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2014 Rochester and Strood by-election

UK parliamentary by-election
Event uk_parliamentary_by_election Q18162060
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Summary

2014 Rochester and Strood by-election is an UK Parliamentary by-election[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of uk parliamentary by election entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Office contested: member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom[4]
  • Point in time: November 20, 2014[5]
  • Has cause: resignation from the British House of Commons[6]
  • Described at URL: https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/4552[7]
  • Successful candidate: Mark Reckless[8]
  • Total valid votes: 40,065[9]
  • Eligible voters: 79,163[10]
  • Ballots cast: 40,113[11]
  • Parliamentary term: 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom[12]
  • Number of spoilt votes: 48[13]
  • Voting system: first-past-the-post voting[14]

Why It Matters

2014 Rochester and Strood by-election is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Bbc things id → c8762eba-1e54-4f92-9c22-c05a0d135f2e
    Freebase id → /m/0120yq8n
    Parliamentary term → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Office contested: member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom"
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