Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gillingham and Rainham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Gillingham and Rainham in Kentfor the 2010 general election
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Location of Kent within England
County Kent
Electorate 71,109 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Gillingham, Rainham, Hempstead, Twydall
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Gillingham

Gillingham and Rainham is a constituency [n 1] in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Rehman Chishti, a Conservative. [n 2] It replaced the previous constituency of Gillingham.

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Boundaries

Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The Medway wards of Gillingham North, Gillingham South, Hempstead and Wigmore, Rainham Central, Rainham North, Rainham South, Twydall and Watling.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged. [2]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [3] [4] the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Borough of Medway from the next general election:

Constituency profile

The constituency is generally suburban and centred on Gillingham, historically a small port, which is within the London Commuter Belt. Local retail, industry, business parks, trades and professions provide constituents with a high level of employment, mostly on moderate to middle incomes; [6] however, the area is not wholly resilient to unemployment. Registered claimants who were registered jobseekers were marginally lower than the national average of 3.8% at 3.5% of the population, according to a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [7]

Residents' wealth is around average for the UK, but below average for the South East region. [8] The predecessor constituency of Gillingham was a Labour-Conservative marginal seat though prior to 1997 was a safe Conservative seat. The current constituency can be considered a safe Conservative seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [9] Party
2010 Rehman Chishti Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Gillingham and Rainham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kate Belmonte [10]
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bourne [11]
Workers Party Laid Ghellab [12]
Labour Naushabah Khan [13]
Reform UK Rizvi Rawoof [14]
SDP Peter Wheeler [15]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gillingham and Rainham [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rehman Chishti 28,173 61.3 +5.9
Labour Andy Stamp13,05428.4–7.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Bullion2,5035.4+2.6
Green George Salomon1,0432.3+1.2
UKIP Rob McCulloch Martin8371.8–2.5
Independent Peter Cook2290.5New
CPA Roger Peacock1190.30.0
Majority15,11932.9+13.6
Turnout 45,95862.5–4.4
Conservative hold Swing +6.8
General election 2017: Gillingham and Rainham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rehman Chishti 27,091 55.4 +7.4
Labour Andy Stamp17,66136.1+10.5
UKIP Martin Cook2,0974.3–15.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Chaplin1,3722.8–0.8
Green Clive Gregory5201.1–1.3
CPA Roger Peacock1270.3New
Majority9,43019.3–3.1
Turnout 48,86866.9+2.1
Conservative hold Swing –1.5
General election 2015: Gillingham and Rainham [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rehman Chishti 22,590 48.0 +1.8
Labour Paul Clark 12,06025.6–2.1
UKIP Mark Hanson9,19919.5+16.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Chaplin [18] 1,7073.6–14.5
Green Neil Williams1,1332.4+1.6
TUSC Jacqui Berry [19] 2730.6New
Independent Roger Peacock720.1New
Independent Mike Walters440.1New
Majority10,53022.4+3.9
Turnout 47,07864.8–1.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
General election 2010: Gillingham and Rainham [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rehman Chishti 21,624 46.2 +5.5
Labour Paul Clark 12,94427.7–13.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stamp8,48418.1+2.8
UKIP Robert Oakley1,5153.2+0.6
BNP Brian Ravenscroft1,1492.5New
English Democrat Dean Lacey4641.0New
Green Trish Marchant3560.8New
IndependentGordon Bryan1410.3New
Medway Independent Party George Meegan 1090.2New
Majority8,68018.5N/A
Turnout 46,78666.0+2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.3

Paul Clark was the incumbent MP for Gillingham.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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References

  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  3. ↑ LGBCE. "Medway | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Medway (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  5. ↑ "New Seat Details - Gillingham and Rainham". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  8. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Gillingham+and+Rainham
  9. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  10. ↑ "General Election 2024: Kate Belmonte to contest Gillingham and Rainham constituency for The Green Party". Kent Online . Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  12. ↑ https://workerspartybritain.org/elections-2024/
  13. ↑ "Local democracy reporter Robert Boddy meets Labour's Gillingham and Rainham parliamentary candidate Naushabah Khan". Kent Online . Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Gillingham and Rainham Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP . Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "General Election 2019 candidates". www.medway.gov.uk.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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  19. ↑ "MORE TUSC CANDIDATES IN PLACE AS ELECTION CHALLENGE GROWS". www.tusc.org.uk.
  20. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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