Faversham and Mid Kent | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Electorate | 71,798 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Faversham and Mid Kent is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, the seat has been held by Helen Whately of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile
Faversham and Mid Kent covers a mainly rural sweep around the North Downs, including part of Swale and Maidstone boroughs. Some of the traditional farming industry remains. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK.[2]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Boughton & Courtenay, Davington Priory, East Downs, St Ann's, Teynham and Lynsted, and Watling, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boxley, Detling, Harrietsham and Lenham, Headcorn, Hollingbourne, Langley, Leeds, Park Wood, Shepway East, Shepway West, Sutton Valence, and Thurnham.
2010–2024: The Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, Davington Priory, East Downs, St Ann's, and Watling, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton, Boxley, Detling and Thurnham, Downswood and Otham, Harrietsham and Lenham, Headcorn, Leeds, North Downs, Park Wood, Shepway North, Shepway South, and Sutton Valence and Langley.
2024–present: The Borough of Maidstone wards of: Bearsted, Boxley, Detling and Thurnham, Downswood and Otham, Harrietsham and Lenham, Leeds, North Downs, Park Wood, Shepway North, and Shepway South, and the Borough of Swale wards of: Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, East Downs, Priory, St. Ann’s, Teynham and Lynsted, Watling, and West Downs.[3]
The boundary change in 1997 caused minor confusion among a large minority of residents of the Maidstone electoral wards as a constituency named Maidstone and The Weald was also created at the same time (largely replacing the former Maidstone constituency), but residents in the Shepway and Park Wood areas of the town found themselves in Faversham and Mid Kent instead.[4]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, for the 2024 general election, changes described as:
The Swale Borough wards of Teynham and Lynstead, and West Downs wards will be transferred from Sittingbourne and Sheppey, offset by the loss of the Maidstone Borough wards of Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton, Headcorn, and Sutton Valence & Langley to the newly created constituency of Weald of Kent.
History
In 1997, the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was formed when the previous Faversham seat was abolished and split into Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the town of Faversham which was then merged with Mid Kent to form this constituency.
Members of Parliament
Faversham and Mid Kent prior to 1997
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative | |
2001 | Sir Hugh Robertson | Conservative | |
2015 | Helen Whately | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mel Dawkins[6] | ||||
Reform UK | Maxwell Harrison[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Perkin[8] | ||||
British Democratic | Lawrence Rustem[9] | ||||
Green | Hannah Temple[10] | ||||
Conservative | Helen Whately[11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Whately | 31,864 | 63.2 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Jenny Reeves | 9,888 | 19.6 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Perkin | 6,170 | 12.2 | +5.7 | |
Green | Hannah Temple | 2,103 | 4.2 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Gary Butler | 369 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 21,976 | 43.6 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,394 | 68.7 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Whately | 30,390 | 61.1 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Michael Desmond | 12,977 | 26.1 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 3,249 | 6.5 | -0.1 | |
UKIP | Mark McGiffin | 1,702 | 3.4 | -14.6 | |
Green | Alastair Gould | 1,431 | 2.9 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 17,413 | 35.0 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,749 | 68.9 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Whately[15] | 24,895 | 54.4 | −1.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Edwards-Daem | 8,243 | 18.0 | +14.3 | |
Labour | Michael Desmond | 7,403 | 16.2 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 3,039 | 6.6 | −13.1 | |
Green | Tim Valentine | 1,768 | 3.9 | +2.0 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Hairy Knorm Davidson[16] | 297 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
English Democrat | Gary Butler | 158 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 16,652 | 36.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,803 | 65.9 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Robertson | 26,250 | 56.2 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 9,162 | 19.6 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Ashok Rehal | 7,748 | 16.6 | −12.5 | |
UKIP | Sarah Larkins | 1,722 | 3.7 | +1.0 | |
Green | Tim Valentine | 890 | 1.9 | New | |
National Front | Graham Kemp[18] | 542 | 1.2 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Hairy Knorm Davidson | 398 | 0.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 17,088 | 36.6 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,712 | 67.8 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Robertson | 21,690 | 49.7 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Andrew Bradstock | 12,970 | 29.7 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 7,204 | 16.5 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | Robert Thompson | 1,152 | 2.6 | +0.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Norman Davidson | 610 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,720 | 20.0 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,626 | 65.7 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Robertson | 18,739 | 45.6 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Grahame Birchall | 14,556 | 35.5 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Sole | 5,529 | 13.5 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | James Gascoyne | 828 | 2.0 | +1.1 | |
Green | Penelope Kemp | 799 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Norman Davidson | 600 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,183 | 10.1 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,051 | 60.4 | -13.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Rowe | 22,016 | 44.4 | ||
Labour | Alan Stewart | 17,843 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bruce E. Parmenter | 6,138 | 12.4 | ||
Referendum | Robin M. Birley | 2,073 | 4.2 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Norman W. Davidson | 511 | 1.0 | ||
UKIP | Michael J. Cunningham | 431 | 0.9 | ||
Green | David J. Currer | 380 | 0.8 | ||
Green Referendum Lawless Naturally Street Party | Caroline Morgan | 115 | 0.2 | ||
Natural Law | Nigel P.J. Pollard | 99 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 4,173 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 49,606 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Faversham+and+Kent+Mid
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ "Maidstone News & Sport, latest news from the Kent Messenger". Kent Online.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ "Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency". Michael Crick. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "British Democrats Prospective Parliamentary Candidates Chris Bateman and Lawrence Rustem". Twitter. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2024". Swale GReen Party. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Helen Whately MP for Faversham and Mid Kent reselected as Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate". Kent Online. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament" (PDF). 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UKIP in Faversham and Mid-Kent elect candidate for 2015". Canterbury Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Faversham Conservatives name Helen Whately as parliamentary candidate | Canterbury Times". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Official Monster Raving Loony Party leaflet". ElectionLeaflets.org.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ National Front
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 Archived 2019-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Guardian)
External links
- Faversham and Mid Kent UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Faversham and Mid Kent UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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