News MPs for Faversham & Mid Kent and Maidstone & Malling announced
The elected Member of Parliament for Faversham & Mid Kent has been named as Helen Whately, Conservative Party who received a total of 14,816 votes. The elected Member of Parliament for Maidstone & Malling has been named as Helen Grant, Conservative Party who received a total 14,146 votes.
The results were announced at the General Election Count held at Mote Hall, Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, Maidstone today Friday 5 July 2024.
46,763 people, (63% of the electorate) turned-out to vote across the constituency for Faversham & Mid Kent, whilst 46,526 people (61% of the electorate) voted in the Maidstone & Malling constituency.
The candidates who stood for MP to represent the Faversham & Mid Kent Constituency and the total number of votes they received were:
- Mel Dawkins – Labour Party – 13,347
- Maxwell Stanley Harrison – Reform UK – 9,884
- Hannah Amanda Perkin – Liberal Democrats – 4,158
- Lawrence Rustem – British Democrats – 171
- Hannah Temple – Green Party – 4,218
- Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately – Conversative Party – 14,816
The candidates who stood for MP to represent the Maidstone & Malling Constituency and the total number of votes they received were:
- Gary Butler – British Democrats – 156
- Maureen Cleator – Labour Party - 12,472
- Helen Grant – Conservative Party – 14,146
- Stuart Robert Jeffery – Green Party – 3,727
- Yolande Ann Kenward – Independent - 197
- David Sandru Naghi – Liberal Democrat – 6,375
- Paul Thomas – Reform UK – 9,316
Further information regarding the 2024 General Election results can be found on the Maidstone Borough website: www.maidstone.gov.uk/elections