1 May 1997
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 | % | |||
Labour |
Paul Clark 20,187 | 39.8 | |||
Conservative |
James Couchman *18,207 | 35.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Sayer 9,649 | 19.0 | |||
Referendum party |
Geoffrey Cann 1,492 | 2.9 | |||
Ukip |
Craig Mackinlay 590 | 1.2 | |||
Official Monster Raving Loony party |
David Robinson 305 | 0.6 | |||
British National party |
Christopher Jury 195 | 0.4 | |||
Natural Law Party |
Gabriel Duguay 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
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