Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gillingham and Rainham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gillingham and Rainham in Kent for the 2010 general election.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	71,109 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Gillingham, Rainham, Hempstead, Twydall
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Gillingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Gillingham and Rainham is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Rehman Chishti, a Conservative. It replaced the previous constituency of Gillingham.

The seat has electoral wards:

The constituency is centred on the large town, historically a small port, convenient for access to the City of London, within the London Commuter Belt and adjoining the touristic town of Rochester which has a Cathedral and Castle. Local retail, industry, business parks, trades and professions provide constituents with a high level of employment mostly on moderate to middle incomes, however the area is not wholly resilient to unemployment. Registered claimants who were registered jobseekers were marginally lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.5% of the population according to a statistical compilation by The Guardian.

Coordinates: 51°22′N 0°34′E / 51.367°N 0.567°E / 51.367; 0.567