Constituency

Canterbury

Boundary: Canterbury (2024). Basemap © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Boundary: ONS, Open Government Licence.

At a glance

The MP for Canterbury is Rosie Duffield (Independent), who has held the seat since 2017. At the 2024 general election the seat was a Lab hold: she took 41.3% of the vote for a majority of 8,653, on a 66.4% turnout. Compared with the 2019 general election, the Labour share of the vote was down 7.0 points, and turnout fell from 75.0%.

Current MP

Rosie Duffield

Independent

2024 general election result

Majority 8,653 · Turnout 66.4% · Electorate 71,155

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rosie Duffield Labour 19,531 41.4%
Louise Harvey-Quirke Conservative 10,878 23%
Bridget Porter Reform UK 6,805 14.4%
Henry Stanton Green Party 5,920 12.5%
Russ Timpson Liberal Democrat 3,812 8.1%
Luke Buchanan-Hodgman Social Democratic Party 285 0.6%

Past election results

Every General Election and by-election in this seat, newest first. Open one for the full candidate list.

ElectionWinnerResultMajority
2024 Rosie Duffield (Lab) Lab hold 8,653
2019 Rosemary Duffield (Lab) Lab hold 1,836
2017 Rosie Duffield (Lab) Lab gain from Con 187
2015 Julian Brazier (Con) Con hold 9,798
2010 Julian Brazier (Con) Con hold 6,048

Members for this seat

Everyone who has won the seat at the elections in our records, which begin with the 2010 general election. Members before then are not shown.

MemberPartyPeriod
Rosie Duffield Labour 2017 to present
Julian Brazier Conservative 2010 to 2017

Source: 2024 general election result from the official Parliament constituency profile.