Weald of Kent
South East · County constituency
About the Weald of Kent constituency
Weald of Kent is a county constituency in the South East, spanning parts of Ashford, Maidstone and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Katie Lam (Conservative), first elected in July 2024.
At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won Weald of Kent with 39.8% of the vote, ahead of Labour on 23.2%, a majority of 8,422 votes. Turnout was 66.7%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has Reform UK on 37.1% and the Conservatives on 31.0% in Weald of Kent, a margin of 6.1 points, a projected change from the Conservatives since 2024. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Weald of Kent is a Leave-leaning area (an estimated 59.0% voted Leave in 2016). About 32.5% of residents hold a degree, 74.2% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 48 (2021 Census).
Across the most recent general elections on record here, the seat has been won by the Conservatives each time.
Who lives in Weald of Kent? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Weald of 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 Weald of Kent
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Weald of Kent within Ashford and Maidstone and 1 other council
Weald of Kent crosses multiple council boundaries: Ashford (50%), Maidstone (39%), Tunbridge Wells (11%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council where they were held; for councils not in the 2026 election cycle the most recent available ward result is shown instead.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford | 50% | — |
| Maidstone | 39% | — |
| Tunbridge Wells | 11% | View projection › |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2025 | Rolvenden & Tenterden West | Grn HOLD | Grn 36% Ref 32% Con 28% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Weald of Kent at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Weald of Kent at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con hold | Damian Green Ashford MP | 16.7% | 54.1% | 22.8% | 17,297 | 67.9% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | Damian Green Ashford MP | 18.4% | 52.5% | 6.0% | 19,296 | 67.4%-0.5 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | Damian Green Ashford MP | 29.8% | 59.0% | 5.2% | 17,478 | 68.5%+1.1 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Damian Green Ashford MP, pre-review boundary | 14.1% | 72.0% | 10.1% | 28,751 | 70.8% |
| 2024 | Con hold | Katie Lam | 23.2% | 39.8% | 7.8% | 8,422 | 66.7%-4.1 |
Weald of Kent was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Ashford (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Weald of Kent
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Weald of Kent. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied74.2 / 74.1vs 61.9
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 30.4vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3522.7 / 22.9vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.2 / 73.6vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.9 / 12.6vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3522.7 / 24.1vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.2 / 75.6vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3522.7 / 22.9vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 31.3vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied74.2 / 75.4vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3522.7 / 23.0vs 30.2
- ↓Private rent12.9 / 11.0vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.2 / 74.5vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.9 / 11.7vs 20.2
- ↑Leave59.0 / 60.1vs 53.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 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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