UK Explained

Maidstone and Malling

Represented in Parliament by Helen Grant (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Helen Grant, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Maidstone and Malling compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 245 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £774£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 378 areas and lower than 270.

UK 3.9%This area 3.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Maidstone and Malling£7743.5%
Liverpool Garston£7743.6%
Edinburgh North and Leith£7763.6%
Dover and Deal£7823.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Maidstone and Malling

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people108,78259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home66%62%3 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Helen Grant

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,674

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Helen Grant won with 30% of the votes, and Maureen Cleator (Labour) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Conservative30% · 14,146
Labour27% · 12,472
Reform UK20% · 9,316
Liberal Democrat14% · 6,375
Green Party8% · 3,727
Independent0% · 197
Everyone else0% · 156
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Helen GrantConservative14,14630.5%
Maureen CleatorLabour12,47226.9%
Paul ThomasReform UK9,31620.1%
David NaghiLiberal Democrat6,37513.7%
Stuart JefferyGreen Party3,7278.0%
Yolande KenwardIndependent1970.4%
Gary ButlerBritish Democratic Party1560.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£774 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026