Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Folkestone and Hythe County constituency

Folkestone and Hythe shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Michael Howard
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Kent
EP constituency:	South East England

Folkestone and Hythe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It consists of the towns of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent in the south east of England. Its boundaries are the same as that of Shepway District. As well as the urban area around Folkestone and Hythe, it also contains the more rural communities of New Romney, Lydd, Dymchurch, Lyminge and Elham.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the constituency boundaries in the county as a consequence of population changes.

The entire district of Shepway and the Ashford electoral ward of Saxon Shore are brought together to form this modified constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Currently the Member of Parliament for this seat is Michael Howard of the Conservative Party, who has held this seat since the general election of 1983.

Constituency created (1950)
1950 – 1959: Harry Ripley Mackeson
1959 – 1983: Sir Albert Costain, Conservative
1983 – present: Michael Howard, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Folkestone and Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	26,161	53.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Carroll	14,481	29.9	-2.2
	Labour	Maureen Tomison	6,053	12.5	-7.7
	Green	Hazel Dawe	688	1.4	+1.4
	UK Independence	Petrina Holdsworth	619	1.3	-1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	175	0.4	+0.4
	Get Britain Back	Rodney Hylton-Potts	153	0.3	+0.3
	Senior Citizens Party	Grahame Leon-Smith	151	0.3	+0.3
	Peace and Progress	Sylvia Dunn	22	0.0	0.0
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 Democrats	Peter Carroll	14,738	32.1	+5.3
	Labour	Albert Catterall	9,260	20.2	-4.7
	UK Independence	John Baker	1,212	2.6	+1.9
Majority			5,907	12.9
Turnout			45,855	64.1	-8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)