The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 75,109 · 2023 boundaries

Chatham and Aylesford.

Labour Party MP Tristan Osborne holds the seat on 33.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentTristan Osborne · Labour Party
CouncilsMedway · Tonbridge and Malling
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001157
Electorate · 2024
75.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
33.5%
Labour Party · +4.9pp over Con
Settlements
8
Largest: Chatham
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
20.0
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

33.5%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 17 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 17 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Fort Horsted Trevor Clarke489Medway LabMay 2023
Larkfield(3 seats)Oakley · Thornewell · Bishop4,158Tonbridge and Malling ConMay 2023
Lordswood Walderslade(3 seats)Gulvin · Brake · Wildey5,098Medway LabMay 2023
Luton(2 seats)Howcroft-Scott · Curry1,547Medway LabMay 2023
Princes Park(2 seats)Hyne · Lammas1,871Medway LabMay 2023
Snodland East Ham Hill Luke Chapman543Tonbridge and Malling ConMay 2025
Snodland West Holborough Lakes(2 seats)Bennison · Hickmott1,393Tonbridge and Malling ConMay 2023
Walderslade Des Keers544Tonbridge and Malling ConMay 2023
Wayfield Weeds Wood(2 seats)Peake · Cook1,901Medway LabMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.8 named places

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.

city 70,685large-town 14,817town 11,827village 7,119

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Chatham70,685city
Snodland11,827town
Larkfield8,376large town
Rochester6,441large town
Rural & dispersed2,660village
Eccles (Tonbridge and Malling)1,757village
Showing 6 of 8·All 8 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate60.8%57.1%+6%
Owner-occupied65.7%63.1%+4%
Private rented18.3%20.0%-8%
Social rented15.9%16.8%-5%

Ethnicity.

White85.6%
Asian5.2%
Black5.2%
Mixed2.6%
Other1.4%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.9% Female 51.1% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£34,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,030
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
48
33 primary · 8 secondary
GCSE pass
59.4%
Attainment 8: 40.7

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£276m
Taxpayers58,000
Median per taxpayer£2,760
Mean per taxpayer£4,760

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
20.0
-4% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.7
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
38% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.6
Anti-social behaviour4.6
Criminal damage & arson1.7
Other theft1.3
Shoplifting1.3
Vehicle crime0.7
Public order0.7

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Tristan OsborneWONLab13,68933.5
Nathan GamesterCon11,69128.6
Thomas MallonRef9,98924.5
Kim WinterbottomGrn2,5046.1
Nicholas ChanLD2,1755.3
Matt ValentineInd3400.8
Adedotun OgundemurenInd3160.8
Steve TannerInd1410.3

Turnout 40,845

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Tracey CrouchCon66.6
2017Tracey CrouchCon57.0
2015Tracey CrouchCon50.2
2010Crouch, TraceyCon46.2
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission