The Sittingbourne and Sheppey Labour Party is organised geographically within the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, as it was set up by the Boundary Commission before the 1997 General Election. The constitution of the Local Party has recently changed to accommodate the Teynham and Lynsted ward, which will be in the constituency for the next General Election.
Up to the General Election of 1992, the local party was known as the Faversham Constituency Labour Party within the old Faversham constituency boundaries. The party was first formed after 1918, and the Faversham constituency was represented by Labour MPs Percy Wells and Terry Boston, between 1945 and 1970.
The Constituency Party is divided into four branches; the Sittingbourne Branch manages local campaigning in the mainland part of the Constituency, whilst Sheppey is divided into Queenborough and Halfway, Sheerness and Minster and Eastern.
The Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency has been represented by Labour MP Derek Wyatt since 1997.