Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
Hythe | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1366–1950 | |
Seats | 1298–1832: two 1832–1950: one |
Replaced by | Folkestone and Hythe |
Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone and Hythe, the Urban District of Cheriton, and part of the Urban District of Sandgate.
Members of Parliament
1366-1640
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1640-1832
Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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April 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wandesford | Royalist | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) Henry Heyman | Parliamentarian |
November 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Harvey | Parliamentarian | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) Henry Heyman | Parliamentarian |
1645 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Westrow | ||||
1653 | Hythe was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
January 1659 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Robert Hales | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Kenrick | ||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
1660 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Viscount Strangford | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Phineas Andrews | ||
May 1661 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Hervey | ||||
November 1661 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Wood | ||||
1673 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Leoline Jenkins | ||||
February 1679 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Dering | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Julius Deedes | ||
August 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Hales | ||||
April 1685 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Heneage Finch | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Julius Deedes | ||
June 1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Shaw | ||||
1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Hales | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Julius Deedes | ||
1690 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Philip Boteler | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Brockman | ||
1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jacob des Bouverie | ||||
1701 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Boteler | ||||
1708 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Fane | ||||
1710 [note 1] | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Viscount Shannon | ||||
1711 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Boteler | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Berners | ||
1712 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Viscount Shannon | ||||
1713 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jacob des Bouverie | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Boteler | ||
1715 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Samuel Lennard | ||||
1722 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Captain Hercules Baker | ||||
1728 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Glanville | ||||
1744 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | (Sir) Thomas Hales [note 2] | ||||
1761 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord George Sackville | ||||
1766 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Amherst | ||||
1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Sawbridge | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Evelyn | ||
1774 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Charles Farnaby [note 3] | ||||
1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Charles Marsham [note 4] | ||||
1802 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Matthew White | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Godfrey | ||
1806 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Marsham | ||||
1807 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Deedes | ||||
1810 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Perring | ||||
1812 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Matthew White | ||||
1818 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Bladen Taylor | ||||
1819 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | Samuel Jones-Loyd | Whig[4] | |||
1820 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | Stewart Marjoribanks | Whig[5] | |||
1826 | style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Sir Robert Townsend-Farquhar | Tory[6] | |||
1830 | style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | John Loch | Whig[5] | |||
1832 | Representation reduced to one member |
1832-1950
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Townsend-Farquhar's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Loch | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Stewart Marjoribanks | 270 | 48.6 | ||
Whig | John Loch | 270 | 48.6 | ||
Tory | William Fraser | 8 | 1.4 | ||
Tory | Fitzroy Kelly | 8 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 262 | 47.1 | |||
Turnout | 278 | c. 64.7 | |||
Registered electors | c. 430 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
- 204 Scot and Lot votes were placed for Fraser and Kelly, but these were rejected
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Stewart Marjoribanks | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Loch | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Stewart Marjoribanks | 226 | 53.3 | ||
Tory | William Fraser | 198 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 28 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 424 | 90.4 | |||
Registered electors | 469 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Stewart Marjoribanks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 477 | ||||
Whig hold |
Marjoribanks resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | 243 | 64.1 | ||
Conservative | William Horsley Beresford[13] | 136 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 107 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 379 | 79.6 | |||
Registered electors | 476 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Stewart Marjoribanks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 513 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Drake Brockman | 211 | 52.8 | N/A | |
Whig | Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | 189 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 22 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 400 | 82.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 485 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Drake Brockman | 512 | 83.9 | +31.1 | |
Whig | Robert Standish Motte[14] | 98 | 16.1 | −31.2 | |
Majority | 414 | 67.9 | +62.4 | ||
Turnout | 610 | 71.3 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 856 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +31.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John William Ramsden | 490 | 65.5 | −18.4 | |
Peelite | Henry Aitcheson Hankey[15][16] | 258 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 232 | 31.0 | −36.9 | ||
Turnout | 748 | 74.9 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 998 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Ramsden resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 997 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,291 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | 1,268 | 70.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Albert Nugent[17] | 521 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 747 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,789 | 78.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,275 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Watkin | 1,347 | 81.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Montague Merryweather[18] | 300 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,047 | 63.6 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,647 | 67.4 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,445 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Watkin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,893 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Edward Watkin | 2,247 | 73.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alpheus Morton | 797 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,450 | 47.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,044 | 81.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,737 | ||||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Edward Watkin | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Independent Liberal |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Edward Watkin | Unopposed | |||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bevan Edwards | 2,189 | 55.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Israel Hart | 1,726 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 463 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,915 | 83.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,695 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Edwards' resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | 2,425 | 56.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Israel Hart | 1,898 | 43.9 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 527 | 12.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,323 | 82.8 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,224 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | 3,246 | 58.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Chartres Biron | 2,347 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 899 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,593 | 85.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,520 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | 3,746 | 65.7 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | William Clarke Hall | 1,954 | 34.3 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 1,792 | 31.4 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 87.1 | +1.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | 3,722 | 65.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Samuel Moorhouse | 2,004 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,718 | 30.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 82.2 | N/A | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Philip Sassoon
- Liberal: William Deedes
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Sir_Philip_Sassoon.jpg/120px-Sir_Philip_Sassoon.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Philip Sassoon | 8,819 | 72.0 | N/A |
Labour | Robert William Forsyth | 3,427 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,392 | 44.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,246 | 61.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 19,896 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | 12,843 | 76.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Constantine Gallop | 3,936 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,907 | 53.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,779 | 79.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 21,058 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | 12,982 | 57.8 | −18.7 | |
Liberal | Hester Lloyd Holland | 6,912 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Grace Colman | 2,597 | 11.5 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 6,070 | 27.1 | −25.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,491 | 70.8 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 31,745 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Sassoon | 20,277 | 84.9 | +27.1 | |
Labour | Grace Colman | 3,608 | 15.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 16,669 | 69.8 | +42.7 | ||
Turnout | 71.8 | +1.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- The Liberal candidate, Hester Holland withdrew on 14 Oct 1931
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Sassoon | 15,359 | 63.9 | ||
Liberal | Richard Hathaway Ellis | 8,688 | 36.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,671 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 24,047 | 68.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Brabner | 12,016 | 54.2 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 9,577 | 43.2 | +7.1 | |
Independent | St John Philby | 576 | 2.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,439 | 11.0 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 62.4 | −5.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.4 |
- Philby was a candidate for the British People's Party.
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Mackeson | 8,048 | 46.5 | −7.7 | |
Labour | David Graham Widdiscombe | 6,091 | 35.2 | n/a | |
Liberal | Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James | 3,152 | 18.2 | −25.0 | |
Majority | 1,957 | 11.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | +10.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Notes
- ^ At the election of 1710, Fane and Shannon were returned as elected but, on petition, they were declared not to have been duly elected and Berners and Boteler were seated in their place.
- ^ Succeeded as baronet, January 1748.
- ^ Farnaby adopted the surname Radcliffe in 1783.
- ^ Styled Viscount Marsham from June 1801 (when his father was created Earl of Romney).
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