Dover (UK Parliament constituency)

Dover
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dover in Kent.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	71,993 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Dover and Deal
Current constituency
Created	1369 (1369)
Member of Parliament	Charlie Elphicke (Conservative)
Number of members	1660 - 1885: Two 1885 - present: One
Overlaps
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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
- 2.1 Cinque Port/Parliamentary Borough 1368–1918
- 2.2 County constituency 1918–present
3 Elections
4 See also
5 Notes and references
6 Sources

Boundaries [edit]

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%.

Boundary review [edit]

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:

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.

Members of Parliament [edit]

Cinque Port/Parliamentary Borough 1368–1918 [edit]

MPs 1368–1660 [edit]

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Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1386	John Gyles	John Halle I ^[2]
1388 (Feb)	John Gyles	John Halle I ^[2]
1388 (Sep)	John Gyles	John Monyn ^[2]
1390 (Jan)	John Gyles	John Monyn ^[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Gyles	John Strete ^[2]
1393	John Gyles	John Strete ^[2]
1394
1395	John Gyles	John Strete ^[2]
1397 (Jan)	Nicholas Spicer	John Monyn ^[2]
1397 (Sep)	John Monyn I ^[2]
1399	John Gyles	John Enebrook ^[2]
1401
1402	Thomas Gyles	John Strete ^[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Gyles	Henry Merley ^[2]
1407	John Alkham	Henry Merley ^[2]
1410	Nicholas Spicer	Peter Rede ^[2]
1411	Thomas Monyn^[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Monyn	John Garton ^[2]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Walter Stratton	John Garton ^[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)	John Braban ^[2]
1417	John Braban	Thomas atte Crowche ^[2]
1419	John Braban	Walter Stratton ^[2]
1420	Thomas Arnold	Thomas atte Crowche ^[2]
1421 (May)	Thomas Arnold	John Braban ^[2]
1421 (Dec)	John Braban	Walter Stratton ^[2]
1439–1444	Sir Thomas Browne
1510	John Warren	not known^[3]
1512	Nicholas Templeman	John Warren ^[3]
1515	Nicholas Templeman	John Warren ^[3]
1523	Thomas Vaughan	Robert Nethersole ^[3]
1529	Robert Nethersole	John Warren ^[3]
1536	Robert Nethersole	John Warren ^[3]
1539	Thomas Vaughan	John Payntor ^[3]
1542	John Warren	William Granger ^[3]
1545	Edmund Mody	John Warren ^[3]
1547	Joseph Beverley	Thomas Warren ^[3]
1553 (Mar)	Henry Crispe	Thomas Portway ^[3]
1553 (Oct)	Joseph Beverley	John Webbe ^[3]
1554 (Apr)	John Webbe	Thomas Colly ^[3]
1554 (Nov)	William Hannington	John Webbe ^[3]
1555	Thomas Warren	Sir Edmund Rous ^[3]
1558	Joseph Beverley	John Cheyne ^[3]
1559	Thomas Warren	John Robins^[4]
1562/3	John Robins	Thomas Warren ^[4]
1571	Thomas Andrews II	John Pinchon ^[4]
1572	Thomas Andrews II	Thomas Warren ^[4]
1584	Richard Barrey	John Moore ^[4]
1586	Richard Barrey	John Moore ^[4]
1588	Thomas Fane	Edward Stephens ^[4]
1593	Thomas Fane	Thomas Elwood ^[4]
1597	Thomas Fane	William Leonard ^[4]
1601	George Fane	George Newman ^[4]
1604	Sir Thomas Waller	George Bing
1614	Sir George Fane	Sir Robert Brett
1621	Sir Henry Mainwaring	Sir Richard Young
1624	Sir Edward Cecil ^[5]	Sir Richard Young
1625	Sir John Hippisley	William Beecher
1626	Sir John Hippisley	John Pringle
1628	Sir John Hippisley	Edward Nicholas

No parliament called between 1629 and 1640

Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1640 (Apr)	Sir Edward Boys	Sir Peter Heyman
1640 (Nov)	Sir Edward Boys	Benjamin Weston
1645	John Dixwell	Benjamin Weston
1648	John Dixwell	Benjamin Weston
1653	Dover not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	William Cullen	one seat only
1656	Thomas Kelsey	one seat only
1658	John Dixwell	Thomas Kelsey
1659	John Dixwell	Benjamin Weston

MPs 1660–1885 [edit]

Year		First member^[6]	First party	Second member^[6]	Second party
April 1660		Edward Montagu		Arnold Braemes
August 1660		George Montagu		Arnold Braemes
1661				Sir Francis Vincent
1670				Lord Hinchingbrooke
1673				Admiral Sir Edward Spragge ^[7]
1674				Thomas Papillon
1679		William Stokes		Thomas Papillon
1685		Arthur Herbert		William Chapman
1689		Sir Basil Dixwell		Thomas Papillon
1690		James Chadwick		Thomas Papillon
1695		James Chadwick		Sir Basill Dixwell
1697		Admiral Matthew Aylmer		Sir Basill Dixwell
January 1701				Sir Charles Hedges
November 1701				Philip Papillon
1710		Sir William Hardres
1715		Admiral Matthew Aylmer ^[8]
1720		George Berkeley		Henry Furnese
1734		David Papillon		Thomas Revell
1741		Lord George Sackville		Thomas Revell
1752				William Cayley
1755				Peter Burrell
1756				Hugh Valence Jones
1759				(Sir) Edward Simpson ^[9]
1761		Hon. Sir Joseph Yorke		(Sir) Edward Simpson ^[9]
1765				Marquess of Lorne
1766				John Bindley
1768				Viscount Villiers
1770				Sir Thomas Pym Hales
1773				Thomas Barret
1774		John Henniker		John Trevanion
1784		Robert Preston		Captain the Hon. James Luttrell
1789		Robert Preston		John Trevanion
1790		Charles Small Pybus
1802		John Spencer Smith
1806		Sir John Jackson		Charles Jenkinson
1818		Sir John Jackson		Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1820		Joseph Butterworth
1826		Charles Poulett Thomson ^[10]	Whig
1828				William Henry Trant
1830				Sir John Rae Reid	Tory
1831				Robert Henry Stanhope
1832				Sir John Rae Reid	Conservative
1833		John Halcomb	Conservative
1835		John Minet Fector	Conservative
1837		Edward Royd Rice	Whig
1847				Sir George Clerk	Conservative
1852				Viscount Chelsea	Conservative
1857		Ralph Bernal Osborne	Whig	Sir William Russell	Whig
1859		Sir Henry Leeke	Conservative	William Nicol	Conservative
1865		Alexander George Dickson	Conservative	Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative
1868				George Jessel	Liberal
1873				Edward William Barnett	Conservative
1874				Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918 [edit]

Year		Member^[6]	Party
1885		Alexander George Dickson	Conservative
1889		George Wyndham	Conservative
1913		Viscount Duncannon	Conservative
1918	Constituency abolished – name transferred to county constituency

County constituency 1918–present [edit]

Year	Member^[6]	Party
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

Elections [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Dover^[11]
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

Elections in the 2000s [edit]

General Election 2005: Dover
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
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

Elections in the 1990s [edit]

General Election 1992: Dover^[12]
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

Notes and references [edit]

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. 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. 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. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. 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)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ 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. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources [edit]

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)

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