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The following members of parliament have also either held elected office within Medway, or have sought election in Medway:

Current MPs

The Rt Hon. Anneliese Dodds MP
Oxford East

Labour and Co-operative party
8 Jun 2017 -

Bill Esterson MP
Sefton Central

Labour
6 May 2010 -

Nigel Farage MP
Clacton

Reform UK
4 Jul 2024 -

Former MPs

Sir Richard Acland
Barnstaple

Common Wealth party
26 Jul 1942 - 5 Jul 1945

Liberal
14 Nov 1935 - 26 Jul 1942

The Rt Hon. Oliver Baldwin
Paisley

Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 14 Dec 1947

The Rt Hon. Oliver Baldwin
Dudley

Labour
30 May 1929 - 27 Oct 1931

David Bellotti
Eastbourne

Liberal Democrat
18 Oct 1990 - 9 Apr 1992

Adm Sir John Beresford KCB GCH
Coleraine

Tory
8 Jan 1833 - 27 May 1833

10 Jun 1814 - 22 Feb 1823

Adm Sir John Beresford KCB GCH
Northallerton

Tory
12 Jul 1826 - 8 Jan 1833

Adm Sir John Beresford KCB GCH
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Tory
22 Feb 1823 - 12 Jul 1826

Ralph Bernal
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

Whig
4 Apr 1842 - 26 Aug 1847

Ralph Bernal
Lincoln

Whig
18 Jul 1818 - 14 Apr 1820

The Rt Hon. Arthur Bottomley OBE PC
Middlesbrough

Labour
28 Feb 1974 - 9 Jun 1983

The Rt Hon. Arthur Bottomley OBE PC
Middlesbrough East

Labour
14 Mar 1962 - 28 Feb 1974

Tim Brinton
Gravesham

Conservative
9 Jun 1983 - 11 Jun 1987

The Rt Hon. George Byng PC
Poole

Whig
21 May 1835 - 18 Aug 1837

The Rt Hon. George Byng PC
Milborne Port

Whig
14 Mar 1831 - 8 Jan 1833

1 Sep 1830 - 1 Jan 1831

The Rt Hon. Dame Thérèse Coffey DBE
Suffolk Coastal

Conservative
6 May 2010 - 30 May 2024

Sir Julian Critchley
Aldershot

Conservative
18 Jun 1970 - 1 May 1997

Nirj Deva FRSA DL
Brentford and Isleworth

Conservative
9 Apr 1992 - 1 May 1997

Parmjit Dhanda
Gloucester

Labour
7 Jun 2001 - 6 May 2010

Evan Durbin
Edmonton

Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 3 Sep 1948

Anna Firth
Southend West

Conservative
3 Feb 2022 - 30 May 2024

The Rt Hon. Hugh Gaitskell CBE
Leeds South

Labour
5 Jul 1945 - 18 Jan 1963

The Most Hon. James Gascoyne-Cecil KG GCVO CB PC
Darwen

Conservative
18 Dec 1885 - 26 Jul 1892

The Rt Hon. John Gathorne-Hardy
Mid Kent

Conservative
15 May 1884 - 18 Dec 1885

The Rt Hon. John Gathorne-Hardy
Rye

Conservative
7 Dec 1868 - 27 Apr 1880

Sir Park Goff KC
Cleveland

Conservative
29 Oct 1924 - 30 May 1929

14 Dec 1918 - 6 Dec 1923

Sir Julian Goldsmid DL JP
St Pancras South

Liberal Unionist party
27 Jul 1886 - 7 Jan 1896

Liberal
18 Dec 1885 - 27 Jul 1886

Sir Julian Goldsmid DL JP
Honiton

Liberal
28 Mar 1866 - 7 Dec 1868

The Rt Hon. Sir John Gorst KC FRS
Cambridge University

Conservative
26 Jul 1892 - 8 Feb 1906

The Rt Hon. Sir John Gorst KC FRS
Cambridge

Conservative
24 Apr 1866 - 7 Dec 1868

Sir Robert Gower KCVO OBE FRGS
Hackney Central

Conservative
29 Oct 1924 - 30 May 1929

Col Cecil Grenfell
Bodmin

Liberal
10 Feb 1910 - 19 Dec 1910

Mary Hamilton CBE
Blackburn

Labour
30 May 1929 - 27 Oct 1931

Thomas Hobhouse
Lincoln

Radical
16 Mar 1848 - 31 Jul 1852

Chris Huhne
Eastleigh

Liberal Democrat
5 May 2005 - 5 Feb 2013

George Isaacs JP DL
Southwark

Labour
23 Feb 1950 - 8 Oct 1959

George Isaacs JP DL
Southwark North

Labour
19 May 1939 - 23 Feb 1950

30 May 1929 - 27 Oct 1931

Lt Col John Jameson
West Clare

Irish Unionist party
19 Jul 1904 - 26 Jan 1906

Irish Parliamentary party
29 Jul 1895 - 19 Jul 1904

The Rt Hon. Sir Gerald Kaufman
Manchester Gorton

Labour
9 Jun 1983 - 26 Feb 2017

The Rt Hon. Sir Gerald Kaufman
Manchester Ardwick

Labour
18 Jun 1970 - 9 Jun 1983

Sir Peter Kirk
Saffron Walden

Conservative
23 Mar 1965 - 7 Jul 1977

Caroline Lucas
Brighton Pavilion

Green party
6 May 2010 - 30 May 2024

William Maberly
Shaftesbury

Whig
19 Apr 1831 - 8 Jan 1833

William Maberly
Northampton

Whig
14 Apr 1820 - 1 Sep 1830

William Maberly
Westbury

Whig
1 Apr 1819 - 14 Apr 1820

The Rt Hon. Craig Mackinlay JP
South Thanet

Conservative
7 May 2015 - 30 May 2024

Sir Frank Markham
Buckingham

Conservative
25 Oct 1951 - 15 Oct 1964

Sir Frank Markham
Nottingham South

National Labour organisation
14 Nov 1935 - 5 Jul 1945

Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Portsmouth North

Labour
5 May 2005 - 6 May 2010

Lt Col The Rt Hon. John Moore-Brabazon GBE MC PC
Wallasey

Conservative
27 Oct 1931 - 27 Apr 1942

The Rt Hon. Sir Richard Needham Kt. PC
North Wiltshire

Conservative
9 Jun 1983 - 1 May 1997

The Rt Hon. Sir Richard Needham Kt. PC
Chippenham

Conservative
3 May 1979 - 9 Jun 1983

The Rt Hon. Emma Nicholson
Torridge and West Devon

Liberal Democrat
30 Dec 1995 - 1 May 1997

Conservative
11 Jun 1987 - 30 Dec 1995

Sir Arthur Otway PC
Stafford

Whig
31 Jul 1852 - 24 Apr 1857

Sir Thomas Perry
Devonport

Liberal
18 May 1859 - 8 Aug 1859

Whig
11 May 1854 - 18 May 1859

Edward Redhead JP
Walthamstow West

Labour
1 Mar 1956 - 15 Apr 1967

Samuel Ridley
Bethnal Green South West

Conservative
24 Oct 1900 - 8 Feb 1906

Andrew Rowe
Faversham and Mid Kent

Conservative
1 May 1997 - 7 Jun 2001

John Ryman QC
Blyth Valley

Independent Labour
31 Jan 1987 - 11 Jun 1987

Labour
9 Jun 1983 - 31 Jan 1987

John Ryman QC
Blythe

Labour
10 Oct 1974 - 9 Jun 1983

Frank Smith
Nuneaton

Labour
30 May 1929 - 27 Oct 1931

Anne Snelgrove
South Swindon

Labour
5 May 2005 - 6 May 2010

William Steadman
Finsbury Central

Liberal
8 Feb 1906 - 10 Feb 1910

William Steadman
Stepney

Liberal
9 Mar 1898 - 24 Oct 1900

William Stone
Portsmouth

Liberal
24 Jul 1865 - 17 Feb 1874

Leicester Vernon
Berkshire

Conservative
18 May 1859 - 14 Apr 1860

Sir Sydney Waterlow KCVO
Gravesend

Liberal
1 Jul 1880 - 18 Dec 1885

Sir Sydney Waterlow KCVO
Maidstone

Liberal
17 Feb 1874 - 27 Apr 1880

Sir Sydney Waterlow KCVO
Dumfriesshire

Liberal
7 Dec 1868 - 17 Mar 1869

Maj Gen Lord Charles Wellesley
Windsor

Conservative
31 Jul 1852 - 14 Feb 1855

Maj Gen Lord Charles Wellesley
South Hampshire

Conservative
23 Aug 1842 - 31 Jul 1852

Aneurin Williams
Consett

Liberal
14 Dec 1918 - 15 Nov 1922

Aneurin Williams
North West Durham

Liberal
30 Jan 1914 - 14 Dec 1918

Aneurin Williams
Plymouth

Liberal
10 Feb 1910 - 19 Dec 1910

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