Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gillingham
Borough constituency

Gillingham shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created: 1918
MP: Paul Clark
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Kent
EP constituency: South East England

Gillingham is a 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.

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The constituency is based around the town of Gillingham in Kent.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has created an extended constituency of Gillingham and Rainham.

This seat should not be confused with the new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham, which is in London

The current member for Gillingham is Paul Clark, of Labour, who held his seat in the General Election of 2005 with a majority of 254 votes (0.6%).

Election Member Party
1918 Constituency created
1918 Sir Gerald Fitzroy Hohler Conservative
1929 Sir Robert Vaughan Gower Conservative
1945 Joseph Binns Labour
1950 Sir Frederick Burden Conservative
1983 James Couchman Conservative
1997 Paul Clark Labour

General Election 2005: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Clark 18,621 41.2 -3.3
Conservative Tim Butcher 18,367 40.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Andrew Stamp 6,734 14.9 +1.3
UK Independence Craig Mackinlay 1,191 2.6 +0.4
Independent Gordon Bryan 254 0.6 +0.6
Majority 254 0.6
Turnout 45,167 62.5 +3.0
Labour hold Swing −2.4
General Election 2001: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Clark 18,782 44.5 +4.7
Conservative Tim Butcher 16,510 39.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Hunt 5,755 13.6 -5.4
UK Independence Tony Scholefield 933 2.2 +1.0
Socialist Alliance Wynford Thomas 232 0.5 N/A
Majority 2,272 5.4
Turnout 42,212 59.5 -12.5
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General Election 1997: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Clark 20,187 39.8 N/A
Conservative James Couchman 18,207 35.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat Robert Sayer 9,649 19.0 N/A
Referendum Party Geoffrey Cann 1,492 2.9 N/A
UK Independence Craig Mackinlay 590 1.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony David Robinson 305 0.6 N/A
British National Party Christopher Jury 194 0.4 N/A
Natural Law Gabriel Duguay 58 0.1 N/A
Majority 1980 3.0 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +16
General Election 1992: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Couchman 30,201 52.3 N/A
Labour Paul Clark 13,563 23.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mark Wallabank 13,509 23.4 N/A
Independent Craig MacKinlay 248 0.4 N/A
Natural Law D Jolicoeur 190 0.3 N/A
Majority 16638 28.8 N/A
Turnout 57711 80.3 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative

Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour

Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)
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