 Since 1987 , the Member of Parliament for the Canterbury constituency , which includes Whitstable , has been the Conservative Julian Brazier . At the 2005 general election , the Conservatives won a majority of 7 @,@ 471 and 44 @.@ 4 % of the vote in the Canterbury constituency . Labour won 28 @.@ 7 % of the vote , Liberal Democrats 21 @.@ 1 % , the Green Party 3 @.@ 2 % , United Kingdom Independence Party 1 @.@ 9 % , and the <unk> Cannabis Alliance 0 @.@ 7 % . 
