Gravesham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Gravesham ( /ˈɡreɪvʃəm/) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Adam Holloway captured the seat for the Tories in an upset in 2005 and held the seat with an expanded majority in the May 2010 election.
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