St Augustine's (constituency)
Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom
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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.
Boundaries
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]
History
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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Conservative | |
| 1911 | Ronald McNeill | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aretas Akers-Douglas | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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;
- Unionist: Ronald McNeill
- Liberal: Hubert Townsend