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Medway County constituency
Medway shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created:	1885, 1983
MP:	Robert Marshall-Andrews
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Kent
EP constituency:	South East England

Medway 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Medway constituency covers a similar area to that of the borough of Medway, although the constituency's coverage is different. Some towns in the borough, such as Gillingham (Gillingham) or Chatham (Chatham and Aylesford) have their own constituency. The Labour MP here since 1997, Bob Marshall-Andrews, is assuredly not one of Tony Blair's biggest supporters, and he has often made this clear in frequent TV interviews. He predicted he'd lose his seat in 2005 on General Election night during another of these interviews; he actually held on (narrowly), and it's arguable his high public profile helped him remain here. He has continued to be a constant critic of New Labour in Parliament.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their boundary review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England have replaced the Medway seat with a new constituency of Rochester and Strood.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constiteuency created (1885)
• 1885 — 1892: John Gathorne-Hardy, Conservative
• 1892 — 1918: Charles Warde
• Constituency abolished (1918)
• Constituency recreated (1983)
• 1983 — 1997: Dame Peggy Fenner, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Robert Marshall-Andrews, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Medway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Marshall-Andrews	17,333	42.2	-6.8
	Conservative	Mark Reckless	17,120	41.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Juby	5,152	12.5	+3.2
	UK Independence	Bob Oakley	1,488	3.6	+1.1
Majority			213	0.5
Turnout			41,093	61.1	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.6

General Election 2001: Medway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Marshall-Andrews	18,914	49.0	+0.1
	Conservative	Mark Reckless	15,134	39.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Juby	3,604	9.3	-0.8
	UK Independence	Nikki Sinclaire	958	2.5	+1.6
Majority			3,780	9.8
Turnout			38,610	59.5	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)