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Faversham and Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Faversham and Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

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Faversham and Mid Kent is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, the seat has been held by Helen Whately of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

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Constituency profile

Faversham and Mid Kent covers a mainly rural sweep around the North Downs, including part of Swale and Maidstone boroughs. Some of the traditional farming industry remains. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK.[2]

Boundaries

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1997–2010: The Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Boughton & Courtenay, Davington Priory, East Downs, St Ann's, Teynham and Lynsted, and Watling, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boxley, Detling, Harrietsham and Lenham, Headcorn, Hollingbourne, Langley, Leeds, Park Wood, Shepway East, Shepway West, Sutton Valence, and Thurnham.

2010–present: The Borough of Swale wards of Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, Davington Priory, East Downs, St Ann's, and Watling, and the Borough of Maidstone wards of Bearsted, Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton, Boxley, Detling and Thurnham, Downswood and Otham, Harrietsham and Lenham, Headcorn, Leeds, North Downs, Park Wood, Shepway North, Shepway South, and Sutton Valence and Langley.

The boundary change in 1997 caused minor confusion among a large minority of residents of the Maidstone electoral wards as a constituency named Maidstone and The Weald was also created at the same time (largely replacing the former Maidstone constituency), but residents in the Shepway and Park Wood areas of the town found themselves in Faversham and Mid Kent instead.[3]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Borough of Maidstone wards of: Bearsted; Boxley; Detling and Thurnham; Downswood and Otham; Harrietsham and Lenham; Leeds; North Downs; Park Wood; Shepway North; Shepway South.
  • The Borough of Swale wards of: Abbey; Boughton and Courtenay; East Downs; Priory; St. Ann’s; Teynham and Lynsted; Watling; West Downs.[4]

The Swale Borough wards of Teynham and Lynstead, and West Downs wards will be transferred from Sittingbourne and Sheppey, offset by the loss of the Maidstone Borough wards of Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton, Headcorn, and Sutton Valence & Langley to the newly created constituency of Weald of Kent.

History

In 1997, the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency was formed when the previous Faversham seat was abolished and split into Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the town of Faversham which was then merged with Mid Kent to form this constituency.

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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  3. "General Election 2024". Swale GReen Party. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. "Election of a Member of Parliament" (PDF). 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "UKIP in Faversham and Mid-Kent elect candidate for 2015". Canterbury Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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