# Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Kent was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Kent, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election, when the three two-member constituencies (East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent) were replaced by several new single-member constituencies: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustines, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.
A later single-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1983 to 1997.

## Boundaries

1868-1885: The Lathe of Aylesford, and the Lower Division of the Lathe of Scray.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | 1st Member | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| 1868 | | William Hart Dyke | Conservative | | William Amherst | Conservative |
| 1880 | | William Hart Dyke | Conservative | | Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt | Conservative |
| 1884 by-election | | William Hart Dyke | Conservative | | John Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| 1885 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Mid Kent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 3,251 | 26.6 | |
| | Conservative | William Amherst | 3,248 | 26.5 | |
| | Liberal | John William Nicholas Hervey | 2,872 | 23.5 | |
| | Liberal | Sir Francis Head, 2nd Baronet | 2,868 | 23.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,120 (est) | 70.2 (est) | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,723 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Mid Kent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 3,710 | 36.3 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | William Amherst | 3,542 | 34.7 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal | David Salomons | 2,956 | 29.0 | −17.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 586 | 5.7 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,582 (est) | 73.9 (est) | +3.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,905 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +9.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Mid Kent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Hart Dyke | 4,056 | 28.6 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Edmund Filmer | 3,783 | 26.7 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal | Edward Cazalet | 3,318 | 23.4 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal | Howard Elphinstone | 3,020 | 21.3 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 465 | 3.3 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,089 (est) | 80.9 (est) | +7.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,763 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −8.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −7.4 | |
Filmer's resignation caused a by-election.
By-election, 15 May 1884: Mid Kent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Gathorne-Hardy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Dyke's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland required a by-election.
By-election, 2 Jul 1885: Mid Kent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Hart Dyke | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |