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Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

May 07, 2024

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]

Canterbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Canterbury in Kent
Location of Kent within England
CountyKent
Population109,280 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate80,203 (2019 estimate)[2] 73,779 (December 2010)[3]
Major settlementsCanterbury, Whitstable
Current constituency
Created1295
Member of ParliamentRosie Duffield (Labour)
SeatsOne
1295–1918
Seats
  • 1295–1885: Two
  • 1885–present: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

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 edit

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 edit

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
See also: Results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election and Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

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 edit

 
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 edit

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 City of Canterbury wards of: Barton; Blean Forest; Chartham & Stone Street; Chestfield; Gorrell; Little Stour & Adisham; Nailbourne; Northgate; St. Stephens; Seasalter; Swalecliffe; Tankerton; Westgate; Wincheap.[6]

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 edit

Parliamentary borough of Canterbury edit

MPs 1295–1660 edit

Parliament First member Second 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
1629–1640 No 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
1653 Canterbury 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 edit

Election First member[13] Party Second 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
1853 Constituency 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
1880 Constituency representation suspended

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MPs 1885–1918 edit

  • Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
Election Member[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 edit

MPs 1918–present edit

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Elections edit

Canterbury election results since 1906

Elections in the 2020s edit

Next general election: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 edit

General election 2019: Canterbury[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Duffield 29,018 48.3 +3.3
Conservative Anna Firth 27,182 45.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson 3,408 5.7 ―2.3
Independent Michael Gould 505 0.8 New
Majority 1,836 3.1 +2.8
Turnout 60,113 75.0 +2.3
Labour hold Swing +1.4
General election 2017: Canterbury[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Duffield 25,572 45.0 +20.5
Conservative Julian Brazier 25,385 44.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats James Flanagan 4,561 8.0 ―3.6
Green Henry Stanton 1,282 2.3 ―4.7
Majority 187 0.3 N/A
Turnout 56,800 72.7 +8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.3
General election 2015: Canterbury[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Brazier[39] 22,918 42.9 ―1.9
Labour Hugh Lanning[39] 13,120 24.5 +8.4
UKIP Jim Gascoyne[39] 7,289 13.6 +9.7
Liberal Democrats James Flanagan[39] 6,227 11.6 ―20.9
Green Stuart Jeffery[40] 3,746 7.0 +4.7
Socialist (GB) Robert Cox[41] 165 0.3 New
Majority 9,798 18.4 +6.1
Turnout 53,465 64.0 ―0.1
Conservative hold Swing ―5.2
General election 2010: Canterbury[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 22,050 44.8 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Guy Voizey 16,002 32.5 +11.1
Labour Jean Samuel 7,940 16.1 ―12.0
UKIP Howard Farmer[43] 1,907 3.9 +1.9
Green Geoff Meaden 1,137 2.3 ―1.0
Money Reform Anne Belsey 173 0.4 New
Majority 6,048 12.3 ―3.5
Turnout 49,209 64.1 ―2.3
Conservative hold Swing ―5.4

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Elections in the 2000s edit

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 Democrats Jenny Barnard-Langston 10,059 21.1 +3.3
Green Geoffrey Meaden 1,521 3.2 +1.2
UKIP John Moore 926 1.9 +0.1
Legalise Cannabis Rocky van de Benderskum 326 0.7 New
Majority 7,471 15.7 +11.1
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 +2.9
Labour Emily Thornberry 16,642 36.9 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Wales 8,056 17.8 ―6.0
Green Hazel Dawe 920 2.0 +0.9
UKIP Lisa Moore 803 1.8 +1.3
Majority 2,069 4.6 ―2.7
Turnout 45,132 60.9 ―11.5
Conservative hold Swing ―1.4

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Elections in the 1990s edit

General election 1997: Canterbury[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 20,913 38.6 ―11.8
Labour Cheryl Hall 16,949 31.3 +15.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Vye 12,854 23.8 ―8.8
Referendum James Osborne 2,460 4.5 New
Green Geoffrey Meaden 588 1.1 New
UKIP John Moore 281 0.5 New
Natural Law Andrew Pringle 64 0.1 New
Majority 3,964 7.3 ―11.1
Turnout 54,109 72.4 ―5.7
Conservative hold Swing ―13.9
General election 1992: Canterbury[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 29,827 50.8 ―3.0
Liberal Democrats M. J. Vye 19,022 32.4 +5.1
Labour Co-op Fred Whitemore 8,936 15.2 ―1.7
Green W. J. Arnall 747 1.3 ―0.4
Natural Law S. E. Curphey 203 0.3 New
Majority 10,805 18.4 ―8.1
Turnout 58,735 78.1 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing ―4.0

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Elections in the 1980s edit

General election 1987: Canterbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Brazier 30,273 53.8 −2.7
Liberal John Purchese 15,382 27.3 +1.4
Labour Linda A. Keen 9,494 16.9 +1.5
Green Steve Dawe 947 1.68 −0.2
Independent Canterbury Nationalist Joan White 157 0.3 New
Majority 14,891 26.5 −4.1
Turnout 56,255 74.0 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing −2.1
General election 1983: Canterbury[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 29,029 56.5 -1.8
Liberal John Purchese 13,287 25.9 +9.9
Labour Jeannette Gould 7,906 15.4 -8.9
Ecology David Conder 962 1.9 New
Independent Nationalist Joan White 226 0.4 New
Majority 15,742 30.6 -3.4
Turnout 51,410 70.0 -4.7
Conservative hold Swing -5.8

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Elections in the 1970s edit

General election 1979: Canterbury[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 38,805 58.28 +8.47
Labour RP Spencer 16,168 24.28 -1.82
Liberal John Purchese 10,665 16.02 -6.31
National Front Joan White 941 1.41 -0.35
Majority 22,637 34.00 +11.29
Turnout 66,578 74.72 +2.11
Conservative hold Swing +5.15
General election October 1974: Canterbury[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 31,002 49.81 -0.53
Labour MF Fuller 16,247 26.10 +3.01
Liberal SE Goulden 13,898 22.33 -3.13
National Front Kenneth McKilliam 1,096 1.76 +0.54
Majority 14,755 23.71 -1.27
Turnout 62,239 72.61 -7.63
Conservative hold Swing -1.77
General election February 1974: Canterbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 34,341 50.34 -5.08
Liberal S Goulden 17,300 25.36 +6.09
Labour MF Fuller 15,751 23.09 -2.22
National Front Kenneth McKilliam 831 1.22 New
Majority 17,041 24.98 -5.13
Turnout 68,220 80.24 +5.67
Conservative hold Swing -5.59
General election 1970: Canterbury[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 33,222 55.42 +5.58
Labour Henry Gordon N Clother 15,172 25.31 -2.90
Liberal David C P Gracie 11,553 19.27 -2.68
Majority 18,050 30.11 +8.48
Turnout 59,950 74.57 -1.53
Conservative hold Swing +4.24

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Elections in the 1960s edit

General election 1966: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crouch 27,160 49.84 -2.13
Labour B Sawbridge 15,372 28.21 -1.26
Liberal Edwin W Moss 11,962 21.95 +3.39
Majority 11,788 21.63 -0.87
Turnout 54,494 76.10 -0.22
Conservative hold Swing -1.70
General election 1964: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 26,827 51.97 -14.23
Labour George Selous Cobbett 15,211 29.47 -4.33
Liberal Edwin W Moss 9,582 18.56 New
Majority 11,616 22.50 -9.90
Turnout 51,620 76.32 +1.18
Conservative hold Swing -9.28

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Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1959: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 30,846 66.20 -0.35
Labour George E Peters 15,746 33.80 +0.35
Majority 15,100 32.40 -0.70
Turnout 46,592 75.14 +2.48
Conservative hold Swing -0.35
General election 1955: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 28,739 66.55 +5.46
Labour Reginald George Ward 14,444 33.45 +2.42
Majority 14,295 33.10 +3.04
Turnout 43,183 72.66 -7.40
Conservative hold Swing +3.94
1953 Canterbury by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 19,400 66.99 +5.90
Labour John A E Jones 9,560 33.01 +1.98
Majority 9,840 33.98 +3.92
Turnout 28,960
Conservative hold Swing +3.94
General election 1951: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Baker White 28,632 61.09 +5.14
Labour John A E Jones 14,543 31.03 +0.27
Liberal Thomas H Payne 3,695 7.88 -5.42
Majority 14,089 30.06 +4.87
Turnout 46,870 80.06 -2.42
Conservative hold Swing +2.71
General election 1950: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Baker White 26,491 55.95 -6.66
Labour Jackson Newman 14,563 30.76 -5.05
Liberal Kenneth Graham Jupp 6,296 13.30 New
Majority 11,928 25.19 -3.61
Turnout 47,350 82.48 +13.70
Conservative hold Swing -5.86

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Elections in the 1940s edit

General election 1945: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Baker White 24,282 61.61 -11.73
Labour Joseph Denis Milburn Bell 14,115 35.81 +10.15
Common Wealth Catherine Williamson 1,017 2.58 New
Majority 10,167 25.80 -22.88
Turnout 39,414 68.78 +4.33
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1935: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wayland 26,552 74.34 -9.33
Labour Richard Adams 9,164 25.66 +9.33
Majority 17,388 48.68 -18.66
Turnout 35,716 64.45 -1.77
Conservative hold Swing -9.33
General election 1931: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wayland 30,328 83.67 +27.0
Labour Paul Winterton 5,921 16.33 +2.4
Majority 24,407 67.34 +40.0
Turnout 36,249 66.22 -2.1
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1920s edit

General election 1929: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Wayland 19,181 56.7 −13.6
Liberal David Carnegie 9,937 29.4 −0.3
Labour Philip Sidney Eastman 4,706 13.9 New
Majority 9,244 27.3 −13.3
Turnout 33,825 68.3 +2.4
Registered electors 49,499
Unionist hold Swing −6.7
1927 Canterbury by-election[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Wayland 13,657 57.3 −13.0
Liberal David Carnegie 10,175 42.7 +13.0
Majority 3,482 14.6 −26.0
Turnout 23,832 60.8 −5.1
Registered electors 39,229
Unionist hold Swing −13.0
General election 1924: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 16,693 70.3 +11.9
Liberal David Carnegie 7,061 29.7 −11.9
Majority 9,632 40.6 +23.8
Turnout 23,754 65.9 +9.4
Registered electors 36,045
Unionist hold Swing +11.9
General election 1923: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 12,017 58.4 −12.8
Liberal William Robertson Heatley 8,561 41.6 New
Majority 3,456 16.8 −25.6
Turnout 20,578 59.3 +2.5
Registered electors 34,715
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Ronald McNeill 13,954 71.2 −9.6
Labour J.H.L. Sims 5,639 28.8 +9.6
Majority 8,315 42.4 −19.2
Turnout 19,593 56.8 +11.9
Registered electors 34,488
Unionist hold Swing −9.6

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Elections in the 1910s edit

 
Woodcock
General election January 1910: Canterbury[52][53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1,371 38.8 −24.9
Ind. Conservative Francis Bennett-Goldney 1,350 38.2 New
Liberal H. B. D. Woodcock 815 23.0 −13.3
Majority 21 0.6 −26.8
Turnout 3,536 92.2 +2.4
Registered electors 3,836
Conservative hold Swing −5.8
 
Bennett-Goldney
General election December 1910: Canterbury[52][53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Conservative Francis Bennett-Goldney 1,635 47.8 +9.6
Conservative John Howard 1,163 34.0 −4.8
Liberal William James Fisher 623 18.2 −4.8
Majority 472 13.8 N/A
Turnout 3,421 89.2 −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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Knox Anderson Unopposed
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist
General Election 1918: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Ronald McNeill 11,408 80.8 +46.8
Labour Edward Timothy Palmer 2,719 19.2 New
Majority 8,689 61.6 N/A
Turnout 14,127 44.9 −44.3
Registered electors 31,453
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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Elections in the 1900s edit

General election 1900: Canterbury[52][55][56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1906: Canterbury[52][55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 2,210 63.7 N/A
Liberal William James Fisher 1,262 36.3 New
Majority 948 27.4 N/A
Turnout 3,472 89.8 N/A
Registered electors 3,868
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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Elections in the 1890s edit

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

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Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1880: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Gathorne-Hardy 1,467 27.1 −4.6
Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1,425 26.4 −3.5
Liberal Charles Edwards[58] 1,294 23.9 +4.0
Liberal Henry Butler-Johnstone 1,218 22.5 +3.9
Majority 131 2.5 −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.

 
Heaton
General election 1885: Canterbury[55][59][60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1,804 68.6 +15.1
Liberal William Aubrey 825 31.4 −15.0
Majority 979 37.2 +34.7
Turnout 2,629 84.6 +11.0 (est)
Registered electors 3,107
Conservative hold Swing +15.1
General election 1886: Canterbury[52][55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1870s edit

General election 1874: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 1,488 31.7 −0.2
Conservative Lewis Majendie 1,406 29.9 +4.5
Liberal Theodore Brinckman 934 19.9 +6.3
Liberal Robert John Biron[61] 873 18.6 +5.0
Majority 472 10.0 N/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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Gathorne-Hardy Unopposed
Conservative hold

Majendie resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 May 1879: Canterbury[57][62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1,159 51.2 −10.4
Liberal Charles Edwards[58] 1,103 48.8 +10.3
Majority 56 2.4 −7.6
Turnout 2,262 73.2 −2.5
Registered electors 3,089
Conservative hold Swing −10.4

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Elections in the 1860s edit

Johnstone resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 Mar 1862: Canterbury (1 seat)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 694 50.1 N/A
Liberal William Lyon[63] 691 49.9 N/A
Majority 3 0.2 N/A
Turnout 1,385 74.9 N/A
Registered electors 1,850
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 767 27.8 N/A
Conservative John Walter Huddleston 737 26.7 N/A
Liberal William Lyon[63] 643 23.3 N/A
Liberal Robert Adair 614 22.2 N/A
Majority 94 3.4 N/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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 1,157 25.4 −1.3
Conservative Henry James Lee Warner[65] 709 15.6 −22.2
Turnout 2,896 (est) 96.5 (est) +10.4
Registered electors 3,001
Majority 744 16.3 N/A
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Majority 79 1.7 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.6

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Elections in the 1850s edit

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

By-election, 4 March 1850: Canterbury[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Frederick Romilly Unopposed
Radical gain from Whig
General election 1852: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 766 29.1 N/A
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 758 28.8 N/A
Whig William Somerville 570 21.6 −6.5
Radical Frederick Romilly 533 20.2 N/A
Conservative George Smythe 7 0.3 −26.9
Majority 188 7.2 N/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
  • Smythe retired before polling.[66] The election was declared void on petition, due to bribery, and the writ suspended on 21 February 1853.[67] A by-election was called to replace both MPs in August 1854.
By-election, 18 August 1854: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Charles Manners Lushington 727 28.6 −0.5
Whig William Somerville 699 27.5 +5.9
Conservative Charles Lennox Butler[68] 671 26.4 −2.4
Whig Charles Purton Cooper[69][70] 406 16.0 N/A
Radical Edward Glover[71][72] 41 1.6 −18.6
Turnout 1,272 (est) 64.5 (est) −5.8
Registered electors 1,973
Majority 56 2.2 N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing −3.2
Majority 28 1.1 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.7
General election 1857: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Butler-Johnstone 815 39.7 −28.5
Whig William Somerville 759 37.0 +26.2
Whig Charles Purton Cooper[69][70] 477 23.3 +12.5
Majority 56 2.7 −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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 edit

General election 1847: Canterbury (2 seats)[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Albert Denison 808 28.1 −3.6
Conservative George Smythe 782 27.2 −9.0
Conservative John Vance 643 22.4 N/A
Conservative Thomas Charles Pelham-Clinton 641 22.3 N/A
Majority 165 5.7 N/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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Albert Denison Unopposed
Whig gain from Conservative
  • Caused by Bradshaw's death
General election 1841: Canterbury (2 seats)[15][57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Smythe 823 36.2 +10.5
Conservative James Bradshaw 729 32.1 +6.8
Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 720 31.7 −17.3
Majority 9 0.4 +0.2
Turnout 1,451 75.7 −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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Smythe 772 54.5 +3.5
Whig John Wright Henniker Wilson[73] 628 44.3 −4.7
Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 17 1.2 N/A
Majority 144 10.2 N/A
Turnout 1,417 73.9 −8.2
Registered electors 1,918
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +4.1
  • Caused by Denison's resignation

Elections in the 1830s edit

General election 1837: Canterbury (2 seats)[15][57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bradshaw 761 25.7 +9.9
Whig Albert Conyngham 755 25.5 −10.9
Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 751 25.3 +9.5
Whig Frederick Villiers 698 23.5 −8.3
Turnout 1,507 82.1 −7.0
Registered electors 1,835
Majority 63 2.2 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.8
Majority 4 0.2 +0.1
Whig hold Swing −10.3
General election 1835: Canterbury (2 seats)[15][57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Albert Conyngham 755 36.4 −5.1
Whig Frederick Villiers 660 31.8 −8.1
Conservative Stephen Rumbold Lushington 658 31.7 New
Majority 2 0.1 −21.1
Turnout 1,307 89.1 +9.5
Registered electors 1,467
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
  • On petition, Villiers was declared unduly elected and Lushington declared elected.
General election 1832: Canterbury (2 seats)[15][57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Watson 834 41.5 N/A
Whig George Cowper 802 39.9 N/A
No label William Percy Honeywood Courtenay 375 18.6 New
Majority 427 21.2 N/A
Turnout 1,203 79.6 N/A
Registered electors 1,467
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1831: Canterbury (2 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Watson Unopposed
Whig George Cowper Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1830: Canterbury (2 seats)[15][74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Watson 1,334 41.9
Whig George Cowper 1,101 34.6
Tory Henry Bingham Baring 731 23.0
No label Samuel Elias Sawbridge 8 0.3
No label George Milles 8 0.3
Majority 370 11.6 N/A
Turnout 1,988
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing
Whig gain from Tory Swing

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See also edit

Notes edit

  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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External links edit

  • nomis Constituency Profile for Canterbury — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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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 CanterburyCounty constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Canterbury in KentLocation of Kent within EnglandCountyKentPopulation109 280 2011 census 1 Electorate80 203 2019 estimate 2 73 779 December 2010 3 Major settlementsCanterbury WhitstableCurrent constituencyCreated1295Member of ParliamentRosie Duffield Labour SeatsOne1295 1918Seats1295 1885 Two1885 present OneType of constituencyBorough constituency 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 Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 History 3 Boundaries 3 1 Proposed 4 Members of Parliament 4 1 Parliamentary borough of Canterbury 4 2 MPs 1295 1660 4 3 MPs 1660 1880 4 4 MPs 1885 1918 4 5 Canterbury county constituency 4 5 1 MPs 1918 present 5 Elections 5 1 Elections in the 2020s 5 2 Elections in the 2010s 5 3 Elections in the 2000s 5 4 Elections in the 1990s 5 5 Elections in the 1980s 5 6 Elections in the 1970s 5 7 Elections in the 1960s 5 8 Elections in the 1950s 5 9 Elections in the 1940s 5 10 Elections in the 1930s 5 11 Elections in the 1920s 5 12 Elections in the 1910s 5 13 Elections in the 1900s 5 14 Elections in the 1890s 5 15 Elections in the 1880s 5 16 Elections in the 1870s 5 17 Elections in the 1860s 5 18 Elections in the 1850s 5 19 Elections in the 1840s 5 20 Elections in the 1830s 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Sources 10 External linksConstituency profile editThe 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 editConstitutional 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 See also Results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election and Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies 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 Mon and 15 149 won South Antrim Boundaries edit nbsp 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 edit 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 City of Canterbury wards of Barton Blean Forest Chartham amp Stone Street Chestfield Gorrell Little Stour amp Adisham Nailbourne Northgate St Stephens Seasalter Swalecliffe Tankerton Westgate Wincheap 6 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 editMPs 1295 1660 MPs 1660 1880 MPs 1885 1918 MPs 1918 present Elections See also Notes and references Parliamentary borough of Canterbury edit MPs 1295 1660 edit Parliament First member Second 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 1640 No 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 1653 Canterbury 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 Back to Members of Parliament MPs 1660 1880 edit Election First member 13 Party Second 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 1853 Constituency 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 1880 Constituency representation suspended Back to Members of Parliament MPs 1885 1918 edit Constituency representation restored and reduced to one 1885 Election Member 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 Back to Members of Parliament Canterbury county constituency edit MPs 1918 present edit Election Member 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 Back to Members of ParliamentElections editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Canterbury election results since 1906 Elections in the 2020s edit Next general election Canterbury Party Candidate Votes 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 edit General election 2019 Canterbury 36 Party Candidate Votes Labour Rosie Duffield 29 018 48 3 3 3 Conservative Anna Firth 27 182 45 2 0 5 Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson 3 408 5 7 2 3 Independent Michael Gould 505 0 8 New Majority 1 836 3 1 2 8 Turnout 60 113 75 0 2 3 Labour hold Swing 1 4 General election 2017 Canterbury 37 Party Candidate Votes Labour Rosie Duffield 25 572 45 0 20 5 Conservative Julian Brazier 25 385 44 7 1 8 Liberal Democrats James Flanagan 4 561 8 0 3 6 Green Henry Stanton 1 282 2 3 4 7 Majority 187 0 3 N A Turnout 56 800 72 7 8 7 Labour gain from Conservative Swing 9 3 General election 2015 Canterbury 38 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Brazier 39 22 918 42 9 1 9 Labour Hugh Lanning 39 13 120 24 5 8 4 UKIP Jim Gascoyne 39 7 289 13 6 9 7 Liberal Democrats James Flanagan 39 6 227 11 6 20 9 Green Stuart Jeffery 40 3 746 7 0 4 7 Socialist GB Robert Cox 41 165 0 3 New Majority 9 798 18 4 6 1 Turnout 53 465 64 0 0 1 Conservative hold Swing 5 2 General election 2010 Canterbury 42 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Brazier 22 050 44 8 0 3 Liberal Democrats Guy Voizey 16 002 32 5 11 1 Labour Jean Samuel 7 940 16 1 12 0 UKIP Howard Farmer 43 1 907 3 9 1 9 Green Geoff Meaden 1 137 2 3 1 0 Money Reform Anne Belsey 173 0 4 New Majority 6 048 12 3 3 5 Turnout 49 209 64 1 2 3 Conservative hold Swing 5 4 Back to Elections Elections in the 2000s edit 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 Democrats Jenny Barnard Langston 10 059 21 1 3 3 Green Geoffrey Meaden 1 521 3 2 1 2 UKIP John Moore 926 1 9 0 1 Legalise Cannabis Rocky van de Benderskum 326 0 7 New Majority 7 471 15 7 11 1 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 9 Labour Emily Thornberry 16 642 36 9 5 6 Liberal Democrats Peter Wales 8 056 17 8 6 0 Green Hazel Dawe 920 2 0 0 9 UKIP Lisa Moore 803 1 8 1 3 Majority 2 069 4 6 2 7 Turnout 45 132 60 9 11 5 Conservative hold Swing 1 4 Back to Elections Elections in the 1990s edit General election 1997 Canterbury 44 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Brazier 20 913 38 6 11 8 Labour Cheryl Hall 16 949 31 3 15 9 Liberal Democrats Martin Vye 12 854 23 8 8 8 Referendum James Osborne 2 460 4 5 New Green Geoffrey Meaden 588 1 1 New UKIP John Moore 281 0 5 New Natural Law Andrew Pringle 64 0 1 New Majority 3 964 7 3 11 1 Turnout 54 109 72 4 5 7 Conservative hold Swing 13 9 General election 1992 Canterbury 45 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Brazier 29 827 50 8 3 0 Liberal Democrats M J Vye 19 022 32 4 5 1 Labour Co op Fred Whitemore 8 936 15 2 1 7 Green W J Arnall 747 1 3 0 4 Natural Law S E Curphey 203 0 3 New Majority 10 805 18 4 8 1 Turnout 58 735 78 1 4 1 Conservative hold Swing 4 0 Back to Elections Elections in the 1980s edit General election 1987 Canterbury 46 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Brazier 30 273 53 8 2 7 Liberal John Purchese 15 382 27 3 1 4 Labour Linda A Keen 9 494 16 9 1 5 Green Steve Dawe 947 1 68 0 2 Independent Canterbury Nationalist Joan White 157 0 3 New Majority 14 891 26 5 4 1 Turnout 56 255 74 0 4 0 Conservative hold Swing 2 1 General election 1983 Canterbury 47 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 29 029 56 5 1 8 Liberal John Purchese 13 287 25 9 9 9 Labour Jeannette Gould 7 906 15 4 8 9 Ecology David Conder 962 1 9 New Independent Nationalist Joan White 226 0 4 New Majority 15 742 30 6 3 4 Turnout 51 410 70 0 4 7 Conservative hold Swing 5 8 Back to Elections Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1979 Canterbury 48 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 38 805 58 28 8 47 Labour RP Spencer 16 168 24 28 1 82 Liberal John Purchese 10 665 16 02 6 31 National Front Joan White 941 1 41 0 35 Majority 22 637 34 00 11 29 Turnout 66 578 74 72 2 11 Conservative hold Swing 5 15 General election October 1974 Canterbury 49 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 31 002 49 81 0 53 Labour MF Fuller 16 247 26 10 3 01 Liberal SE Goulden 13 898 22 33 3 13 National Front Kenneth McKilliam 1 096 1 76 0 54 Majority 14 755 23 71 1 27 Turnout 62 239 72 61 7 63 Conservative hold Swing 1 77 General election February 1974 Canterbury 50 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 34 341 50 34 5 08 Liberal S Goulden 17 300 25 36 6 09 Labour MF Fuller 15 751 23 09 2 22 National Front Kenneth McKilliam 831 1 22 New Majority 17 041 24 98 5 13 Turnout 68 220 80 24 5 67 Conservative hold Swing 5 59 General election 1970 Canterbury 51 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 33 222 55 42 5 58 Labour Henry Gordon N Clother 15 172 25 31 2 90 Liberal David C P Gracie 11 553 19 27 2 68 Majority 18 050 30 11 8 48 Turnout 59 950 74 57 1 53 Conservative hold Swing 4 24 Back to Elections Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1966 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Crouch 27 160 49 84 2 13 Labour B Sawbridge 15 372 28 21 1 26 Liberal Edwin W Moss 11 962 21 95 3 39 Majority 11 788 21 63 0 87 Turnout 54 494 76 10 0 22 Conservative hold Swing 1 70 General election 1964 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Leslie Thomas 26 827 51 97 14 23 Labour George Selous Cobbett 15 211 29 47 4 33 Liberal Edwin W Moss 9 582 18 56 New Majority 11 616 22 50 9 90 Turnout 51 620 76 32 1 18 Conservative hold Swing 9 28 Back to Elections Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1959 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Leslie Thomas 30 846 66 20 0 35 Labour George E Peters 15 746 33 80 0 35 Majority 15 100 32 40 0 70 Turnout 46 592 75 14 2 48 Conservative hold Swing 0 35 General election 1955 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Leslie Thomas 28 739 66 55 5 46 Labour Reginald George Ward 14 444 33 45 2 42 Majority 14 295 33 10 3 04 Turnout 43 183 72 66 7 40 Conservative hold Swing 3 94 1953 Canterbury by election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Leslie Thomas 19 400 66 99 5 90 Labour John A E Jones 9 560 33 01 1 98 Majority 9 840 33 98 3 92 Turnout 28 960 Conservative hold Swing 3 94 General election 1951 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Baker White 28 632 61 09 5 14 Labour John A E Jones 14 543 31 03 0 27 Liberal Thomas H Payne 3 695 7 88 5 42 Majority 14 089 30 06 4 87 Turnout 46 870 80 06 2 42 Conservative hold Swing 2 71 General election 1950 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Baker White 26 491 55 95 6 66 Labour Jackson Newman 14 563 30 76 5 05 Liberal Kenneth Graham Jupp 6 296 13 30 New Majority 11 928 25 19 3 61 Turnout 47 350 82 48 13 70 Conservative hold Swing 5 86 Back to Elections Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Baker White 24 282 61 61 11 73 Labour Joseph Denis Milburn Bell 14 115 35 81 10 15 Common Wealth Catherine Williamson 1 017 2 58 New Majority 10 167 25 80 22 88 Turnout 39 414 68 78 4 33 Conservative hold Swing Back to Elections Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1935 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Wayland 26 552 74 34 9 33 Labour Richard Adams 9 164 25 66 9 33 Majority 17 388 48 68 18 66 Turnout 35 716 64 45 1 77 Conservative hold Swing 9 33 General election 1931 Canterbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Wayland 30 328 83 67 27 0 Labour Paul Winterton 5 921 16 33 2 4 Majority 24 407 67 34 40 0 Turnout 36 249 66 22 2 1 Conservative hold Swing Back to Elections Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1929 Canterbury 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Wayland 19 181 56 7 13 6 Liberal David Carnegie 9 937 29 4 0 3 Labour Philip Sidney Eastman 4 706 13 9 New Majority 9 244 27 3 13 3 Turnout 33 825 68 3 2 4 Registered electors 49 499 Unionist hold Swing 6 7 1927 Canterbury by election 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Wayland 13 657 57 3 13 0 Liberal David Carnegie 10 175 42 7 13 0 Majority 3 482 14 6 26 0 Turnout 23 832 60 8 5 1 Registered electors 39 229 Unionist hold Swing 13 0 General election 1924 Canterbury 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Ronald McNeill 16 693 70 3 11 9 Liberal David Carnegie 7 061 29 7 11 9 Majority 9 632 40 6 23 8 Turnout 23 754 65 9 9 4 Registered electors 36 045 Unionist hold Swing 11 9 General election 1923 Canterbury 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Ronald McNeill 12 017 58 4 12 8 Liberal William Robertson Heatley 8 561 41 6 New Majority 3 456 16 8 25 6 Turnout 20 578 59 3 2 5 Registered electors 34 715 Unionist hold Swing N A General election 1922 Canterbury 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Ronald McNeill 13 954 71 2 9 6 Labour J H L Sims 5 639 28 8 9 6 Majority 8 315 42 4 19 2 Turnout 19 593 56 8 11 9 Registered electors 34 488 Unionist hold Swing 9 6 Back to Elections Elections in the 1910s edit nbsp Woodcock General election January 1910 Canterbury 52 53 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1 371 38 8 24 9 Ind Conservative Francis Bennett Goldney 1 350 38 2 New Liberal H B D Woodcock 815 23 0 13 3 Majority 21 0 6 26 8 Turnout 3 536 92 2 2 4 Registered electors 3 836 Conservative hold Swing 5 8 nbsp Bennett Goldney General election December 1910 Canterbury 52 53 Party Candidate Votes Ind Conservative Francis Bennett Goldney 1 635 47 8 9 6 Conservative John Howard 1 163 34 0 4 8 Liberal William James Fisher 623 18 2 4 8 Majority 472 13 8 N A Turnout 3 421 89 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 Unionist Francis Bennett Goldney Liberal D Roland Thomas 54 1918 Canterbury by election 52 Party Candidate Votes Unionist George Knox Anderson Unopposed Unionist gain from Ind Unionist General Election 1918 Canterbury 52 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Ronald McNeill 11 408 80 8 46 8 Labour Edward Timothy Palmer 2 719 19 2 New Majority 8 689 61 6 N A Turnout 14 127 44 9 44 3 Registered electors 31 453 Unionist gain from Ind Unionist Swing C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Back to Elections Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Canterbury 52 55 56 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed Conservative hold General election 1906 Canterbury 52 55 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton 2 210 63 7 N A Liberal William James Fisher 1 262 36 3 New Majority 948 27 4 N A Turnout 3 472 89 8 N A Registered electors 3 868 Conservative hold Swing N A Back to Elections Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Canterbury 52 55 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed Conservative hold General election 1895 Canterbury 52 55 56 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed Conservative hold Back to Elections Elections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alfred Gathorne Hardy 1 467 27 1 4 6 Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1 425 26 4 3 5 Liberal Charles Edwards 58 1 294 23 9 4 0 Liberal Henry Butler Johnstone 1 218 22 5 3 9 Majority 131 2 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 nbsp Heaton General election 1885 Canterbury 55 59 60 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton 1 804 68 6 15 1 Liberal William Aubrey 825 31 4 15 0 Majority 979 37 2 34 7 Turnout 2 629 84 6 11 0 est Registered electors 3 107 Conservative hold Swing 15 1 General election 1886 Canterbury 52 55 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Henniker Heaton Unopposed Conservative hold Back to Elections Elections in the 1870s edit General election 1874 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone 1 488 31 7 0 2 Conservative Lewis Majendie 1 406 29 9 4 5 Liberal Theodore Brinckman 934 19 9 6 3 Liberal Robert John Biron 61 873 18 6 5 0 Majority 472 10 0 N 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 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alfred Gathorne Hardy Unopposed Conservative hold Majendie resigned causing a by election By election 8 May 1879 Canterbury 57 62 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Peter Laurie 1 159 51 2 10 4 Liberal Charles Edwards 58 1 103 48 8 10 3 Majority 56 2 4 7 6 Turnout 2 262 73 2 2 5 Registered electors 3 089 Conservative hold Swing 10 4 Back to Elections Elections in the 1860s edit Johnstone resigned causing a by election By election 6 Mar 1862 Canterbury 1 seat 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone 694 50 1 N A Liberal William Lyon 63 691 49 9 N A Majority 3 0 2 N A Turnout 1 385 74 9 N A Registered electors 1 850 Conservative hold Swing N A General election 1865 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone 767 27 8 N A Conservative John Walter Huddleston 737 26 7 N A Liberal William Lyon 63 643 23 3 N A Liberal Robert Adair 614 22 2 N A Majority 94 3 4 N 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 Party Candidate Votes 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 1 157 25 4 1 3 Conservative Henry James Lee Warner 65 709 15 6 22 2 Turnout 2 896 est 96 5 est 10 4 Registered electors 3 001 Majority 744 16 3 N A Ind Conservative gain from Conservative Swing N A Majority 79 1 7 N A Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 2 6 Back to Elections Elections in the 1850s edit Denison was elevated to the peerage becoming 1st Baron Londesborough and causing a by election By election 4 March 1850 Canterbury 57 Party Candidate Votes Radical Frederick Romilly Unopposed Radical gain from Whig General election 1852 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 766 29 1 N A Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone 758 28 8 N A Whig William Somerville 570 21 6 6 5 Radical Frederick Romilly 533 20 2 N A Conservative George Smythe 7 0 3 26 9 Majority 188 7 2 N 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 Smythe retired before polling 66 The election was declared void on petition due to bribery and the writ suspended on 21 February 1853 67 A by election was called to replace both MPs in August 1854 By election 18 August 1854 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Peelite Charles Manners Lushington 727 28 6 0 5 Whig William Somerville 699 27 5 5 9 Conservative Charles Lennox Butler 68 671 26 4 2 4 Whig Charles Purton Cooper 69 70 406 16 0 N A Radical Edward Glover 71 72 41 1 6 18 6 Turnout 1 272 est 64 5 est 5 8 Registered electors 1 973 Majority 56 2 2 N A Peelite gain from Conservative Swing 3 2 Majority 28 1 1 N A Whig gain from Conservative Swing 3 7 General election 1857 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone 815 39 7 28 5 Whig William Somerville 759 37 0 26 2 Whig Charles Purton Cooper 69 70 477 23 3 12 5 Majority 56 2 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 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Butler Johnstone Unopposed Liberal William Somerville Unopposed Registered electors 1 831 Conservative hold Liberal hold Back to Elections Elections in the 1840s edit General election 1847 Canterbury 2 seats 57 Party Candidate Votes Whig Albert Denison 808 28 1 3 6 Conservative George Smythe 782 27 2 9 0 Conservative John Vance 643 22 4 N A Conservative Thomas Charles Pelham Clinton 641 22 3 N A Majority 165 5 7 N 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 Party Candidate Votes Whig Albert Denison Unopposed Whig gain from Conservative Caused by Bradshaw s death General election 1841 Canterbury 2 seats 15 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Smythe 823 36 2 10 5 Conservative James Bradshaw 729 32 1 6 8 Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 720 31 7 17 3 Majority 9 0 4 0 2 Turnout 1 451 75 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 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Smythe 772 54 5 3 5 Whig John Wright Henniker Wilson 73 628 44 3 4 7 Whig Thomas Twisden Hodges 17 1 2 N A Majority 144 10 2 N A Turnout 1 417 73 9 8 2 Registered electors 1 918 Conservative gain from Whig Swing 4 1 Caused by Denison s resignation Elections in the 1830s edit General election 1837 Canterbury 2 seats 15 57 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Bradshaw 761 25 7 9 9 Whig Albert Conyngham 755 25 5 10 9 Conservative Henry Plumptre Gipps 751 25 3 9 5 Whig Frederick Villiers 698 23 5 8 3 Turnout 1 507 82 1 7 0 Registered electors 1 835 Majority 63 2 2 N A Conservative gain from Whig Swing 9 8 Majority 4 0 2 0 1 Whig hold Swing 10 3 General election 1835 Canterbury 2 seats 15 57 Party Candidate Votes Whig Albert Conyngham 755 36 4 5 1 Whig Frederick Villiers 660 31 8 8 1 Conservative Stephen Rumbold Lushington 658 31 7 New Majority 2 0 1 21 1 Turnout 1 307 89 1 9 5 Registered electors 1 467 Whig hold Swing N A Whig hold Swing N A On petition Villiers was declared unduly elected and Lushington declared elected General election 1832 Canterbury 2 seats 15 57 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Watson 834 41 5 N A Whig George Cowper 802 39 9 N A No label William Percy Honeywood Courtenay 375 18 6 New Majority 427 21 2 N A Turnout 1 203 79 6 N A Registered electors 1 467 Whig hold Swing N A Whig hold Swing N A General election 1831 Canterbury 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Watson Unopposed Whig George Cowper Unopposed Whig hold Whig hold General election 1830 Canterbury 2 seats 15 74 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Watson 1 334 41 9 Whig George Cowper 1 101 34 6 Tory Henry Bingham Baring 731 23 0 No label Samuel Elias Sawbridge 8 0 3 No label George Milles 8 0 3 Majority 370 11 6 N A Turnout 1 988 Registered electors Whig hold Swing Whig gain from Tory Swing Back to ElectionsSee also editList of parliamentary constituencies in KentNotes edit A county constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer 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 References edit Canterbury Usual Resident Population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics 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