Chatham and Aylesford (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Chatham and Aylesford in Kent.
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Location of Kent within England.
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County | Kent |
Population | 97,281 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 68,437 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Chatham, Ditton, Larkfield, Snodland |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Tracey Crouch (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Mid Kent and Tonbridge & Malling |
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European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Chatham and Aylesford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Tracey Crouch, a Conservative.[n 2]
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Constituency profile
Since its creation in 1997, the constituency has returned both Labour and Conservative candidates, but the largest third party share of votes cast has not exceeded 15% (the Liberal Democrats' share in 1997).
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Mid Kent and Tonbridge and Malling. As its name suggests, it stretches from the historic town of Chatham which sprang from Chatham Royal Dockyard to the historic village of Aylesford in Kent.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the constituency, as a consequence of national population change, to have electoral wards:
- Chatham Central, Lordswood and Capstone, Luton[n 3] and Wayfield, Princes Park, and Walderslade from the borough of Medway
- Aylesford, Blue Bell Hill and Walderslade, Burham, Eccles[n 4] and Wouldham, Ditton, Larkfield North, Larkfield South, Snodland East and Snodland West from the borough of Tonbridge and Malling
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3][4] | Party | |
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1997 | Jonathan Shaw | Labour | |
2010 | Tracey Crouch | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tracey Crouch [7] | 21,614 | 50.2 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Tristan Osborne [8] | 10,159 | 23.6 | −8.7 | |
UKIP | Ian Wallace[9] | 8,581 | 19.9 | +16.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Quinton | 1,360 | 3.2 | −10.2 | |
Green | Luke Balnave | 1,101 | 2.6 | +1.7 | |
Christian Peoples | John-Wesley Gibson[10] | 133 | 0.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ivor Riddell | 125 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,455 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,073 | 62.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tracey Crouch | 20,230 | 46.2 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Jonathan Shaw | 14,161 | 32.3 | −12.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | John McClintock | 5,832 | 13.3 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Colin McCarthy-Stewart | 1,365 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Steve Newton | 1,314 | 3.0 | +0.0 | |
English Democrats | Sean Varnham | 400 | 0.9 | −0.8 | |
Green | Dave Arthur | 396 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Christian | Maureen Smith | 109 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,069 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,807 | 61.6 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +11.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jonathan Shaw | 18,387 | 43.7 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Anne Jobson | 16,055 | 38.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Debbie Enever | 5,744 | 13.7 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey King | 1,226 | 2.9 | +0.4 | |
English Democrats | Michael Russell | 668 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,332 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 42,080 | 59.7 | 2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jonathan Shaw | 19,180 | 48.3 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Sean Holden | 14,840 | 37.3 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Lettington | 4,705 | 11.8 | −3.2 | |
UKIP | Gregory Knopp | 1,010 | 2.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 4,340 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,735 | 57.0 | −13.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jonathan Shaw | 21,191 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Knox-Johnston | 18,401 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Robin Murray | 7,389 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Referendum | Keith Riddle | 1,538 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Alan Harding | 493 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Timothy Martell | 149 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,790 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,161 | 70.6 | N/A | ||
Labour 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.
- ↑ The electoral ward of Luton is distinct from the English town, Luton in Bedfordshire
- ↑ The electoral ward of Eccles is distinct from the English town, Eccles in the City of Salford
- References
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/chathamandaylesford/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000626
- ↑ http://www.ianwallacechathamandaylesford.co.uk
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chatham-aylesford-2015.html
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- ↑ Dartford, UKPollingReport
- ↑ Sean Varnham Sean Varnham, English Democrats
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/chathamandalyesford
External Links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Chatham and Aylesford — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- EngvarB from September 2013
- Use dmy dates from September 2013
- Politics of Medway
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- Parliamentary constituencies in Kent