Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Sevenoaks in Kent for the 2010 general election.
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Location of Kent within England.
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County | Kent |
Electorate | 69,925 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Michael Fallon (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | West Kent |
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European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Sevenoaks is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Michael Fallon, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
History
This constituency has existed since the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
With the exception of the one-year Parliament in 1923, the constituency has to date been a Conservative stronghold.
- 1885-1950
Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett before entering Parliament was a leader writer at The Standard and lived in India for many years, working at the Bombay Gazette before becoming both editor and principal proprietor of the Times of India. Bennett returned to England in 1901 and in 1910 unsuccessfully contested his first Parliamentary election, losing to Alfred Gelder at the time of David Lloyd George and H. H. Asquith's celebrated "People's Budget". He represented the seat for five years from 1918.
Higher in government in this period was Hilton Young, the Health Secretary between 1931 and 1935. The health portfolio at the time included responsibility for housing, including slum clearance and rehousing. Key items of legislation to which he contributed in this period were: the Town and Country Planning Act (1932) (which applied to all 'developable' land), the Housing Act (1935) (which laid down standards of accommodation)[2] and the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act (1935) (which sought to consolidate urban development and restrict ribbon sprawl along major highways).[3]
- 1950-date
Since 1950 the highest government position has been that of Michael Fallon who is currently Secretary of State for Defence.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Sevenoaks and Wrotham, and the Rural Districts of Malling and Sevenoaks (the civil parishes of Brasted, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Halstead, Hever, Kemsing, Leigh, Otford, Penshurst, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks Weald, Shoreham, Sundridge, and Westerham).
1950-1974: The Urban District of Sevenoaks, and the Rural Districts of Malling and Sevenoaks.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Sevenoaks, the Rural District of Malling, and in the Rural District of Tonbridge the civil parishes of Hadlow and Hildenborough.
1983-1997: The District of Sevenoaks wards of Brasted, Chevening, Crockenhill and Lullingstone, Dunton Green, Eynsford, Farningham, Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount, Hextable and Swanley Village, Kemsing, Leigh, Otford, Penshurst and Fordcombe, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks Kippington, Sevenoaks Northern, Sevenoaks Town and St John's, Sevenoaks Weald and Underriver, Sevenoaks Wildernesse, Shoreham, Somerdon, Sundridge and Ide Hill, Swanley Christchurch, Swanley St Mary's, Swanley White Oak, Westerham and Crockham, and West Kingsdown.
1997-2010: The District of Sevenoaks wards of Ash-cum-Ridley, Brasted, Chevening, Crockenhill and Lullingstone, Dunton Green, Eynsford, Farningham, Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount, Hextable and Swanley Village, Kemsing, Otford, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks Kippington, Sevenoaks Northern, Sevenoaks Town and St John's, Sevenoaks Weald and Underriver, Sevenoaks Wildernesse, Shoreham, Sundridge and Ide Hill, Swanley Christchurch, Swanley St Mary's, Swanley White Oak, Westerham and Crockham, and West Kingsdown.
2010-present: The District of Sevenoaks wards of Ash, Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge, Crockenhill and Well Hill, Dunton Green and Riverhead, Eynsford, Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Fawkham and West Kingsdown, Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount, Hextable, Kemsing, Otford and Shoreham, Seal and Weald, Sevenoaks Eastern, Sevenoaks Kippington, Sevenoaks Northern, Sevenoaks Town and St John’s, Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village, Swanley St Mary’s, Swanley White Oak, and Westerham and Crockham Hill.
Constituency profile
The seat is in mainstay City commuter belt territory, which supports a relatively high-income local economy with retail and self-employed trades principally benefiting. Sevenoaks constituency covers the towns of Sevenoaks and Swanley in Kent and some of the surrounding area. Most wards are most often Conservative councillor represented with the exceptions being part-Labour councillor represented Swanley and Crockenhill (5 of the 11 councillors who serve Swanley wards in 2013 for example) and two of three Sevenoaks Eastern councillors are Liberal Democrats based on local election results. Despite an unprecedented number of parties standing in 2010 no other parties have local councillors.[4]
- In statistics
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government districts with a working population whose income is higher than the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[5] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.7% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%.[6] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 13.1% of its population without a car, 19.2% of the population without qualifications and a high 32.0% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure 72.7% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[7]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Fallon | 28,531 | 56.9 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Steve Lindsay[10] | 8,970 | 17.9 | +14.3 | |
Labour | Chris Clark | 6,448 | 12.9 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Bullion | 3,937 | 7.9 | -13.5 | |
Green | Amelie Boleyn | 2,238 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 19,561 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,124 | 70.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Fallon | 28,076 | 56.8 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Bullion | 10,561 | 21.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Gareth Siddorn | 6,541 | 13.2 | −7.8 | |
UKIP | Christopher Heath | 1,782 | 3.6 | +0.6 | |
BNP | Paul Golding | 1,384 | 2.8 | N/A | |
English Democrats | Louise Uncles | 806 | 1.6 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Mark Ellis | 258 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,515 | 35.4 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,408 | 71.1 | +12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Fallon | 22,437 | 51.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ben Abbotts | 9,467 | 21.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Tim Stanley | 9,101 | 21.0 | -4.6 | |
UKIP | Robert Dobson | 1,309 | 3.0 | +0.3 | |
English Democrats | John Marshall | 751 | 1.7 | N/A | |
United Kingdom Pathfinders | Mark Ellis | 233 | 0.5 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 12,970 | 30 | |||
Turnout | 43,298 | 58.7 | -5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Fallon | 21,052 | 49.4 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Caroline Humphreys | 10,898 | 25.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Clive Gray | 9,214 | 21.6 | -2.5 | |
UKIP | Lisa Hawkins | 1,155 | 2.7 | N/A | |
United Kingdom Pathfinders | Mark Ellis | 295 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,154 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,614 | 63.9 | -11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Fallon | 22,776 | 45.42 | ||
Labour | J Hayes | 12,315 | 24.56 | ||
Liberal Democrat | R Walshe | 12,086 | 24.1 | ||
Referendum | N Large | 2,138 | 4.26 | ||
Green | M Lawrence | 443 | 0.88 | ||
Pathfinders | Mark Ellis | 244 | 0.49 | ||
Natural Law | A Hankey | 147 | 0.29 | ||
Majority | 10,461 | 20.86 | |||
Turnout | 50,151 | 75.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Wolfson | 33,245 | 57.5 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | RFC Walshe | 14,091 | 24.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Ms. JS Evans | 9,470 | 16.4 | +3.2 | |
Green | Ms. ME Lawrence | 786 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | PL Wakeling | 210 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,154 | 33.1 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 57,802 | 81.3 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Wolfson | 32,945 | 58.91 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Stephen Ronald Jakobi | 15,600 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | GA Green | 7,379 | 13.19 | ||
Majority | 17,345 | 31.02 | |||
Turnout | 55,923 | 76.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Wolfson | 30,722 | 58.41 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Stephen Ronald Jakobi | 15,061 | 28.55 | ||
Labour | R Gooding | 6,439 | 12.24 | ||
National Front | GL Burnett | 416 | 0.79 | ||
Majority | 15,706 | 29.86 | |||
Turnout | 52,596 | 73.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Wolfson | 36,697 | 57.39 | ||
Labour | RH Redden | 14,583 | 22.81 | ||
Liberal | G Phillips | 11,839 | 18.52 | ||
National Front | Michael Easter | 821 | 1.28 | ||
Majority | 22,114 | 34.59 | |||
Turnout | 63,942 | 78.98 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Charles Rodgers | 26,670 | 46.99 | ||
Labour | J Scanlan | 15,065 | 26.54 | ||
Liberal | Robert F Webster | 15,024 | 26.47 | ||
Majority | 11,605 | 20.45 | |||
Turnout | 56,759 | 75.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Charles Rodgers | 29,963 | 48.36 | ||
Liberal | Ian Campbell Bradley | 16,223 | 26.21 | ||
Labour | J Scanlan | 14,987 | 24.21 | ||
Independent | DJ Woolard | 754 | 1.22 | ||
Majority | 13,713 | 22.15 | |||
Turnout | 61,898 | 83.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Charles Rodgers | 32,654 | 54.13 | +3.6 | |
Labour | John Frederick Ovenden | 15,376 | 25.49 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | Robert F Webster | 12,290 | 20.37 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 17,278 | 28.64 | |||
Turnout | 60,320 | 73.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Charles Rodgers | 28,651 | 50.50 | ||
Labour | Peter B Pearce | 18,338 | 32.32 | ||
Liberal | A Noel H Blackburn | 9,746 | 17.18 | ||
Majority | 10,313 | 18.18 | |||
Turnout | 56,735 | 79.19 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Charles Rodgers | 28,678 | 52.03 | ||
Labour | Peter B Pearce | 14,958 | 27.14 | ||
Liberal | Nelia Penman | 11,480 | 20.83 | ||
Majority | 13,720 | 24.89 | |||
Turnout | 55,116 | 80.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Rodgers | 28,186 | 56.07 | ||
Labour | Roderick C Ogley | 14,265 | 28.38 | ||
Liberal | Nelia Penman | 7,819 | 15.55 | ||
Majority | 13,921 | 27.69 | |||
Turnout | 50,270 | 80.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Rodgers | 28,936 | 61.84 | ||
Labour | John N Powrie | 17,858 | 38.16 | ||
Majority | 11,078 | 23.67 | |||
Turnout | 46,794 | 78.07 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Rodgers | 28,668 | 60.37 | ||
Labour | John N Powrie | 18,823 | 39.63 | ||
Majority | 9,845 | 20.73 | |||
Turnout | 81.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Rodgers | 25,292 | 51.75 | ||
Labour | J Spencer | 17,610 | 36.03 | ||
Liberal | Edward Richard Moulton-Barrett | 5,969 | 12.21 | ||
Majority | 7,682 | 15.72 | |||
Turnout | 84.90 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Col. Charles Ponsonby | 18,893 | 45.61 | ||
Labour | John Pudney | 14,947 | 36.08 | ||
Liberal | Nelia Muspratt | 6,906 | 16.67 | ||
Communist | K. Thompson | 676 | 1.63 | ||
Majority | 3,946 | 9.53 | |||
Turnout | 73.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Edward Ponsonby | 21,405 | 67.5 | ||
Liberal | John Horridge | 10,297 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 11,108 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 65.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon Sir Edward Hilton Young | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir Edward Hilton Young | 16,767 | 53.7 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | Edgar Sratton Liddiard | 7,844 | 25.1 | -13.0 | |
Labour | Henry Hamilton Fyfe | 6,634 | 21.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,923 | 28.6 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,245 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Walter Styles | 15,125 | 61.9 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams | 9,311 | 38.1 | ||
Majority | 5,814 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,436 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams | 10,656 | |||
Unionist | Thomas Jewell Bennett | 9,987 | |||
Majority | 669 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Jewell Bennett | 12,045 | |||
Labour | L. A. Goldie | 6,849 | |||
Majority | 5,196 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Jewell Bennett | 10,650 | |||
Labour | J. E. Skinner | 3,323 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
A # denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
See also
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
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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- ↑ Young, W. (1971), p.1089.
- ↑ Sheail, J. (1979), The Restriction of Ribbon Development Act: The character and perception of land-use control in inter-war Britain, Regional Studies, 13: 6, 501–12.
- ↑ Sevenoaks Councillors
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/sevenoaks/
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- ↑ http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/news/2010/may/4176.asp
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- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i18.htm
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
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