Canterbury: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Canterbury is Rosie Duffield (Independent), returned on 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Rosie Duffield (Labour) won 19,531 votes, 41.4% of the valid vote; Louise Harvey-Quirke (Conservative) came second with 10,878. 47,231 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 71,155, 66.4% of those registered. The majority was 8,653. Rosie Duffield stood for Labour in 2024; the Members API now lists the party as Independent.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Canterbury has the 63rd highest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (28.6%).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 69.3% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 8.1 points. 28.6% were economically inactive.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 110,138; the estimate for 2014 was 106,049. Children under 16 numbered 17,577; people aged 65 and over, 22,295.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £345,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £265,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £370,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 194th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,132 sales were registered in the period, against 1,527 in the year to March 2025.
Census 2021: 42,275 households, 457.3 people per square kilometre, 33.1% of workers based at home, 22.4% of adults retired.
Workplaces in Canterbury accounted for 56,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,965 local units for March 2026.
In 2024/25, 23.0% of children under 16 in Canterbury (4,037) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 15.4% in 2021/22 to 14.6% in 2024/25.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £37,622 for jobs in Canterbury and £38,520 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £36,973. The residents' figure ranks 302nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 2,285 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.3%. September 2025 had 2,165.
MP
Rosie Duffield, Independent
- MP for Canterbury since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 8 June 2017
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Rosie Duffield on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Rosie Duffield in Hansard, from 30 June 2026 to 14 September 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 63 spoken contributions by Rosie Duffield since 4 July 2024.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. It is no surprise at all that my constituency has the second highest number of signatures to the petition.
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We talk a lot about Canada, but the Netherlands is practically next door to my constituency and has a democracy very similar to ours. People in their 20s have been allowed to take this path there, which is absolutely shocking.
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Absolutely, and I thank my hon. Friend for her contribution and her considerable experience in this area. We hear a lot about coercion. Those with learning disabilities are surely extremely vulnerable to that, as well as the elderly and people with dementia.
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T7. This week, Professor Susan Ayers launches her report, “The Cost of Birth Trauma”, in Parliament. It is a first, as it goes beyond the more obvious health and social care implications, and follows the 2024 inquiry by the all-party parliamentary group on birth trauma.
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Our APPG on birth trauma report in 2024 was the first in Parliament on that subject. We heard from more than 1,300 women and families. The report was titled, “Listen to Mums”.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie Duffield | Labour | 19,531 | 41.4% | −7.2 |
| Louise Harvey-Quirke | Conservative | 10,878 | 23.0% | −21.8 |
| Bridget Porter | Reform UK | 6,805 | 14.4% | |
| Henry Stanton | Green Party | 5,920 | 12.5% | |
| Russ Timpson | Liberal Democrat | 3,812 | 8.1% | +2.4 |
| Luke Buchanan-Hodgman | Social Democratic Party | 285 | 0.6% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 41.4% | Conservative 23.0% | 8,653 | 66.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 48.6% | Conservative 44.8% | 2,160 | 75.7% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Canterbury lies within Canterbury.
- Canterbury E07000106
Who has power over Canterbury
Every body that makes decisions for Canterbury, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Canterbury this page: Rosie Duffield (Independent) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Canterbury?
Rosie Duffield (Independent), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Canterbury?
The House of Commons Library records 19,531 votes for Rosie Duffield of Labour and a majority of 8,653; 66.4% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Canterbury?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,285, 3.3% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Canterbury?
£345,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Canterbury?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £38,520 (April 2025).
How many children in Canterbury live in low income families?
4,037 children under 16, 23.0%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Canterbury?
110,138 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.