UK general elections › 2017 › Gillingham and Rainham
Gillingham and Rainham — 2017
Rehman Chishti (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,091 votes— 55.4% 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
| 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 | 27,091 | 55.4% | +5.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andy Stamp | Labour Party | 17,661 | 36.1% | — | |
| 3 | Martin Anthony Cook | UK Independence Party | 2,097 | 4.3% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Chaplin | Liberal Democrats | 1,372 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Clive Bryn Malcolm Gregory | Green Party | 520 | 1.1% | — | |
| 6 | Roger James Peacock | Christian Peoples Alliance | 127 | 0.3% | — |
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.