Gravesham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gravesham
County constituency

Gravesham shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Adam Holloway
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Kent
EP constituency: South East England

Gravesham 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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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency shares similar borders to that of Gravesham. The largest town in the constituency is Gravesend.

The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.

[edit] History

The constituency and its predecessor the Gravesend constituency have been called a Bellwether constituency; until the 2005 general election, they had voted for the winning party in each election since the 1951 general election, and in each election since World War I other than the 1929 general election. In the 1929 and 1951 elections, they voted for the party with the largest share of the vote nationally.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created 1983
Election Member Party
1983 Timothy Brinton Conservative
1987 Jacques Arnold Conservative
1997 Chris Pond Labour
2005 Adam Holloway Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 19,739 43.7 +4.9
Labour Chris Pond 19,085 42.2 -7.7
Liberal Democrats Bruce Parmenter 4,851 10.7 +1.5
UKIP Geoff Coates 850 1.9 -0.2
English Independence Party Christopher Nickerson 654 1.4 +1.4
Majority 654 1.4
Turnout 45,179 65.8 3.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 6.3
General Election 2001: Gravesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Pond 21,773 49.9 +0.2
Conservative Jacques Arnold 16,911 38.8 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Bruce Parmenter 4,031 9.2 +1.5
UKIP William Jenner 924 2.1 N/A
Majority 4,862 11.1
Turnout 43,639 62.7 -14.1
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

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)