Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)
Rochester and Chatham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Medway and Mid Kent[1] |
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.
It largely replaced the former Chatham, which in turn had taken some of the previous Rochester seat in 1918. In turn it gave way to the Medway constituency in 1983, which for the 2010 election was renamed Rochester and Strood.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Arthur Bottomley | Labour | |
1959 | Julian Critchley | Conservative | |
1964 | Anne Kerr | Labour | |
1970 | Peggy Fenner | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | Robert Bean | Labour | |
1979 | Peggy Fenner | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election Results
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peggy Fenner | 27,574 | 47.46 | ||
Labour | Robert Bean | 24,886 | 42.84 | ||
Liberal | M Black | 5,219 | 8.98 | ||
National Front | J King | 417 | 0.72 | ||
Majority | 2,688 | 4.63 | |||
Turnout | 72.74 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Robert Bean | 26,467 | 43.38 | ||
Conservative | Peggy Fenner | 23,049 | 39.27 | ||
Liberal | M Black | 9,035 | 15.39 | ||
National Front | G Hazelden | 1,150 | 1.96 | ||
Majority | 2,418 | 4.12 | |||
Turnout | 73.56 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peggy Fenner | 24,326 | 38.76 | ||
Labour | RR Kenward | 23,483 | 37.42 | ||
Liberal | C Fellowes | 14,945 | 23.83 | ||
Majority | 843 | 1.34 | |||
Turnout | 79.33 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peggy Fenner | 30,263 | 54.84 | ||
Labour | Anne Kerr | 24,922 | 45.16 | ||
Majority | 5,341 | 9.68 | |||
Turnout | 71.41 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Anne Kerr | 27,938 | 52.09 | ||
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 25,692 | 47.91 | ||
Majority | 2,246 | 4.19 | |||
Turnout | 78.11 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Anne Kerr | 26,161 | 50.99 | ||
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 25,148 | 49.01 | ||
Majority | 1,013 | 1.97 | |||
Turnout | 76.42 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 26,510 | 50.98 | ||
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 25,487 | 49.02 | ||
Majority | 1,023 | 1.97 | |||
Turnout | 80.76 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 26,645 | 52.41 | ||
Conservative | JD Campbell | 24,198 | 47.59 | ||
Majority | 2,447 | 4.81 | |||
Turnout | 82.24 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 26,390 | 50.82 | ||
Conservative | R Mathew | 25,543 | 49.18 | ||
Majority | 847 | 1.63 | |||
Turnout | 85.52 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Rochester and Chatham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 24,855 | 50.48 | ||
Conservative | R Mathew | 24,378 | 49.52 | ||
Majority | 477 | 0.97 | |||
Turnout | 84.17 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Rochester and Chatham', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
Coordinates: 51°23′N 0°31′E / 51.383°N 0.517°E
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