Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Canterbury
County constituency

Canterbury shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created: 1295
MP: Julian Brazier
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Kent
EP constituency: South East England

Canterbury is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has elected only Conservative MPs since 1874, the longest any current UK constituency has remained under the control of one party.

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[edit] Boundaries

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.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes across the county.

The modified Canterbury constituency is formed from the following electoral wards from within the city of Canterbury;

  • Barham Downs, Barton, Blean Forest, Chartham and Stone Street, Chestfield and Swalecliffe, Gorrell, Harbledown, Harbour, Little Stour, North Nailbourne, Northgate, St Stephens, Seasalter, Sturry North, Sturry South, Tankerton, Westgate, and Wincheap

[edit] Members of Parliament


[edit] MPs 1660-1880

Year First member Second member
1854 Charles Manners Lushington Sir William Meredyth Somerville
1857 Henry Butler-Johnstone
1862 Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative
1865 John Walter Huddleston, Conservative
1868 Theodore Henry Brinckman, Liberal
1874 Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative
1878 Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative
1879 Robert Peter Laurie, Conservative
  • Constituency representation suspended (1880)
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[edit] MPs since 1885

  • Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
Election Member Party
1885 John Henniker Heaton Conservative
December 1910 Francis Bennett-Goldney Conservative
1918 by-election George Knox Anderson Conservative
1918 Ronald McNeill Conservative
1927 by-election William Wayland Conservative
1945 John Baker White Conservative
1953 by-election Leslie Thomas Conservative
1966 David Crouch Conservative
1987 Julian Brazier Conservative

[edit] Election results

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
UK Independence 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
UK Independence Lisa Moore 803 1.8 +1.3
Majority 2,069 4.6
Turnout 45,132 60.9 -11.6
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
  • (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. 
  • (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. 
  • (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955. 
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