| Mid Kent | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Region: | England |
Mid Kent was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Kent, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election, when the three two-member constituencies (East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent) were replaced by several new single-member constituencies: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustines, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.
A later single-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1983 to 1997.
1868-1885: The Lathe of Aylesford, and the Lower Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | William Hart Dyke | Conservative | William Amherst | Conservative | |||
| 1880 | Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt | Conservative | |||||
| 1884 by-election | John Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||||||
Filmer's resignation caused a by-election.
Dyke's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland required a by-election.
. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 405.