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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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

[edit] Boundary review

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

[edit] Elections

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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

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