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This is a list of members of Parliament in Kent, covering each of the seats in the English county, except Kent (to 1832), East Kent (1832–1885), West Kent (1832–1885), and Mid Kent (1868–1885).

Ashford

The Ashford constituency was created in 1885.

Canterbury

The Canterbury constituency was created in 1295.

MPs since 1885

• Constituency representation restored and reduced to one (1885)

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Henniker Heaton	Conservative
	December 1910	Francis Bennett-Goldney	Conservative
	1918 by-election	George Knox Anderson	Conservative
	1918	Ronald McNeill	Conservative
	1927 by-election	William Wayland	Conservative
	1945	John Baker White	Conservative
	1953 by-election	Leslie Thomas	Conservative
	1966	David Crouch	Conservative
	1987	Julian Brazier	Conservative

Chatham and Aylesford

The Chatham and Aylesford constituency was created in 1997

Dartford

The Dartford constituency was created in 1885

MPs since 1945

The constituency was split in 1945, with half becoming the new Bexley seat

Election		Member	Party
	1945	Norman Dodds	Labour Co-operative
	1955	Sydney Irving	Labour Co-operative
	1970	Peter Trew	Conservative
	1974	Sydney Irving	Labour Co-operative
	1979	Bob Dunn	Conservative
	1997	Howard Stoate	Labour

Dover

Faversham and Mid Kent

The Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was created in 1997

Folkestone and Hythe

The Folkestone and Hythe constituency was created in 1950

Gillingham

The Gillingham constituency was created in 1918

Gravesham

The Gravesham constituency was created in 1983

Maidstone and The Weald

The Maidstone and The Weald constituency, originally named "Maidstone", was created in 1560. Up until 1885 it elected two MPs. In 1997 the name was changed to "Maidstone and The Weald".

MPs 1885–present

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Alexander Henry Ross
	1888 by-election	Fiennes Cornwallis	Conservative
	1895	Sir Frederick Hunt
	1898 by-election	Fiennes Cornwallis	Conservative
	1900	John Barker	Liberal
	1901 by-election	Sir Francis Evans
	1906	Viscount Castlereagh
	1915 by-election	Carlyon Bellairs	Conservative
	1931	Sir Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative
	1959	John Wells	Conservative
	1987	Ann Widdecombe	Conservative
	2010	Helen Grant	Conservative

Medway

The Medway constituency was created in 1885

The constituency was abolished in 1918 and recreated in 1983

North Thanet

The North Thanet constituency was created in 1983

Sevenoaks

The Sevenoaks constituency was created in 1885

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

The Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency was created in 1997

South Thanet

The South Thanet constituency was created in 1983

Tonbridge and Malling

The Tonbridge and Malling constituency was created in 1974

Tunbridge Wells

The Tunbridge Wells constituency was created in 1974

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
• West Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
• Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
• Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
• East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)