Constituency

Faversham and Mid Kent

Boundary: Faversham and Mid Kent (2024). Basemap © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Boundary: ONS, Open Government Licence.

At a glance

The MP for Faversham and Mid Kent is Helen Whately (Conservative), who has held the seat since 2015. At the 2024 general election the seat was a Con hold: she took 31.8% of the vote for a majority of 1,469, on a 62.7% turnout. Compared with the 2019 general election, the Conservative share of the vote was down 31.4 points, and turnout fell from 68.7%.

Current MP

Helen Whately

Conservative

2024 general election result

Majority 1,469 · Turnout 62.7% · Electorate 74,301

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Helen Whately Conservative 14,816 31.8%
Mel Dawkins Labour 13,347 28.6%
Maxwell Harrison Reform UK 9,884 21.2%
Hannah Temple Green Party 4,218 9.1%
Hannah Perkin Liberal Democrat 4,158 8.9%
Lawrence Rustem British Democratic Party 171 0.4%

Past election results

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

ElectionWinnerResultMajority
2024 Helen Whately (Con) Con hold 1,469
2019 Helen Whately (Con) Con hold 21,976
2017 Helen Whately (Con) Con hold 17,413
2015 Helen Whately (Con) Con hold 16,652
2010 Hugh Robertson (Con) Con hold 17,088

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
Helen Whately Conservative 2015 to present
Hugh Robertson Conservative 2010 to 2015

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