List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent

The ceremonial county of Kent, (which includes the unitary authority of Medway), is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituency and 16 county constituencies.

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrats ¤   Reform

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[1][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[1]		Nearest opposition[1]		Map
Ashford CC	76,233	1,779		Sojan Joseph ‡		Damian Green †
Canterbury CC	71,155	8,653		Rosie Duffield (re-elected as Labour)		Louise Harvey-Quirke †
Chatham and Aylesford CC	75,109	1,998		Tris Osborne ‡		Nathan Gamester †
Dartford CC	75,426	1,192		Jim Dickson ‡		Gareth Johnson †
Dover and Deal CC	76,406	7,559		Mike Tapp ‡		Howard Cox ‡
East Thanet BC	74,927	6,971		Polly Billington ‡		Helen Harrison †
Faversham and Mid Kent CC	74,301	1,469		Helen Whately †		Mel Dawkins ‡
Folkestone and Hythe CC	70,056	3,729		Tony Vaughan ‡		Damian Collins †
Gillingham and Rainham BC	73,523	3,972		Naushabah Khan ‡		Rehman Chishti †
Gravesham CC	73,094	2,712		Lauren Sullivan ‡		Adam Holloway †
Herne Bay and Sandwich CC	77,869	2,499		Roger Gale †		Helen Whitehead ‡
Maidstone and Malling CC	76,449	1,674		Helen Grant †		Maureen Cleator ‡
Rochester and Strood CC	74,257	2,293		Lauren Edwards ‡		Kelly Tolhurst †
Sevenoaks CC	73,708	5,440		Laura Trott †		Richard Streatfeild ¤
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC	79,067	355		Kevin McKenna ‡		Aisha Cuthbert †
Tonbridge CC	72,799	11,166		Tom Tugendhat †		Lewis Bailey ‡
Tunbridge Wells CC	78,738	8,687		Mike Martin ¤		Neil Mahapatra †
Weald of Kent CC	75,987	8,422		Katie Lam †		Lenny Rolles ‡

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010-2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Ashford CC Canterbury CC Chatham and Aylesford CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham and Mid Kent CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham and Rainham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone and The Weald CC North Thanet CC Rochester and Strood CC Sevenoaks CC Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC		Ashford CC Canterbury CC Chatham and Aylesford CC Dartford CC Dover and Deal CC East Thanet CC Faversham and Mid Kent CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham and Rainham BC Gravesham CC Herne Bay and Sandwich CC Maidstone and Malling CC Rochester and Strood CC Sevenoaks CC Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC Tonbridge CC Tunbridge Wells CC Weald of Kent CC

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England created an additional seat in created in Kent to reflect the growth of its electorate, with the formation of the constituency of Weald of Kent. As a consequence, Maidstone and the Weald, and Tonbridge and Malling were renamed Maidstone and Malling, and Tonbridge respectively. Changes to North Thanet and South Thanet resulted in them being renamed Herne Bay and Sandwich, and Thanet East respectively. Although only subject to a very minor boundary change, Dover reverted to its previous name of Dover and Deal.^[2][3][4]

The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from Ashford

• Ashford (part)
• Weald of Kent (part)

Containing electoral wards from Canterbury

• Canterbury
• Herne Bay and Sandwich (part)

Containing electoral wards from Dartford

• Dartford
• Sevenoaks (part)

Containing electoral wards from Dover

• Dover and Deal
• Herne Bay and Sandwich (part)

Containing electoral wards from Folkestone and Hythe

• Ashford (part)
• Folkestone and Hythe

Containing electoral wards from Gravesham

• Gravesham

Containing electoral wards from Maidstone

• Faversham and Mid Kent (part)
• Maidstone and Malling (part)
• Weald of Kent (part)

Containing electoral wards from Medway

• Chatham and Aylesford (part)
• Gillingham and Rainham
• Rochester and Strood

Containing electoral wards from Sevenoaks

• Sevenoaks (part)
• Tonbridge (part)

Containing electoral wards from Swale

• Faversham and Mid Kent (part)
• Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Containing electoral wards from Thanet

• East Thanet
• Herne Bay and Sandwich (part)

Containing electoral wards from Tonbridge and Malling

• Chatham and Aylesford (part)
• Maidstone and Malling (part)
• Tonbridge (part)

Containing electoral wards from Tunbridge Wells

• Tunbridge Wells
• Weald of Kent (part)

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England^[5] decided to retain Kent's 17 constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies, including the transfer of Cliftonville from North Thanet to South Thanet. They recommended two name changes: Gillingham to Gillingham and Rainham to reflect the similar stature of the two towns, and Medway to Rochester and Strood to avoid confusion with the larger Medway unitary authority.

Name (1997–2010)	Boundaries 1997–2010	Name (2010–2024)	Boundaries 2010–2024
Ashford CC Canterbury CC Chatham and Aylesford CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham and Mid Kent CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone and The Weald CC Medway CC North Thanet CC Sevenoaks CC Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC		Ashford CC Canterbury CC Chatham and Aylesford CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham and Mid Kent CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham and Rainham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone and The Weald CC North Thanet CC Rochester and Strood CC Sevenoaks CC Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC

Under the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England opted to increase the number of constituencies in Kent from 16 to 17, reflecting the growth of the county's electorate. The "new" constituency, i.e. the constituency that did not contain a majority of any previous constituency's electorate, was Faversham & Mid Kent, which was formed from portions of the previous Maidstone, Faversham, Mid Kent and Canterbury constituencies. This had knock-on effects throughout the county, and resulted in the renaming of the former constituencies of Faversham and Mid Kent to Sittingbourne & Sheppey and Chatham & Aylesford, respectively.^[6][7]

Name (1983–1997)	Boundaries 1983–1997	Name (1997–2010)	Boundaries 1997–2010
Ashford CC Canterbury CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone CC Medway CC Mid Kent CC North Thanet CC Sevenoaks CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC		Ashford CC Canterbury CC Chatham and Aylesford CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham and Mid Kent CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone and The Weald CC Medway CC North Thanet CC Sevenoaks CC Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC

Under the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England opted to increase the number of constituencies in Kent from 15 to 16, reflecting the growth of the county's electorate. This resulted in the previously oversized Rochester and Chatham being split in half, with the city of Rochester becoming part of the new seat of Medway, along with the rural Hoo Peninsula (previously part of the Gravesend consituency) while town of Chatham became part of the new seat of Mid Kent, along with the northern portion of Maidstone. Thanet East (renamed North Thanet) and Thanet West (renamed South Thanet) gained parts of Canterbury and Dover and Deal (renamed Dover) respectively. Small transfer from Sevenoaks to Dartford to make their electorates more equal and minor or no changes to Ashford, Faversham, Folkestone and Hythe, Gillingham, Tonbridge and Malling, and Tunbridge Wells.^[8][9]

Name (1974–1983)	Boundaries 1974–1983	Name (1983–1997)	Boundaries 1983–1997
Ashford CC Canterbury CC Dartford CC Dover and Deal CC Faversham CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone CC Rochester and Chatham CC North Thanet CC Sevenoaks CC Thanet West CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC		Ashford CC Canterbury CC Dartford CC Dover CC Faversham CC Folkestone and Hythe CC Gillingham BC Gravesham CC Maidstone CC Medway CC Mid Kent CC North Thanet CC Sevenoaks CC South Thanet CC Tonbridge and Malling CC Tunbridge Wells CC

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[10]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Kent in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	251,860	31.3%	28.8%	6	10
Labour	249,043	31.0%	6.0%	11	10
Reform	168,652	21.0%	21.0%	0	0
Greens	64,303	8.0%	4.8%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	57,579	7.0%	3.4%	1	1
Others	13,059	1.6%	0.3%	0	0
Total	804,496	100.0		18	1

¹2019 - Brexit Party
²1974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

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