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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Helen Whately Conservative Party 24,895+4.4 ptsElected
2Peter Edwards-Daem UK Independence Party 8,243—
3Michael Desmond Labour Party 7,403—
4David Naghi Liberal Democrats 3,039—
5Tim Valentine Green Party 1,768—
6Hairy Davidson Official Monster Raving Loony Party 297—
7Gary Butler English Democrats 158—

Electorate 69,523 · Turnout 65.9% · Majority 16,652 · Back to 2015 overview

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.