West Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

West Kent (formally known as "Kent, Western") was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History
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 and Tunbridge.

Boundaries
1832–1868: The Lathes of Sutton-at-Hone and Aylesford, and the Lower Division of the Lathe of Scray.

1868–1885: The Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone.

Elections in the 1830s

 * Rider retired at the close of the first day's poll

Geary resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s
Marsham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Romney and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s
Filmer's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s
Talbot resigned in order to contest the 1878 Oxford University by-election.

Elections in the 1880s
Legge was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.