UK Explained

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Represented in Parliament by Kevin McKenna (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Kevin McKenna, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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 334 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £746£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 416 areas and lower than 232.

UK 3.9%This area 3.8%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
Sittingbourne and Sheppey£7463.8%
Swindon South£7463.8%
Aylesbury£7423.7%
Kilmarnock and Loudoun£7393.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sittingbourne and Sheppey

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 people113,01259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately19%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
Kevin McKenna

Labour

MAJORITY
355

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Kevin McKenna won with 29% of the votes, and Aisha Cuthbert (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour29% · 11,919
Conservative28% · 11,564
Reform UK26% · 10,512
Swale Independents8% · 3,238
Green Party4% · 1,692
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,321
Everyone else2% · 752
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kevin McKennaLabour11,91929.1%
Aisha CuthbertConservative11,56428.2%
William Fotheringham-BrayReform UK10,51225.6%
Mike BaldockSwale Independents3,2387.9%
Sam BanksGreen Party1,6924.1%
Frances KnellerLiberal Democrat1,3213.2%
Matt BrownIndependent5291.3%
Mad Mike YoungOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party2230.5%

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
£746 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
3.8%
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