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St Augustine's was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
St Augustine's | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | East Kent |
Replaced by | Canterbury, Dover, Hythe |
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
The Sessional Divisions of Elham, Home and Wingham, the Municipal Boroughs of Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe and the corporate town of Fordwich, Bekesbourne, Ringwold, Kingsdown and Walmer.[1]
In its 33-year existence this constituency only ever elected two Members of Parliament, both Conservatives; its first MP was the former Home Secretary, Aretas Akers-Douglas.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Conservative | |
1911 | Ronald McNeill | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | 5,842 | 62.0 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Simmons | 3,582 | 38.0 | ||
Majority | 2,260 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,424 | 77.5 | |||
Registered electors | 12,157 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | 7,655 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Prescott | 4,794 | 38.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,861 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,449 | 78.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,841 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | 9,500 | 69.8 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Turnbull Lang | 4,114 | 30.2 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 5,386 | 39.6 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,614 | 81.9 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 16,614 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald McNeill | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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;
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