Each of Medway's constituencies elect one member of parliament (MP) to represent their interests, and vote on their behalf, in the House of Commons. Since 1841, Medway's MPs have been:
Current Members of Parliament
Rehman Chishti MP
Conservative
6 May 2010 -
Dame Tracey Crouch DBEMP
Conservative
6 May 2010 -
The Rt Hon. Kelly Tolhurst MP
Conservative
7 May 2015 -
Former Members of Parliament
Sir Richard Acland
Labour
26 Nov 1947 - 26 May 1955
Sir Irving Albery
Conservative
29 Oct 1924 - 5 Jul 1945
Garry Allighan
Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 30 Oct 1947
Robert Bean
Labour
10 Oct 1974 - 3 May 1979
Ralph Bernal
Whig
26 Aug 1847 - 31 Jul 1852
Joseph Binns CBE
Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 23 Feb 1950
Sir William Bodkin
Conservative
22 Jul 1841 - 26 Aug 1847
The Rt Hon. Arthur Bottomley OBE PC
Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 8 Oct 1959
Tim Brinton
Conservative
3 May 1979 - 9 Jun 1983
Sir Frederick Burden
Conservative
23 Feb 1950 - 9 Jun 1983
The Rt Hon. George Byng PC
Whig
22 Jul 1841 - 31 Jul 1852
Paul Clark
Labour
1 May 1997 - 6 May 2010
James Couchman
Conservative
9 Jun 1983 - 1 May 1997
Sir Julian Critchley
Conservative
8 Oct 1959 - 15 Oct 1964
Lt Col Sir Horatio Davies KCMG
Conservative
7 Aug 1895 - 8 Feb 1906
26 Jul 1892 - 16 Dec 1892
James Douglas
Conservative
22 Jul 1841 - 26 Aug 1847
Adm Sir George Elliot KCB
Conservative
17 Feb 1874 - 16 Feb 1875
The Rt Hon. Dame Peggy Fenner DBE
Conservative
3 May 1979 - 1 May 1997
18 Jun 1970 - 10 Oct 1974
The Most Hon. James Gascoyne-Cecil KG GCVO CB PC
Conservative
1 Jan 1893 - 22 Aug 1903
Sir Park Goff KC
Conservative
27 Oct 1931 - 14 Nov 1935
Sir Julian Goldsmid DL JP
Liberal
19 Jul 1870 - 27 Apr 1880
The Rt Hon. Sir John Gorst KC FRS
Conservative
16 Feb 1875 - 26 Jul 1892
Sir Robert Gower KCVO OBE FRGS
Conservative
30 May 1929 - 5 Jul 1945
Thomas Hodges
Whig
26 Aug 1847 - 31 Jul 1852
Sir Gerald Hohler KC
Conservative
10 Feb 1910 - 30 May 1929
Francis Hughes-Hallett
Conservative
18 Dec 1885 - 16 Apr 1889
George Isaacs JP DL
Labour
6 Dec 1923 - 29 Oct 1924
John Jenkins
Labour Representation Committee
8 Feb 1906 - 10 Feb 1910
Anne Kerr
Labour
15 Oct 1964 - 18 Jun 1970
John Kinglake
Liberal
24 Apr 1857 - 9 Jul 1870
Sir Peter Kirk
Conservative
26 May 1955 - 15 Oct 1964
The Rt Hon. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen JP DL
Liberal
16 Apr 1889 - 26 Jul 1892
The Rt Hon. Ernest Lamb CMG
Liberal
19 Dec 1910 - 14 Dec 1918
8 Feb 1906 - 10 Feb 1910
Roger Leigh
Conservative
27 Apr 1880 - 18 Dec 1885
Col Lewis Loyd DL
Conservative
26 Jul 1892 - 7 Aug 1895
Sir Frank Markham
Labour
30 May 1929 - 27 Oct 1931
Bob Marshall-Andrews KC
Labour
1 May 1997 - 6 May 2010
Lt Col The Rt Hon. John Moore-Brabazon GBE MC PC
Conservative
14 Dec 1918 - 30 May 1929
The Rt Hon. Albert Murray
Labour
15 Oct 1964 - 18 Jun 1970
Sir Arthur Otway PC
Liberal
14 Jun 1878 - 18 Dec 1885
24 Jul 1865 - 17 Feb 1874
John Ovenden
Labour
28 Feb 1974 - 3 May 1979
Capt Leonard Plugge
Conservative
14 Nov 1935 - 5 Jul 1945
Mark Reckless
Ukip
20 Nov 2014 - 7 May 2015
Conservative
6 May 2010 - 30 Sep 2014
Sir Alexander Richardson
Conservative
14 Dec 1918 - 6 Dec 1923
Samuel Ridley
Conservative
10 Feb 1910 - 19 Dec 1910
Andrew Rowe
Conservative
9 Jun 1983 - 1 May 1997
Jonathan Shaw
Labour
1 May 1997 - 6 May 2010
Charles Tuff
Conservative
23 Sep 1903 - 8 Feb 1906
Leicester Vernon
Conservative
23 Jun 1853 - 24 Apr 1857
Roger White
Conservative
18 Jun 1970 - 28 Feb 1974
Philip Wykeham-Martin
Liberal
18 May 1859 - 31 May 1878
Radical
8 Feb 1856 - 18 May 1859
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