Gillingham was a
constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system of election.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Gillingham, part of the Municipal Borough of Rochester, and the Municipal Borough of Chatham ward of St Mary.
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Gillingham.
1983–1997: The Borough of Gillingham, and the Borough of Swale ward of Hartlip and Upchurch.
1997–2010: The Borough of Gillingham.
The constituency was based around the towns of
Gillingham and Rainham, which at that time were in
Kent
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.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, the
Boundary Commission for England
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* Boundary Commission for ...
abolished Gillingham, replacing it with the renamed constituency of
Gillingham and Rainham.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Cronin was supported by the Lower Deck Parliamentary Committee
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillingham (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Politics of Medway
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)
Gillingham, Kent