Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)

Sittingbourne and Sheppey
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent.
Location of Kent within England.
County	Kent
Electorate	74,796 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Gordon Henderson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Faversham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Sittingbourne and Sheppey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Faversham. It covers some of the district of Swale, including Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in 2003-4 in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes in the county, tasking effect at the 2010 general election.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency are:

• Borden, Chalkwell, Grove, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Leysdown and Warden, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston, Queenborough and Halfway, Roman, St Michaels, Sheerness East, Sheerness West, Sheppey Central, West Downs, and Woodstock

Members of Parliament

The seat's MP since 2010 is Gordon Henderson of the Conservative Party.

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Derek Wyatt	Labour
	2010	Gordon Henderson	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Henderson	24,313	50.0	+8.3
	Labour	Angela Harrison	11,930	24.6	-17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Nevols	7,943	16.4	+3.6
	UKIP	Ian Davison	2,610	5.4	+3.1
	BNP	Lawrence Tames	1,305	2.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Mike Young	319	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	David Cassidy	158	0.3	+0.3
Majority			12,383	25.5
Turnout			48,578	64.5	+10.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Wyatt	17,051	41.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Gordon Henderson	16,972	41.6	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Nelson	5,183	12.7	-1.4
	UKIP	Stephen Dean	926	2.3	+0.6
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Mad Mike Young	479	1.2	-0.6
	Veritas	David Cassidy	192	0.5	+0.5
Majority			79	0.2
Turnout			40,803	53.7	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.6

General Election 2001: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Wyatt	17,340	45.8	+5.2
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	13,831	36.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Elvina Lowe	5,353	14.1	-4.2
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Mad Mike Young	673	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Robert Oakley	661	1.7	+0.7
Majority			3,509	9.3
Turnout			37,858	57.5	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Wyatt	18,723	40.6
	Conservative	Roger Moate	16,794	36.4
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Truelove	8,447	18.3
	Referendum Party	P. Moull	1,082	2.3
	Monster Raving Loony	C. Driver	644	1.4
	UKIP	N. Risi	472	1.0
Majority			1,929
Turnout				72.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent