Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards
Current constituency |
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Created | 1997 |
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Member of Parliament | Helen Whately (Conservative) |
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Seats | One |
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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]
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.
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
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Map of boundaries 2010–2024
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 Swale wards of Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, East Downs, Priory, St Ann's, Teynham and Lynsted, Watling, and West Downs, and 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.[3]
- The Swale wards of Teynham & Lynstead and West Downs wards were transferred from Sittingbourne and Sheppey, offset by the loss of the Maidstone wards of Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton, Headcorn, and Sutton Valence & Langley to the new constituency of Weald of Kent.
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]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party |
| 1997 | Andrew Rowe | Conservative |
| 2001 | Sir Hugh Robertson | Conservative |
| 2015 | Helen Whately | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
General election 2024: Faversham and Mid Kent[6] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Helen Whately | 14,816 | 31.8 | –30.8 |
| Labour | Mel Dawkins | 13,347 | 28.6 | +8.8 |
| Reform UK | Maxwell Harrison | 9,884 | 21.2 | N/A |
| Green | Hannah Temple | 4,218 | 9.1 | +5.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Perkin | 4,158 | 8.9 | –3.6 |
| British Democrats | Lawrence Rustem | 171 | 0.4 | N/A |
Majority | 1,469 | 3.2 | –39.6 |
Turnout | 46,594 | 62.7 | –4.5 |
Registered electors | 74,301 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | –19.8 | |
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result[7] |
Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 30,187 | 62.6 |
| Labour | 9,569 | 19.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,011 | 12.5 |
| Green | 1,974 | 4.1 |
| Others | 474 | 1.0 |
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Turnout | 48,215 | 67.2 |
Electorate | 71,798 |
General election 2019: Faversham and Mid Kent[8] 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 | |
General election 2017: Faversham and Mid Kent 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 | |
General election 2015: Faversham and Mid Kent[9][10] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Helen Whately[11] | 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[12] | 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 | |
General election 2010: Faversham and Mid Kent[13] 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[14] | 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
General election 2005: Faversham and Mid Kent[15] 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 | |
General election 2001: Faversham and Mid Kent[16] 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
General election 1997: Faversham and Mid Kent[17] 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
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 - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 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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