Gravesham (UK Parliament constituency)
Gravesham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Gravesham in Kent for the 2010 general election. | |
Location of Kent within England. | |
County | Kent |
Electorate | 70,412 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Gravesend |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Adam Holloway (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Gravesend |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Gravesham /ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ is a constituency[n 1] in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Holloway, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
From its first MP in 1983 (a Conservative) until its 1997-2005 MP (of Labour) the winning candidate was from the winning party nationally. In 2005 Adam Holloway was one of 36 Conservative candidates to gain a seat from other parties and held the seat with an expanded majority in their much improved 2010 General Election showing in which the party gained 100 MPs and had a net gain of 97.
Boundaries
Since the constituency's creation, its boundaries are co-terminous with those of the Borough of Gravesham. The largest town in the constituency is Gravesend.
History
This particular name of the seat was created in 1983 effectively as the new name for the Gravesend seat.
- Previous bellwether status
The constituency and its predecessor together was considered a bellwether seat: from World War I until 2005 with the exceptions of the General Elections in 1929 Election and 1951, its winner came from the winning party.[n 3] Since the 2005 result conflicted with the UK outcome, the seat is regarded as having lost its bellwether status.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Tim Brinton | Conservative | |
1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative | |
1997 | Chris Pond | Labour | |
2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Holloway | 23,484 | 46.8 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi[5] | 15,114 | 30.1 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Sean Marriott | 9,306 | 18.6 | +13.8 | |
Green | Mark Lindop | 1,124 | 2.2 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anne-Marie Bunting | 1,111 | 2.2 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 8,370 | 16.7 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,139 | 67.5 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Holloway | 22,956 | 48.5 | +4.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Kathryn Smith | 13,644 | 28.8 | −13.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anna Arrowsmith | 6,293 | 13.3 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Clark | 2,265 | 4.8 | +2.9 | |
English Democrat | Steve Uncles | 1,005 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Green | Richard Crawford | 675 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Alice Dartnell | 465 | 1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,312 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 47,303 | 67.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
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 | |
UKIP | Geoff Coates | 850 | 1.9 | −0.2 | |
English Independence Party | Christopher Nickerson | 654 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 654 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,179 | 65.8 | 3.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.3 | |||
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 | |
UKIP | William Jenner | 924 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,862 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,639 | 62.7 | −14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Pond | 26,460 | 49.69 | ||
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 20,681 | 38.84 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Merilyn Canet | 4,128 | 7.75 | ||
Referendum | Patricia Curtis | 1,441 | 2.71 | ||
Independent | Anthony Leyshon | 414 | 0.78 | ||
Natural Law | David Palmer | 129 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 5,779 | 10.85 | |||
Turnout | 53,253 | 76.86 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 29,322 | 49.7 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Graham A. Green | 23,829 | 40.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek R. Deedman | 5,269 | 8.9 | −6.2 | |
Independent | AJ Bunstone | 273 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent Conservative | REB Khilkoff-Boulding | 187 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent Socialist | BJ Buxton | 174 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,493 | 9.3 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 59,054 | 83.4 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 28,891 | 50.06 | ||
Labour | Martin Andrew Coleman | 20,099 | 34.83 | ||
Liberal | Robert Iain Crawford | 8,724 | 15.12 | ||
Majority | 8,792 | 15.23 | |||
Turnout | 79.32 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Brinton | 25,968 | 47.37 | ||
Labour | John Ovenden | 17,505 | 31.93 | ||
Social Democratic | M Horton | 10,826 | 19.75 | ||
National Front | P Johnson | 420 | 0.77 | ||
Ecology | M Sewell | 103 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 8,463 | 15.44 | |||
Turnout | 77.05 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ Nonetheless, in the 1929 and 1951 elections, the seat elected into office the candidate from the party with the largest national share of the vote
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Jones, Ian. "Is the bell about to toll for bellwether seats?". May 2015 Election. New Statesman. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Timothy Brinton former MP, Grsvesham". TheyWorkForYou.com. mySociety. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/gravesham-2015.html
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Coordinates: 51°24′N 0°22′E / 51.400°N 0.367°E