Maidstone and Malling | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Maidstone and The Weald |
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 in the 2024 general election.
The seat is formed from:
Following a local government boundary review in Tonbridge and Malling which came into effect in May 2023, [4] [5] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 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. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDP | Mark Alexander [7] | ||||
Labour | Maureen Cleator [8] | ||||
Conservative | Helen Grant [9] | ||||
Green | Stuart Jeffery [10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi [11] | ||||
Reform UK | Paul Thomas [12] | ||||
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