List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrats ¤

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Ashford CC	89,553	24,029		Damian Green †		Dara Farrell ‡
Canterbury CC	80,203	1,836		Rosie Duffield ‡		Anna Firth †
Chatham and Aylesford CC	71,642	18,540		Tracey Crouch †		Vince Maple ‡
Dartford CC	82,209	19,160		Gareth Johnson †		Sacha Gosine ‡
Dover CC	76,355	12,278		Natalie Elphicke †		Charlotte Cornell ‡
Faversham and Mid Kent CC	73,403	21,976		Helen Whately †		Jenny Reeves ‡
Folkestone and Hythe CC	88,272	21,337		Damian Collins †		Laura Davison ‡
Gillingham and Rainham	73,549	15,119		Rehman Chishti †		Andy Stamp ‡
Gravesham	73,242	15,581		Adam Holloway †		Lauren Sullivan ‡
Maidstone and The Weald CC	76,109	21,772		Helen Grant †		Dan Wilkinson ‡
North Thanet CC	72,756	17,189		Roger Gale †		Coral Jones ‡
Rochester and Strood CC	82,056	17,072		Kelly Tolhurst †		Teresa Murray ‡
Sevenoaks CC	71,757	20,818		Laura Trott †		Gareth Willis ¤
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC	83,917	24,479		Gordon Henderson †		Clive Johnson ‡
South Thanet CC	73,223	10,587		Craig Mackinlay †		Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt ‡
Tonbridge and Malling CC	79,278	26,941		Tom Tugendhat †		Richard Morris ¤
Tunbridge Wells CC	74,823	14,645		Greg Clark †		Ben Chapelard ¤

Name	Boundaries prior to 2010
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	Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

The Boundary Commission for England retained these 17 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

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. These changes were implemented at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Proposed name	Current boundaries
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	Proposed Revised constituencies in Kent

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[3]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

2019

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 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	532,342	60.1%	3.7%	16	0
Labour	221,554	25.0%	6.7%	1	0
Liberal Democrats	91,973	10.4%	4.9%	0	0
Greens	28,264	3.2%	1.0%	0	0
Others	11,063	1.3%	2.9%	0	0
Total	885,196	100.0		17

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

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