Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)

Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Faversham in 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 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and Faversham and Mid Kent.

Boundaries
1885–1918:
 * The Borough of Faversham
 * the Sessional Division of Faversham
 * the corporate town of Queenborough

1918–1950:
 * the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough,
 * the Urban Districts of Milton Regis,
 * Sheerness, and Sittingbourne,
 * the Rural Districts of Milton and Sheppey,
 * the Rural District of Faversham (except the detached parts of the parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the Rural District of Blean)

1950–1983:
 * the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough
 * the Urban Districts of Sheerness, Sittingbourne and Milton
 * the Rural Districts of Sheppey and Swale

1983–1997:
 * the Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Borden, Davington Priory, East Downs, Eastern, Grove, Iwade and Lower Halstow
 * Kemsley
 * Milton Regis
 * Minster Cliffs
 * Murston
 * Newington
 * Queenborough and Halfway
 * Roman
 * St Ann's
 * Sheerness East
 * Sheerness West
 * Sheppey Central
 * Teynham and Lynsted
 * Watling
 * West Downs
 * Woodstock

Elections in the 1910s


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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Unionist: Granville Wheler
 * Liberal:
 * Labour: Stanley Morgan

Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Conservative: Adam Maitland
 * Labour: John Belcher