Gravesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gravesham /ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Holloway, a Conservative.

Gravesham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gravesham in Kent for the 2010 general election
Location of Kent within England
CountyKent
Electorate70,412 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsGravesend
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentAdam Holloway (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromGravesend

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 has held the seat since then.

Boundaries

Since the constituency's creation, its boundaries have been 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 1] Since the 2005 result conflicted with the UK outcome, the seat is regarded as having lost its bellwether status.[2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[3] Party
1983 Tim Brinton Conservative
1987 Jacques Arnold Conservative
1997 Chris Pond Labour
2005 Adam Holloway Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
2019 general election: Gravesham [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 29,580 62.2 +6.6
Labour Lauren Sullivan 13,999 29.4 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Ukonu Obasi 2,584 5.4 +3.0
Green Marna Gilligan 1,397 2.9 +1.5
Majority 15,581 32.8 +13.7
Turnout 47,560 64.9 -2.2
Conservative hold Swing +6.8
2017 general election: Gravesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 27,237 55.6 +8.8
Labour Mandy Garford 17,890 36.5 +6.4
UKIP Emmanuel Feyisetan 1,742 3.6 -15.0
Liberal Democrats James Willis 1,210 2.5 +0.3
Green Marna Gilligan 723 1.5 -0.8
Independent Michael Rogan 195 0.4 n/a
Majority 9,347 19.1 +2.4
Turnout 49,106 67.2 -0.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
2015 general election: Gravesham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 23,484 46.8 −1.7
Labour Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi[6] 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 Democrats 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
2010 general election: Gravesham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 22,956 48.5 +4.8
Labour Co-op Kathryn Smith 13,644 28.8 −13.4
Liberal Democrats 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 1.0 N/A
Majority 9,312 19.7 +18.3
Turnout 47,303 67.4 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing +9.1

Elections in the 2000s
2005 general election: Gravesham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Holloway 19,739 43.7 +4.9
Labour Chris Pond 19,085 42.2 −7.7
Liberal Democrats 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 N/A
Turnout 45,179 65.8 +3.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.3
2001 general election: Gravesham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Pond 21,773 49.9 +0.2
Conservative Jacques Arnold 16,911 38.8 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Bruce Parmenter 4,031 9.2 +1.5
UKIP William Jenner 924 2.1 N/A
Majority 4,862 11.1 +0.3
Turnout 43,639 62.7 −14.1
Labour hold Swing −0.2

Elections in the 1990s
1997 general election: Gravesham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Pond 26,460 49.69
Conservative Jacques Arnold 20,681 38.84
Liberal Democrats Merilyn Canet 4,128 7.75
Referendum Patricia Curtis 1,441 2.71
Independent Labour 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
1992 general election: Gravesham[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacques Arnold 29,322 49.7 −0.4
Labour Graham A. Green 23,829 40.4 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Derek R. Deedman 5,269 8.9 −6.2
Independent AJ Bunstone 273 0.5 N/A
Ind. 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
1987 general election: Gravesham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacques Arnold 28,891 50.1
Labour Martin Coleman 20,099 34.8
Liberal Robert Crawford 8,724 15.12
Majority 8,792 15.23
Turnout 79.32
Conservative hold Swing
1983 general election: Gravesham[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Brinton 25,968 47.37
Labour John Ovenden 17,505 31.93
SDP M Horton 10,826 19.75
National Front P Johnson 420 0.77
Ecology Martin Sewell 103 0.19
Majority 8,463 15.44
Turnout 77.05
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. 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
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  3. "Timothy Brinton former MP, Grsvesham". TheyWorkForYou.com. mySociety. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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