Maidstone and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| 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 |
The seat is defined as composing the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
- The Borough of Maidstone wards of Allington, Barming and Teston, Bridge, East, Fant, Heath, High Street, North and South – approximately 67% of the abolished 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 (renamed Tonbridge)[4]
Following a local government boundary review in Tonbridge and Malling which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises 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]
Maidstone & The Weald prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Helen Grant | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| 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
| 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 | ||
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