Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)

Folkestone and Hythe
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	84,156 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Folkestone and Hythe
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Damian Collins (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Folkestone and Hythe /ˈfoʊkstən.əndˈhaɪð/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^{[n 2]} Its MP is Damian Collins, a Conservative.

Boundaries and profile

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd, and New Romney, and the Rural Districts of Elham and Romney Marsh.

1983-2010: The District of Shepway.

2010–present: The District of Shepway (the wards of Dymchurch and St Mary’s Bay, Elham and Stelling Minnis, Folkestone Cheriton, Folkestone East, Folkestone Foord, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone Harvey Central, Folkestone Harvey West, Folkestone Morehall, Folkestone Park, Folkestone Sandgate, Hythe Central, Hythe East, Hythe West, Lydd, Lympne and Stanford, New Romney Coast, New Romney Town, North Downs East, North Downs West, Romney Marsh, and Tolsford), and the Borough of Ashford ward of Saxon Shore.

Folkestone and Hythe consists of a hilly swathe of East Kent including the coastal towns of Folkestone and Hythe, in the south east of England. An urban area exists in and small suburban area around Folkestone and Hythe whereas rural communities of New Romney (which was a borough constituency until abolition as a 'rotten borough' in 1832), Lydd, Dymchurch, Lyminge and Elham contain significant farming communities, commuters to towns and business parks, including a small percentage to London and a large retired population.^[2]

The Liberal Democrats or the Liberal Party have come second since February 1974, the Labour vote underwent a greater collapse here than on average at the 1983 general election and in 2010 broke through the 10% figure, about one third of the Lib Dem vote. Through its history of just over half a century the constituency has been a Conservative safe seat.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Damian Collins of the Conservative Party who was elected at the 2010 general election. Collins's predecessor for the seat was Michael Howard (served 1983—2010). Howard held a number of political posts during his career in Parliament, most prominently as Home Secretary from 1993 to 1997 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 to 2005.

	Member^[3]	Party
1950	Harry Mackeson	Conservative
1959	Sir Albert Costain	Conservative
1983	Michael Howard	Conservative
2010	Damian Collins	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Since the 2010 election there have been opinion polls conducted within the constituency, ahead of the next election.

General Election 2015: Folkestone and Hythe^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Damian Collins	26,323	47.9	-1.6
	UKIP	Harriet Yeo^[5]	12,526	22.8	+18.2
	Labour	Claire Jeffrey^[6]	7,939	14.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Beaumont^[7]	4,882	8.9	-21.4
	Green	Martin Whybrow^[8]	2,956	5.4	+4.2
	TUSC	Seth Cruse	244	0.4	N/A
	YPP	Rohen Kapur^[9]	72	0.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas ^[10]	68	0.1	N/A
Majority			13,797	25.1	+5.9
Turnout			55,010	65.8	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.9

General Election 2010: Folkestone and Hythe^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Damian Collins	26,109	49.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Beaumont	15,987	30.3	+0.7
	Labour	Donald Worsley	5,719	10.8	−1.8
	UKIP	Frank McKenna	2,439	4.6	+3.3
	BNP	Harry Williams	1,662	3.1	N/A
	Green	Penny Kemp	637	1.2	−0.3
	Independent	David Plumstead	247	0.5	+0.5
Majority			10,122	19.2	-4.9
Turnout			52,800	67.7	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	26,161	53.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Damian Carroll	14,481	29.9	−2.2
	Labour	Maureen Tomison	6,053	12.5	−7.7
	Green	Hazel Dawe	688	1.4	N/A
	UKIP	Petrina Alexandra Holdsworth	619	1.3	−1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	175	0.4	N/A
	Get Britain Back	Rodney Hylton-Potts	153	0.3	N/A
	Senior Citizens Party	Grahame Leon-Smith	151	0.3	N/A
	Peace and Progress	Sylvia Dunn	22	0.0	N/A
Majority			11,680	24.1
Turnout			48,503	68.4	4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6

General Election 2001: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	20,645	45.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Damian Carroll	14,738	32.1	+5.2
	Labour	Albert Marin Aurelio Catterall	9,260	20.2	−4.7
	UKIP	John Albert Baker	1,212	2.6	+1.9
Majority			5,907	12.9
Turnout			45,855	64.1	−8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	20,313	39.0	−13.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Anthony Laws	13,981	26.9	−8.4
	Labour	Peter Doherty	12,939	24.9	+12.8
	Referendum	John Victor Aspinall	4,188	8.0	N/A
	UKIP	John Baker	378	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Eric Segal	182	0.4	N/A
	Country Field and Shooting Sports	Raymond Saint	69	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,332	12.2	−4.8
Turnout			52,050	72.7	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5

General Election 1992: Folkestone and Hythe^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	27,437	52.3	−3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Linda W. Cufley	18,527	35.3	−1.9
	Labour	Peter Doherty	6,347	12.1	+4.7
	Natural Law	AR Hobbs	123	0.2	N/A
Majority			8,910	17.0	−1.1
Turnout			52,434	79.6	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	27,915	55.4
	Liberal	John Reginald MacDonald	18,789	37.3
	Labour	Vidya Sagar Anand	3,720	7.4
Majority			9,126	18.10
Turnout				78.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	27,261	56.95
	Liberal	John Reginald MacDonald	15,591	32.57
	Labour	L Lawrie	4,700	9.82
	Independent	PA Todd	318	0.66
Majority			11,670	24.38
Turnout				69.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	26,837	55.74
	Liberal	Bernard Wilfred Budd	10,817	22.47
	Labour	GJ Priestman	10,015	20.80
	National Front	M Lavine	478	0.99
Majority			16,020	33.27
Turnout				72.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	20,930	46.18
	Liberal	Bernard Wilfred Budd	12,488	27.55
	Labour	MJS Butler	11,639	25.68
	Independent	H Button	265	0.58
Majority			8,442	18.63
Turnout				70.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	23,400	47.08
	Liberal	Bernard Wilfred Budd	14,890	29.96
	Labour	MJS Butler	11,412	22.96
Majority			8,510	17.12
Turnout				77.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	27,031	64.33
	Labour	Nicholas A Hyman	13,772	32.77
	Independent	Harold W Button	1,219	2.90
Majority			13,259	31.55
Turnout				68.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	22,964	59.51
	Labour	John Rhodes Horam	15,562	40.39
Majority			7,402	19.21
Turnout				70.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	23,587	62.23
	Labour	Michael J. Stewart	14,314	37.77
Majority			9,273	24.47
Turnout				70.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Percy Costain	21,726	56.54
	Labour	W Edgar Simpkins	9,346	24.32
	Liberal	Robert D Emerson	7,351	19.13
Majority			12,380	32.22
Turnout				76.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson	23,851	64.99
	Labour	Leslie Leonard Reeves	12,849	35.01
Majority			11,002	29.98
Turnout				72.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Ripley Mackeson	25,792	64.87
	Labour	I Rhys Jones	13,968	35.13
Majority			11,824	29.74
Turnout				78.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Ripley Mackeson	23,767	58.22
	Labour	Moss Murray	13,885	34.02
	Liberal	Mrs Ray Ward Bateson	3,168	7.76
Majority			9,882	24.21
Turnout				83.24
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2001 Census: travel distance statistics and economic sectors
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Jamie Rose, Harriet Yeo replaces Janice Atkinson as Ukip candidate from Ashford Herald online dated 24 March 2015
↑ http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Breaking-Labour-s-2015-General-Election-candidate/story-21664560-detail/story.html
↑ http://shepwaylibdems.org.uk/en/page/lynne-beaumont
↑ http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Greens-aim-secure-seat-year-s-poll/story-24570405-detail/story.html
↑ http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Young-People-s-Party-Libertarian-candidate-aims/story-26233301-detail/story.html
↑ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
↑ Election result, 2010 (UKPollingReport)
↑ Election result, 2010 (BBC)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results 1997-2001 (BBC)
Election results 1997-2001 (Election Demon)
Election results 1992-2010 (The Guardian)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Chingford and Woodford Green	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2003–2005	Succeeded by Witney

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Speaker (1)	Buckingham

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Folkestone

People	List of people from Folkestone

Political	Shepway Folkestone and Hythe constituency

Education	The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone School for Girls The Folkestone Academy Pent Valley Technology College K College University Centre Folkestone

Transport	Folkestone West railway station Folkestone Central railway station Folkestone Harbour railway station Folkestone East railway station M20 motorway Channel Tunnel

Sport, arts and leisure	Folkestone Invicta F.C. Folkestone Sports Centre Folkestone Triennial Leas Cliff Hall Tower Theatre Folkestone & Hythe Operatic & Dramatic Society Folkestone White Horse Leas Lift

Media	Folkestone Herald Kentish Express KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country Academy FM (Folkestone)

Historical events	1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash 2007 Kent earthquake

Twin towns	Boulogne-sur-Mer Middelburg Étaples

Coordinates: 51°6′N 1°5′E / 51.100°N 1.083°E / 51.100; 1.083

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