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Result

An election was held in Gillingham on 1 May 1997 to elect a member of parliament for the constituency . The following result was declared by the returning officer:

Candidate		Votes	%
	Clark Paul Paul Clark Labour	20,187	39.8
	Couchman James James Couchman * Conservative	18,207	35.9
	Sayer Robert Robert Sayer Liberal Democrat	9,649	19.0
	Cann Geoffrey Geoffrey Cann Referendum party	1,492	2.9
	Mackinlay Craig Craig Mackinlay Ukip	590	1.2
	Robinson David David Robinson Official Monster Raving Loony party	305	0.6
	Jury Christopher Christopher Jury British National party	195	0.4
	Duguay Gabriel Gabriel Duguay Natural Law Party	58	0.1
	Majority	1,980	3.9
	Turnout	50,683	72.0
	Labour gain from Conservative

* Denotes member of parliament standing for re-election

To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.

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