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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
71,798 electors
Active Seat

Faversham and Mid Kent

Current MP
Helen Whately
Helen Whately

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
66.8%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Helen Whately Hold
Majority 1,469
Turnout 62.7% ↓5.9pp
Total Votes 46,594
Winner Swing ↓31.4pp
✓ Helen Whately
Conservative
14,816 31.8%
↓30.8pp
Mel Dawkins
Labour
13,347 28.7%
↑8.8pp
Maxwell Harrison
Reform UK
9,884 21.2%
—
Hannah Temple
Green Party
4,218 9.1%
↑5.0pp
Hannah Perkin
Liberal Democrats
4,158 8.9%
↓3.5pp
Lawrence Rustem
—
171 0.4%
—
Conservative Helen Whately Hold
Majority 21,976
Turnout 68.7% ↓0.3pp
Total Votes 50,394
Winner Swing ↑2.1pp
✓ Helen Whately
Conservative
31,864 63.2%
↑2.1pp
Jenny Reeves
Labour
9,888 19.6%
↓6.5pp
Hannah Perkin
Liberal Democrats
6,170 12.2%
↑5.7pp
Hannah Temple
Green Party
2,103 4.2%
↑1.3pp
Gary Butler
—
369 0.7%
—
Conservative Helen Whately Hold
Majority 17,413
Turnout 68.9% ↑3.0pp
Total Votes 49,749
Winner Swing ↑6.7pp
✓ Helen Whately
Conservative
30,390 61.1%
↑6.7pp
Michael Desmond
Labour
12,977 26.1%
↑9.9pp
David Naghi
Liberal Democrats
3,249 6.5%
↓0.1pp
Mark McGiffin
—
1,702 3.4%
↓14.6pp
Alastair Gould
Green Party
1,431 2.9%
↓1.0pp
Conservative Helen Whately Hold
Majority 16,652
Turnout 65.9% ↓2.0pp
Total Votes 45,803
Winner Swing ↓1.9pp
✓ Helen Whately
Conservative
24,895 54.4%
↓1.8pp
Peter Edwards-Daem
—
8,243 18.0%
↑14.3pp
Michael Desmond
Labour
7,403 16.2%
↓0.4pp
David Naghi
Liberal Democrats
3,039 6.6%
↓13.0pp
Tim Valentine
Green Party
1,768 3.9%
↑2.0pp
Hairy Davidson
—
297 0.7%
↓0.2pp
Gary Butler
—
158 0.4%
—
Conservative Hugh Robertson Hold
Majority 17,088
Turnout 67.8%
Total Votes 46,712
✓ Hugh Robertson
Conservative
26,250 56.2%
↑6.1pp
David Naghi
Liberal Democrats
9,162 19.6%
↑2.9pp
Ashok Rehal
Labour
7,748 16.6%
↓12.5pp
Sarah Larkins
—
1,722 3.7%
↑1.0pp
Tim Valentine
Green Party
890 1.9%
—
Graham Kemp
—
542 1.2%
—
Hairy Knorm Davidson
—
398 0.9%
—

Turnout Trend

67.8%
'10
65.9%
'15
68.9%
'17
68.7%
'19
62.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.4%
65 and over
20.9% ▲3.0pp
50 to 64
20.3%
35 to 49
19.0%
25 to 34
11.5%
18 to 24
5.9%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
93.7%
Asian or Asian British
2.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.6%
Other
0.7%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.4%
65 and over
20.9%
45 to 64
20.3%
30 to 44
19.0%
18 to 29
17.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.9%
No religion
42.7%
Not answered
5.5%
Muslim
1.1%
Hindu
0.6%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.5%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.6%
Asian or Asian British
1.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.5%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.0%
Under 18
22.4%
30 to 44
19.2%
65 and over
17.9%
18 to 29
12.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
64.1%
No religion
27.0%
Religion not stated
7.0%
Muslim
0.7%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Sir Hugh Robertson Conservative 2001-06-07 2015-03-30
Mr Andrew Rowe Conservative 1983-06-09 2001-06-07