Rochester was a
parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the
House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the
House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and finally to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until the
1885 general election , when its representation was reduced to one seat.
In
1918 , it was split between
Chatham and
Gillingham . The Chatham seat became
Rochester and Chatham in 1950, and then Medway in 1983. When the boroughs of Rochester upon Medway and Gillingham merged to form the larger unitary Borough of
Medway in 1998, the Parliamentary constituency of Medway only covered part of the new borough, so for the 2010 election it was renamed
Rochester and Strood .
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1640
MPs 1640–1885
MPs 1885–1918
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Villiers resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Kinglake's death caused a by-election.
Martin's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Edwards
Hughes-Hallett resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Davies
Davies was
unseated on petition , causing a by-election.
Cranborne
Grenfell
Elections in the 1900s
Johnston
Lamb
Elections in the 1910s
Forde Ridley
General Election 1914–15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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