East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

East Kent
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Kent
1832–1885
Number of members 2
Replaced by Faversham
Ashford
Isle of Thanet
St Augustine's
Created from Kent

East Kent (formally known as "Kent, Eastern") was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832–33 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

All three two-member constituencies in Kent were abolished in 1885: East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent. They were replaced by eight new single-member constituencies:

Boundaries

1832-1885: The Lathes of St. Augustine and Shepway (including the Liberty of Romney Marsh), and the Upper Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 John Pemberton Plumptre Whig[2][3] Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt Tory[2]
1834 Conservative[2]
1835 Conservative[4][2]
1845 by-election William Deedes Conservative
February 1852 by-election Sir Brook Bridges, Bt [n 1] Conservative
July 1852 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Peelite[5][6][7]
March 1857 Sir Brook Bridges, Bt Conservative
December 1857 by-election William Deedes Conservative
1863 by-election Sir Edward Dering, Bt Liberal
May 1868 Edward Leigh Pemberton Conservative
November 1868 Hon. George Milles [n 2] Conservative
1875 by-election Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt Conservative
1876 by-election William Deedes Conservative
1880 Aretas Akers-Douglas [n 3] Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Notes

  1. ↑ Later Baron FitzWalter
  2. ↑ Later Earl Sondes
  3. ↑ Later Viscount Chilston

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

Plumptre resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 February 1852: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Deedes 2,480 52.0 N/A
Peelite Edward Dering 2,289 48.0 N/A
Majority 191 4.0 N/A
Turnout 4,769 67.0 N/A
Registered electors 7,119
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1852: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Peelite Edward Dering 3,063 36.9 N/A
Conservative William Deedes 2,879 34.7 N/A
Conservative Brook Bridges 2,356 28.4 N/A
Majority 184 2.2 N/A
Turnout 4,149 (est) 58.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 7,119
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1857: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brook Bridges 2,379 33.6 +5.2
Peelite Edward Dering 2,358 33.3 −3.6
Conservative William Deedes 2,216 31.3 −3.4
Radical E A Acheson[9][10] 127 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,540 (est) 44.3 (est) −14.0
Registered electors 8,000
Majority 21 0.3 N/A
Conservative hold Swing +3.5
Majority 142 2.0 −0.2
Peelite hold Swing −2.3

Dering resigned due to ill health, causing a by-election.[11]

By-election, 10 December 1857: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Deedes Unopposed
Conservative gain from Peelite
General Election 1859: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brook Bridges Unopposed
Conservative William Deedes Unopposed
Registered electors 8,312
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Peelite

Elections in the 1860s

Deedes' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1863: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edward Dering 2,777 50.8 N/A
Conservative Norton Knatchbull 2,690 49.2 N/A
Majority 87 1.6 N/A
Turnout 5,467 77.1 N/A
Registered electors 7,092
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General Election 1865: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brook Bridges 3,208 34.4 N/A
Liberal Edward Dering 3,195 34.3 N/A
Conservative Norton Knatchbull 2,919 31.3 N/A
Turnout 6,259 (est) 75.9 (est) N/A
Registered electors 8,250
Majority 13 0.1 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority 276 3.0 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Bridges was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord FitzWalter and causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 May 1868: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Leigh Pemberton 3,606 53.7 −12.0
Liberal Henry Tufton 3,109 46.3 +12.0
Majority 497 7.4 +7.3
Turnout 6,715 81.4 +5.5
Registered electors 8,250
Conservative hold Swing −12.0
General Election 1868: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Leigh Pemberton 5,231 26.7 −7.7
Conservative George Milles 5,104 26.0 −5.3
Liberal Henry Tufton 4,685 23.9 +6.7
Liberal John Frederick Croft 4,579 23.4 +6.2
Majority 419 2.1 +2.0
Turnout 9,800 (est) 74.8 (est) −1.1
Registered electors 13,107
Conservative hold Swing −7.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing −6.0

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Milles 5,424 35.8 +9.8
Conservative Edward Leigh Pemberton 5,405 35.7 +9.0
Liberal Henry Tufton 4,308 28.5 −18.8
Majority 1,097 7.2 +5.1
Turnout 9,723 (est) 77.1 (est) +2.3
Registered electors 12,605
Conservative hold Swing +9.9
Conservative hold Swing +9.5

Milles succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sondes.

By-election, 27 Jan 1875: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wyndham Knatchbull Unopposed
Conservative hold

Knatchbull resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 July 1876: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Deedes Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: East Kent[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Aretas Akers-Douglas 5,541 34.7 −1.1
Conservative Edward Leigh Pemberton 5,473 34.3 −1.4
Liberal Edmund Francis Davis[12] 4,959 31.0 +2.5
Majority 514 3.2 −4.0
Turnout 10,500 (est) 79.7 (est) +2.6
Registered electors 13,169
Conservative hold Swing −1.2
Conservative hold Swing −1.3

References

  1. ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Election Doings in East Kent". Morning Chronicle. 29 December 1832. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 223. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Election Intelligence". The Atlas. 24 July 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Fisher, David R. (2009). Fisher, D. R., ed. "DERING, Sir Edward Cholmeley, 8th bt. (1807–1896), of Surrenden Dering, nr. Ashford , Kent". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "State of the Disturbed Districts". Newry Telegraph. 26 February 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  9. ↑ "East Kent". Coventry Standard. 10 April 1857. p. 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570410/038/0002. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser". 4 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 3 October 1857: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Yesterday's Polling". London Evening Standard. 3 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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