Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Mid Kent
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Mid Kent constituency in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
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]

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 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Andrew Rowe	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Mid Kent^[3]

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)

General election 1987: Mid Kent^[4]

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

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Mid Kent^[5][6]

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