Herne Bay and Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herne Bay and Sandwich is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was contested for the first time at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Roger Gale, of the Conservatives, who was MP for the predecessor seat of North Thanet from 1983 to 2024.
| Herne Bay and Sandwich | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Herne Bay and Sandwich in South East England | |
| County | Kent |
| Electorate | 76,028 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Roger Gale (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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The constituency is named for the towns of Herne Bay and Sandwich in Kent.[3]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Canterbury wards of: Beltinge; Greenhill; Herne & Broomfield; Heron; Reculver; Sturry; West Bay.
- The District of Dover wards of: Little Stour & Ashstone; Sandwich.
- The District of Thanet wards of: Birchington North; Birchington South; Garlinge; Thanet Villages; Westbrook; Westgate-on-Sea.[4]
It comprises the following areas of Kent:[5]
- Approximately 80% of the former North Thanet seat,[6] including Herne Bay, Birchington-on-Sea and Westgate-on-Sea
- Sandwich from South Thanet
- Sturry from Canterbury
This is a mostly rural seat between the urban areas of Canterbury and Thanet. 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.[7]
North Thanet prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Roger Gale | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Gale[9] | 17,243 | 35.3 | –29.1 | |
| Labour | Helen Whitehead[10] | 14,744 | 30.2 | +5.8 | |
| Reform UK | Amelia Randall[11] | 10,602 | 21.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Thea Barrett[12] | 3,529 | 7.2 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angie Curwen[13] | 2,709 | 5.5 | –2.0 | |
| Majority | 2,499 | 5.1 | –30.6 | ||
| Turnout | 48,827 | 62.7 | –4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,841 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +17.5 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 32,807 | 64.4 | |
| Labour | 12,435 | 24.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,799 | 7.5 | |
| Green | 1,921 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | 50,962 | 67.0 | |
| Electorate | 76,028 | ||
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