Helen Whately said there had been moments when she had "felt under threat"
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Faversham & Mid Kent
Parliamentary constituency
CON HOLD
CON HOLD
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats | ||
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Party
CON Conservative |
Helen Whately | Votes 30,390 | header_vote_share 61.1 | Net percentage change in seats +6.7 | |
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Party
LAB Labour |
Michael Desmond | Votes 12,977 | header_vote_share 26.1 | Net percentage change in seats +9.9 | |
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Party
LD Liberal Democrat |
David Naghi | Votes 3,249 | header_vote_share 6.5 | Net percentage change in seats -0.1 | |
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Party
UKIP UKIP |
Mark McGiffin | Votes 1,702 | header_vote_share 3.4 | Net percentage change in seats -14.6 | |
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Party
GRN Green Party |
Alastair Gould | Votes 1,431 | header_vote_share 2.9 | Net percentage change in seats -1.0 | |
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Change compared with 2015 |
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Turnout and CON majority
CON majority
17,413Turnout
65.5%More on this constituency
How well do you know this constituency?Results of the 2015 general election
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Faversham and Mid Kent MP receives death threat
Sue Nicholson
BBC News
The Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent has revealed that she has received a death threat.
Helen Whately said there had been "moments when I've felt under threat".
"I have had to complain to the police about some of the comments and particularly a death threat that I received," she told BBC South East.
"Because of what happened to Jo Cox you do have to take threats seriously," the MP, who was elected in the 2015 general election, added.
Ms Whately was speaking after it had been revealed that she had to pull out of opening a summer music festival at Sheldwich Primary School, in Faversham, because of threats posted on social media.
"I was asked not to go because there'd been some unpleasant comments on Facebook, and particularly threats that some people were going to come along and, I think, throw eggs, and they didn't want a disturbance at the school.
"I went along afterwards rather than at the beginning," she said.
Sitting Tory MPs hold nearly all of Kent's constituencies, apart from a shock result in Canterbury.
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CON HOLD
Results
Conservative
, with candidate Helen Whately
, have the following results:
- 24,895 total votes taken.
- 54.4% share of the total vote
- -1.8% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Peter Edwards-Daem
, have the following results:
- 8,243 total votes taken.
- 18.0% share of the total vote
- +14.3% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Michael Desmond
, have the following results:
- 7,403 total votes taken.
- 16.2% share of the total vote
- -0.4% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate David Naghi
, have the following results:
- 3,039 total votes taken.
- 6.6% share of the total vote
- -13.0% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Tim Valentine
, have the following results:
- 1,768 total votes taken.
- 3.9% share of the total vote
- +2.0% change in share of the votes
Monster Raving Loony Party
, with candidate Hairy Davidson
, have the following results:
- 297 total votes taken.
- 0.6% share of the total vote
- -0.2% change in share of the votes
English Democrats
, with candidate Gary Butler
, have the following results:
- 158 total votes taken.
- 0.3% share of the total vote
- +0.3% change in share of the votes
Change compared with 2010