UK general elections › 2010 › Gillingham and Rainham
Gillingham and Rainham — 2010
Rehman Chishti (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,624 votes— 46.2% of 46,786 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,786
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rehman Chishti | Conservative Party | 21,624 | −3.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Clark | Labour Party | 12,944 | — | ||
| 3 | Andrew Stamp | Liberal Democrats | 8,484 | — | ||
| 4 | Robert Oakley | UK Independence Party | 1,515 | — | ||
| 5 | Brian Ravenscroft | British National Party | 1,149 | — | ||
| 6 | Dean Lacey | English Democrats | 464 | — | ||
| 7 | Trish Marchant | Green Party | 356 | — | ||
| 8 | Gordon Bryan | Independent | 141 | — | ||
| 9 | George Meegan | Medway Independent Party | 109 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.