| 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. The present constituency was created in 1983. A previous constituency of the same name existed from 1885 to 1918.
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Boundaries
1885 - 1918
The Mid or Medway Division of Kent was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It comprised a rural area consisting of the petty sessional divisions of Bearstead, Rochester and part of Malling PSD, but did not include the Medway Towns which were comprised in the parliamentary boroughs of Chatham and Rochester. It also surrounded, but did not include the town of Maidstone.[1] The following parishes were included in the constituency:[2]
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The Rochester constituency is an old one, going back to the 16th century, but it saw many changes in the 20th century. In 1918 it was split between Chatham, Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency) and the "old", rural, Medway constituency. The Chatham seat became Rochester and Chatham in 1950, and then Medway in 1983.
1983 - date
The current constituency was created by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983, and was defined as comprising thirteen wards of the then City of Rochester upon Medway: All Saints, Cuxton and Halling, Earl, Frindsbury, Frindsbury Extra, Hoo St. Werburgh, Rede Court, St. Margarets and Borstal, Temple Farm, Thames Side, Town, Troy Town and Warren Wood.[3] The boundaries were not changed at the next redistribution in 1997.[4]
In 1998 Rochester upon Medway was merged with the neighbouring Borough of Gillingham to form the larger unitary Borough of Medway.[5] The Medway constituency covers only part of the unitary authority: some towns in the borough of Medway, 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.
Boundary review
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 unitary authority.[6]
The constituency will consist of ten wards of the Borough of Medway: Cuxton and Halling, Peninsula, River, Rochester East, Rochester South and Horsted, Rochester West, Strood North, Strood Rural and Strood South.[7]
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Charles Warde | Conservative | |
- Constituency abolished (1918)
- Constituency recreated (1983)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Dame Peggy Fenner | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Bob Marshall-Andrews | Labour | |
Elections
| General Election 2005: Medway[8] | |||||
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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 | |
| UKIP | 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[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| UKIP | Nikki Sinclaire | 958 | 2.5 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 3,780 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 38,610 | 59.5 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Medway[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bob Marshall-Andrews | 21,858 | 48.9 | ||
| Conservative | Dame Peggy Fenner | 16,504 | 36.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | R Roberts | 4,555 | 10.2 | ||
| Referendum Party | J Main | 1,420 | 3.2 | ||
| UKIP | S Radlett | 405 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 5,354 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,742 | 72.3 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.9 | |||
| General Election 1992: Medway[10] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dame Peggy Fenner | 25,924 | 52.3 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Bob Marshall-Andrews | 17,138 | 34.6 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | C L Trice | 4,751 | 9.6 | -8.5 | |
| Liberal | M Austin | 1,480 | 3.0 | ||
| Natural Law | P Kember | 234 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,786 | 17.8 | -2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 80.2 | +7.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Medway[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dame Peggy Fenner | 23,889 | 51.0 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | V Hull | 13,960 | 29.8 | -0.3 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J Horne-Roberts | 8,450 | 18.1 | -2.0 | |
| Green | J V Rosser | 504 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 9,929 | 21.2 | +2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 73.0 | +0.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Medway[12] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | Dame Peggy Fenner | 22,507 | 48.9 | |||
| Labour | Robert Bean | 13,851 | 30.1 | |||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | F Winckless | 9,658 | 20.1 | |||
| Majority | 8,656 | 18.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 72.6 | |||||
| Conservative win (new constituency) | ||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Boundary Commissioners' Map of Divisions of Kent". London Ancrestor. 1885. http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-kent.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ^ Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 739. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ^ "The Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996". Office of Public Sector Information. 1996. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961876_en_1.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Volume I: Report, Cm 7032-i. London: The Stationery Office. 2007. p. 347. ISBN 0101703222. http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 2: Appendices, Cm 7032-ii. London: The Stationery Office. 2007. p. 92. ISBN 0101703222. http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "UK General Election results May 2005". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. 11 March 2008. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge05/i13.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ a b "Medway". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. 3 November 2008. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/397.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i14.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i14.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i14.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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