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Result

An election was held in Gillingham on 25 October 1951 to elect a member of parliament for the constituency . The following result was declared by the returning officer:

Candidate		Votes	%
	Burden Frederick Frederick Burden * Conservative	21,453	53.7
	Redhead Edward Edward Redhead Labour	18,489	46.3
	Majority	2,964	7.4
	Turnout	39,942	85.5
	Conservative hold

* Denotes member of parliament standing for re-election

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