UK general elections › 2015 › Gillingham and Rainham
Gillingham and Rainham — 2015
Rehman Chishti (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,590 votes— 48.0% of 47,078 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,078
| 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 | 22,590 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Clark | Labour Party | 12,060 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Hanson | UK Independence Party | 9,199 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Chaplin | Liberal Democrats | 1,707 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Neil Williams | Green Party | 1,133 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Jacqui Berry | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 273 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Roger Peacock | Independent | 72 | 0.2% | — | |
| 8 | Mike Walters | Independent | 44 | 0.1% | — |
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.