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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
70,023 electors
Active Seat

Folkestone and Hythe

Current MP
Tony Vaughan
Tony Vaughan

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
66.1%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Tony Vaughan Gain from Conservative
Majority 3,729
Turnout 61.7% ↓5.1pp
Total Votes 43,246
Winner Swing ↓25.4pp
✓ Tony Vaughan
Labour
15,020 34.7%
↑8.0pp
Damian Collins
Conservative
11,291 26.1%
↓30.2pp
Bill Wright
Reform UK
10,685 24.7%
—
Marianne Brett
Green Party
3,954 9.1%
↑4.3pp
Larry Ngan
Liberal Democrats
1,736 4.0%
↓6.0pp
Momtaz Khanom
—
249 0.6%
—
David Allen
—
240 0.6%
—
Andy Thomas
—
71 0.2%
↑0.0pp
Conservative Damian Collins Hold
Majority 21,337
Turnout 66.8% ↓1.4pp
Total Votes 59,005
Winner Swing ↑5.5pp
✓ Damian Collins
Conservative
35,483 60.1%
↑5.5pp
Laura Davison
Labour
14,146 24.0%
↓4.5pp
Simon Bishop
Liberal Democrats
5,755 9.8%
↑2.6pp
Georgina Treloar
Green Party
2,706 4.6%
↑0.3pp
Henry Bolton
—
576 1.0%
—
Colin Menniss
Social Democratic Party
190 0.3%
—
Rohen Kapur
—
80 0.1%
—
Andy Thomas
—
69 0.1%
—
Conservative Damian Collins Hold
Majority 15,411
Turnout 68.2% ↑2.5pp
Total Votes 58,875
Winner Swing ↑6.8pp
✓ Damian Collins
Conservative
32,197 54.7%
↑6.8pp
Laura Davison
Labour
16,786 28.5%
↑14.1pp
Lynne Beaumont
Liberal Democrats
4,222 7.2%
↓1.7pp
Stephen Priestly
—
2,565 4.4%
↓18.4pp
Martin Whybrow
Green Party
2,498 4.2%
↓1.1pp
David Plumstead
—
493 0.8%
—
Naomi Slade
—
114 0.2%
—
Conservative Damian Collins Hold
Majority 13,797
Turnout 65.8% ↓1.9pp
Total Votes 55,010
Winner Swing ↓1.6pp
✓ Damian Collins
Conservative
26,323 47.9%
↓1.6pp
Harriet Yeo
—
12,526 22.8%
↑18.2pp
Claire Jeffrey
Labour
7,939 14.4%
↑3.6pp
Lynne Beaumont
Liberal Democrats
4,882 8.9%
↓21.4pp
Martin Whybrow
Green Party
2,956 5.4%
↑4.2pp
Seth Cruse
—
244 0.4%
—
Rohen Kapur
—
72 0.1%
—
Andy Thomas-Emans
—
68 0.1%
—
Conservative Damian Collins Hold
Majority 10,122
Turnout 67.7%
Total Votes 52,800
✓ Damian Collins
Conservative
26,109 49.5%
↓4.5pp
Lynne Beaumont
Liberal Democrats
15,987 30.3%
↑0.7pp
Donald Worsley
Labour
5,719 10.8%
↓1.8pp
Frank McKenna
—
2,439 4.6%
↑3.3pp
Harry Williams
—
1,662 3.2%
—
Penny Kemp
Green Party
637 1.2%
↓0.3pp
David Plumstead
—
247 0.5%
—

Turnout Trend

67.7%
'10
65.8%
'15
68.2%
'17
66.8%
'19
61.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
25.7% ▲4.9pp
50 to 64
21.0%
0 to 17
18.7%
35 to 49
17.3%
25 to 34
11.2%
18 to 24
6.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
91.9%
Asian or Asian British
4.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.0%
Other
1.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.7%
📊 Age
65 and over
25.7%
45 to 64
21.0%
Under 18
18.7%
18 to 29
17.3%
30 to 44
17.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.2%
No religion
42.1%
Not answered
5.7%
Hindu
1.7%
Muslim
1.1%
Buddhist
1.1%
Other religion
0.9%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.8%
Asian or Asian British
3.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.8%
65 and over
20.8%
Under 18
20.4%
30 to 44
18.0%
18 to 29
13.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
62.6%
No religion
26.3%
Religion not stated
7.5%
Hindu
1.4%
Buddhist
0.9%
Muslim
0.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Damian Collins Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30
Sir Albert Costain Conservative 1959-10-08 1983-06-09