Maidstone and Malling is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following areas of Kent:
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 next general election:
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDP | Mark Alexander [8] | ||||
Conservative | Helen Grant [9] | ||||
Green | Stuart Jeffery [10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi [11] | ||||
Reform UK | Paul Thomas [12] | ||||
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Ditton is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west-northwest of Maidstone and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of West Malling. The parish, which is long and narrow, straddles the A20, with farmland to the south and industry to the north. It lies in the Medway Valley, on the northern edge of the Kent Weald, and adjoins the ancient parishes of Larkfield, Aylesford and Barming.
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