Mid Kent was a county constituency in the county of Kent, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Mid Kent | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Mid Kent constituency in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997 | |
| County | Kent |
| Major settlements | Chatham, Maidstone (part) |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Maidstone and Rochester & Chatham[1] |
| Replaced by | Chatham and Aylesford, Faversham & Mid Kent, Maidstone and the Weald[1] |
It was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Rochester and Chatham & Maidstone, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
A previous two-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1868 to 1885.
Boundaries
editThe City of Rochester-upon-Medway wards of Holcombe, Horsted, Lordswood, Luton, Walderslade, Wayfield, and Weedswood, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boxley, Detling, East, Harrietsham and Lenham, Hollingbourne, North, and Thurnham.
The constituency was predominantly rural between the urban areas of Medway and Maidstone.
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 25,400 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal | Allison Wainman | 12,857 | 27.0 | ||
| Labour | Vernon Hull | 8,928 | 18.8 | ||
| Independent | Dennis Delderfield | 324 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 12,543 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,509 | 71.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 28,719 | 55.1 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Graham Colley | 13,951 | 26.8 | −0.2 | |
| Labour | Jack Hazelgrove | 9,420 | 18.1 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 14,768 | 28.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,090 | 71.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 33,633 | 56.7 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Timothy Robson | 13,984 | 23.6 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Colley | 11,476 | 19.3 | −7.5 | |
| Natural Law | Gerard Valente | 224 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 19,649 | 33.1 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 59,317 | 79.7 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b "'Kent Mid', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.