Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochester and Chatham
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Medway and Mid Kent^[1]

Rochester and Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

It largely replaced the former Chatham, which in turn had taken some of the previous Rochester seat in 1918. In turn it gave way to the Medway constituency in 1983, which for the 2010 election was renamed Rochester and Strood.

Boundaries

The Municipal Boroughs of Rochester and Chatham.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Arthur Bottomley	Labour
1959	Julian Critchley	Conservative
1964	Anne Kerr	Labour
1970	Peggy Fenner	Conservative
Oct 1974	Robert Bean	Labour
1979	Peggy Fenner	Conservative
1983	constituency abolished

Election Results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peggy Fenner	27,574	47.46
	Labour	Robert Bean	24,886	42.84
	Liberal	M Black	5,219	8.98
	National Front	J King	417	0.72
Majority			2,688	4.63
Turnout				72.74
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Bean	26,467	43.38
	Conservative	Peggy Fenner	23,049	39.27
	Liberal	M Black	9,035	15.39
	National Front	G Hazelden	1,150	1.96
Majority			2,418	4.12
Turnout				73.56
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election February 1974: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peggy Fenner	24,326	38.76
	Labour	RR Kenward	23,483	37.42
	Liberal	C Fellowes	14,945	23.83
Majority			843	1.34
Turnout				79.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peggy Fenner	30,263	54.84
	Labour	Anne Kerr	24,922	45.16
Majority			5,341	9.68
Turnout				71.41
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Kerr	27,938	52.09
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	25,692	47.91
Majority			2,246	4.19
Turnout				78.11
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Kerr	26,161	50.99
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	25,148	49.01
Majority			1,013	1.97
Turnout				76.42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	26,510	50.98
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	25,487	49.02
Majority			1,023	1.97
Turnout				80.76
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1955: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	26,645	52.41
	Conservative	JD Campbell	24,198	47.59
Majority			2,447	4.81
Turnout				82.24
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	26,390	50.82
	Conservative	R Mathew	25,543	49.18
Majority			847	1.63
Turnout				85.52
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Rochester and Chatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	24,855	50.48
	Conservative	R Mathew	24,378	49.52
Majority			477	0.97
Turnout				84.17
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "'Rochester and Chatham', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

Coordinates: 51°23′N 0°31′E / 51.383°N 0.517°E / 51.383; 0.517

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