Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hythe
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1366–1950
Number of members1298–1832: two
1832–1950: one
Replaced byFolkestone and Hythe

Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

Boundaries[]

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone and Hythe, the Urban District of Cheriton, and part of the Urban District of Sandgate.

Members of Parliament[]

1366-1640[]

Parliament First Member Second Member
1386 Henry Browning John Bernard[1]
1388 (Feb) John Dyne [1]
1388 (Sep) [1]
1390 (Jan) John Dyne Henry Browning[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391 Henry Browning [1]
1393 [1]
1394
1395 John Dyne [1]
1397 (Jan) John Dyne [1]
1397 (Sept)
1399 [1]
1401
1402 [1]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 [1]
1407 [1]
1410 [1]
1411 [1]
1413 (Feb) [1]
1413 (May) [1]
1414 (Apr) [1]
1414 (Nov) [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417 [1]
1419 [1]
1420 [1]
1421 (May) [1]
1421 (Dec) [1]
1510 [2]
1512 [2]
1515 not known
1523 not known
1529 [2]
1536 ? ?[2]
1539 not known
1542 not known
1545 not known
1547 [2]
1553 (Mar) [2]
1553 (Oct) [2]
1554 (Apr) [2]
1554 (Nov) [2]
1555 John Fowler[2]
1558 [2]
1559 [3]
1562–3 Edward Popham [3]
1571 [3]
1572 , died
and replaced Nov 1584 by 		[3]
1584 Thomas Bodley, sat for Portsmouth
replaced by ?[3]
1586 John Smythe [3]
1588–9 John Smythe[3]
1593 [3]
1597 [3]
1601 [3]
1604 Sir John Smith died
and replaced 1609 by
1614 Lionel Cranfield
1621-1622 Sir Peter Heyman Dr Richard Zouche
1624 Sir Peter Heyman Dr Richard Zouche
1625 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet Edward Clarke
1626 Sir Peter Heyman
1628-1629 Sir Peter Heyman Sir Edward Scott
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

1640-1832[]

Year First member First party Second member Second party
April 1640 John Wandesford Royalist (Sir) Henry Heyman Parliamentarian
November 1640 Parliamentarian (Sir) Henry Heyman Parliamentarian
1645
1653 Hythe was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Sir Robert Hales
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
1660 The Viscount Strangford Phineas Andrews
May 1661 John Hervey
November 1661 Sir Henry Wood
1673 Sir Leoline Jenkins
February 1679 Sir Edward Dering
August 1679
April 1685 Heneage Finch
June 1685
1689
1690
1695
1701
1708 John Fane
1710 [note 1] The Viscount Shannon
1711
1712 The Viscount Shannon
1713
1715 Sir Samuel Lennard
1722 Captain Hercules Baker
1728 William Glanville
1744 (Sir) Thomas Hales[note 2]
1761 Lord George Sackville
1766 William Amherst
1768 John Sawbridge William Evelyn
1774 Sir Charles Farnaby[note 3]
1798 Hon. Charles Marsham[note 4]
1802 Matthew White
1806 Viscount Marsham
1807
1810 Sir John Perring
1812 Matthew White
1818
1819 Samuel Jones-Loyd Whig[4]
1820 Stewart Marjoribanks Whig[5]
1826 Sir Robert Townsend-Farquhar Tory[6]
1830 John Loch Whig[5]
1832 Representation reduced to one member

1832-1950[]

Year Member Party
1832 Stewart Marjoribanks Whig[5][7][8]
1837 Viscount Melgund Whig[5][9]
1841 Stewart Marjoribanks Whig[5][7][8]
1847 Edward Drake Brockman Whig[10]
1857 Sir John Ramsden Whig
1859 Baron Mayer de Rothschild Liberal
1874 Sir Edward Watkin Liberal
1885 Independent Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1888 Independent Liberal
1895 Sir James Bevan Edwards Conservative
1899 Sir Edward Sassoon Liberal Unionist
1912 Sir Philip Sassoon Unionist
1939 Rupert Brabner Conservative
1945 Harry Mackeson Conservative
1950 Constituency abolished

Election results[]

Elections in the 1830s[]

Townsend-Farquhar's death caused a by-election.

: Hythe [5][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Loch Unopposed
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1830: Hythe [5][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Stewart Marjoribanks 270 48.6
Whig John Loch 270 48.6
Tory William Fraser 8 1.4
Tory Fitzroy Kelly 8 1.4
Majority 262 47.2
Turnout 278 c. 64.7
Registered electors c. 430
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
  • 204 Scot and Lot votes were placed for Fraser and Kelly, but these were rejected
General election 1831: Hythe [5][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Stewart Marjoribanks Unopposed
Whig John Loch Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Hythe [5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Stewart Marjoribanks 226 53.3
Tory William Fraser 198 46.7
Majority 28 6.6
Turnout 424 90.4
Registered electors 469
Whig hold
General election 1835: Hythe [5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Stewart Marjoribanks Unopposed
Registered electors 477
Whig hold

Marjoribanks resigned, causing a by-election.

: Hythe [5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Hythe [5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 243 64.1
Conservative William Horsley Beresford[13] 136 35.9
Majority 107 28.2
Turnout 379 79.6
Registered electors 476
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s[]

General election 1841: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Stewart Marjoribanks Unopposed
Registered electors 513
Whig hold
General election 1847: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Drake Brockman 211 52.8 N/A
Whig Mayer Amschel de Rothschild 189 47.3 N/A
Majority 22 5.5 N/A
Turnout 400 82.5 N/A
Registered electors 485
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s[]

General election 1852: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Drake Brockman 512 83.9 +31.1
Whig Robert Standish Motte[14] 98 16.1 −31.2
Majority 414 67.8 +62.3
Turnout 610 71.3 −11.2
Registered electors 856
Whig hold Swing +31.2
General election 1857: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John William Ramsden 490 65.5 −18.4
Peelite Henry Aitcheson Hankey[15][16] 258 34.5 New
Majority 232 31.0 −36.8
Turnout 748 74.9 +3.6
Registered electors 998
Whig hold Swing N/A

Ramsden resigned, causing a by-election.

: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Mayer Amschel de Rothschild Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1859: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mayer Amschel de Rothschild Unopposed
Registered electors 997
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s[]

General election 1865: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mayer Amschel de Rothschild Unopposed
Registered electors 1,291
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mayer Amschel de Rothschild 1,268 70.9 N/A
Conservative Albert Nugent[17] 521 29.1 New
Majority 747 41.8 N/A
Turnout 1,789 78.6 N/A
Registered electors 2,275
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s[]

General election 1874: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Watkin 1,347 81.8 N/A
Liberal Montague Merryweather[18] 300 18.2 N/A
Majority 1,047 63.6 +21.8
Turnout 1,647 67.4 −11.2
Registered electors 2,445
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s[]

General election 1880: Hythe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Watkin Unopposed
Registered electors 2,893
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Hythe [19][20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Edward Watkin 2,247 73.8 New
Liberal Alpheus Morton 797 26.2 N/A
Majority 1,450 47.6 N/A
Turnout 3,044 81.5 N/A
Registered electors 3,737
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1886: Hythe [19][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Edward Watkin Unopposed
Liberal Unionist gain from Independent Liberal

Elections in the 1890s[]

General election 1892: Hythe [19][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Edward Watkin Unopposed
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist
Edwards
General election 1895: Hythe [19][22][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bevan Edwards 2,189 55.9 New
Liberal Israel Hart 1,726 44.1 New
Majority 463 11.8 N/A
Turnout 3,915 83.4 N/A
Registered electors 4,695
Conservative gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Edwards' resignation caused a by-election.

[19][22][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon 2,425 56.1 +0.2
Liberal Israel Hart 1,898 43.9 -0.2
Majority 527 12.2 +0.4
Turnout 4,323 82.8 -0.6
Registered electors 5,224
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1900s[]

General election 1900: Hythe [19][22][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon Unopposed
Conservative hold
Biron
General election 1906: Hythe [19][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon 3,246 58.0 N/A
Liberal Chartres Biron 2,347 42.0 New
Majority 899 16.0 N/A
Turnout 5,593 85.8 N/A
Registered electors 6,520
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s[]

General election January 1910: Hythe [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon 3,746 65.7 +7.7
Liberal William Clarke Hall 1,954 34.3 -7.7
Majority 1,792 31.4 +15.4
Turnout 5,700 87.1 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing +7.7
General election December 1910: Hythe [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon Unopposed
Conservative hold
1912 Hythe by-election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon 3,722 65.0 N/A
Liberal Samuel Moorhouse 2,004 35.0 New
Majority 1,718 30.0 N/A
Turnout 5,726 82.2 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Unionist: Philip Sassoon
  • Liberal: William Deedes
Sassoon
General election 1918: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Philip Sassoon 8,819 72.0 N/A
Labour Robert William Forsyth 3,427 28.0 New
Majority 5,392 44.0 N/A
Turnout 12,246 61.6 N/A
Registered electors 19,896
Unionist hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s[]

General election 1922: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1923: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon 12,843 76.5 N/A
Labour Constantine Gallop 3,936 23.5 New
Majority 8,907 53.0 N/A
Turnout 16,779 79.7 N/A
Registered electors 21,058
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon 12,982 57.8 −18.7
Liberal Hester Lloyd Holland 6,912 30.7 New
Labour Grace Colman 2,597 11.5 −12.0
Majority 6,070 27.1 −25.9
Turnout 22,491 70.8 −8.9
Registered electors 31,745
Unionist hold Swing −3.4

Elections in the 1930s[]

General election 1931: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Sassoon 20,277 84.9 +27.1
Labour Grace Colman 3,608 15.1 +3.6
Majority 16,669 69.8 +42.7
Turnout 23,885 71.8 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
  • The Liberal candidate, Hester Holland withdrew on 14 Oct 1931
General election 1935: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Sassoon 15,359 63.9 -21.0
Liberal Richard Hathaway Ellis 8,688 36.1 New
Majority 6,671 27.8 -42.0
Turnout 24,047 68.3 -3.5
Conservative hold Swing
1939 Hythe by-election[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert Brabner 12,016 54.2 -9.7
Liberal Frank Ongley Darvall 9,577 43.2 +7.1
Independent St John Philby 576 2.6 New
Majority 2,439 11.0 -16.8
Turnout 22,169 62.4 -5.9
Conservative hold Swing -8.4

Elections in the 1940s[]

General election 1945: Hythe[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Mackeson 8,048 46.5 -17.4
Labour David Widdicombe 6,091 35.2 New
Liberal Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James 3,152 18.2 -17.9
Majority 1,957 11.3 -16.5
Turnout 17,291 73.3 +5.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Notes[]

  1. ^ At the election of 1710, Fane and Shannon were returned as elected but, on petition, they were declared not to have been duly elected and Berners and Boteler were seated in their place.
  2. ^ Succeeded as baronet, January 1748.
  3. ^ Farnaby adopted the surname Radcliffe in 1783.
  4. ^ Styled Viscount Marsham from June 1801 (when his father was created Earl of Romney).

References[]

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  13. ^ "Elections in Kent". Kentish Gazette. 1 August 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "The General Elections". Globe. 10 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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  20. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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  23. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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