Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)

Faversham
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Faversham in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
1885–1997
Seatsone
Created fromEast Kent
Replaced bySittingbourne & Sheppey,
Faversham & Mid Kent

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

Boundaries

1885–1918:

  • The Borough of Faversham
  • the Sessional Division of Faversham
  • the corporate town of Queenborough

1918–1950:

  • the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough,
  • the Urban Districts of Milton Regis,
  • Sheerness, and Sittingbourne,
  • the Rural Districts of Milton and Sheppey,
  • the Rural District of Faversham (except the detached parts of the parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the Rural District of Blean)

1950–1983:

  • the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough
  • the Urban Districts of Sheerness, Sittingbourne and Milton
  • 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
  • Woodstock

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

General election 1885: Faversham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen 5,067 55.1
Liberal Francis Flint Belsey 4,123 44.9
Majority 944 10.2
Turnout 9,190 80.8
Registered electors 11,370
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Faversham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Faversham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen 4,846 51.1 N/A
Liberal Sydney Hallifax[3] 4,640 48.9 New
Majority 206 2.2 N/A
Turnout 9,486 66.7 N/A
Registered electors 14,219
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Faversham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederic Gorell Barnes 5,738 55.7 +4.6
Liberal Samuel Barrow 4,557 44.3 −4.6
Majority 1,181 11.4 +9.2
Turnout 10,295 75.1 +8.4
Registered electors 13,701
Conservative hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Faversham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Howard Unopposed
Conservative hold
Thomas Napier
General election 1906: Faversham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Napier 6,925 57.6 New
Conservative John Howard 5,091 42.4 N/A
Majority 1,834 15.2 N/A
Turnout 12,016 80.9 N/A
Registered electors 14,860
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Faversham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Granville Wheler 7,438 58.0 +15.6
Liberal Thomas Napier 5,394 42.0 −15.6
Majority 2,044 16.0 N/A
Turnout 12,832 87.6 +6.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.6
Nicholls
General election December 1910: Faversham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Granville Wheler 6,897 57.4 −0.6
Lib-Lab George Nicholls 5,111 42.6 +0.6
Majority 1,786 14.8 −1.2
Turnout 12,008 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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Granville Wheler 12,826 68.2 +10.8
Labour Stanley Morgan 5,981 31.8 New
Majority 6,845 36.4 +21.6
Turnout 18,807 50.2 −31.8
Registered electors 37,478
Unionist hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Granville Wheler 13,675 55.2 −13.0
Labour Stanley Morgan 11,096 44.8 +13.0
Majority 2,579 10.4 −26.0
Turnout 24,771 61.7 +11.5
Registered electors 40,156
Unionist hold Swing −13.0
General election 1923: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Granville Wheler 13,422 52.1 −3.1
Labour Stanley Morgan 12,361 47.9 +3.1
Majority 1,061 4.2 −6.2
Turnout 25,783 63.4 +1.7
Registered electors 40,676
Unionist hold Swing −3.1
General election 1924: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Granville Wheler 14,432 46.9 −5.2
Labour Stanley Morgan 9,180 29.9 −18.0
Liberal Albert J Soloman 7,132 23.2 New
Majority 5,252 17.0 +12.8
Turnout 30,744 73.9 +10.5
Registered electors 41,589
Unionist hold Swing +6.4
1928 Faversham by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Adam Maitland 12,997 41.7 −5.2
Labour Dudley Aman 11,313 36.2 +6.3
Liberal John Dunn 5,813 18.6 −4.6
Ind. Unionist E.A. Hailwood 1,090 3.5 New
Majority 1,684 5.5 −11.5
Turnout 31,213 72.4 −1.5
Registered electors 43,122
Unionist hold Swing −5.8
General election 1929: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Adam Maitland 16,219 41.3 −5.6
Labour Dudley Aman 15,275 38.9 +9.0
Liberal Maurice Gerothwohl 7,782 19.8 −3.4
Majority 944 2.4 −14.6
Turnout 39,276 75.5 +1.6
Registered electors 52,047
Unionist hold Swing −7.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Maitland 25,568 65.9 +24.6
Labour Norman Smith 13,226 34.1 −4.8
Majority 12,342 31.8 +29.4
Turnout 38,794 72.2 −3.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Maitland 22,881 54.6 −11.3
Labour Norman Smith 19,060 45.4 +11.3
Majority 3,821 9.2 −22.6
Turnout 41,941 74.0 +1.8
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;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Faversham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy Wells 23,502 52.8 +7.4
Conservative Adam Maitland 21,037 47.2 −7.4
Majority 2,465 5.6 N/A
Turnout 44,539 73.1 −0.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy Wells 23,620 48.71
Conservative J. E. Brooks 21,381 44.10
Liberal Elizabeth May Graham 3,486 7.19 New
Majority 2,239 4.61
Turnout 48,487 86.33
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy Wells 24,884 50.57
Conservative Clive Bossom 24,322 49.43
Majority 562 1.14
Turnout 49,206 86.04
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy 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: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy Wells 24,327 50.26
Conservative Elsie M. S. Olsen 24,074 49.74
Majority 253 0.52
Turnout 48,401 83.80
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Faversham by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Boston 24,749 55.1 +4.8
Conservative Elsie M. S. Olsen 19,808 44.1 −3.6
Independent Russell Eckley 352 0.8 New
Majority 4,941 11.0 +10.5
Turnout 44,909 74.8 −9.0
Labour hold Swing +10.5
General election 1964: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Boston 24,243 49.1 −1.2
Conservative Elsie M. S. Olsen 20,279 41.0 −8.7
Liberal Paul Hayden 4,882 9.9 New
Majority 3,964 8.1 +7.6
Turnout 49,404 81.7 −2.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Faversham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Boston 26,375 52.5 +3.4
Conservative Roger Moate 23,886 47.5 +6.5
Majority 2,489 5.0 −3.1
Turnout 50,261 79.9 −1.8
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Faversham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 29,914 53.4 +5.9
Labour Terence Boston 26,103 46.6 −5.9
Majority 3,811 6.8 +1.8
Turnout 56,013 78.1 −1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election February 1974: Faversham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 26,316 42.2 −11.2
Labour Mike Freedman 20,909 33.6 −13.0
Liberal PJ Morgan 14,927 24.0 New
Community E Dignan 151 0.2 New
Majority 5,407 8.6 +1.8
Turnout 62,301 82.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Faversham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 25,087 43.0 +0.8
Labour Mike Freedman 22,210 38.1 +4.5
Liberal PJ Morgan 10,979 18.8 −5.2
Majority 2,877 4.9 −3.7
Turnout 58,276 76.7 −5.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Faversham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 33,513 54.4 +11.4
Labour T Sherwen 21,351 34.6 −3.5
Liberal AC Aldous 6,349 10.3 −8.5
National Front A Webb 439 0.7 New
Majority 12,162 19.8 +14.9
Turnout 61,653 78.5 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Faversham[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 29,849 53.1 −1.3
SDP Edward Goyder 15,252 27.1 +16.8
Labour Christopher Bromley 11,130 19.8 −14.8
Majority 14,597 26.0 +6.2
Turnout 56,233 73.5 −5.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: Faversham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 31,074 51.1 −2.0
SDP Edward Goyder 17,096 28.1 +1.0
Labour Philip Dangerfield 12,616 20.8 +1.0
Majority 13,978 23.0 −3.0
Turnout 60,788 76.9 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Faversham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Moate 32,755 50.1 −1.0
Labour Helen Brinton 16,404 25.1 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Truelove 15,896 24.3 −3.8
Natural Law Robin M. Bradshaw 294 0.5 New
Majority 16,351 25.0 +2.0
Turnout 65,352 79.7 +2.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

  • British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by Fred W. S. Craig
  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. ^ a b c d e British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. ^ "Faversham". Thanet Advertiser. 18 July 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  6. ^ a b c d e f g F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. ^ "UK General Election results 1970". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  8. ^ "UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  9. ^ "UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  10. ^ "UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  11. ^ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  12. ^ "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  13. ^ "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2009.