Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Faversham in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and Faversham and Mid Kent.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The Borough of Faversham the Sessional Division of Faversham the corporate town of Queenborough
1918–1950: the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough, the Urban Districts of Milton Regis, Sheerness, and Sittingbourne, the Rural Districts of Milton and Sheppey, the Rural District of Faversham (except the detached parts of the parishes of Dunkirk and Hernhill which were wholly surrounded by the Rural District of Blean)
1950–1983: the Boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough the Urban Districts of Sheerness, Sittingbourne and Milton the Rural Districts of Sheppey and Swale
1983–1997: the Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Borden, Davington Priory, East Downs, Eastern, Grove, Iwade and Lower Halstow Kemsley Milton Regis Minster Cliffs Murston Newington Queenborough and Halfway Roman St Ann's Sheerness East Sheerness West Sheppey Central Teynham and Lynsted Watling West Downs Woodstock
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty1885 Herbert Knatchbull-Hugessen Conservative1895 Frederic Barnes Conservative1900 John Howard Conservative1906 Thomas Napier LiberalJan 1910 Sir Granville Wheler, Bt. Conservative1928 by-election Sir Adam Maitland Conservative1945 Percy Wells Labour1964 by-election Terry Boston Labour1970 Sir Roger Moate Conservative1997 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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: Granville Wheler Liberal: Labour: Stanley Morgan
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Adam Maitland Labour: John BelcherReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
References British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by Fred W. S. Craig