Medway is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and Gillingham,and is administered by Medway Council,which is independent from Kent County Council. The borough had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The borough contains the towns of Chatham,Gillingham,Rainham,Rochester and Strood,which are collectively known as the Medway Towns.
Sir Stephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham,formerly Newham North East,since 1994. He has served as Minister of State for Social Security and Disability since July 2024.
Emily Anne Thornberry,Lady Nugee is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. She served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021 until the 2024 UK general election,and previously from 2011 to 2014. Thornberry has also served in a number of other senior positions on Labour's front bench,namely as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2020,Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2021.
Chatham and Aylesford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tris Osborne of the Labour Party.
Medway was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1983 and 2010. A previous constituency of the same name existed from 1885 to 1918.
Rochester and Strood is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lauren Edwards from the Labour Party. It was previously represented from 2015 by Kelly Tolhurst,a Conservative,who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household.
Rochester and Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1832 general election,when the borough of Chatham was enfranchised under the Reform Act 1832.
Medway Council is the local authority of Medway,a local government district in the ceremonial county of Kent,England. The council is a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council;it is independent from Kent County Council. The council was created on 1 April 1998 and replaced Rochester-upon-Medway City Council and Gillingham Borough Council.
Mark John Reckless is a British lawyer and former politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021,having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to 2015. Initially a member of the Conservative Party,he crossed the floor to join the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in September 2014. He has since changed parties a further four times. He is currently a member of Reform UK.
Stella Judith Creasy is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow since 2010.
Heidi Alexander is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since November 2024. She served as Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services from July 2024 until her appointment as Transport Secretary. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South since 2024. In addition,she was also the MP for Lewisham East from 2010 to 2018,and served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2018 to 2021.
William Roffen Esterson is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefton Central since 2010. He was Shadow Minister for Roads from 2023 to 2024,and was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.
A by-election was held on 20 November 2014 for the UK parliamentary constituency of Rochester and Strood in Kent,England. The sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Reckless called it on joining the UK Independence Party (UKIP),from the Conservatives. He resigned his seat.
Kelly Jane Tolhurst is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood from September to October 2022.
Rosemary Clare Duffield is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury since 2017. After resigning as a member of the Labour Party in September 2024,she sits as an independent.
Paula Barker is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree since 2019. She served as the Shadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions from September 2023 to November 2023.
Naushabah Parveen Khan is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham and Rainham since 2024.
Tristan John Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since 2024.
