UK Explained

Chatham and Aylesford

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

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Your MP at a glance

Tristan Osborne, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Chatham and Aylesford 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 367 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £734£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 438 areas and lower than 210.

UK 3.9%This area 4.0%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
Chatham and Aylesford£7344.0%
West Dunbartonshire£7374.0%
Bristol North East£7394.0%
Widnes and Halewood£7313.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Chatham and Aylesford

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 people105,85559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%3 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%9 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

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
Tristan Osborne

Labour

MAJORITY
1,998

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Tristan Osborne won with 34% of the votes, and Nathan Gamester (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 13,689
Conservative29% · 11,691
Reform UK24% · 9,989
Green Party6% · 2,504
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,175
Workers Party of Britain1% · 340
Everyone else1% · 457
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tristan OsborneLabour13,68933.5%
Nathan GamesterConservative11,69128.6%
Thomas MallonReform UK9,98924.5%
Kim WinterbottomGreen Party2,5046.1%
Nicholas ChanLiberal Democrat2,1755.3%
Matt ValentineWorkers Party of Britain3400.8%
Adedotun OgundemurenChristian Peoples Alliance3160.8%
Steve TannerSocial Democratic Party1410.3%

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
£734 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
4.0%
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