Faversham and Mid Kent
South East · County constituency
About the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Helen Whately (Conservative), first elected in May 2015. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 31.8% to 28.6% for Labour, a majority of 1,469 votes on a 62.7% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 38.7% and the Conservatives on 22.6%, a margin of 16.1 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.
Who lives in Faversham and Mid Kent? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Faversham and Mid Kent vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Faversham and Mid Kent
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Faversham and Mid Kent within Maidstone and Swale
Faversham and Mid Kent crosses council boundaries: Maidstone (61%), Swale (39%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Maidstone | 61% |
| Swale | 39% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2025 | Harrietsham Lenham & North Downs | Ref GAIN from Ind | Ref 50% Con 19% Grn 14% |
| 6 Sep 2024 | Priory | LD HOLD | — |
| 21 Dec 2023 | Abbey | LD HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Labour 29.0%vs Conservative 26.4% | 2023 Lib Dem 61.2%vs Labour 20.4% | - | 36.7% |
| Bearsted & Downswood | Conservative 39.0%vs Labour 24.4% | 2024 Conservative 43.2%vs Green 33.3% | - | - |
| Boughton and Courtenay | Labour 36.3%vs Conservative 27.4% | 2023 Green 65.3%vs Conservative 21.4% | - | 40.8% |
| Boxley Downs | Conservative 37.5%vs Labour 25.0% | 2024 Independent 32.5%vs Green 25.6% | - | - |
| East Downs | Conservative 35.9%vs Labour 28.1% | 2023 Green 45.9%vs Conservative 42.2% | - | 41.0% |
| Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs | Conservative 32.8%vs Reform 25.2% | 2024 Independent 68.4%vs Conservative 19.9% | - | - |
| Leeds & Langley | Conservative 39.4%vs Labour 26.2% | 2024 Conservative 53.4%vs Green 22.6% | - | - |
| Park Wood & Mangravet | Labour 33.9%vs Conservative 25.2% | 2024 Labour 67.6%vs Conservative 32.4% | - | - |
| Priory | Conservative 27.3%vs Labour 25.5% | 2023 Lib Dem 54.6%vs Conservative 24.1% | - | 31.3% |
| Shepway | Conservative 33.3%vs Labour 30.3% | 2024 Labour 41.7%vs Conservative 36.9% | - | - |
| St Ann's | Labour 35.7%vs Conservative 27.0% | 2023 Labour 48.0%vs Lib Dem 26.6% | - | 42.5% |
| Teynham and Lynsted | Conservative 34.6%vs Labour 27.3% | 2023 Conservative 56.6%vs Green 20.0% | - | 34.5% |
| Watling | Conservative 26.6%vs Labour 26.4% | 2023 Lib Dem 49.1%vs Conservative 25.6% | - | 35.0% |
| West Downs | Labour 30.5%vs Conservative 29.4% | 2023 Independent 75.3%vs Conservative 17.8% | - | 38.8% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Faversham and Mid Kent at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Faversham and Mid Kent at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con hold | Hugh Robertson | 16.6% | 56.2% | 19.6% | 17,088 | 67.8% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Helen Whately | 16.2% | 54.4% | 6.6% | 16,652 | 65.9%-1.9 |
| 2017 | Con hold | Helen Whately | 26.1% | 61.1% | 6.5% | 17,413 | 68.9%+3.0 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Helen Whately 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 19.8% | 62.6% | 12.5% | 20,618 | 67.2%-1.7 |
| 2024 | Con hold | Helen Whately | 28.6% | 31.8% | 8.9% | 1,469 | 62.7%-4.5 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Faversham and Mid Kent
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Faversham and Mid Kent. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied69.8 / 71.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 13.7vs 20.2
- ↑Leave58.7 / 60.7vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied69.8 / 72.1vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 13.2vs 20.2
- ↑Leave58.7 / 60.5vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied69.8 / 70.7vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 13.8vs 20.2
- ↑Leave58.7 / 58.0vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied69.8 / 69.9vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 12.3vs 20.2
- ↑Leave58.7 / 56.3vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied69.8 / 69.0vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 13.5vs 20.2
- ↑Leave58.7 / 59.4vs 53.2
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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