List of MPs for Kent
This is a list of members of Parliament in Kent, covering each of the seats in the English county, except Kent (to 1832), East Kent (1832–1885), West Kent (1832–1885), and Mid Kent (1868–1885).
Ashford
[edit]The Ashford constituency was created in 1885.
Canterbury
[edit]The Canterbury constituency was created in 1295.
MPs 1660–1880
[edit]| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Anthony Aucher | Heneage Finch,later Earl of Nottingham |
| 1661 | Francis Lovelace | Sir Edward Master |
| 1664 | Thomas Hardres | |
| Feb 1679 | Edward Hales | William Jacob |
| Aug 1679 | Sir Thomas Hardres | |
| 1681 | Lewis Watson | Vincent Denne |
| 1685 | Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet | Henry Lee |
| 1695 | George Sayer | |
| 1698 | Henry Lee | |
| 1705 | John Hardres | |
| 1708 | Edward Watson | Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet |
| 1710 | John Hardres | Henry Lee |
| 1715 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1722 | Samuel Milles | |
| 1727 | Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet | |
| 1734 | Thomas May | |
| 1735 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1741 | Thomas Watson | Thomas Best |
| 1746 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1747 | Matthew Robinson-Morris | |
| 1754 | Sir James Creed | |
| 1761 | Richard Milles | Thomas Best |
| 1768 | William Lynch | |
| 1774 | Sir William Mayne,later Baron Newhaven | |
| 1780 | George Gipps | Charles Robinson |
| 1790 | Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet | |
| 1796 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| Election declared void 2 Mar 1797 | ||
| Mar 1797 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| May 1797 | Sir John Honywood | George Gipps |
| 1800 | George Watson | |
| 1802 | John Baker | |
| 1806 | James Simmons | |
| Feb 1807 | Samuel Elias Sawbridge | |
| May 1807 | Edward Taylor | |
| 1812 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1818 | Edward Bligh, Baron Clifton | |
| 1830 | Richard Watson | George Cowper, Viscount Fordwich |
| Jan 1835 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | Frederick Villiers |
| Mar 1835 | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | |
| 1837 | James Bradshaw | |
| 1841 | George Smythe | |
| 1847 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | |
| 1850 | Frederick Romilly | |
| 1852 | Henry Plumptre Gipps | Henry Butler-Johnstone |
| Constituency representation suspended (1853) | ||
| 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) | ||
MPs since 1885
[edit]- Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
Chatham and Aylesford
[edit]The Chatham and Aylesford constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jonathan Shaw | Labour | |
| 2010 | Tracey Crouch | Conservative | |
Dartford
[edit]The Dartford constituency was created in 1885
MPs 1885–1945
[edit]MPs since 1945
[edit]The constituency was split in 1945, with half becoming the new Bexley seat
Dover
[edit]Faversham and Mid Kent
[edit]The Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Hugh Robertson | Conservative | |
Folkestone and Hythe
[edit]The Folkestone and Hythe constituency was created in 1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Harry Ripley Mackeson | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Sir Albert Costain | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Michael Howard | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Damian Collins | Conservative | |
Gillingham
[edit]The Gillingham constituency was created in 1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Constituency created | ||
| 1918 | Sir Gerald Fitzroy Hohler | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Sir Robert Vaughan Gower | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Joseph Binns | Labour | |
| 1950 | Sir Frederick Burden | Conservative | |
| 1983 | James Couchman | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Paul Clark | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see extended constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. | ||
Gravesham
[edit]The Gravesham constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Timothy Brinton | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Chris Pond | Labour | |
| 2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative | |
Maidstone and The Weald
[edit]The Maidstone and The Weald constituency, originally named "Maidstone", was created in 1560. Up until 1885 it elected two MPs. In 1997 the name was changed to "Maidstone and The Weald".
MPs 1660–1885
[edit]MPs 1885–present
[edit]Medway
[edit]The Medway constituency was created in 1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Charles Warde | Conservative | |
The constituency was abolished in 1918 and recreated in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Dame Peggy Fenner | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Bob Marshall-Andrews | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Rochester and Strood | ||
North Thanet
[edit]The North Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Roger Gale | Conservative | |
Sevenoaks
[edit]The Sevenoaks constituency was created in 1885
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
[edit]The Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Derek Wyatt | Labour | |
| 2010 | Gordon Henderson | Conservative | |
South Thanet
[edit]The South Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour | |
| 2010 | Laura Sandys | Conservative | |
Tonbridge and Malling
[edit]The Tonbridge and Malling constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1974 | Sir John Stanley | Conservative | |
Tunbridge Wells
[edit]The Tunbridge Wells constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1974 | Patrick Mayhew | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Archie Norman | Conservative | |
| 2005 | Greg Clark | Conservative | |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
- West Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
- Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
- Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
- East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)