Constituency

Faversham and Mid Kent

ONS code: E14001235
Lookup slug: faversham-and-mid-kent

Our Recommendation

TBD

Confidence

High

Strong likelihood of
beating the left

Last reviewed

15 May 2024

Updated daily

Local recommendation

Candidate recommendation pending

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Tilt Reform UK gain

Source updated 10/05/2026

RFM GAIN

Reform UK forecast to win in Faversham and Mid Kent, South East

Winner: Reform UK
Margin: 1.5% (676 votes)
Turnout / electorate: 62.7% / 74,301
Second place: Conservative 29.7%

RFMReform UK

31.2%+10.0 pts

CONConservative

29.7%-2.1 pts

LABLabour

19.5%-9.1 pts

GRNGreen Party

10.9%+1.9 pts

LDMLiberal Democrat

8.3%-0.6 pts

MINMinor parties and independents

0.4%0.0 pts

SNPScottish National Party

0.0%change not recorded

OthOther

0.0%0.0 pts

PLCPlaid Cymru

Not recordedchange not recorded

WPBWorkers Party of Britain

Not recordedchange not recorded

Labour 248 seatsConservative 137 seatsReform UK 114 seatsLiberal Democrat 71 seatsGreen Party 5 seats

Election Maps UK Westminster nowcast: Nowcast data from Election Maps UK.

House of Commons results

General election results

Only real Westminster general elections since 2010 are shown. The rows below are linked by exact Parliament constituency code or exact Parliament constituency name.

2024 general election

Faversham and Mid KentE14001235Electorate 74,301Valid votes 46,594Invalid votes 172Majority 1,469

Tactical voting signal2nd and 3rd combined votes exceeded the winner by 8,415.Combined 2nd + 3rd votes: 23,231. Winner: 14,816.

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Helen Whately	Conservative	14,816	31.8%	Elected
2	Mel Dawkins	Labour	13,347	28.6%	2nd + 3rd signal
3	Maxwell Harrison	Reform UK	9,884	21.2%	2nd + 3rd signal
4	Hannah Temple	Green Party	4,218	9.1%
5	Hannah Perkin	Liberal Democrat	4,158	8.9%
6	Lawrence Rustem	British Democratic Party	171	0.4%

2019 general election

Faversham and Mid KentE14000700Electorate 73,403Valid votes 50,394Invalid votes 189Majority 21,976

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Helen Whately	Conservative	31,864	63.2%	Elected
2	Jenny Reeves	Labour	9,888	19.6%
3	Hannah Perkin	Liberal Democrat	6,170	12.2%
4	Hannah Temple	Green Party	2,103	4.2%
5	Gary Butler	Independent	369	0.7%

2017 general election

Faversham and Mid KentE14000700Electorate 72,205Valid votes 49,749Invalid votes 77Majority 17,413

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Helen Whately	Conservative	30,390	61.1%	Elected
2	Michael Desmond	Labour	12,977	26.1%
3	David Naghi	Liberal Democrat	3,249	6.5%
4	Mark McGiffin	UK Independence Party	1,702	3.4%
5	Alastair Gould	Green Party	1,431	2.9%

2015 general election

Faversham and Mid KentE14000700Electorate 69,523Valid votes 45,803Invalid votes 104Majority 16,652

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Helen Whately	Conservative	24,895	54.4%	Elected
2	Peter Edwards-Daem	UK Independence Party	8,243	18.0%
3	Michael Desmond	Labour	7,403	16.2%
4	David Naghi	Liberal Democrat	3,039	6.6%
5	Tim Valentine	Green Party	1,768	3.9%
6	Hairy Davidson	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	297	0.6%
7	Gary Butler	English Democrats	158	0.3%

2010 general election

Faversham and Mid KentE14000700Electorate 68,858Valid votes 46,712Invalid votes 92Majority 17,088

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Hugh Robertson	Conservative	26,250	56.2%	Elected
2	David Naghi	Liberal Democrat	9,162	19.6%
3	Ashok Rehal	Labour	7,748	16.6%
4	Sarah Larkins	UK Independence Party	1,722	3.7%
5	Tim Valentine	Green Party	890	1.9%
6	Graham Kemp	National Front	542	1.2%
7	Hairy Knorm Davidson	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	398	0.9%

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