Maidstone and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)

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Maidstone and Malling
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Maidstone and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Maidstone and Malling constituency.svg
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)
SeatsOne
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. It is represented by Helen Grant of the Conservatives, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Maidstone and the Weald from 2010 to 2024.

Contents

Boundaries

Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as comprising the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following local government boundary reviews in Tonbridge and Malling [5] and Maidstone [6] which came into effect in May 2023 and May 2024 respectively, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

Members of Parliament

Maidstone & The Weald prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Helen Grant Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Maidstone and Malling [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Grant 14,146 30.5 −27.9
Labour Maureen Cleator12,47226.9+8.5
Reform UK Paul Thomas9,31620.1N/A
Liberal Democrats David Naghi6,37513.7−4.9
Green Stuart Jeffery3,7278.0+4.2
Independent Yolande Kenward1970.4−0.3
British Democrats Gary Butler1560.3N/A
Majority1,6743.6−36.2
Turnout 46,38960.7−6.2
Registered electors 76,449
Conservative hold Swing −18.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Conservative 28,56258.4
Liberal Democrats 9,11418.6
Labour 8,99318.4
Green 1,8803.8
Others3580.7
Turnout48,90766.9
Electorate73,084

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "South East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "Medway | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  6. ↑ LGBCE. "Maidstone | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  7. ↑ "Seat Details - Maidstone and Malling". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  8. ↑ "Maidstone and Malling". BBC News. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "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.

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