List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
The ceremonial county of Kent, (which includes the unitary authority of Medway), is divided into 17 parliamentary constituencies - one borough constituency and 16 county constituencies. 2010 boundary changes. Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Kent's 17 constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies, including the transfer of Cliftonville from North Thanet to South Thanet. They recommended two name changes: Gillingham to Gillingham  and Rainham to reflect the similar stature of the two towns, and Medway to Rochester and Strood to avoid confusion with the larger Medway unitary authority. Proposed boundary changes. "See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details." Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The commission has proposed that an additional seat is created in Kent, with the formation of the constituency of Weald of Kent. As a consequence, Maidstone and  the Weald, and Tonbridge and Malling would be renamed Maidstone and Malling, and Tonbridge respectively. Changes to North Thanet and South Thanet would result in them being replaced by the re-established constituencies of West Thanet and East Thanet respectively. Although only subject to a very minor boundary change, Dover would revert to its previous name of Dover and Deal. The following constituencies are proposed: Containing electoral wards from Ashford Containing electoral wards from Canterbury Containing electoral wards from Dartford Containing electoral wards from Dover Containing electoral wards from Folkestone and Hythe Containing electoral wards from Gravesham Containing electoral wards  from Maidstone Containing electoral wards from Medway Containing electoral wards from Sevenoaks Containing electoral wards from Swale Containing electoral wards from Thanet Containing electoral wards from Tonbridge and Malling Containing electoral wards from Tunbridge Wells Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023. Results history. "Primary data source:" House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 2019. The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Kent in the 2019 general election were as follows: Percentage votes. 1974 & 1979 - Liberal  Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance <nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other Historic representation by party. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.