Weald of Kent | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Major settlements | Tenterden, Coxheath, Staplehurst, Headcorn and Cranbrook |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ashford, Faversham and Mid Kent & Maidstone and the Weald |
Weald of Kent 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 at the 2024 general election.
This will be one of the most rural seats in the South East, unlike its neighbours which each include at least one large town. House prices and incomes are signficantly above UK averages. 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. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It is a mostly rural area in the centre of Kent, including Tenterden, Coxheath, Staplehurst, Headcorn and Cranbrook. The seat was previously part of the Ashford, Maidstone and the Weald, and Faversham and Mid Kent constituencies.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Howson [4] | ||||
Reform UK | Daniel Kersten [5] | ||||
Conservative | Katie Lam [6] | ||||
Labour | Lenny Rolles [7] | ||||
Green | Kate Walder [8] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
win (new seat) |
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