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Sevenoaks — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Sevenoaks was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 5,440 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Sevenoaks from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Charles William Mills (Conservative) 4,651 54.0% Patteson Nickalls (Liberal) 695 (8.1 pts) 77.6%
1886 Charles William Mills (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Henry William Forster (Conservative) 6,036 60.7% Thomas Johnston (Liberal) 2,128 (21.4 pts) 71.5%
1895 Henry William Forster (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Henry William Forster (Conservative) 6,604 78.7% Murray Spencer Richardson (Liberal) 4,812 (57.3 pts) 56.5%
1906 Henry William Forster (Conservative) 7,219 51.1% Beaumont Morice (Liberal) 364 (2.6 pts) 81.8%
Dec 1910 Henry William Forster (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Jan 1910 Henry William Forster (Conservative) 10,421 62.1% Frederick Lely (Liberal) 4,070 (24.3 pts) 88.1%
1918 Thomas Jewell Bennett (Unionist) 10,650 76.2% John Ephraim Skinner (Independent Labour) 7,327 (52.4 pts) 46.3%
1922 Thomas Jewell Bennett (Unionist) 12,045 63.8% Lewis Alexander Goldie (Labour) 5,196 (27.5 pts) 60.9%
1923 Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams (Liberal) 10,656 51.6% Thomas Jewell Bennett (Unionist) 669 (3.2 pts) 64.4%
1924 Herbert Walter Styles (Unionist) 15,125 61.9% Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams (Liberal) 5,814 (23.8 pts) 74.8%
1929 Edward Hilton Young (Unionist) 16,767 53.7% Edgar Stratton Liddiard (Liberal) 8,923 (28.6 pts) 71.6%
1931 Edward Hilton Young (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Charles Edward Ponsonby (Conservative) 21,405 67.5% John Horridge (Liberal) 11,108 (35.0 pts) 65.3%
1945 Charles Edward Ponsonby (Conservative) 18,893 45.6% John Sleigh Pudney (Labour) 3,946 (9.5 pts) 73.5%
1950 John Charles Rodgers (Conservative) 25,292 51.8% Jack Spencer (Labour) 7,682 (15.7 pts) 84.9%
1951 John Charles Rodgers (Conservative) 28,668 60.4% John Powrie (Labour) 9,845 (20.7 pts) 81.5%
1955 John Charles Rodgers (Conservative) 28,936 61.8% John Powrie (Labour) 11,078 (23.7 pts) 78.1%
1959 John Charles Rodgers (Conservative) 28,186 56.1% Roderick C Ogley (Labour) 13,921 (27.7 pts) 80.2%
1964 Sir John Charles Rodgers (Conservative) 28,678 52.0% Peter B Pearce (Labour) 13,720 (24.9 pts) 80.1%
1966 John Rodgers (Conservative) 28,651 50.5% Peter Pearce (Labour) 10,313 (18.2 pts) 79.2%
1970 Sir John Rodgers (Conservative) 32,654 54.1% John Ovenden (Labour) 17,278 (28.6 pts) 73.9%
Feb 1974 Sir John Rodgers (Conservative) 29,963 48.4% Ian Bradley (Liberal) 13,740 (22.2 pts) 83.4%
Oct 1974 Sir John Rodgers (Conservative) 26,670 47.0% James Scanlan (Labour) 11,605 (20.4 pts) 75.7%
1979 Mark Wolfson (Conservative) 36,697 57.4% Richard Henry Redden (Labour) 22,114 (34.6 pts) 79.0%
1983 Mark Wolfson (Conservative) 30,722 58.4% Stephen Jakobi (SDP-Liberal Alliance) 15,661 (29.8 pts) 73.7%
1987 Mark Wolfson (Conservative) 32,945 58.9% Stephen Jakobi (SDP-Liberal Alliance) 17,345 (31.0 pts) 76.4%
1992 Mark Wolfson (Conservative) 33,245 57.5% Roger Francis Croker Walshe (Liberal Democrat) 19,154 (33.1 pts) 81.4%
1997 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 22,776 45.4% John Hayes (Labour) 10,461 (20.9 pts) 75.4%
2001 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 21,052 49.4% Caroline Humphreys (Labour) 10,154 (23.8 pts) 63.9%
2005 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 22,437 51.8% Ben Abbotts (Liberal Democrat) 12,970 (30.0 pts) 66.5%
2010 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 28,076 56.8% Alan Bullion (Liberal Democrat) 17,515 (35.4 pts) 71.1%
2015 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 28,531 56.9% Steve Lindsay (UKIP) 19,561 (39.0 pts) 70.0%
2017 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 32,644 63.7% Christopher Clark (Labour) 21,917 (42.8 pts) 71.8%
2019 Laura Trott (Conservative) 30,932 60.7% Gareth Willis (Liberal Democrat) 20,818 (40.8 pts) 71.4%
2024 Laura Trott (Conservative) 18,328 36.7% Richard Streatfeild (Liberal Democrat) 5,440 (10.9 pts) 67.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Mills Conservative 4,65154.0% Yes
Patteson Nickalls Liberal 3,95646.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Mills Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative 6,03660.7% Yes
Thomas Johnston Liberal 3,90839.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative 6,60478.7% Yes
Murray Spencer Richardson Liberal 1,79221.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative 7,21951.1% Yes
Beaumont Morice Liberal 6,85548.6% No
Murray Spencer Richardson Independent Liberal 440.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative Unopposed Yes

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Conservative 10,42162.1% Yes
Frederick Lely Liberal 6,35137.9% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Jewell Bennett Unionist 10,65076.2% Yes
John Ephraim Skinner Independent Labour 3,32323.8% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Jewell Bennett Unionist 12,04563.8% Yes
Lewis Alexander Goldie Labour 6,84936.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams Liberal 10,65651.6% Yes
Thomas Jewell Bennett Unionist 9,98748.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Walter Styles Unionist 15,12561.9% Yes
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams Liberal 9,31138.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Hilton Young Unionist 16,76753.7% Yes
Edgar Stratton Liddiard Liberal 7,84425.1% No
Henry Hamilton Fyfe Labour 6,63421.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Hilton Young Conservative Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edward Ponsonby Conservative 21,40567.5% Yes
John Horridge Liberal 10,29732.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edward Ponsonby Conservative 18,89345.6% Yes
John Sleigh Pudney Labour 14,94736.1% No
Nelia Muspratt Liberal 6,90616.7% No
Kenneth Frederick Thompson Communist 6761.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Rodgers Conservative 25,29251.8% Yes
Jack Spencer Labour 17,61036.0% No
Edward Moulton-Barrett Liberal 5,96912.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Rodgers Conservative 28,66860.4% Yes
John Powrie Labour 18,82339.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Rodgers Conservative 28,93661.8% Yes
John Powrie Labour 17,85838.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Rodgers Conservative 28,18656.1% Yes
Roderick C Ogley Labour 14,26528.4% No
Nelia Penman Liberal 7,81915.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Charles Rodgers Conservative 28,67852.0% Yes
Peter B Pearce Labour 14,95827.1% No
Nelia Penman Liberal 11,48020.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rodgers Conservative 28,65150.5% Yes
Peter Pearce Labour 18,33832.3% No
Noel Blackburn Liberal 9,74617.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Rodgers Conservative 32,65454.1% Yes
John Ovenden Labour 15,37625.5% No
Robert Webster Liberal 12,29020.4% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Rodgers Conservative 29,96348.4% Yes
Ian Bradley Liberal 16,22326.2% No
James Scanlan Labour 14,98724.2% No
Duncan James Woolard Independent 7541.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Rodgers Conservative 26,67047.0% Yes
James Scanlan Labour 15,06526.5% No
Robert Webster Liberal 15,02426.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Wolfson Conservative 36,69757.4% Yes
Richard Henry Redden Labour 14,58322.8% No
Graham John Phillips Liberal 11,83918.5% No
Michael Easter National Front 8211.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Wolfson Conservative 30,72258.4% Yes
Stephen Jakobi SDP-Liberal Alliance 15,06128.6% No
Roland Gooding Labour 6,43912.2% No
Geoffrey Leon Burnett National Front 4160.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Wolfson Conservative 32,94558.9% Yes
Stephen Jakobi SDP-Liberal Alliance 15,60027.9% No
Graham Andrew Green Labour 7,37913.2% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Wolfson Conservative 33,24557.5% Yes
Roger Francis Croker Walshe Liberal Democrat 14,09124.4% No
Jeannie Susan Evans Labour 9,47016.4% No
Margot Elizabeth Lawrence Green 7861.4% No
Peter Leslie Wakeling Natural Law 2100.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 22,77645.4% Yes
John Hayes Labour 12,31524.6% No
Roger Walshe Liberal Democrat 12,08624.1% No
Nigel Large Referendum Party 2,1384.3% No
Margot Lawrence Green 4430.9% No
Mark Ellis Pathfinders 2440.5% No
Alex Hankey Natural Law 1470.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 21,05249.4% Yes
Caroline Humphreys Labour 10,89825.6% No
Clive Gray Liberal Democrat 9,21421.6% No
Lisa Hawkins UKIP 1,1552.7% No
Mark Ellis United Kingdom Pathfinders 2950.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 22,43751.8% Yes
Ben Abbotts Liberal Democrat 9,46721.9% No
Tim Stanley Labour 9,10121.0% No
Robert Dobson UKIP 1,3093.0% No
John Marshall English Democrats 7511.7% No
Mark Ellis United Kingdom Pathfinders 2330.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 28,07656.8% Yes
Alan Bullion Liberal Democrat 10,56121.4% No
Gareth Siddorn Labour 6,54113.2% No
Christopher Heath UKIP 1,7823.6% No
Paul Golding BNP 1,3842.8% No
Louise Uncles English Democrats 8061.6% No
Mark Ellis Independent 2580.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 28,53156.9% Yes
Steve Lindsay UKIP 8,97017.9% No
Christopher Clark Labour 6,44812.9% No
Alan Bullion Liberal Democrat 3,9377.9% No
Amelie Boleyn Green 2,2384.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 32,64463.7% Yes
Christopher Clark Labour 10,72720.9% No
Alan Bullion Liberal Democrat 4,2808.4% No
Graham Cushway UKIP 1,8943.7% No
Philip Dodd Green 1,6733.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Laura Trott Conservative 30,93260.7% Yes
Gareth Willis Liberal Democrat 10,11419.8% No
Seamus McCauley Labour 6,94613.6% No
Paul Wharton Green 1,9743.9% No
Paulette Furse Independent 6951.4% No
Sean Finch Libertarian Party 2950.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Laura Trott Conservative 18,32836.7% Yes
Richard Streatfeild Liberal Democrat 12,88825.8% No
James Milmine Reform UK 9,34118.7% No
Denise Scott-McDonald Labour 6,80213.6% No
Laura Manston Green 2,0334.1% No
Elwyn Jones Rejoin EU 2980.6% No
Adam Hibbert Social Democratic Party 2090.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 8.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 57.3 pts 1906: Conservative margin 2.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 24.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 52.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 27.5 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 23.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 28.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 35.0 pts 1945: Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1950: Conservative margin 15.7 pts 1951: Conservative margin 20.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 23.7 pts 1959: Conservative margin 27.7 pts 1964: Conservative margin 24.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1970: Conservative margin 28.6 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 22.2 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 20.4 pts 1979: Conservative margin 34.6 pts 1983: Conservative margin 29.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 31.0 pts 1992: Conservative margin 33.1 pts 1997: Conservative margin 20.9 pts 2001: Conservative margin 23.8 pts 2005: Conservative margin 30.0 pts 2010: Conservative margin 35.4 pts 2015: Conservative margin 39.0 pts 2017: Conservative margin 42.8 pts 2019: Conservative margin 40.8 pts 2024: Conservative margin 10.9 pts 1885 1892 1900 1906 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Sevenoaks has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Unionist, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Sevenoaks in the 2024 general election?

Conservative won Sevenoaks in 2024 with 18,328 votes (36.7%), a majority of 5,440 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Sevenoaks since 1885?

Since 1885, Sevenoaks has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Sevenoaks?

The closest result on record for Sevenoaks was 1906, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 364 votes (2.6 percentage points).

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