Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1868–1885 constituency, see Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency).

Mid Kent
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Kent
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Faversham & Mid Kent

Mid Kent was a county constituency in the county of Kent, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Rochester and Chatham & Maidstone, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

A previous two-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1868 to 1885.

Boundaries

The main settlement in this constituency was the town of Chatham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Andrew Rowe	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Mid Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	33,633	56.7	+1.6
	Labour	TJ Robson	13,984	23.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	GD Colley	11,476	19.3	−7.4
	Natural Law	GJ Valente	224	0.4	+0.4
Majority			19,649	33.1	+4.8
Turnout			59,317	79.7	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Mid Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	28,719	55.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	GD Colley	13,951	26.8	-0.2
	Labour	JA Hazelgrove	9,420	18.1	-0.7
Majority			14,768	28.3
Turnout				71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Mid Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	25,400	53.5
	Liberal Democrat	AJ Wainman	12,857	27.0
	Labour	VA Hull	8,928	18.8
	Independent	DW Delderfield	324	0.7
Majority			12,543	26.5
Turnout				71.4