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|rowspan="3"| [[Thomas Law Hodges]] |
|rowspan="3"| [[Thomas Law Hodges]] |
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|rowspan="3"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="maidstone1847"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="atkinson"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="dyck"/> |
|rowspan="3"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="maidstone1847"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="atkinson"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="dyck"/> |
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| [[Thomas Rider (MP for Kent)|Thomas Rider]] |
| [[Thomas Rider (MP for Kent)|Thomas Rider]] |
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| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
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| [[Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet|Sir William Geary, Bt]] |
| [[Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet|Sir William Geary, Bt]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
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| [[1838 West Kent by-election|1838 by-election]] |
| [[1838 West Kent by-election|1838 by-election]] |
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|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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|rowspan="5"| [[Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet|Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt]] |
|rowspan="5"| [[Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet|Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt]] |
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|rowspan="5"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
|rowspan="5"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
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| [[Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney|Viscount Marsham]] |
| [[Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney|Viscount Marsham]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> |
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| [[1845 West Kent by-election|1845 by-election]] |
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|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[Thomas Austen]] |
| [[Thomas Austen]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]] |
| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]] |
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| [[Thomas Law Hodges]] |
| [[Thomas Law Hodges]] |
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| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="maidstone1847">{{cite news |title=The Election for West Kent |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001428/18470803/065/0003 |access-date=7 August 2018 |work=Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser |date=3 August 1847 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book |
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="maidstone1847">{{cite news |title=The Election for West Kent |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001428/18470803/065/0003 |access-date=7 August 2018 |work=Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser |date=3 August 1847 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book |
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|rowspan="2"| [[William Masters Smith]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[William Masters Smith]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[1857 West Kent by-election|Feb 1857 by-election]] |
| [[1857 West Kent by-election|Feb 1857 by-election]] |
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Peelite}}" | |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Charles Wykeham Martin]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Charles Wykeham Martin]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Peelite]]<ref name="aberdeen1852">{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000031/18520728/184/0008 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 1852 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="portsmouth1852">{{cite news |title=Newport |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001365/18520703/087/0004 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette |date=3 July 1852 |page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
|rowspan="2"| [[Peelite]]<ref name="aberdeen1852">{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000031/18520728/184/0008 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 1852 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="portsmouth1852">{{cite news |title=Newport |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001365/18520703/087/0004 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette |date=3 July 1852 |page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|Apr 1857]] |
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| [[James Whatman (politician)|James Whatman]] |
| [[James Whatman (politician)|James Whatman]] |
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| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Elections in Kent|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18520713/024/0003|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Kentish Gazette|date=13 July 1852|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maidstone|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18520710/036/0004|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=10 July 1852|pages=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Notice to Correspondents|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000654/18570404/065/0006|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Sussex Agricultural Express|date=4 April 1857|page=6|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Elections in Kent|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18520713/024/0003|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Kentish Gazette|date=13 July 1852|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maidstone|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18520710/036/0004|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=10 July 1852|pages=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Notice to Correspondents|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000654/18570404/065/0006|access-date=27 May 2018|work=Sussex Agricultural Express|date=4 April 1857|page=6|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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|rowspan="2"| [[William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst|Viscount Holmesdale]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst|Viscount Holmesdale]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet|Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt]] |
| [[Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet|Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet|William Hart Dyke]] |
| [[Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet|William Hart Dyke]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Charles Mills, 1st Baron Hillingdon|Sir Charles Mills, Bt]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Charles Mills, 1st Baron Hillingdon|Sir Charles Mills, Bt]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[John Gilbert Talbot]] |
| [[John Gilbert Talbot]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth|Viscount Lewisham]] |
| [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth|Viscount Lewisham]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|votes = 551 |
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|percentage = 8.3 |
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|percentage = 2.4 |
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|votes = 541 |
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|votes = 3,557 |
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|percentage = 53.0 |
|percentage = 53.0 |
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 15 July 2024
West Kent | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | Kent |
Replaced by | Medway Sevenoaks Ashford Dartford Lewisham |
West Kent (formally known as "Kent, Western") 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
[edit]The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 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: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustine's, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.
Boundaries
[edit]1832–1868: The Lathes of Sutton-at-Hone and Aylesford, and the Lower Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]
1868–1885: The Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Law Hodges | 3,364 | 37.5 | ||
Whig | Thomas Rider | 3,100 | 34.5 | ||
Tory | William Geary | 2,518 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 582 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,562 | 83.3 | |||
Registered electors | 6,678 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Geary | 2,558 | 38.4 | +10.4 | |
Whig | Thomas Law Hodges | 2,092 | 31.4 | −6.1 | |
Whig | Thomas Rider | 2,007 | 30.1 | −4.4 | |
Turnout | 4,549 | 66.4 | −16.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,850 | ||||
Majority | 551 | 8.3 | K.A. | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Majority | 85 | 1.3 | −5.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.7 |
- Rider retired at the close of the first day's poll
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Geary | 3,584 | 35.3 | +16.1 | |
Whig | Thomas Law Hodges | 3,334 | 32.9 | −28.6 | |
Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,229 | 31.8 | +12.6 | |
Turnout | 6,641 | 78.8 | +12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,432 | ||||
Majority | 250 | 2.4 | −5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Majority | 105 | 1.1 | −0.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −28.7 |
Geary resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Edmund Filmer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edmund Filmer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Marsham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,089 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Marsham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Romney and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Austen | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,219 | 34.1 | K.A. | |
Whig | Thomas Law Hodges | 3,127 | 33.2 | New | |
Conservative | Thomas Austen | 3,082 | 32.7 | K.A. | |
Turnout | 6,278 (est) | 66.2 (est) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 9,489 | ||||
Majority | 92 | 0.9 | K.A. | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | K.A. | |||
Majority | 45 | 0.5 | K.A. | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,247 | 35.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | William Masters Smith | 3,193 | 35.1 | +2.4 | |
Whig | Thomas Law Hodges | 2,652 | 29.2 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 595 | 6.5 | +5.6 | ||
Majority | 541 | 5.9 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 5,872 (est) | 62.6 (est) | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,379 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +1.5 |
Filmer's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Peelite | Charles Wykeham Martin | 3,557 | 53.0 | K.A. | |
Conservative | Sir Walter Buchanan Riddell, 10th Baronet | 3,149 | 47.0 | −23.8 | |
Majority | 408 | 6.0 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 6,706 | 74.9 | +12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,949 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Peelite | Charles Wykeham Martin | 3,896 | 36.6 | K.A. | |
Radical | James Whatman | 3,578 | 33.6 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | William Masters Smith | 3,171 | 29.8 | −41.0 | |
Turnout | 5,323 (est) | 59.5 (est) | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,949 | ||||
Majority | 725 | 6.8 | K.A. | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | K.A. | |||
Majority | 407 | 3.8 | K.A. | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Amherst | 3,769 | 26.0 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,684 | 25.4 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Wykeham Martin | 3,584 | 24.7 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | James Whatman | 3,460 | 23.9 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 309 | 2.1 | K.A. | ||
Majority | 100 | 0.7 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 7,249 (est) | 81.0 (est) | +21.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,949 | ||||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | +11.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.7 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Amherst | 4,133 | 25.9 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 4,054 | 25.4 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | John Lubbock | 3,896 | 24.4 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | William Angerstein[14] | 3,861 | 24.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 158 | 1.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,972 (est) | 81.3 (est) | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,811 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Mills | 3,440 | 25.8 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | John Gilbert Talbot | 3,378 | 25.3 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | John Lubbock | 3,323 | 24.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | William Angerstein[14] | 3,196 | 24.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,669 (est) | 75.5 (est) | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,828 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Mills | 5,295 | 30.7 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | John Gilbert Talbot | 5,227 | 30.3 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Archibald Hamilton | 3,391 | 19.6 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Marjoribanks | 3,346 | 19.4 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 1,836 | 10.6 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,630 (est) | 72.1 (est) | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,973 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Talbot resigned in order to contest the 1878 Oxford University by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Legge | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Mills | 6,413 | 35.2 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | William Legge | 5,986 | 32.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Henry Mason Bompas[16] | 4,857 | 26.6 | −12.4 | |
Conservative Tenant Farmers | John May[17] | 977 | 5.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,129 | 6.2 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,270 (est) | 75.8 (est) | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,873 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Legge was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Legge | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
References
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Sources
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
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