WESTMINSTER CONSTITUENCY

Folkestone and Hythe

Current representation and election data from the UK Parliament Members API.

3,729latest majority

61.7%latest turnout

2024latest election data

CURRENT REPRESENTATION

Tony Vaughan

Labour

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LATEST ELECTION

Date4 July 2024

Electorate70,056

Turnout61.7%

Majority3,729

Latest election resultSource: UK Parliament

Andy ThomasThe Socialist Party of Great Britain710.2%

David AllenFairer Voting Party2400.6%

Momtaz KhanomTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2490.6%

Larry NganLiberal Democrat1,7364.0%

Marianne BrettGreen Party3,9549.1%

Bill WrightReform UK10,68524.7%

Damian CollinsConservative11,29126.1%

Tony VaughanLabour15,02034.7%

ELECTION HISTORY

Previous election results

Comparable history where available

2019 Conservative Majority 13,239 · 64.0% turnout Notional result on 2024 boundaries

2017 Conservative Majority 15,411 · 68.2% turnout Actual result on pre-2024 boundaries

2015 Conservative Majority 13,797 · 65.8% turnout Actual result on pre-2024 boundaries

Boundary note: the current constituency map was first used at the 2024 general election. The 2019 figure is an official notional estimate on the current boundaries. Where 2017 or 2015 appears, it is the actual result for an older constituency with the same name and is labelled as a pre-2024-boundary result.

CONSTITUENCY PROFILE

People and housing

Latest available constituency-level data

Population93,782Mid-2024 estimate

Under 1818.7%Share of population

Aged 65+25.7%Share of population

Home owners63.5%Households

Private renters24.2%Households

Social renters11.5%Households

One-person households34.0%Of households

Families with children23.5%Dependent children

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates. Housing and household figures use the latest census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland.

Primary sources: UK Parliament Members API for current representation and the latest result; UK Parliament Election Results for historical and notional general election data. Data may be revised at source.