Rochester and Chatham was a

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which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the

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of the

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from

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until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It largely replaced the former Chatham constituency, which had taken some of the previous Rochester seat in 1918. In turn it gave way to the

Medway Medway is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of City of Roche ...

constituency in 1983, which was renamed Rochester and Strood in 2010.

Boundaries

The Municipal Boroughs of Rochester and Chatham.

History

This constituency was a Labour-Tory marginal seat throughout its 33-year existence. The seat disappeared at the 1983 general election, and its territory was split between two new constituencies; 55.23% of it went to Medway, and 44.77% to Mid Kent.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

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