Dover (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dover | |
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| Former Countyjohn constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Dover in Kent. |
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 Location of Kent within England. |
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| County | Kent |
| Electorate | 71,993 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Dover and Deal |
| 1369–r | |
| Number of members | 1660 - 1885: Two 1885 - present: One |
| Created from | georg |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Dover is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Dover & Deal constituency consists of the greater part of Dover (district) District comprising the towns of Dover, Deal and Walmer together with surrounding villages. It excludes the northern area around the ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich, which together with surrounding villages is part of the South Thanet constituency. It has been a traditional Tory-Labour marginal, with Conservative-voting rural areas competing against mainly Labour-voting Dover itself, plus some former mining villages in the former Kent coalfield, such as Aylesham. Labour held on very solidly here in 2005, with virtually no swing from the previous General Election, but the seat went Conservative in 2010 on a large swing of 10%.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes in the county.
The Commission rejected proposals to rename the constituency "Dover and Deal" during the public consultation process. The Commission said with regard to this point:
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- The Commission noted that whilst these constituencies had undergone some slight changes they were not sufficient to warrant changing their names and they considered that the existing names were still appropriate.
The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Dover constituency are;
- Aylesham, Buckland, Capel-le-Ferne, Castle, Eastry, Eythorne and Shepherdswell, Lydden and Temple Ewell, Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory, Middle Deal and Sholden, Mill Hill, North Deal, Ringwould, River, St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, St Radigunds, Tower Hamlets, Town and Pier, Walmer and Whitfield.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Cinque Port/Parliamentary Borough 1368–1918
[edit] MPs 1368–1660
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[edit] MPs 1660–1885
[edit] MPs 1885–1918
| Year | Member[6] | Party | |
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| 1885 | Alexander George Dickson | Conservative | |
| 1889 | George Wyndham | Conservative | |
| 1913 | Viscount Duncannon | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Constituency abolished – name transferred to county constituency | ||
[edit] County constituency 1918–present
| Year | Member[6] | Party | |
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| Dover division of Kent | |||
| 1918 | Viscount Duncannon | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1921 | Sir Thomas Polson | Independent Parliamentary Group | |
| 1922 | John Jacob Astor | Conservative | |
| 1945 | John Thomas | Labour | |
| 1950 | John Arbuthnot | Conservative | |
| 1964 | David Ennals | Labour | |
| 1970 | Peter Rees | Conservative | |
| Dover and Deal County Constituency | |||
| 1974 | Peter Rees | Conservative | |
| Dover County Constituency | |||
| 1983 | Peter Rees | Conservative | |
| 1987 | David Shaw | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Gwyn Prosser | Labour | |
| 2010 | Charlie Elphicke | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Dover[11] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charlie Elphicke | 22,174 | 44.0 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | Gwyn Prosser | 16,900 | 33.5 | -11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Brigden | 7,962 | 15.8 | +0.0 | |
| UKIP | Victor Matcham | 1,747 | 3.5 | +0.8 | |
| BNP | Dennis Whiting | 1,104 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | Mike Walters | 216 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Christian Peoples | David Clark | 200 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | George Lee-Delisle | 82 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,274 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 50,385 | 70.1 | +2.8 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.4 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Dover | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gwyn Prosser | 21,680 | 45.3 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | Paul Watkins | 16,739 | 35.0 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Antony Hook | 7,607 | 15.9 | +4.5 | |
| UKIP | Mike Wiltshire | 1,252 | 2.6 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Victor Matcham | 606 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 4,941 | 10.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,884 | 67.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Dover | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gwyn Prosser | 21,943 | 48.8 | -5.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Watkins | 16,744 | 37.2 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Antony Hook | 5,131 | 11.4 | +3.5 | |
| UKIP | Lee Speakman | 1,142 | 2.5 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 5,199 | 11.6 | |||
| Turnout | 44,960 | 65.1 | -13.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Dover[12] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Shaw | 25,395 | 44.1 | −1.9 | |
| Labour | Gwyn Prosser | 24,562 | 42.6 | +8.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | MJ Sole | 6,212 | 10.8 | −9.1 | |
| Green | ACW Sullivan | 637 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Independent Conservative | PW Sherred | 407 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Independent Conservative | BJ Philp | 250 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | CF Percy | 127 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 833 | 1.4 | −10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 57,590 | 83.5 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/dover. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/dover. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/dover. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, later editions, and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
- ^ On petition Spragge's election was declared void
- ^ Created Baron Aylmer (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1718
- ^ Knighted 1761
- ^ Thomson was re-elected in 1832 but had also been elected for Manchester, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Dover
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/dover
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
[edit] Sources
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
