1 May 1997
Result
An election was held in Chatham and Aylesford 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 |
Jonthan Shaw 21,191 | 43.1 | |||
Conservative |
Richard Knox-Johnston 18,401 | 37.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat |
Robin Murray 7,389 | 15.0 | |||
Referendum party |
Keith Riddle 1,538 | 3.1 | |||
Ukip |
Alan Harding 493 | 1.0 | |||
Natural Law party |
Timothy Martel 149 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 2,790 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 49,161 | 71.1 | |||
Labour win (new constituency) |
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