Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its represntation as reduced to one seat.
It was abolished for the 1918 general election, and replaced by the new Chatham and Gillingham constituencies.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Pre-1885
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[edit] 1885-1918
Representation reduced to one-member
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett | ||
| 1889 | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Horatio David Davies | ||
| 1893 | James Gascoyne-Cecil | Conservative | |
| 1903 | Charles Tuff | ||
| 1906 | Ernest Lamb | ||
| 1910 | Samuel Forde Ridley | ||
| 1910 | Sir Ernest Lamb | Liberal, later Labour | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Chatham and Gillingham | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
