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Medway (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Medway County constituency |
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| Medway shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1983 |
| MP: | Bob Marshall-Andrews |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Medway 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 Medway constituency covers part of the borough of Medway, although the constituency's coverage is different. Some towns in the borough, such as Gillingham (Gillingham) or Chatham (Chatham and Aylesford) have their own constituency. Because of this, the name of the seat can cause much confusion.
Following their boundary review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England have renamed the Medway seat to Rochester and Strood. This is because the Commission agreed that the term "Medway" is now primarily used for the larger borough.
- Constiteuency created (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Charles Warde | ||
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Dame Peggy Fenner | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Robert Marshall-Andrews | Labour | |
| General Election 2005: Medway | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bob Marshall-Andrews | 17,333 | 42.2 | -6.8 | |
| Conservative | Mark Reckless | 17,120 | 41.7 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Juby | 5,152 | 12.5 | +3.2 | |
| UK Independence | Bob Oakley | 1,488 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 213 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,093 | 61.1 | 1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Medway | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bob Marshall-Andrews | 18,914 | 49.0 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Mark Reckless | 15,134 | 39.2 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Juby | 3,604 | 9.3 | -0.8 | |
| UK Independence | Nikki Sinclaire | 958 | 2.5 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 3,780 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 38,610 | 59.5 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Categories: Articles lacking sources from December 2006 | All articles lacking sources | Medway | Politics of Kent | Parliamentary constituencies in the South East | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983