The Rochester seat is an old one, going back to the 16th century, but it saw many changes in the 20th century. In 1918 it was split between Chatham and Gillingham. The Chatham seat became Rochester and Chatham in 1950, and then Medway in 1983.
The constituency was revived in 1983 by Parliament's acceptance of a Boundary Commission national review,[5] and was defined as comprising thirteen wards of the then City of Rochester upon Medway: All Saints, Cuxton and Halling, Earl, Frindsbury, Frindsbury Extra, Hoo St. Werburgh, Rede Court, St. Margarets and Borstal, Temple Farm, Thames Side, Town, Troy Town and Warren Wood.[5]
Boundaries were not changed at the next redistribution that followed the Fourth Review for the 1997 election.[6]
In 1998, Rochester-upon-Medway was merged with the neighbouring Borough of Gillingham to form the larger unitary Borough of Medway.[7] The Medway constituency covered only part of the new unitary authority, which also encompassed the entirety of the (Gillingham constituency and the majority of the Chatham and Aylesford constituency. Because of this, the seat was renamed Rochester and Strood in 2010 to avoid confusion.
Upon its creation, the new Rochester and Strood constituency consisted of ten wards of the Borough of Medway: Cuxton and Halling, Peninsula, River, Rochester East, Rochester South and Horsted, Rochester West, Strood North, Strood Rural and Strood South.[9]
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
^Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 739. ISBN0-901050-67-9.
^ abParliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
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