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.
Contents
- 1 Members of Parliament
- 2 Elections
- 2.1 Elections in the 1880s
- 2.2 Elections in the 1890s
- 2.3 Elections in the 1900s
- 2.4 Elections in the 1910s
- 2.5 Elections in the 1920s
- 2.6 Elections in the 1930s
- 2.7 Elections in the 1940s
- 2.8 Elections in the 1950s
- 2.9 Elections in the 1960s
- 2.10 Elections in the 1970s
- 2.11 Elections in the 1980s
- 2.12 Elections in the 1990s
- 3 References
Members of Parliament
Election | 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
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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen | unpposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederic Gorell Barnes | 5,738 | 55.7 | ||
Liberal | S. Barrow | 4,557 | 44.3 | ||
Majority | 1,181 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howard | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
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
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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 12,826 | ||||
Labour | Stanley James Wells Morgan | 5,981 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Granville Charles Hastings Wheler | 13,675 | |||
Labour | Stanley James Wells Morgan | 11,096 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Granville Charles Hastings Wheler | 13,422 | |||
Labour | Stanley James Wells Morgan | 12,361 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Lawrence Wells | 23,620 | |||
Conservative | J. E. Brooks | 21,381 | |||
Liberal | Elizabeth May Graham | 3,486 | |||
Majority | 2,239 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Lawrence Wells | 24,884 | |||
Conservative | Clive Bossom | 24,322 | |||
Majority | 562 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Lawrence Wells | 23,981 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | Clive Bossom | 23,922 | 49.9 | ||
Majority | 59 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 47,903 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Lawrence Wells | 24,327 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Mrs Elsie M. S. Olsen | 24,074 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 253 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,401 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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
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
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F" [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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