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| Maidstone and Malling | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Maidstone and Malling in South East England | |
| County | Kent |
| Electorate | 73,084 (2023)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Helen Grant (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Maidstone and The Weald |
Maidstone and Malling is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] It was created under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and was first contested in the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The seat is formed from:
- Approximately 67% of the current Maidstone and The Weald seat,[3] mainly comprising the town of Maidstone itself
- The Tonbridge and Malling Borough wards of Aylesford South and Ditton from Chatham and Aylesford
- The Tonbridge and Malling Borough wards of East Malling, Kings Hill, and West Malling and Leybourne from Tonbridge and Malling (to be renamed Tonbridge)[4]
Following a local government boundary review in Tonbridge and Malling which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:
- The Borough of Maidstone wards of: Allington; Barming and Teston; Bridge; East; Fant; Heath; High Street; North; South.
- The Borough of Tonbridge and Malling wards of: Aylesford North & North Downs (small part); Aylesford South & Ditton; Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh (majority); East Malling, West Malling & Offham (most); Kings Hill.[7]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Maidstone & The Weald prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Helen Grant | Conservative | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Helen Grant | 14,146 | 30.5 | –27.9 | |
| Labour | Maureen Cleator | 12,472 | 26.9 | +8.5 | |
| Reform UK | Paul Thomas | 9,316 | 20.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 6,375 | 13.7 | –4.9 | |
| Green | Stuart Jeffery | 3,727 | 8.0 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Yolande Kenward | 197 | 0.4 | –0.3 | |
| British Democrats | Gary Butler | 156 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,674 | 3.6 | –36.2 | ||
| Turnout | 46,389 | 60.7 | –6.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,449 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing |  18.2 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,562 | 58.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,114 | 18.6 | |
| Labour | 8,993 | 18.4 | |
| Green | 1,880 | 3.8 | |
| Others | 358 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | 48,907 | 66.9 | |
| Electorate | 73,084 | ||
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "South East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Tonbridge". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ LGBCE. "Medway | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "The Medway (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Maidstone and Malling". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Maidstone and Malling". BBC News. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maidstone and Malling UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK