Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rochester and Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Quick Facts 1950ā1983, Seats ...
Rochester and Chatham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950ā1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chatham |
Replaced by | Medway, Mid Kent[1] |
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It largely replaced the former Chatham constituency, which had taken some of the previous Rochester seat in 1918. In turn it gave way to the Medway constituency in 1983, which was renamed Rochester and Strood in 2010.