East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

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
• Tunbridge

1832–1885: The Lathes of St. Augustine and Shepway (including the Liberty of Romney Marsh), and the Upper Division of the Lathe of Scray.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300|title= The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.|location= London |publisher= His Majesty's statute and law printers |date= 1832 |pages= 300–383 |access-date=2017-07-27}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group=n}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Pemberton Plumptre

|votes = 3,476

|percentage = 36.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Knatchbull

|votes = 3,344

|percentage = 35.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = William Richard Cosway

|votes = 2,627

|percentage = 27.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Percy Honeywood Courtenay{{cite news |title=The Polling |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001097/18321225/015/0003 |access-date=2 May 2020 |work=South Eastern Gazette |date=25 December 1832 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 4

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 6,144

|percentage = 87.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 7,026

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 132

|percentage = 1.4

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 717

|percentage = 7.6

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pemberton Plumptre

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Knatchbull

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 7,087

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Knatchbull

|votes = 3,607

|percentage = 40.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pemberton Plumptre

|votes = 3,029

|percentage = 34.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Rider

|votes = 2,205

|percentage = 24.9

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 824

|percentage = 9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 5,478

|percentage = 87.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 7,293

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Knatchbull

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pemberton Plumptre

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,553

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Knatchbull was appointed Paymaster General, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 20 September 1841: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Knatchbull

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Knatchbull resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 3 March 1845: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pemberton Plumptre

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,323

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Plumptre resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 16 February 1852: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

|votes = 2,480

|percentage = 52.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Edward Dering

|votes = 2,289

|percentage = 48.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 191

|percentage = 4.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,769

|percentage = 67.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,119

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Edward Dering

|votes = 3,063

|percentage = 36.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

|votes = 2,879

|percentage = 34.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Brook Bridges

|votes = 2,356

|percentage = 28.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 707

|percentage = 8.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,149 (est)

|percentage = 58.3 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,119

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Peelite

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Brook Bridges

|votes = 2,379

|percentage = 33.6

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Edward Dering

|votes = 2,358

|percentage = 33.3

|change = −3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

|votes = 2,216

|percentage = 31.3

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = E A Acheson{{cite news |title=East Kent |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570410/038/0002 |access-date=4 August 2018 |work=Coventry Standard |date=10 April 1857 |page=2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570410/038/0002}}{{cite news |title=Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001429/18570404/067/0006 |access-date=4 August 2018 |date=4 April 1857 |page=6 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 127

|percentage = 1.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,540 (est)

|percentage = 44.3 (est)

|change = −14.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,000

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 142

|percentage = 2.0

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Peelite

|swing = −2.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

Dering resigned due to ill health, causing a by-election."Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 3 October 1857: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 10 December 1857: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Peelite

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Brook Bridges

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,312

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Peelite

}}

{{Election box end}}

Deedes' death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 5 January 1863: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Dering

|votes = 2,777

|percentage = 50.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir Norton Knatchbull, 10th Baronet|Norton Knatchbull

|votes = 2,690

|percentage = 49.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 87

|percentage = 1.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,467

|percentage = 77.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,092

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Brook Bridges

|votes = 3,208

|percentage = 34.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Dering

|votes = 3,195

|percentage = 34.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir Norton Knatchbull, 10th Baronet|Norton Knatchbull

|votes = 2,919

|percentage = 31.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,259 (est)

|percentage = 75.9 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,250

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 276

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

Bridges was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord FitzWalter and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 2 May 1868: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Leigh Pemberton

|votes = 3,606

|percentage = 53.7

|change = −12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Tufton

|votes = 3,109

|percentage = 46.3

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 497

|percentage = 7.4

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,715

|percentage = 81.4

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,250

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −12.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Leigh Pemberton

|votes = 5,231

|percentage = 26.7

|change = −7.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Milles

|votes = 5,104

|percentage = 26.0

|change = −5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Tufton

|votes = 4,685

|percentage = 23.9

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet|John Frederick Croft

|votes = 4,579

|percentage = 23.4

|change = +6.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 419

|percentage = 2.1

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 652

|percentage = 3.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,800 (est)

|percentage = 74.8 (est)

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,107

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −6.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Milles

|votes = 5,424

|percentage = 35.8

|change = +9.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Leigh Pemberton

|votes = 5,405

|percentage = 35.7

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Tufton

|votes = 4,308

|percentage = 28.5

|change = −18.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,097

|percentage = 7.2

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,723 (est)

|percentage = 77.1 (est)

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,605

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +9.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +9.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

Milles succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sondes.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 27 Jan 1875: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Wyndham Knatchbull

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Knatchbull resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 26 July 1876: East Kent

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Deedes

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: East Kent{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=403–404}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Aretas Akers-Douglas

|votes = 5,541

|percentage = 34.7

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Leigh Pemberton

|votes = 5,473

|percentage = 34.3

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Francis Davis{{cite news|title=Yesterday's Polling|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18800403/033/0005|access-date=20 December 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=3 April 1880|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 4,959

|percentage = 31.0

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 514

|percentage = 3.3

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,500 (est)

|percentage = 79.7 (est)

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,169

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

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