Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone and Hythe, the Urban District of Cheriton, and part of the Urban District of Sandgate.Members of Parliament
1366-1640
| Parliament | First Member | Second Member |
| 1386 | Henry Browning | John Bernard |
| 1388 | John Dyne | William Hughelot |
| 1388 | Walter Fisher | John Cundy |
| 1390 | John Dyne | Henry Browning |
| 1390 | - | |
| 1391 | Henry Browning | William Cundy |
| 1393 | John French | Alan Honywode |
| 1394 | - | |
| 1395 | John Dyne | John Storme |
| 1397 | John Dyne | John Honywode |
| 1397 | - | - |
| 1399 | Thomas Canterbury | Alexander Appleford |
| 1401 | - | |
| 1402 | Thomas Casebourne | Alexander Appleford |
| 1404 | - | |
| 1404 | - | |
| 1406 | Thomas Casebourne | Henry Philpot |
| 1407 | Martin French | Henry Philpot |
| 1410 | Alexander Appleford | Stephen Rye |
| 1411 | William Canoun | - |
| 1413 | Henry Philpot | Stephen Rye |
| 1413 | Thomas Casebourne | Stephen Rye |
| 1414 | William Canoun | Stephen Rye |
| 1414 | Robert Bannok | William Yoklete |
| 1415 | - | |
| 1416 | - | |
| 1416 | - | |
| 1417 | Henry Philpot | Stephen Rye |
| 1419 | Henry Philpot | John Skinner |
| 1420 | Alexander Appleford | John Overhaven |
| 1421 | Thomas Bromlegh | John Leigh |
| 1421 | John Overhaven | Richard Rykedon |
| 1510 | John Honywood | John Berde |
| 1512 | Clement Holwey | John Berde |
| 1515 | not known | not known |
| 1523 | not known | not known |
| 1529 | John Hull | Stephen Harry |
| 1536 | ?John Hull | ?Stephen Harry |
| 1539 | not known | not known |
| 1542 | not known | not known |
| 1545 | not known | not known |
| 1547 | William Brooke alias Cobham | William Baddell |
| 1553 | William Dalmyngton | John Knight |
| 1553 | Thomas Jekyn | William Oxenden |
| 1554 | William Carden | John Estday |
| 1554 | John Estday | Thomas Keys |
| 1555 | John Knight | John Fowler |
| 1558 | John Knight | Richard Daper |
| 1559 | William Baddell | Ralph Haselhurst |
| 1562/3 | Edward Popham | John Bridgman |
| 1571 | William Cromer | John Stephenson |
| 1572 | Thomas Honywood, died and replaced Nov 1584 by George Morton | John Bridgman |
| 1584 | Christopher Honywood | Thomas Bodley, sat for Portsmouth replaced by ?George Morton |
| 1586 | John Smythe | William Dalmyngton |
| 1588/9 | John Collins | John Smythe |
| 1593 | Henry Fane | John Collins |
| 1597 | Christopher Honywood | Christopher Toldervey |
| 1601 | William Knight | Christopher Toldervey |
| 1604 | Sir John Smith died and replaced 1609 by Sir Norton Knatchbull | Christopher Toldervey |
| 1614 | Sir Richard Smythe | Lionel Cranfield |
| 1621-1622 | Sir Peter Heyman | Dr Richard Zouche |
| 1624 | Sir Peter Heyman | Dr Richard Zouche |
| 1625 | Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet | Edward Clarke |
| 1626 | Sir Peter Heyman | Basil Dixwell |
| 1628-1629 | Sir Peter Heyman | Sir Edward Scott |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
1640-1832
1832-1950
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Townsend-Farquhar's death caused a by-election.- 204 Scot and Lot votes were placed for Fraser and Kelly, but these were rejected
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Ramsden resigned, causing a by-election.Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Edwards' resignation caused a by-election.Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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;
- Unionist: Philip Sassoon
- Liberal: William Deedes
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
- The Liberal candidate, Hester Holland withdrew on 14 Oct 1931
- Philby was a candidate for the British People's Party.
Elections in the 1940s