| Mid Kent | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Mid Kent constituency in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
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| County | Kent |
| Major settlements | Chatham, Maidstone (part) |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Maidstone and Rochester & Chatham[1] |
| Replaced by | Chatham and Aylesford, Faversham & Mid Kent, Maidstone and the Weald[1] |
Mid Kent was a county constituency in the county of Kent, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.
The City of Rochester-upon-Medway wards of Holcombe, Horsted, Lordswood, Luton, Walderslade, Wayfield, and Weedswood, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boxley, Detling, East, Harrietsham and Lenham, Hollingbourne, North, and Thurnham.
The constituency was predominantly rural between the urban areas of Medway and Maidstone.
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 25,400 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal | Allison Wainman | 12,857 | 27.0 | ||
| Labour | Vernon Hull | 8,928 | 18.8 | ||
| Independent | Dennis Delderfield | 324 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 12,543 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,509 | 71.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 28,719 | 55.1 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Graham Colley | 13,951 | 26.8 | −0.2 | |
| Labour | Jack Hazelgrove | 9,420 | 18.1 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 14,768 | 28.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,090 | 71.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 33,633 | 56.7 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Timothy Robson | 13,984 | 23.6 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Colley | 11,476 | 19.3 | −7.5 | |
| Natural Law | Gerard Valente | 224 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 19,649 | 33.1 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 59,317 | 79.7 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
