Rochester and Strood

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Rochester and Strood is a UK parliamentary constituency in Kent that covers part of the Medway towns, including the historic city of Rochester and the town of Strood.

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Label Occurrences
Rochester and Strood canonical 7

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
boundaryAuthority Boundary Commission for England
contains Rochester
Strood
country United Kingdom
county Kent
created 2010
createdFrom Medway (UK Parliament constituency)
currentStatus active constituency
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting system
electorate approximately 75,000–80,000 voters
elects one Member of Parliament
electsToBody House of Commons
firstElection 2010 United Kingdom general election
hasByElection 2014 Rochester and Strood by-election
hasCharacteristic includes historic cathedral city
mixed urban and semi-rural areas
hasHistoricPredecessor Chatham and Aylesford (partly)
Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)
hasMajorSettlement Cuxton
Halling
Rochester
Strood
Wainscott
parts of Frindsbury
includesArea historic city centre of Rochester
parts of the Medway Towns urban area
suburbs of Strood
localGovernmentArea Medway unitary authority
locatedIn Kent
Medway
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOfHistoricArea Medway Towns conurbation
region South East England
representationType borough constituency

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medway hasParliamentaryConstituency Rochester and Strood
Grain parliamentaryConstituency Rochester and Strood
Strood constituencyWestminster Rochester and Strood
Medway, Kent hasParliamentaryConstituency Rochester and Strood
Strood parliamentaryConstituency Rochester and Strood
subject linked to: Strood, Kent, England
Wainscott constituencyWestminster Rochester and Strood
Cuxton parliamentaryConstituency Rochester and Strood