Gravesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gravesham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gravesham in Kent for the 2010 general election.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	70,412 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Gravesend
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Adam Holloway (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Gravesend
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Gravesham /ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Holloway, a Conservative.

From its first MP in 1983 (a Conservative) until its 1997-2005 MP (of Labour) the winning candidate was from the winning party nationally. In 2005 Adam Holloway was one of 36 Conservative candidates to gain a seat from other parties and held the seat with an expanded majority in their much improved 2010 General Election showing in which the party gained 100 MPs and had a net gain of 97.

Since the constituency's creation, its boundaries are co-terminous with those of the Borough of Gravesham. The largest town in the constituency is Gravesend.

This particular name of the seat was created in 1983 effectively as the new name for the Gravesend seat.

The constituency and its predecessor together was considered a bellwether seat: from World War I until 2005 with the exceptions of the General Elections in 1929 Election and 1951, its winner came from the winning party. Since the 2005 result conflicted with the UK outcome, the seat is regarded as having lost its bellwether status.