| Canterbury County constituency |
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| Canterbury shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295 |
| MP: | Julian Brazier |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Canterbury is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has elected only Conservative MPs since 1874, the longest any current UK constituency has remained under the control of one party.
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Canterbury constituency comprises the larger part of the City of Canterbury District, containing the City and surrounding villages, together with the coastal town of Whitstable, but excluding the town of Herne Bay which is in the North Thanet constituency.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes across the county.
The modified Canterbury constituency is formed from the following electoral wards from within the city of Canterbury;
| General Election 2005: Canterbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 21,113 | 44.4 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Alex Hilton | 13,642 | 28.7 | -8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jenny Barnard-Langston | 10,059 | 21.1 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Geoffrey Meaden | 1,521 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
| UK Independence | John Moore | 926 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Rocky van de Benderskum | 326 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 7,471 | 15.7 | |||
| Turnout | 47,587 | 66.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Canterbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julian Brazier | 18,711 | 41.5 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Emily Thornberry | 16,642 | 36.9 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Wales | 8,056 | 17.8 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Hazel Dawe | 920 | 2.0 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | Lisa Moore | 803 | 1.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 2,069 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 45,132 | 60.9 | -11.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||