UK general elections › 2015 › Faversham and Mid Kent
Faversham and Mid Kent — 2015
Helen Whately (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,895 votes— 54.4% of 45,803 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,803
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Whately | Conservative Party | 24,895 | 54.4% | +4.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Edwards-Daem | UK Independence Party | 8,243 | 18.0% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Desmond | Labour Party | 7,403 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | David Naghi | Liberal Democrats | 3,039 | 6.6% | — | |
| 5 | Tim Valentine | Green Party | 1,768 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Hairy Davidson | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 297 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Gary Butler | English Democrats | 158 | 0.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.