Chatham and Aylesford.
Labour Party MP Tristan Osborne holds the seat on 33.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
1 Jun 2026
A near-perfect Labour loyalist with one procedural quirk, Tristan Osborne has voted with his party on 99.8% of divisions -- one of the tightest records in the Commons. His sole rebel vote was acting as a teller for a motion to hold a session in private, a procedural role rather than a policy rebellion, and the motion was heavily defeated. Recent votes have followed the Labour line closely: supporting steel nationalisation, backing the King's Speech programme, and voting to tighten asylum support rules by allowing the withdrawal of accommodation and financial assistance from asylum seekers found working illegally.
At 94% voting participation -- above the Commons average -- Osborne is an engaged backbencher. His 149 contributions across 91 debates skew toward economy and jobs, crime, health, and local government, with social care also featuring prominently. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but low scores on parliamentary scrutiny and pro-business measures, consistent with a Labour MP governing from the centre-left. Deviations from his party average are modest: he sits slightly more sceptical than colleagues on assisted dying, and slightly more resistant to House of Lords reform.
Osborne sits on the Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises government spending -- a role that fits his recurring focus on fiscal and local government issues in debate. News coverage from his Chatham and Aylesford constituency over the past 90 days is dominated by sport and local community stories, with no articles directly referencing his parliamentary work, so local press sentiment cannot be assessed from available data.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Horsted | Trevor Clarke | 489 | Medway Lab | May 2023 |
| Larkfield(3 seats) | Oakley · Thornewell · Bishop | 4,158 | Tonbridge and Malling Con | May 2023 |
| Lordswood Walderslade(3 seats) | Gulvin · Brake · Wildey | 5,098 | Medway Lab | May 2023 |
| Luton(2 seats) | Howcroft-Scott · Curry | 1,547 | Medway Lab | May 2023 |
| Princes Park(2 seats) | Hyne · Lammas | 1,871 | Medway Lab | May 2023 |
| Snodland East Ham Hill | Luke Chapman | 543 | Tonbridge and Malling Con | May 2025 |
| Snodland West Holborough Lakes(2 seats) | Bennison · Hickmott | 1,393 | Tonbridge and Malling Con | May 2023 |
| Walderslade | Des Keers | 544 | Tonbridge and Malling Con | May 2023 |
| Wayfield Weeds Wood(2 seats) | Peake · Cook | 1,901 | Medway Lab | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Chatham (70,685), with Snodland (11,827) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 104,448.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham | 70,685 | city |
| Snodland | 11,827 | town |
| Larkfield | 8,376 | large town |
| Rochester | 6,441 | large town |
| Rural & dispersed | 2,660 | village |
| Eccles (Tonbridge and Malling) | 1,757 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 60.8% | 57.1% | +6% |
| Owner-occupied | 65.7% | 63.1% | +4% |
| Private rented | 18.3% | 20.0% | -8% |
| Social rented | 15.9% | 16.8% | -5% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £276m |
| Taxpayers | 58,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,760 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,760 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Medway and Tonbridge and Malling. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan OsborneWON | Lab | 13,689 | 33.5 |
| Nathan Gamester | Con | 11,691 | 28.6 |
| Thomas Mallon | Ref | 9,989 | 24.5 |
| Kim Winterbottom | Grn | 2,504 | 6.1 |
| Nicholas Chan | LD | 2,175 | 5.3 |
| Matt Valentine | Ind | 340 | 0.8 |
| Adedotun Ogundemuren | Ind | 316 | 0.8 |
| Steve Tanner | Ind | 141 | 0.3 |
Turnout 40,845
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tracey Crouch | Con | 66.6 |
| 2017 | Tracey Crouch | Con | 57.0 |
| 2015 | Tracey Crouch | Con | 50.2 |
| 2010 | Crouch, Tracey | Con | 46.2 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo