Gravesham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Gravesham County constituency |
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| 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 | |
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| 1983 | Timothy Brinton | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Chris Pond | Labour | |
| 2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Adam Holloway | 19,739 | 43.7 | +4.9 | |
| Labour | Chris Pond | 19,085 | 42.2 | -7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bruce Parmenter | 4,851 | 10.7 | +1.5 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Chris Pond | 21,773 | 49.9 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 16,911 | 38.8 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bruce Parmenter | 4,031 | 9.2 | +1.5 | |
| UK Independence | William Jenner | 924 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,862 | 11.1 | |||
| Turnout | 43,639 | 62.7 | -14.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
