Rochester and Strood

Rochester and Strood is a constituency in the South East region of England. The seat has been held by Lauren Edwards (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
2,930
Electorate
74,257
Turnout
57.4%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

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
Lauren Edwards
Labour
15,403 36.2% 8.1%
Kelly Tolhurst
Conservative
12,473 29.3% -29.2%
Daniel Dabin
Reform UK
9,966 23.4% 23.4%
Cat Jamieson
Green Party
2,427 5.7% 3.1%
Graham Colley
Liberal Democrat
1,894 4.4% -2.7%
John Innes
Workers Party of Britain
245 0.6% 0.6%
Peter Burch
Heritage Party
190 0.4% 0.4%