St Augustine's (UK Parliament constituency)

St Augustine's
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one

St Augustine's was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

History

In its 33-year existence this constituency only ever elected two Members of Parliament, both Conservatives; its first MP was the former Home Secretary, Aretas Akers-Douglas.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Aretas Akers-Douglas Conservative
1911 Ronald McNeill Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: St Augustine's [1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Aretas Akers-Douglas 5,842 62.0 n/a
Liberal Alfred Simmons 3,582 38.0 n/a
Majority 2,260 24.0 n/a
Turnout 77. n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: St Augustine's [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Aretas Akers-Douglas unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: St Augustine's [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: St Augustine's [1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

Akers-Douglas
General Election 1900: St Augustine's [1][2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1906: St Augustine's [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas 7,655 n/a
Liberal Charles William Beeston Prescott 4,794 n/a
Majority 2,861 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: St Augustine's [1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas 9,500 69.8
Liberal Robert Turnbull Lang 4,114 30.2
Majority 5,386 39.6
Turnout 81.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election December 1910: St Augustine's [1][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
St Augustine's by-election, 1911 [1][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ronald John McNeill unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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