Dover is a constituency represented in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Dover constituency consists of the greater part of Dover (district)

Dover (district)

Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District...

 District comprising the towns of Dover

Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...

, Deal

Deal, Kent

Deal is a town in Kent England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover and eight miles south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town...

 and Walmer

Walmer

Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent in England: located on the coast, the parish of Walmer is six miles north-east of Dover. Largely residential, its coastline and castle attract many visitors...

 together with surrounding villages. It excludes the northern area around the ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich

Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the Non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England. It has a population of 6,800....

, which together with surrounding villages is part of the South Thanet constituency. It has been a traditional Tory-Labour marginal, with Conservative-voting rural areas competing against mainly Labour-voting Dover itself, plus some former mining villages in the former Kent coalfield

Coalfield

A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological...

, such as Aylesham

Aylesham

Aylesham is a village and civil parish near the cathedral town of Canterbury. Aylesham has its administrative and political seat in the Dover district of Kent in England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,884....

. Labour held on very solidly here in 2005, with virtually no swing from the previous General Election

General election

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, but the seat went Conservative in 2010 on a large swing of 10%.

Boundary review

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

The Commission rejected proposals to rename the constituency "Dover and Deal" during the public consultation process. The Commission said with regard to this point:

The Commission noted that whilst these constituencies had undergone some slight changes they were not sufficient to warrant changing their names and they considered that the existing names were still appropriate.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Dover constituency are;

• Aylesham, Buckland, Capel-le-Ferne
  Capel-le-Ferne
  Capel-le-Ferne , the name of which derives from the phrase "Chapel in the Ferns", is a village situated near Folkestone, Kent. It has a population of approximately 2400...
  
  , Castle, Eastry, Eythorne and Shepherdswell, Lydden and Temple Ewell, Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory, Middle Deal and Sholden, Mill Hill, North Deal, Ringwould, River, St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, St Radigunds, Tower Hamlets, Town and Pier, Walmer and Whitfield.

MPs 1368–1660

Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1386	John Gyles	John Halle I
1388 (Feb)	John Gyles	John Halle I
1388 (Sep)	John Gyles	John Monyn
1390 (Jan)	John Gyles	John Monyn
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Gyles	John Strete
1393	John Gyles	John Strete
1394
1395	John Gyles	John Strete
1397 (Jan)	Nicholas Spicer	John Monyn
1397 (Sep)	John Monyn 1
1399	John Gyles	John Enebrook
1401
1402	Thomas Gyles	John Strete
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Gyles	Henry Merley
1407	John Alkham	Henry Merley
1410	Nicholas Spicer	Peter Rede
1411	Thomas Monyn
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Monyn	John Garton
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Walter Stratton	John Garton
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)	John Braban
1417	John Braban	Thomas atte Crowche
1419	John Braban	Walter Stratton
1420	Thomas Arnold	Thomas atte Crowche
1421 (May)	Thomas Arnold	John Braban
1421 (Dec)	John Braban	Walter Stratton
1439–1444	Sir Thomas Browne Thomas Browne (High Sheriff of Kent) -Career:Sworn to the peace in Kent in 1434. He was Justice of Peace for Kent from 1436 to 24 Dec. 1450. He was Member of Parliament between 1439 and 1444 for Dover. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1443-4, and then MP between 1445 and 1446 for Kent. He was present at Parliament in 1447 and 1449 as...
1510	John Warren	not known
1512	Nicholas Twmpleman	John Warren
1515	Nicholas Twmpleman	John Warren
1523	Thomas Vaughan	Robert Nethersole
1529	Robert Nethersole	John Warren
1536	Robert Nethersole	John Warren
1539	Thomas Vaughan	John Payntor
1542	John Warren	William Granger
1545	Edmund Mody	John Warren
1547	Joseph Beverley	Thomas Warren
1553 (Mar)	Henry Crispe	Thomas Portway
1553 (Oct)	Joseph Beverley	John Webbe
1554 (Apr)	John Webbe	Thomas Colly
1554 (Nov)	William Hannington	John Webbe
1555	Thomas Warren	Sir Edmund Rous
1558	Joseph Beverley	John Cheyne
1559	Thomas Warren	John Robins
1562/3	John Robins	Thomas Warren
1571	Thomas Andrews II	John Pinchon
1572	Thomas Andrews II	Thomas Warren
1584	Richard Barrey	John Moore
1586	Richard Barrey	John Moore
1588	Thomas Fane	Edward Stephens
1593	Thomas Fane	Thomas Elwood
1597	Thomas Fane	William Leonard
1601	George Fane	George Newman
1604	Sir Thomas Waller	George Bing
1614	Sir George Fane	Sir Robert Brett
1621	Sir Henry Mainwaring Henry Mainwaring Sir Henry Mainwaring , was an English pirate, naval officer with the Royal Navy, and author.- Early life :Henry Mainwaring was born in Ightfield in Shropshire, second son of Sir George Mainwaring and his wife Ann, the daughter of Sir William More of Loseley Park in Surrey. His maternal grandfather...	Sir Richard Younge
1624	Sir Edward Cecil	Sir Richard Younge
1625	John Hippesley	William Beecher
1626
1628	John Hippesley	Edward Nicholas
1640 (Apr)	Sir Edward Boys	Sir Peter Heyman Peter Heyman Sir Peter Heyman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.-Life:Heyman was born on 13 May 1580, the son of Henry Heyman of Sellinge, Kent and his wife Rebecca Horne, daughter the Right Rev. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester. He was admitted to...
1640 (Nov)	Sir Edward Boys	Benjamin Weston
1645	John Dixwell John Dixwell John Dixwell was one of the judges who tried King Charles I of England and condemned him to death.-Biography:He was the younger son of Edgar Dixwell, but was raised by his uncle Basil Dixwell of Broome Park, near Canterbury in Kent...	Benjamin Weston
1648	John Dixwell John Dixwell John Dixwell was one of the judges who tried King Charles I of England and condemned him to death.-Biography:He was the younger son of Edgar Dixwell, but was raised by his uncle Basil Dixwell of Broome Park, near Canterbury in Kent...	Benjamin Weston
1653	Dover not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	William Cullen	one seat only
1656	Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell.Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil War, displaying a zeal that led him to become a Major-General in 1645. He...	one seat only
1658	John Dixwell John Dixwell John Dixwell was one of the judges who tried King Charles I of England and condemned him to death.-Biography:He was the younger son of Edgar Dixwell, but was raised by his uncle Basil Dixwell of Broome Park, near Canterbury in Kent...	Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell.Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil War, displaying a zeal that led him to become a Major-General in 1645. He...
1659	John Dixwell John Dixwell John Dixwell was one of the judges who tried King Charles I of England and condemned him to death.-Biography:He was the younger son of Edgar Dixwell, but was raised by his uncle Basil Dixwell of Broome Park, near Canterbury in Kent...	Benjamin Weston

MPs 1660–1885

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1660		Edward Montagu Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, KG was an English Infantry officer who later became a naval officer. He was the only surviving son of Sir Sidney Montagu, and was brought up at Hinchingbrooke House....			Arnold Braemes Arnold Braemes Sir Arnold Braemes was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Braemes was of Flemish descent and became a merchat at Dover. He was a Royalist and compounded locally for $800. In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dover in the Convention...
August 1660		George Montagu George Montagu (died 1681) George Montagu was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679.Montagu was born at Westminster, the son of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. He was at school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire under Dr Croke and was admitted at Christ's College,...
1661					Sir Francis Vincent
1670					Lord Hinchingbrooke Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich was born in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crew. He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1660 until his accession in 1672...
1673					Admiral Sir Edward Spragge Edward Spragge Sir Edward Spragge was an English admiral. His name was also written as Spragg or Sprague.Spragge was a fiery, brilliantly accomplished Irish seaman who fought in many great actions after the restoration of King Charles II in 1660.Spragge was an officer of the Royal Navy who remained loyal to the...
1674					Thomas Papillon
1679		William Stokes
1685		Arthur Herbert Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington was a British admiral and politician of the late 17th and early 18th century. Cashiered as a rear-admiral by James II of England in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Catholics from holding offices, he brought the Invitation to...			William Chapman
1689		Sir Basil Dixwell			Thomas Papillon
1690		James Chadwick
1695					Sir Basill Dixwell
1697		Admiral Matthew Aylmer Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer was an Irish Admiral of the Royal Navy.Lord Aylmer, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, was the second son of Sir Christopher Aylmer of Balrath, County Meath, and entered the Royal Navy under the protection of the Duke of Buckingham, as a Lieutenant, in 1678...
January 1701					Sir Charles Hedges Charles Hedges Sir Charles Hedges , of Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, an English lawyer and politician, was a judge in Admiralty Court who later served as one of Queen Anne's Secretaries of State.-Life:...
November 1701					Philip Papillon
1710		Sir William Hardres Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet Sir William Hardres, 4th Baronet of Hardres Court, Kent was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1711 and 1735....
1715		Admiral Matthew Aylmer Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer was an Irish Admiral of the Royal Navy.Lord Aylmer, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, was the second son of Sir Christopher Aylmer of Balrath, County Meath, and entered the Royal Navy under the protection of the Duke of Buckingham, as a Lieutenant, in 1678...
1720		George Berkeley			Henry Furnese Henry Furnese Henry Furnese was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland from 1738 to 1741....
1734		David Papillon			Thomas Revell
1741		Lord George Sackville
1752					William Cayley
1755					Peter Burrell Peter Burrell (1692-1756) Peter Burrell was a British politician.He was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, second daughter of John Merrik, and older brother of Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet Burrell was sub-governor of the South Sea Company...
1756					Hugh Valence Jones
1759					(Sir) Edward Simpson
1761		Hon. Sir Joseph Yorke Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover KB, PC , styled The Honourable Joseph Yorke until 1761 and The Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke between 1761 and 1788, was a British soldier, diplomat and Whig politician....
1765					Marquess of Lorne John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll , styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Military career:...
1766					John Bindley
1768					Viscount Villiers George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey PC was a member of the British and Irish peerage and a courtier in the court of George III.-Parliament:...
1770					Sir Thomas Pym Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Pym Hales, 4th Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet, a long-serving Member of Parliament who held a series of lucrative posts in the Royal Household. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 6...
1773					Thomas Barret
1774		John Henniker John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker , known as Sir John Henniker, 2nd Baronet, from 1782 to 1800, was a British merchant and Member of Parliament....			John Trevanion
1784		Robert Preston			Captain the Hon. James Luttrell
1789					John Trevanion
1790		Charles Small Pybus
1802		John Spencer Smith
1806		Sir John Jackson			Charles Jenkinson Sir Charles Jenkinson, 10th Baronet Sir Charles Jenkinson, 10th Baronet , known as Charles Jenkinson until 1851, was a British politician.-Background:...
1818					Edward Bootle-Wilbraham Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale , was a British politician.Bootle-Wilbraham was the son of Richard Bootle-Wilbraham and his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Bootle...
1820		Joseph Butterworth
1826		Charles Poulett Thomson Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC was a British politician and the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.-Background:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1828					William Henry Trant
1830					Sir John Rae Reid Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet was a British merchant and financier. He was a Tory and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847....	Tory
1831					Robert Henry Stanhope
1832					Sir John Rae Reid Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet was a British merchant and financier. He was a Tory and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1833		John Halcomb John Halcomb John Halcomb was an English serjeant-at-law, and a Conservative Member of Parliament for Dover between 1833 and 1835. Of several written works, his most significant was A Practical Treatise of Passing Private Bills through both Houses of Parliament .- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1835		John Minet Fector	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837		Edward Royd Rice	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1847					Sir George Clerk Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet PC, DL , was a British Tory politician.-Background:Clerk was the son of James Clerk, third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet, by his wife Janet Irving, daughter of George Irving, of Newton.-Political career:Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1852					Viscount Chelsea Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan PC , styled Viscount Chelsea between 1820 and 1864, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1857		Ralph Bernal Osborne Ralph Bernal Osborne Ralph Bernal Osborne, MP , born and baptised with the name of Ralph Bernal, Jr., was a British Liberal politician.-Life:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...		Sir William Russell Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet , was a British Army officer who served in the Crimean War and in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and then became a Liberal Party politician...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1859		Sir Henry Leeke Henry John Leeke Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke KCB KH DL was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord, Member of Parliament for Dover and Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.-Career:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		William Nicol William Nicol (UK politician) William Nicol DL was a Scottish surgeon, founder of the firm Wm. Nicol & Co, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Dover....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...		Alexander George Dickson Alexander George Dickson Alexander George Dickson was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing Dover....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Charles Kaye Freshfield Charles Freshfield Charles Kaye Freshfield was a 19th century lawyer and Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...					George Jessel George Jessel (jurist) Sir George Jessel , a British judge, was born in London. He was one of the most influential commercial law and equity judges of his time, and served as the Master of the Rolls.-Early life and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1873					Edward William Barnett	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					Charles Kaye Freshfield Charles Freshfield Charles Kaye Freshfield was a 19th century lawyer and Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

Year		Member	Party
1885		Alexander George Dickson Alexander George Dickson Alexander George Dickson was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing Dover....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1889		George Wyndham George Wyndham George Wyndham PC was a British Conservative politician, man of letters, noted for his elegance, and one of The Souls.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1913		Viscount Duncannon Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough Captain Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough was a British businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 14th since Canadian Confederation....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Constituency abolished – name transferred to county constituency

County constituency 1918–present

Year		Member	Party
Dover division of Kent
1918		Viscount Duncannon Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough Captain Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough was a British businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 14th since Canadian Confederation....	Coalition Conservative
1921		Sir Thomas Polson Thomas Andrew Polson Colonel Sir Thomas Andrew Polson, KBE, CMG, TD, was Anglo-Irish author who was briefly the Member of Parliament for Dover....	Independent Parliamentary Group Independent Parliamentary Group The Independent Parliamentary Group was a right-wing political organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1920 by Horatio Bottomley, elected in the 1918 UK general election as an independent Member of Parliament....
1922		John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever DL was a British military officer, statesman, a newspaper proprietor, and a member of the prominent Astor family...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945		John Thomas John Thomas (UK politician) John Richard Thomas was a British Labour Party politician of Welsh provenance, and a Chartered Accountant.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Dover at the 1945 general election, but did not contest the 1950 general election, when his seat was won by the Conservative candidate John...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950		John Arbuthnot Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet Major Sir John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, MBE, TD was a British Conservative politician....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1964		David Ennals	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1970		Peter Rees	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Dover and Deal County Constituency
1974		Peter Rees	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Dover County Constituency
1983		Peter Rees	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1987		David Shaw David Shaw (UK politician) David Lawrence Shaw is a British former Member of Parliament . He was the Conservative Member for Dover from the 1987 general election until the 1997 election, when he lost the seat to Gwyn Prosser of Labour...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1997		Gwyn Prosser Gwyn Prosser Gwynfor Matthews Prosser is a British Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament for Dover from 1997 to 2010.-Early life and education:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
2010		Charlie Elphicke Charlie Elphicke Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke is a British Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for the Dover & Deal constituency...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Sources

• Robert Beatson
  Robert Beatson
  Robert Beatson, LL.D. was a Scottish compiler and miscellaneous writer.-Life:He was born in 1742 at Dysart in Fifeshire. He was educated for the military profession, and on one of his title-pages describes himself as 'late of his majesty's corps of Royal Engineers'...
  
  , A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) http://books.google.com/books?vid=024wW9LmFc5kXY0FI2&id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&printsec=toc&dq=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament&as_brr=1&sig=SK5GVtGLfWQ9ovZDbyZObAyIO5I#PPP9,M1
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)