Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Canterbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Canterbury in Kent
EnglandKent.svg
Location of Kent within England
County Kent
Population109,280 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 80,203 (2019 estimate) [2] 73,779 (December 2010) [3]
Major settlements Canterbury, Whitstable
Current constituency
Created1295
Member of Parliament Rosie Duffield (Labour)
SeatsOne
1295–1918
Seats
  • 1295–1885: Two
  • 1885–present: One
Type of constituency Borough constituency

Canterbury is a constituency [n 1] in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Rosie Duffield of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

The seat dates to the earliest century of regular parliaments, in 1295; it elected two MPs until 1885, electing one thereafter, before being altered by the Representation of the People Act 1918 (the later-termed "Fourth Reform Act", the first being in 1832). Currently, the electorate (the total of people eligible to vote) is much greater than the average nationwide (the electoral quota); this is termed under-apportionment of representation.

Constituency profile

The seat takes in the cathedral and university city of Canterbury, rural villages to the south, and the seaside resort of Whitstable to the north. Full time students make up around a quarter of the electorate. [4]

History

Constitutional status of seat

The widened Canterbury 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.

Political history

Before the seat was reformed the politics of the town were greatly influenced by Canterbury Cathedral and the Archbishop of Canterbury. [5]

From 1835 (where a Conservative was elected on petition) until 2017, the local electorate elected mostly candidates of the Conservative Party (with the exceptions of the elections of Independent Unionist Francis Bennett-Goldney, MP from 1910 to 1918, and of a few Whigs or Liberals when Canterbury had two seats); the seat was recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest uninterrupted period of one party holding a Parliamentary seat. The election of Labour's Rosie Duffield, who won the seat by just 187 votes in the 2017 election, marked the end of a 185-year period of Canterbury almost always electing Conservative-allied MPs, the longest recorded unbroken record of party representation in British political history. Her victory in this election was largely credited to the strategies of electoral strategist Jack Wilson, who at the time was the youngest senior political adviser in British history. She kept the seat, increasing her majority in 2019.

Size of electorate

Voters locally are under-apportioned a large fraction of a seat, and so, representative – population having risen, and homes having increased in a planned way, since the 2001 United Kingdom Census from which seats are predominantly drawn. This can be illustrated in that 27,182 was the number of votes cast for the runner-up in 2019 amid a locally high, three-quarters, turnout election. Such voters for the runner-up were more than voted for the winner in 208 of the 535 English seats – and the second-highest such votes in the election, exceeded only in Stroud, by Labour's runner-up. In the same election 12,713 votes won Kingston upon Hull East; 14,557 votes won Stoke-on-Trent Central; 6,531 votes won Na h-Eileanan an Iar; 11,705 won Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; 12,959 won Ynys Môn and 15,149 won South Antrim.

Boundaries

Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current 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 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: as 1983 less the two Borough of Swale wards.

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.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The electorate will be reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring Sturry to the new seat of Herne Bay and Sandwich.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1660 — MPs 1660-1880 — MPs 1885-1918 — MPs 1918-present — Elections — See also — Notes and references

Parliamentary borough of Canterbury

MPs 1295–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386 Thomas Holt John Symme [7]
1388 (February) John Mendham William Ellis [7]
1388 (September) John Creking John Wimpole [7]
1390 (January) Thomas Lincoln Thomas Ickham [7]
1390 (November)
1391 Edmund Horne John Proude [7]
1393 John Sexton Richard Gervays [7]
1394 John Proude Robert Farthing [7]
1395 William Ellis Thomas Ickham [7]
1397 (January) Richard Gervays John Sexton [7]
1397 (September) Edmund Horne Robert Farthing [7]
1399 John Sheldwich I Thomas Lane [7]
1401 Thomas Ickham John Pirie [7]
1402 John Sheldwich I Robert Cooper [7]
1404 (January) Thomas Chicche John Sexton [7]
1404 (October) John Umfray John Haute [7]
1406 Edmund Horne Richard Water [7]
1407 John Sexton Richard Water [7]
1410 Thomas Lane Henry Lynde [7]
1411 William Ickham William Rose [7]
1413 (February) William Lane John Sheldwich II [7]
1413 (May) Thomas Lane William Emery [7]
1414 (April) Richard Water John Sheldwich II [7]
1414 (November) Thomas Lane John Sheldwich II [7]
1415 John Sheldwich II [7]
1416 (March) Henry Lynde John Sheldwich II [7]
1416 (October) William Ickham William Benet [7]
1417 John Sheldwich II Henry Lynde [7]
1419 John Monyn John Sheldwich II [7]
1420 William Benet William Ickham [7]
1421 (May) John Sheldwich II William Lane [7]
1421 (December) Thomas Langdon Thomas Norman [7]
1425 William Benet [8]
1435 William Benet [8]
1450 William Benet [8]
1483 Sir George Browne (died 1483)
1489 John Crysp [9]
1504 Thomas Atwode
1510 William Crump Thomas Atwode [10]
1512 Thomas Wainfleet John Hales I [10]
1515 Thomas Atwode John Hales I [10]
1523 Christopher Hales John Bridges [10]
1529 Thomas Atwode, died
and replaced February 1535 by Robert Darknall 		John Bridges [10]
1536 Robert Darknall John Bridges [10]
1539 John Starkey Robert Lewis [10]
1542 Robert Darknall Walter Hendley [10]
1545 Robert Lewis  ? [10]
1547 Robert Darknall Thomas Hales [10]
1553 (March) Robert Darknall George Webbe [10]
1553 (October) John Twyne William Coppyn [10]
1554 (April) John Twyne William Coppyn [10]
1554 (November) Nicholas Fish Richard Railton [10]
1558 Sir Henry Crispe William Roper [10]
1558/59 Sir Thomas Finch George Maye [11]
1562/63 William Lovelace Robert Alcock [11]
1571 William Lovelace} Robert Alcock [11]
1572 Anthony Webbe, died
and replaced 1582 by Sir George Carey 		William Lovelace, died
and replaced 1578 by ? [11]
1584 Simon Brome John Rose [11] [12]
1586 Simon Brome John Rose [11]
1588 Simon Brome Bartholomew Brome [11]
1593 Richard Lee Sir Henry Finch [11]
1597 John Boys Sir Henry Finch [11]
1601 John Boys John Rogers II [11]
1604 John Boys Matthew Hadde
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 (April) Edward Masters John Nutt
1640 (November) 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

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MPs 1660–1880

ElectionFirst member [13] PartySecond member [13] Party
1660 Sir Anthony Aucher Heneage Finch
1661 Francis Lovelace Sir Edward Master
1664 Thomas Hardres
February 1679 Edward Hales William Jacob
August 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 [14]
1734 [14] Thomas May
1735 [14] Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1741 Thomas Watson Thomas Best
1746 by-election Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1747 Matthew Robinson
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 [15] Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig [15]
Election declared void 2 March 1797
March 1797 by-election John Baker Whig [15] Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig [15]
May 1797 Sir John Honywood, Bt Tory [15] George Gipps Tory [15]
1800 by-election George Watson
1802 John Baker Whig [15]
1806 James Simmons
February 1807 by-election Samuel Elias Sawbridge Whig [15]
May 1807 Edward Taylor Whig [15]
1812 Stephen Rumbold Lushington Tory [15]
1818 Edward Bligh Whig [15]
1830 Richard Watson Whig [15] George Cowper Whig [15]
Jan 1835 Albert Denison Whig [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Frederick Villiers Whig [15]
March 1835 Stephen Rumbold Lushington Conservative [15]
1837 [20] James Bradshaw Conservative [15]
1841 by-election [21] George Smythe Conservative [15]
1847 by-election Albert Denison Whig [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
1850 by-election Frederick Romilly Radical [22] [23] [24]
1852 Henry Plumptre Gipps Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1853Constituency representation suspended
1854 by-election Charles Manners Lushington Peelite [25] [26] [27] Sir William Somerville, Bt [28] Whig [25] [27] [29]
1857 Henry Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1859 Liberal
1862 by-election Henry Munro-Butler-Johnstone Conservative
1865 [30] John Walter Huddleston Conservative
1868 Independent Conservative Theodore Brinckman Liberal
1874 Conservative Lewis Majendie Conservative
1878 by-election Hon. Alfred Gathorne-Hardy Conservative
1879 by-election Robert Peter Laurie Conservative
1880Constituency representation suspended

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MPs 1885–1918

  • Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
ElectionMember [13] [31] Party
1885 John Heaton Conservative
December 1910 Francis Bennett-Goldney Independent Unionist
1918 by-election George Anderson Conservative
1918 Parliamentary borough abolished, name transferred to a new county division

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Canterbury county constituency

MPs 1918–present

ElectionMember [13] [31] Party
1918 Ronald McNeill Conservative
1927 by-election Sir William Wayland Conservative
1945 John Baker White Conservative
1953 by-election Sir Leslie Thomas Conservative
1966 Sir David Crouch Conservative
1987 Sir Julian Brazier Conservative
2017 Rosie Duffield Labour

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Elections

Canterbury election results since 1906

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Luke Buchanan-Hodgman [32]
Labour Rosie Duffield [33]
Conservative Louise Harvey-Quirke [34]
Reform UK Bridget Porter [35]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Canterbury [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Duffield 29,018 48.3 +3.3
Conservative Anna Firth 27,18245.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson3,4085.7―2.3
Independent Michael Gould5050.8New
Majority1,8363.1+2.8
Turnout 60,11375.0+2.3
Labour hold Swing +1.4
General election 2017: Canterbury [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Duffield 25,572 45.0 +20.5
Conservative Julian Brazier 25,38544.7+1.8
Liberal Democrats James Flanagan4,5618.0―3.6
Green Henry Stanton1,2822.3―4.7
Majority1870.3N/A
Turnout 56,80072.7+8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.3
General election 2015: Canterbury [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier [39] 22,918 42.9 ―1.9
Labour Hugh Lanning [39] 13,12024.5+8.4
UKIP Jim Gascoyne [39] 7,28913.6+9.7
Liberal Democrats James Flanagan [39] 6,22711.6―20.9
Green Stuart Jeffery [40] 3,7467.0+4.7
Socialist (GB) Robert Cox [41] 1650.3New
Majority9,79818.4+6.1
Turnout 53,46564.0―0.1
Conservative hold Swing ―5.2
General election 2010: Canterbury [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 22,050 44.8 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Guy Voizey16,00232.5+11.1
Labour Jean Samuel7,94016.1―12.0
UKIP Howard Farmer [43] 1,9073.9+1.9
Green Geoff Meaden1,1372.3―1.0
Money Reform Anne Belsey1730.4New
Majority6,04812.3―3.5
Turnout 49,20964.1―2.3
Conservative hold Swing ―5.4

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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 21,113 44.4 +2.9
Labour Alex Hilton13,64228.7―8.2
Liberal Democrats Jenny Barnard-Langston10,05921.1+3.3
Green Geoffrey Meaden1,5213.2+1.2
UKIP John Moore9261.9+0.1
Legalise Cannabis Rocky van de Benderskum3260.7New
Majority7,47115.7+11.1
Turnout 47,58766.1+5.2
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
General election 2001: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 18,711 41.5 +2.9
Labour Emily Thornberry 16,64236.9+5.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Wales8,05617.8―6.0
Green Hazel Dawe9202.0+0.9
UKIP Lisa Moore8031.8+1.3
Majority2,0694.6―2.7
Turnout 45,13260.9―11.5
Conservative hold Swing ―1.4

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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Canterbury [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 20,913 38.6 ―11.8
Labour Cheryl Hall 16,94931.3+15.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Vye12,85423.8―8.8
Referendum James Osborne2,4604.5New
Green Geoffrey Meaden5881.1New
UKIP John Moore2810.5New
Natural Law Andrew Pringle640.1New
Majority3,9647.3―11.1
Turnout 54,10972.4―5.7
Conservative hold Swing ―13.9
General election 1992: Canterbury [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 29,827 50.8 ―3.0
Liberal Democrats M. J. Vye19,02232.4+5.1
Labour Co-op Fred Whitemore8,93615.2―1.7
Green W. J. Arnall7471.3―0.4
Natural Law S. E. Curphey2030.3New
Majority10,80518.4―8.1
Turnout 58,73578.1+4.1
Conservative hold Swing ―4.0

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Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Canterbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 30,273 53.8 −2.7
Liberal John Purchese15,38227.3+1.4
Labour Linda A. Keen9,49416.9+1.5
Green Steve Dawe9471.68−0.2
Independent Canterbury Nationalist Joan White1570.3New
Majority14,89126.5−4.1
Turnout 56,25574.0+4.0
Conservative hold Swing −2.1
General election 1983: Canterbury [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 29,029 56.5 -1.8
Liberal John Purchese13,28725.9+9.9
Labour Jeannette Gould7,90615.4-8.9
Ecology David Conder9621.9New
Independent Nationalist Joan White2260.4New
Majority15,74230.6-3.4
Turnout 51,41070.0-4.7
Conservative hold Swing -5.8

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Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Canterbury [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 38,805 58.28 +8.47
Labour RP Spencer16,16824.28-1.82
Liberal John Purchese10,66516.02-6.31
National Front Joan White9411.41-0.35
Majority22,63734.00+11.29
Turnout 66,57874.72+2.11
Conservative hold Swing +5.15
General election October 1974: Canterbury [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 31,002 49.81 -0.53
Labour MF Fuller16,24726.10+3.01
Liberal SE Goulden13,89822.33-3.13
National Front Kenneth McKilliam1,0961.76+0.54
Majority14,75523.71-1.27
Turnout 62,23972.61-7.63
Conservative hold Swing -1.77
General election February 1974: Canterbury [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 34,341 50.34 -5.08
Liberal S Goulden17,30025.36+6.09
Labour MF Fuller15,75123.09-2.22
National Front Kenneth McKilliam8311.22New
Majority17,04124.98-5.13
Turnout 68,22080.24+5.67
Conservative hold Swing -5.59
General election 1970: Canterbury [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 33,222 55.42 +5.58
Labour Henry Gordon N Clother15,17225.31-2.90
Liberal David C P Gracie11,55319.27-2.68
Majority18,05030.11+8.48
Turnout 59,95074.57-1.53
Conservative hold Swing +4.24

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Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crouch 27,160 49.84 -2.13
Labour B Sawbridge15,37228.21-1.26
Liberal Edwin W Moss11,96221.95+3.39
Majority11,78821.63-0.87
Turnout 54,49476.10-0.22
Conservative hold Swing -1.70
General election 1964: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 26,827 51.97 -14.23
Labour George Selous Cobbett15,21129.47-4.33
Liberal Edwin W Moss9,58218.56New
Majority11,61622.50-9.90
Turnout 51,62076.32+1.18
Conservative hold Swing -9.28

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Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 30,846 66.20 -0.35
Labour George E Peters15,74633.80+0.35
Majority15,10032.40-0.70
Turnout 46,59275.14+2.48
Conservative hold Swing -0.35
General election 1955: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 28,739 66.55 +5.46
Labour Reginald George Ward14,44433.45+2.42
Majority14,29533.10+3.04
Turnout 43,18372.66-7.40
Conservative hold Swing +3.94
1953 Canterbury by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 19,400 66.99 +5.90
Labour John A E Jones9,56033.01+1.98
Majority9,84033.98+3.92
Turnout 28,960
Conservative hold Swing +3.94
General election 1951: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Baker White 28,632 61.09 +5.14
Labour John A E Jones14,54331.03+0.27
Liberal Thomas H Payne3,6957.88-5.42
Majority14,08930.06+4.87
Turnout 46,87080.06-2.42
Conservative hold Swing +2.71
General election 1950: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Baker White 26,491 55.95 -6.66
Labour Jackson Newman14,56330.76-5.05
Liberal Kenneth Graham Jupp 6,29613.30New
Majority11,92825.19-3.61
Turnout 47,35082.48+13.70
Conservative hold Swing -5.86

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Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Baker White 24,282 61.61 -11.73
Labour Joseph Denis Milburn Bell14,11535.81+10.15
Common Wealth Catherine Williamson 1,0172.58New
Majority10,16725.80-22.88
Turnout 39,41468.78+4.33
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wayland 26,552 74.34 -9.33
Labour Richard Adams 9,16425.66+9.33
Majority17,38848.68-18.66
Turnout 35,71664.45-1.77
Conservative hold Swing -9.33
General election 1931: Canterbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wayland 30,328 83.67 +27.0
Labour Paul Winterton 5,92116.33+2.4
Majority24,40767.34+40.0
Turnout 36,24966.22-2.1
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Canterbury [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Wayland 19,181 56.7 −13.6
Liberal David Carnegie 9,93729.4−0.3
Labour Philip Sidney Eastman4,70613.9New
Majority9,24427.3−13.3
Turnout 33,82568.3+2.4
Registered electors 49,499
Unionist hold Swing −6.7
1927 Canterbury by-election [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Wayland 13,657 57.3 −13.0
Liberal David Carnegie 10,17542.7+13.0
Majority3,48214.6−26.0
Turnout 23,83260.8−5.1
Registered electors 39,229
Unionist hold Swing −13.0
General election 1924: Canterbury [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 16,693 70.3 +11.9
Liberal David Carnegie 7,06129.7−11.9
Majority9,63240.6+23.8
Turnout 23,75465.9+9.4
Registered electors 36,045
Unionist hold Swing +11.9
General election 1923: Canterbury [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 12,017 58.4 −12.8
Liberal William Robertson Heatley8,56141.6New
Majority3,45616.8−25.6
Turnout 20,57859.3+2.5
Registered electors 34,715
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Canterbury [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 13,954 71.2 −9.6
Labour J.H.L. Sims5,63928.8+9.6
Majority8,31542.4−19.2
Turnout 19,59356.8+11.9
Registered electors 34,488
Unionist hold Swing −9.6

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Elections in the 1910s

Woodcock Drysdale Woodcock.jpg
Woodcock
General election January 1910: Canterbury [52] [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1,371 38.8 −24.9
Ind. Conservative Francis Bennett-Goldney 1,35038.2New
Liberal H. B. D. Woodcock 81523.0−13.3
Majority210.6−26.8
Turnout 3,53692.2+2.4
Registered electors 3,836
Conservative hold Swing −5.8
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Bennett-Goldney
General election December 1910: Canterbury [52] [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Conservative Francis Bennett-Goldney 1,635 47.8 +9.6
Conservative John Howard1,16334.0−4.8
Liberal William James Fisher62318.2−4.8
Majority47213.8N/A
Turnout 3,42189.2−3.0
Registered electors 3,836
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative Swing +7.2

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;

1918 Canterbury by-election [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Knox Anderson Unopposed
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist
General Election 1918: Canterbury [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Ronald McNeill 11,40880.8+46.8
Labour Edward Timothy Palmer 2,71919.2New
Majority8,68961.6N/A
Turnout 14,12744.9−44.3
Registered electors 31,453
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Canterbury [52] [55] [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1906: Canterbury [52] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 2,210 63.7 N/A
Liberal William James Fisher1,26236.3New
Majority94827.4N/A
Turnout 3,47289.8N/A
Registered electors 3,868
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Canterbury [52] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1895: Canterbury [52] [55] [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Gathorne-Hardy 1,467 27.1 −4.6
Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1,425 26.4 −3.5
Liberal Charles Edwards [58] 1,29423.9+4.0
Liberal Henry Butler-Johnstone 1,21822.5+3.9
Majority1312.5−7.5
Turnout 2,702 (est)73.6 (est)−2.1
Registered electors 3,671
Conservative hold Swing −4.3
Conservative hold Swing −3.7

After findings of corruption, the writ for Canterbury was suspended and the election result voided. The constituency was reconstituted in 1885.

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Heaton
General election 1885: Canterbury [55] [59] [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1,804 68.6 +15.1
Liberal William Aubrey82531.4−15.0
Majority97937.2+34.7
Turnout 2,62984.6+11.0 (est)
Registered electors 3,107
Conservative hold Swing +15.1
General election 1886: Canterbury [52] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 1,488 31.7 −0.2
Conservative Lewis Majendie 1,406 29.9 +4.5
Liberal Theodore Brinckman 93419.9+6.3
Liberal Robert John Biron [61] 87318.6+5.0
Majority47210.0N/A
Turnout 2,351 (est)75.7 (est)−20.8
Registered electors 3,103
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing −0.9

Butler-Johnstone resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 Mar 1878: Canterbury [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Gathorne-Hardy Unopposed
Conservative hold

Majendie resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 May 1879: Canterbury [57] [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1,159 51.2 −10.4
Liberal Charles Edwards [58] 1,10348.8+10.3
Majority562.4−7.6
Turnout 2,26273.2−2.5
Registered electors 3,089
Conservative hold Swing −10.4

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Elections in the 1860s

Johnstone resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 Mar 1862: Canterbury (1 seat) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 694 50.1 N/A
Liberal William Lyon [63] 69149.9N/A
Majority30.2N/A
Turnout 1,38574.9N/A
Registered electors 1,850
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 767 27.8 N/A
Conservative John Walter Huddleston 737 26.7 N/A
Liberal William Lyon [63] 64323.3N/A
Liberal Robert Adair 61422.2N/A
Majority943.4N/A
Turnout 1,381 (est)86.1 (est)N/A
Registered electors 1,603
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1868: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone [64] 1,453 31.9 +4.1
Liberal Theodore Brinckman 1,236 27.1 +3.8
Conservative John Walter Huddleston 1,15725.4−1.3
Conservative Henry James Lee Warner [65] 70915.6−22.2
Turnout 2,896 (est)96.5 (est)+10.4
Registered electors 3,001
Majority74416.3N/A
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Majority791.7N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.6

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Elections in the 1850s

Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Londesborough, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 March 1850: Canterbury [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Frederick Romilly Unopposed
Radical gain from Whig
General election 1852: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 766 29.1 N/A
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 758 28.8 N/A
Whig William Somerville 57021.6−6.5
Radical Frederick Romilly 53320.2N/A
Conservative George Smythe 70.3−26.9
Majority1887.2N/A
Turnout 1,317 (est)70.3 (est)−1.2
Registered electors 1,874
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
By-election, 18 August 1854: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Charles Manners Lushington 727 28.6 −0.5
Whig William Somerville 699 27.5 +5.9
Conservative Charles Lennox Butler [68] 67126.4−2.4
Whig Charles Purton Cooper [69] [70] 40616.0N/A
Radical Edward Glover [71] [72] 411.6−18.6
Turnout 1,272 (est)64.5 (est)−5.8
Registered electors 1,973
Majority562.2N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing −3.2
Majority281.1N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.7
General election 1857: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 815 39.7 −28.5
Whig William Somerville 759 37.0 +26.2
Whig Charles Purton Cooper [69] [70] 47723.3+12.5
Majority562.7−4.5
Turnout 1,026 (est)54.7 (est)−15.6
Registered electors 1,876
Conservative hold Swing −23.9
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +20.2
General election 1859: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone Unopposed
Liberal William Somerville Unopposed
Registered electors 1,831
Conservative hold
Liberal hold

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Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Canterbury (2 seats) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Albert Denison 808 28.1 −3.6
Conservative George Smythe 782 27.2 −9.0
Conservative John Vance 64322.4N/A
Conservative Thomas Charles Pelham-Clinton64122.3N/A
Majority1655.7N/A
Turnout 1,437 (est)71.5 (est)−4.2
Registered electors 2,010
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +0.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.5
By-election, 15 March 1847: Canterbury (1 seat) [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Albert Denison Unopposed
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1841: Canterbury (2 seats) [15] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Smythe 823 36.2 +10.5
Conservative James Bradshaw 729 32.1 +6.8
Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 72031.7−17.3
Majority90.4+0.2
Turnout 1,45175.7−6.4
Registered electors 1,918
Conservative hold Swing +9.6
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +7.7
By-election, 3 February 1841: Canterbury [15] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Smythe 772 54.5 +3.5
Whig John Wright Henniker Wilson [73] 62844.3−4.7
Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 171.2N/A
Majority14410.2N/A
Turnout 1,41773.9−8.2
Registered electors 1,918
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Canterbury (2 seats) [15] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bradshaw 761 25.7 +9.9
Whig Albert Conyngham 755 25.5 −10.9
Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 75125.3+9.5
Whig Frederick Villiers 69823.5−8.3
Turnout 1,50782.1−7.0
Registered electors 1,835
Majority632.2N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.8
Majority40.2+0.1
Whig hold Swing −10.3
General election 1835: Canterbury (2 seats) [15] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Albert Conyngham 755 36.4 −5.1
Whig Frederick Villiers 660 31.8 −8.1
Conservative Stephen Rumbold Lushington 65831.7New
Majority20.1−21.1
Turnout 1,30789.1+9.5
Registered electors 1,467
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1832: Canterbury (2 seats) [15] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard Watson 834 41.5 N/A
Whig George Cowper 802 39.9 N/A
No label William Percy Honeywood Courtenay 37518.6New
Majority42721.2N/A
Turnout 1,20379.6N/A
Registered electors 1,467
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1831: Canterbury (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard Watson Unopposed
Whig George Cowper Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1830: Canterbury (2 seats) [15] [74]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard Watson 1,334 41.9
Whig George Cowper 1,101 34.6
Tory Henry Bingham Baring 73123.0
No label Samuel Elias Sawbridge 80.3
No label George Milles 80.3
Majority37011.6N/A
Turnout 1,988
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing
Whig gain from Tory Swing

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See also

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 once every five years.

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