General election for the constituency of Rochester and Strood on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rochester and Strood, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by Kelly Tolhurst with a majority of 9,850 - 18.3% - on a turnout of 65.0%.

An electorate of 82,702, having a valid vote count of 53,769 and an invalid vote count of 70.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
TOLHURST, Kelly Con 29,232 54.4% 10.3%
MURRAY, Teresa Lab 19,382 36.0% 16.3%
ALLEN, David UKIP 2,893 5.4% -25.1%
RICKETTS, Bart LD 1,189 2.2% -0.2%
HYNER, Sonia Green 781 1.5% -1.4%
BENSON, Steve CPA 163 0.3% -
CHIGURI, Primerose Ind 129 0.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 04:18 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.