Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)
| Rochester | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Kent |
| 1295–1918 | |
| Number of members | 1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
| Replaced by | Chatham Gillingham Medway |
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, Gillingham and the "old", rural, Medway constituency. 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 next election it will be renamed Rochester and Strood.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1295–1640
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[edit] MPs 1640–1885
[edit] MPs 1885–1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett | Conservative | |
| 1889 by-election | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Horatio David Davies | Conservative | |
| 1893 by-election | Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | |
| 1903 by-election | Charles Tuff | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Ernest Lamb | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Samuel Forde Ridley | Conservative | |
| 1910 | Sir Ernest Lamb | Liberal, later Labour | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Chatham and Gillingham | ||
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ Vernon was also elected for Ipswich, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Rochester
- ^ Rear Admiral from 1787
- ^ Rear Admiral from 1805
[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)[self-published source?][better source needed]
