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%.
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% | - |
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.
An electorate of 82,702, having a valid vote count of 53,769 and an invalid vote count of 70.
Result declared at 04:18 on 9 June 2017.