Constituency view

Gillingham and Rainham

South East, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Naushabah Khan

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Rehman Chishti (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority3,972

Turnout56.0%

Electorate73,523

Valid votes41,140

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour15,562 - 37.8%

Conservative11,590 - 28.2%

Reform8,792 - 21.4%

Green2,318 - 5.6%

Lib Dem2,248 - 5.5%

Other630 - 1.5%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£234,635,517

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,201 total benefits bill per resident · 3% below average

Gillingham and Rainham: £2,201
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 266 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£234,635,517	264/575
Change over 2 years	+20.1%
Median local wage (2025)	£34,546	+5.1%

Universal Credit£135,779,998
£1,273 per resident · 11,146 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,849 · 1 in 17 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£51,550,132
£483 per resident · 6,928 claimants (+19.4% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,721 · 39% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,577
Disability Living Allowance£16,122,690
£151 per resident · 2,717 claimants
Housing Benefit£15,924,507
£149 per resident · 1,916 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,108,727
£76 per resident · 1,872 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,149,463
£67 per resident · 1,120 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 84.1%White British 79.0%Asian 6.3%Black, African or Caribbean 5.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.9%Other 1.3%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 89.6%White British 86.1%Asian 5.4%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.9%Other 0.8%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 94.9%White British 92.6%Asian 3.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 96.1%White British N/AAsian 2.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Gillingham and Rainham (2021)

UK 86.3%Other EU 4.9%Other countries 8.8%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Gillingham and Rainham (2011)

UK 89.8%Other EU 3.0%Other countries 7.2%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Gillingham and Rainham (2001)

UK 93.8%Other EU 1.2%Other countries 5.0%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Gillingham and Rainham (1991)

UK 93.9%Other EU 2.3%Other countries 3.9%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Gillingham and Rainham

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Gillingham and Rainham	National	Difference	Rank
% White	84.1%	83.0%	+1.1pp	436/650
% White British	79.0%	74.4%	+4.5pp	376/632
% Asian	6.3%	8.6%	-2.3pp	251/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	5.3%	3.7%	+1.6pp	133/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.9%	2.7%	+0.2pp	226/650
% Other ethnic group	1.3%	2.0%	-0.6pp	253/650
% UK-born	86.3%	84.0%	+2.3pp	396/650
% Non-UK-born	13.7%	16.0%	-2.3pp	255/650
% Other EU-born	4.9%	6.0%	-1.1pp	296/650
% Other countries-born	8.8%	10.1%	-1.3pp	233/650
% Christian	45.7%	46.7%	-1.0pp	375/575
% Muslim	2.9%	6.3%	-3.4pp	239/575
% Hindu	1.3%	1.6%	-0.4pp	175/575
% Sikh	1.2%	0.9%	+0.3pp	81/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	361/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	301/575
% Other religion	0.6%	0.6%	-0.0pp	195/575
% No religion	42.5%	37.0%	+5.5pp	155/575
% Religion not stated	5.5%	6.0%	-0.4pp	393/575
% Has any religion	52.0%	57.0%	-5.0pp	398/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Gillingham and Rainham

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.