Dartford local elections
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Dartford Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Labour 1973 - 1983
Conservative 1983 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
Dartford Council election, 1999
Dartford Council election, 2003
Dartford Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Galley Hill By-Election 27 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Residents Association | 245 | 54.8 | +54.8 | ||
| Labour | 165 | 36.9 | +7.3 | ||
| Independent Labour | 20 | 4.5 | -43.8 | ||
| Independent Democrat | 17 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Majority | 80 | 17.9 | |||
| Turnout | 447 | 19.0 | |||
| Residents gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
| Longfield By-Election 27 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 410 | 45.4 | +9.5 | ||
| Residents Association | 314 | 34.8 | +34.8 | ||
| Labour | 179 | 19.8 | -3.5 | ||
| Majority | 96 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 903 | 23.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Maypole By-Election 27 November 1997 (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 407 | ||||
| Conservative | 403 | ||||
| Labour | 237 | ||||
| Labour | 232 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 122 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,401 | 28.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhithe By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Francis | 794 | 48.4 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Shiela East | 521 | 31.8 | +31.8 | |
| Independent | Wayne Cunningham | 326 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
| Majority | 273 | 16.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,641 | ||||
| Labour gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
| Joyce Green By-Election 21 February 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Matthew Bryant | 375 | 73.4 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Shirley Burton | 77 | 15.1 | -0.3 | |
| UK Independence | Mark Croucher | 59 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
| Majority | 298 | 58.3 | |||
| Turnout | 511 | 19.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Sutton at Hone and Hawley By-Election 21 February 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Anthony Martin | 617 | 53.7 | -8.2 | |
| Labour | Stephen de Winton | 533 | 46.3 | +8.2 | |
| Majority | 84 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,150 | 36.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet By-Election 19 June 2003 (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Kite | 1,417 | |||
| Conservative | (Robert) Alexander Dunn | 1,393 | |||
| Conservative | Albert Bassam | 1,383 | |||
| Independent | (Mary) Noreen Salway | 715 | |||
| Independent | Frederick Grainger | 402 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Mack | 364 | |||
| Labour | Alistair Jordan | 326 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Sonia Keane | 168 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Reeves | 143 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Mathias Toth | 124 | |||
| Turnout | 6,435 | 45.6 | |||
| Heath By-Election 27 July 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Lloyd | 637 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Kelly | 518 | 28.6 | ||
| British National Party | Kevin Saunders | 240 | 13.2 | ||
| UK Independence | Robert Wiltshire | 179 | 9.9 | ||
| English Democrats | Steven Uncles | 174 | 9.6 | ||
| Green | Stuart Jeffery | 65 | 3.6 | ||
| Majority | 119 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,818 | 37.95 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Princes By-Election 21 February 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Patrick Kelly | 592 | 50.2 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | Jean Shippam | 348 | 29.5 | +5.2 | |
| English Democrats | Mike Tibby | 198 | 16.8 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Amanda Martin | 22 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| UK Independence | Arnold Tarling | 19 | 1.6 | -12.1 | |
| Majority | 244 | 20.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,179 | 27.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
