Chatham and Aylesford

Chatham and Aylesford is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the South East region of England. The seat was last held by Dame Tracey Crouch (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
6,069
Electorate
67,964
Turnout
64.5%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Crouch, Tracey
Conservative
20,230 46.2% 9.4%
Shaw, Jonathan
Labour
14,161 32.3% -12.7%
McClintock, John
Liberal Democrat
5,832 13.3% -0.2%
McCarthy-Stewart, Colin
British National Party
1,365 3.1% 3.1%
Newton, Steve
UK Independence Party
1,314 3.0% 0.0%
Varnham, Sean
English Democrats
400 0.9% 0.9%
Arthur, Dave
Green Party
396 0.9% 0.9%
Smith, Maureen
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
109 0.2% 0.2%