UK general elections2017 › Gillingham and Rainham

Gillingham and Rainham — 2017

Rehman Chishti (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,091 votes55.4% of 48,868 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,868

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Rehman Chishti Conservative Party 27,091+5.4 ptsElected
2Andy Stamp Labour Party 17,661
3Martin Anthony Cook UK Independence Party 2,097
4Paul Chaplin Liberal Democrats 1,372
5Clive Bryn Malcolm Gregory Green Party 520
6Roger James Peacock Christian Peoples Alliance 127

Electorate 72,903 · Turnout 67.0% · Majority 9,430 · Back to 2017 overview

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.