Gravesham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Electorate | 72,866 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Gravesend |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Lauren Sullivan (Labour UK) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Gravesend |
Gravesham (/ˈɡreɪvʃəm/) is a constituency in Kent, represented by Lauren Sullivan for the Labour since July 2024.
The seat covers the historic riverside town of Gravesend and a more rural area extending to Higham and Vigo Village on the North Downs. The electorate voted strongly to leave in the 2016 EU referendum. Health and wealth are roughly average for the UK.[2]
1983–present: The Borough of Gravesham wards of: Central; Chalk; Coldharbour; Higham; Istead Rise; Meopham North; Meopham South and Vigo; Northfleet North; Northfleet South; Painters Ash; Pelham; Riverside; Riverview; Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown; Singlewell; Westcourt, Whitehill; Woodlands.[3]
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.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election remained unchanged.[4]
This particular name of the seat was created in 1983 effectively as the new name for the Gravesend seat.
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] In 2005 Adam Holloway was one of 36 Conservative candidates to gain a seat from other parties, and held the seat until 2024. Since the 2005 result conflicted with the UK outcome, the seat was regarded as having lost its bellwether status.[5] However, since the 2010 election, it has returned to this status, voting for the Conservatives in every election until 2024, when Labour gained it for the first time in 19 years.
Gravesend prior to 1983
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Tim Brinton | Conservative | |
1987 | Jacques Arnold | Conservative | |
1997 | Chris Pond | Labour | |
2005 | Adam Holloway | Conservative | |
2024 | Lauren Sullivan | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lauren Sullivan | 16,623 | 38.5 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Adam Holloway | 13,911 | 32.2 | −30.0 | |
Reform UK | Matthew Fraser Moat | 8,910 | 20.6 | New | |
Green | Rebecca Hopkins | 2,254 | 5.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ukonu Obasi | 1,534 | 3.5 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 2,712 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,232 | 59.0 | −6.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.5 |
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 | +2.9 | |
Green | Marna Gilligan | 1,397 | 2.9 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 15,581 | 32.8 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,560 | 64.9 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.8 |
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 | New | |
Majority | 9,347 | 19.1 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,106 | 67.2 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Holloway | 23,484 | 46.8 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi[10] | 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 |
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 | New | |
Green | Richard Crawford | 675 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Alice Dartnell | 465 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 9,312 | 19.7 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,303 | 67.4 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 |
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 | New | |
Majority | 654 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,179 | 65.8 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Pond | 21,773 | 49.9 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 16,911 | 38.8 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Parmenter | 4,031 | 9.2 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | William Jenner | 924 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,862 | 11.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,639 | 62.7 | −14.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Pond | 26,460 | 49.7 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 20,681 | 38.8 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Merilyn Canet | 4,128 | 7.8 | −1.1 | |
Referendum | Patricia Curtis | 1,441 | 2.7 | New | |
Independent Labour | Anthony Leyshon | 414 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | David Palmer | 129 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,779 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,253 | 76.9 | −6.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 29,322 | 49.7 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Graham A. Green | 23,829 | 40.4 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek R. Deedman | 5,269 | 8.9 | −6.2 | |
Independent | AJ Bunstone | 273 | 0.5 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | REB Khilkoff-Boulding | 187 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent Socialist | BJ Buxton | 174 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,493 | 9.3 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,054 | 83.4 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 28,891 | 50.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Martin Coleman | 20,099 | 34.8 | +2.9 | |
Liberal (Alliance) | Robert Crawford | 8,724 | 15.1 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 8,792 | 15.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,714 | 79.3 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Brinton | 25,968 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | John Ovenden | 17,505 | 31.9 | ||
SDP (Alliance) | M Horton | 10,826 | 19.7 | ||
National Front | P Johnson | 420 | 0.8 | ||
Ecology | Martin Sewell | 103 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 8,463 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 54,822 | 77.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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