Darknall Thomas Hales[6]
1553 (Mar) Robert Darknall George Webbe[6]
1553 (Oct) John Twyne William Coppyn[6]
1554 (Apr) John Twyne William Coppyn[6]
1554 (Nov) Nicholas Fish Richard Railton[6]
1558 Sir Henry Crispe William Roper[6]
1558/9Sir Thomas Finch George Maye[7]
1562/3 William Lovelace Robert Alcock[7]
1571 William Lovelace} Robert Alcock[7]
1572 Anthony Webbe, died
and repl. 1582 by Sir George Carey		 William Lovelace, died
and repl. 1578 by ?[7]
1584 Simon Brome John Rose[7][8]
1586 Simon Brome John Rose[7]
1588 Simon Brome Bartholomew Brome[7]
1593 Richard Lee Sir Henry Finch[7]
1597 John Boys Sir Henry Finch[7]
1601 John Boys John Rogers II[7]
1604 John Bowes Matthew Head
1614 George Newman Sir William Lovelace
1621–1622 John Finch Sir Robert Newington
1624 Thomas Scot Thomas Denn
1625 John Fisher Sir Thomas Wilsford
1626 Sir John Finch James Palmer
1628–1629 Sir John Finch Thomas Scott
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Edward Masters John Nutt
1640 (Nov) Sir Edward Masters John Nutt
1645 Sir Edward Masters John Nutt
1648 Sir Edward Masters John Nutt
1653Canterbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Thomas Scot Francis Butcher
1656 Thomas St Nicholas Vincent Denne
1659 Thomas St Nicholas Robert Gibbon
1659 Sir Edward Masters John Nutt

MPs 1660–1880

Election First member[9] Party Second member[9] Party
1660 Sir Anthony Aucher Heneage Finch
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, Bt Henry Lee
1695 George Sayer
1698 Henry Lee
1705 John Hardres
1708 Edward Watson Thomas D'Aeth
1710 John Hardres Henry Lee
1715 Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1722 Samuel Milles
1727 Sir William Hardres, Bt[10]
1734[10] Thomas May
1735[10] Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1741 Thomas Watson Thomas Best
1746 by-election Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1747 Matthew Robinson-Morris
1754 Sir James Creed
1761 Richard Milles Thomas Best
1768 William Lynch
1774 Sir William Mayne
1780 George Gipps Charles Robinson
1790 Sir John Honywood, Bt
1796 John Baker Whig Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig
Election declared void 2 Mar 1797
Mar 1797 by-election John Baker Whig Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig
May 1797 Sir John Honywood, Bt Tory George Gipps Tory
1800 by-election George Watson
1802 John Baker Whig
1806 James Simmons
Feb 1807 by-election Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig
May 1807 Edward Taylor Whig
1812 Stephen Rumbold Lushington Tory
1818 Lord Clifton Whig
1830 Richard Watson Whig Viscount Fordwich Whig
Jan 1835 Lord Albert Conyngham Liberal Frederick Villiers Liberal
Mar 1835 Stephen Rumbold Lushington Conservative
1837[11] James Bradshaw Conservative
1841 by-election[12] George Smythe Conservative
1847 by-election Lord Albert Conyngham Liberal
1850 by-election Frederick Romilly Liberal
1852 Henry Plumptre Gipps Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1853 Constituency representation suspended
1854 by-election Charles Manners Lushington Conservative Sir William Somerville, Bt[13] Liberal
1857 Henry Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1862 by-election Henry Munro Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1865[14] John Walter Huddleston Conservative
1868 Theodore Henry Brinckman Liberal
1874 Lewis Ashurst Majendie Conservative
1878 by-election Hon. Alfred Gathorne-Hardy Conservative
1879 by-election Robert Peter Laurie Conservative
1880 Constituency representation suspended

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMember[9][15]Party
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

ElectionMember[9][15]Party
1918 Ronald McNeill Conservative
1927 by-election Sir William Wayland Conservative
1945 John White Conservative
1953 by-election Sir Leslie Thomas Conservative
1966 David Crouch Conservative
1987 Julian Brazier Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Canterbury[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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 53,465 64.0 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
General Election 2010: Canterbury[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

General Election 2005: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election 2001: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

General Election 1997: Canterbury[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election 1992: Canterbury[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

General Election 1987: Canterbury[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election 1983: Canterbury[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

General Election 1979: Canterbury[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election October 1974: Canterbury[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election February 1974: Canterbury[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
General Election 1970: Canterbury[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lance Crouch 33,222 55.42
Labour Henry Gordon N Clother 15,172 25.31
Liberal David C P Gracie 11,553 19.27
Majority 18,050 30.11
Turnout 59,950 74.57
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lance Crouch 27,160 49.84
Labour B Sawbridge 15,372 28.21
Liberal Edwin W Moss 11,962 21.95
Majority 11,788 21.63
Turnout 76.10
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leslie Montagu Thomas 26,827 51.97
Labour George Selous Cobbett 15,211 29.47
Liberal Edwin W Moss 9,582 18.56
Majority 11,616 22.50
Turnout 76.32
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leslie Thomas 30,846 66.20
Labour George E Peters 15,746 33.80
Majority 15,100 32.41
Turnout 75.14
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leslie Montagu Thomas 28,739 66.55
Labour Reginald George Ward 14,444 33.45
Majority 14,295 33.10
Turnout 72.66
Conservative hold Swing
Canterbury by-election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leslie Montagu Thomas 19,400
Labour John A E Jones 9,560
Majority 9,930
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Baker White 28,632 61.09
Labour John A E Jones 14,543 31.03
Liberal Thomas H Payne 3,695 7.88
Majority 14,089 30.06
Turnout 80.06
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

General Election 1945: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Baker White 24,282 61.61
Labour Joseph Denis Milburn Bell 14,115 35.81
Common Wealth Catherine Williamson 1,017 2.58
Majority 10,167 25.80
Turnout 68.78
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland 26,552 74.34
Labour Harold Richard Adams 9,164 25.66
Majority 17,388 48.68
Turnout 64.45
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland 30,328 83.67
Labour Paul Winterton 5,921 16.33
Majority 24,407 67.33
Turnout 66.22
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 General Election: Canterbury [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
Canterbury by-election, 1927[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
1924 General Election: Canterbury[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
1923 General Election: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Ronald John McNeill 12,017
Liberal William Robertson Heatley 8,561
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1870s

Canterbury by-election, 1879[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1,159
Liberal Mr. Edwards 1,103
Majority 56
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Canterbury: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  4. 1 2 3 History of Parliament
  5. ↑ The English Parliaments of Henry VII. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  8. ↑ Browne Willis
  9. 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  10. 1 2 3 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
  11. ↑ A petition was lodged against the 1837 result, but withdrawn
  12. ↑ A petition was lodged against the result of the by-election in February 1841, but it was dismissed
  13. ↑ Sir William Somerville was known from 1863 as The Lord Athlumney.
  14. ↑ A petition was lodged against the 1865 result, but withdrawn
  15. 1 2 "Canterbury 1660-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 4 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/canterbury-2015.html
  18. ↑ "Canterbury and Whitstable parliamentary campaign launch". Canterbury District Green Party. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  19. ↑ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
  20. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "UK Independence Party »". Candidates.ukip.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
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  23. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  24. ↑ "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1987-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  25. ↑ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1983-06-09. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  26. ↑ "UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1979-05-28. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  27. ↑ "UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1974-10-10. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  28. ↑ "UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1974-02-28. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  29. ↑ "UK General Election results 1970 [Archive]". Politicsresources.net. 1970-06-18. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  30. 1 2 3 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  31. ↑ "Canterbury Election". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. 10 May 1879. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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