Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rochester and Chatham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1950–1983 |
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.
Contents
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 26,390 | 50.82 | ||
Conservative | R Mathew | 25,543 | 49.18 | ||
Majority | 847 | 1.63 | |||
Turnout | 85.52 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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