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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
73,546 electors
Active Seat

Ashford

Current MP
Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
66.5%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Sojan Joseph Gain from Conservative
Majority 1,779
Turnout 61.6% ↓5.4pp
Total Votes 46,975
Winner Swing ↓29.6pp
✓ Sojan Joseph
Labour
15,262 32.5%
↑8.7pp
Damian Green
Conservative
13,483 28.7%
↓30.5pp
Tristram Kennedy Harper
Reform UK
10,141 21.6%
—
Mandy Rossi
Green Party
4,355 9.3%
↑4.7pp
Adam Rowledge
Liberal Democrats
2,445 5.2%
↓5.5pp
James Ransley
—
1,289 2.7%
—
Conservative Damian Green Hold
Majority 24,029
Turnout 67.1% ↓1.5pp
Total Votes 60,059
Winner Swing ↑3.1pp
✓ Damian Green
Conservative
37,270 62.1%
↑3.1pp
Dara Farrell
Labour
13,241 22.1%
↓7.8pp
Adrian Gee-Turner
Liberal Democrats
6,048 10.1%
↑4.9pp
Mandy Rossi
Green Party
2,638 4.4%
↑2.1pp
Susannah De Sanvil
—
862 1.4%
—
Conservative Damian Green Hold
Majority 17,478
Turnout 68.5% ↑1.2pp
Total Votes 59,879
Winner Swing ↑6.5pp
✓ Damian Green
Conservative
35,318 59.0%
↑6.5pp
Sally Gathern
Labour
17,840 29.8%
↑11.4pp
Adrian Gee-Turner
Liberal Democrats
3,101 5.2%
↓0.8pp
Gerald O'Brien
—
2,218 3.7%
↓15.1pp
Mandy Rossi
Green Party
1,402 2.3%
↓2.0pp
Conservative Damian Green Hold
Majority 19,296
Turnout 67.4% ↓0.5pp
Total Votes 57,372
Winner Swing ↓1.7pp
✓ Damian Green
Conservative
30,094 52.5%
↓1.7pp
Gerald O'Brien
—
10,798 18.8%
↑14.3pp
Brendan Chilton
Labour
10,580 18.4%
↑1.8pp
Debbie Enever
Liberal Democrats
3,433 6.0%
↓16.8pp
Mandy Rossi
Green Party
2,467 4.3%
↑2.5pp
Conservative Damian Green Hold
Majority 17,297
Turnout 67.9%
Total Votes 55,185
✓ Damian Green
Conservative
29,878 54.1%
↑2.7pp
Chris Took
Liberal Democrats
12,581 22.8%
↑7.2pp
Chris Clark
Labour
9,204 16.7%
↓9.7pp
Jeffrey Elenor
—
2,508 4.5%
↑1.4pp
Steve Campkin
Green Party
1,014 1.8%
↓1.6pp

Turnout Trend

67.9%
'10
67.4%
'15
68.5%
'17
67.1%
'19
61.6%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.9%
35 to 49
20.6%
50 to 64
19.3%
65 and over
17.1% ▲0.3pp
25 to 34
13.6%
18 to 24
6.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
86.0%
Asian or Asian British
7.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
3.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.4%
Other
1.7%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.9%
30 to 44
20.6%
18 to 29
20.2%
45 to 64
19.3%
65 and over
17.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
45.5%
No religion
41.8%
Not answered
5.5%
Hindu
2.5%
Muslim
1.9%
Other religion
1.4%
Buddhist
1.2%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
93.5%
Asian or Asian British
3.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.2%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
📊 Age
45 to 64
26.0%
Under 18
23.6%
30 to 44
20.2%
65 and over
16.8%
18 to 29
13.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
62.7%
No religion
26.4%
Religion not stated
7.6%
Hindu
1.1%
Muslim
0.9%
Buddhist
0.7%
Other religion
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Damian Green Conservative 1997-05-01 2024-05-30
Sir Keith Speed Conservative 1974-10-10 1979-03-05