Riding profile

Faversham and Mid Kent

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Faversham and Mid Kent: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Faversham and Mid Kent, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Helen Whately

Sits with Conservative

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.0
P(close race)
49%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.2%
  • Conservative 26.2%
  • Labour 17.0%
  • Green 13.5%
  • Lib Dems 10.1%
  • Other 1.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereFaversham and Mid Kent 31.2%26.2%17.0%13.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.8 18.9% +7.3 21.7% −4.6 11.8% +1.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
3.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Helen Whately Elected Conservative 14,816 31.8
Mel Dawkins Labour 13,347 28.6
Maxwell Harrison Reform UK 9,884 21.2
Hannah Temple Green 4,218 9.1
Hannah Perkin Lib Dems 4,158 8.9
Lawrence Rustem Other 171 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
101,852
Median age
42
Employment rate
83.3%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029