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Encyclopedia > Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gillingham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

The current member for Gillingham is Paul Clark, of Labour, who held his seat in the General Election of 2005 Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...


Election results

General Election 2005: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gordon Bryan 254 0.6 +0.6
Conservative Tim Butcher 18,367 40.7 +1.6
Labour Paul Clark 18,621 41.2 -3.3
UKIP Craig Mackinlay 1,191 2.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stamp 6,734 14.9 +1.3
Majority 254 0.6
Turnout 45,167 62.5 +3.0
Labour hold Swing 2.4% Labour to Conservative
General Election 2001: Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Clark 18,782 44.5 +4.7
Conservative Tim Butcher 16,510 39.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt 5,755 13.6 -5.4
UKIP Tony Scholefield 933 2.2 +1.0
Socialist Alliance Wynford Thomas 232 0.5 N/A
Majority 2,272 5.4
Turnout 42,212 59.5 -12.5
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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