# List of MPs for Kent

This is a list of members of Parliament in Kent, covering each of the seats in the English county, except Kent (to 1832), East Kent (1832–1885), West Kent (1832–1885), and Mid Kent (1868–1885).

## Ashford

The Ashford constituency was created in 1885.
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | William Pomfret Pomfret | Conservative |
| 1892 | Laurence Hardy | Conservative |
| 1918 | Samuel Strang Steel | Coalition Conservative |
| 1929 | Rev. Roderick Kedward | Liberal |
| 1931 | Michael Knatchbull | Conservative |
| 1933 by-election | Patrick Spens | Conservative |
| 1943 by-election | Edward Percy Smith | Conservative |
| 1950 | Bill Deedes | Conservative |
| 1974 | Keith Speed | Conservative |
| 1997 | Damian Green | Conservative |

## Canterbury

The Canterbury constituency was created in 1295.

### MPs 1660–1880

| Year | First member | Second member |
| 1660 | Sir Anthony Aucher | Heneage Finch,later Earl of Nottingham |
| 1661 | Francis Lovelace | Sir Edward Master |
| 1664 | Thomas Hardres | Sir Edward Master |
| Feb 1679 | Edward Hales | William Jacob |
| Aug 1679 | Edward Hales | Sir Thomas Hardres |
| 1681 | Lewis Watson | Vincent Denne |
| 1685 | Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet | Henry Lee |
| 1695 | Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet | George Sayer |
| 1698 | Henry Lee | George Sayer |
| 1705 | Henry Lee | John Hardres |
| 1708 | Edward Watson | Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet |
| 1710 | John Hardres | Henry Lee |
| 1715 | John Hardres | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet |
| 1722 | Samuel Milles | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet |
| 1727 | Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet |
| 1734 | Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet | Thomas May |
| 1735 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | Thomas May |
| 1741 | Thomas Watson | Thomas Best |
| 1746 | Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet | Thomas Best |
| 1747 | Matthew Robinson-Morris | Thomas Best |
| 1754 | Matthew Robinson-Morris | Sir James Creed |
| 1761 | Richard Milles | Thomas Best |
| 1768 | Richard Milles | William Lynch |
| 1774 | Richard Milles | Sir William Mayne,later Baron Newhaven |
| 1780 | George Gipps | Charles Robinson |
| 1790 | George Gipps | Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet |
| 1796 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| Election declared void 2 Mar 1797 |||
| Mar 1797 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| May 1797 | Sir John Honywood | George Gipps |
| 1800 | Sir John Honywood | George Watson |
| 1802 | John Baker | George Watson |
| 1806 | John Baker | James Simmons |
| Feb 1807 | John Baker | Samuel Elias Sawbridge |
| May 1807 | John Baker | Edward Taylor |
| 1812 | John Baker | Stephen Rumbold Lushington |
| 1818 | Edward Bligh, Baron Clifton | Stephen Rumbold Lushington |
| 1830 | Richard Watson | George Cowper, Viscount Fordwich |
| Jan 1835 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | Frederick Villiers |
| Mar 1835 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | Stephen Rumbold Lushington |
| 1837 | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham | James Bradshaw |
| 1841 | George Smythe | James Bradshaw |
| 1847 | George Smythe | Lord Albert Denison Conyngham |
| 1850 | George Smythe | Frederick Romilly |
| 1852 | Henry Plumptre Gipps | Henry Butler-Johnstone |
| Constituency representation suspended (1853) |||
| 1854 | Charles Manners Lushington | Sir William Meredyth Somerville |
| 1857 | Henry Butler-Johnstone | Sir William Meredyth Somerville |
| 1862 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | Sir William Meredyth Somerville |
| 1865 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | John Walter Huddleston, Conservative |
| 1868 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | Theodore Henry Brinckman, Liberal |
| 1874 | Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone, Conservative | Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative |
| 1878 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative | Lewis Ashurst Majendie, Conservative |
| 1879 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative | Robert Peter Laurie, Conservative |
| Constituency representation suspended (1880) |||

### MPs since 1885

* Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | John Henniker Heaton | Conservative |
| December 1910 | Francis Bennett-Goldney | Conservative |
| 1918 by-election | George Knox Anderson | Conservative |
| 1918 | Ronald McNeill | Conservative |
| 1927 by-election | William Wayland | Conservative |
| 1945 | John Baker White | Conservative |
| 1953 by-election | Leslie Thomas | Conservative |
| 1966 | David Crouch | Conservative |
| 1987 | Julian Brazier | Conservative |

## Chatham and Aylesford

The Chatham and Aylesford constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | Jonathan Shaw | Labour |
| | 2010 | Tracey Crouch | Conservative |

## Dartford

The Dartford constituency was created in 1885

### MPs 1885–1945

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Sir William Hart Dyke | Conservative |
| 1906 | James Rowlands | Liberal |
| 1910 | William Foot Mitchell | Conservative |
| 1910 | James Rowlands | Liberal |
| 1920 | John Edmund Mills | Labour |
| 1922 | George William Symonds Jarrett | Constitutionalist |
| 1923 | John Edmund Mills | Labour |
| 1924 | Angus McDonnell | Conservative |
| 1929 | John Edmund Mills | Labour |
| 1931 | Frank Edward Clarke | Conservative |
| 1938 | Jennie Adamson | Labour |

### MPs since 1945

The constituency was split in 1945, with half becoming the new Bexley seat
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1945 | Norman Dodds | Labour Co-operative |
| 1955 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative |
| 1970 | Peter Trew | Conservative |
| 1974 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative |
| 1979 | Bob Dunn | Conservative |
| 1997 | Howard Stoate | Labour |

## Dover

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1945 | John Thomas | Labour |
| 1950 | John Arbuthnot | Conservative |
| 1964 | David Ennals | Labour |
| 1970 | Peter Rees | Conservative |
| 1987 | David Shaw | Conservative |
| 1997 | Gwyn Prosser | Labour |
| 2010 | Charlie Elphicke | Conservative |

## Faversham and Mid Kent

The Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative |
| | 2001 | Hugh Robertson | Conservative |

## Folkestone and Hythe

The Folkestone and Hythe constituency was created in 1950
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1950 | Harry Ripley Mackeson | Conservative |
| 1959 | Sir Albert Costain | Conservative |
| 1983 | Michael Howard | Conservative |
| 2010 | Damian Collins | Conservative |

## Gillingham

The Gillingham constituency was created in 1918
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Constituency created | Constituency created |
| | 1918 | Sir Gerald Fitzroy Hohler | Conservative |
| | 1929 | Sir Robert Vaughan Gower | Conservative |
| | 1945 | Joseph Binns | Labour |
| | 1950 | Sir Frederick Burden | Conservative |
| | 1983 | James Couchman | Conservative |
| | 1997 | Paul Clark | Labour |
| 2010 | 2010 | Constituency abolished: see extended constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. | Constituency abolished: see extended constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. |

## Gravesham

The Gravesham constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1983 | Timothy Brinton | Conservative |
| 1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative |
| 1997 | Chris Pond | Labour |
| 2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative |

## Maidstone and The Weald

The Maidstone and The Weald constituency, originally named "Maidstone", was created in 1560. Up until 1885 it elected two MPs. In 1997 the name was changed to "Maidstone and The Weald".

### MPs 1660–1885

| Year | First member | Second member |
| 1660, April | Thomas Twisden | Robert Barnham |
| 1660, August | Sir Edward Hales | Robert Barnham |
| 1661 | Sir Edmund Pierce | Robert Barnham |
| 1668 | Thomas Harlackenden | Robert Barnham |
| 1679, February | Sir John Tufton | Sir John Darell |
| 1679, August | Sir John Tufton | Thomas Fane |
| 1685, March | Sir John Tufton | Archibald Clinkard |
| 1685, November | Edwin Wyatt | Archibald Clinkard |
| 1689 | Sir Thomas Taylor | Caleb Banks |
| 1690 | Sir Thomas Taylor | Thomas Rider |
| 1695 | Sir Thomas Taylor | Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet |
| 1696 | Thomas Rider | Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet |
| 1698 | Sir Robert Marsham | Thomas Bliss |
| 1702 | Sir Robert Marsham | Sir Thomas Roberts |
| 1704 | Heneage Finch | Thomas Bliss |
| 1705 | Sir Thomas Colepeper | Thomas Bliss |
| 1708 | Sir Thomas Colepeper | Sir Robert Marsham |
| 1713 | Sir Samuel Ongley | Sir Robert Marsham |
| 1715 | Sir Thomas Colepeper | Sir Robert Marsham |
| 1716 | Sir Thomas Colepeper | Sir Barnham Rider |
| 1722 | Sir Thomas Colepeper | John Finch |
| 1723 | Sir Barnham Rider | John Finch |
| 1727 | Thomas Hope | John Finch |
| 1734 | William Horsemonden-Turner | John Finch |
| 1740 | Robert Fairfax |
| 1741 | Lord Guernsey | John Bligh |
| 1747 | William Horsemonden-Turner | Robert Fairfax |
| 1753 | Gabriel Hanger | Robert Fairfax |
| 1754 | Gabriel Hanger | Lord Guernsey |
| 1757 | Gabriel Hanger | Savile Finch |
| 1761 | Rose Fuller | William Northey |
| 1768 | Charles Marsham | Robert Gregory |
| 1774 | Sir Horatio Mann | Lord Guernsey |
| 1777 | Sir Horatio Mann | Charles Finch |
| 1780 | Sir Horatio Mann | Clement Taylor |
| 1784 | Gerard Edwards | Clement Taylor |
| 1788 | Sir Matthew Bloxham | Clement Taylor |
| 1796 | Sir Matthew Bloxham | Oliver de Lancey |
| 1802 | Sir Matthew Bloxham | John Hodsdon Durand |
| 1806 | George Simson | George Longman |
| 1812 | George Simson | Samuel Egerton Brydges |
| 1818 | Abraham Wildey Robarts | George Longman |
| 1820 | Abraham Wildey Robarts | John Wells |
| 1830 | Abraham Wildey Robarts | Henry Winchester |
| 1831 | Abraham Wildey Robarts | Charles James Barnett |
| 1835 | Abraham Wildey Robarts | Wyndham Lewis |
| 1837 | Benjamin Disraeli | Wyndham Lewis |
| 1838 | Benjamin Disraeli | John Minet Fector |
| 1841 | Alexander Beresford-Hope | George Dodd |
| 1852 | James Whatman | George Dodd |
| 1853 | James Whatman | William Lee |
| 1857 | Alexander Beresford-Hope | Edward Scott |
| 1859 | William Lee | Charles Buxton |
| 1865 | William Lee | James Whatman |
| 1870 | Sir John Lubbock | James Whatman |
| 1874 | Sir John Lubbock | Sir Sydney Waterlow |
| 1880 | Alexander Henry Ross | John Freke-Aylmer |
| 1885 | Reduced to one member | Reduced to one member |

### MPs 1885–present

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Alexander Henry Ross | |
| 1888 by-election | Fiennes Cornwallis | Conservative |
| 1895 | Sir Frederick Hunt | |
| 1898 by-election | Fiennes Cornwallis | Conservative |
| 1900 | John Barker | Liberal |
| 1901 by-election | Sir Francis Evans | |
| 1906 | Viscount Castlereagh | |
| 1915 by-election | Carlyon Bellairs | Conservative |
| 1931 | Sir Alfred Charles Bossom | Conservative |
| 1959 | John Wells | Conservative |
| 1987 | Ann Widdecombe | Conservative |
| 2010 | Helen Grant | Conservative |

## Medway

The Medway constituency was created in 1885
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1885 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| | 1892 | Charles Warde | Conservative |
The constituency was abolished in 1918 and recreated in 1983
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1983 | Dame Peggy Fenner | Conservative |
| | 1997 | Bob Marshall-Andrews | Labour |
| 2010 | 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Rochester and Strood | Constituency abolished: see Rochester and Strood |

## North Thanet

The North Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1983 | Roger Gale | Conservative |

## Sevenoaks

The Sevenoaks constituency was created in 1885
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Charles William Mills | Conservative |
| 1892 | Henry William Forster | Conservative |
| 1918 | Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett | Coalition Conservative |
| 1923 | Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams | Liberal |
| 1924 | Herbert Walter Styles | Conservative |
| 1929 | Sir Edward Hilton Young | Conservative |
| 1935 | Charles Ponsonby | Conservative |
| 1950 | Sir John Rodgers | Conservative |
| 1979 | Mark Wolfson | Conservative |
| 1997 | Michael Fallon | Conservative |

## Sittingbourne and Sheppey

The Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency was created in 1997
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | Derek Wyatt | Labour |
| | 2010 | Gordon Henderson | Conservative |

## South Thanet

The South Thanet constituency was created in 1983
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1983 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative |
| 1997 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour |
| 2010 | Laura Sandys | Conservative |

## Tonbridge and Malling

The Tonbridge and Malling constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | Feb. 1974 | Sir John Stanley | Conservative |

## Tunbridge Wells

The Tunbridge Wells constituency was created in 1974
| Election | Member | Party |
| Feb. 1974 | Patrick Mayhew | Conservative |
| 1997 | Archie Norman | Conservative |
| 2005 | Greg Clark | Conservative |