Kent local elections
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Kent Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1993
No overall control 1993 - 1997
Conservative 1997 - present
[edit] Council elections
Kent Council election, 2001
Kent Council election, 2005
[edit] By-election results
| Medway North Central By-Election 24 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 979 | 72.0 | +15.3 | ||
| Conservative | 381 | 28.0 | -3.3 | ||
| Majority | 598 | 44.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,360 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Ashford South By-Election 9 July 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 792 | 54.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 370 | 25.5 | +5.1 | ||
| Conservative | 240 | 16.5 | -8.1 | ||
| British National Party | 50 | 3.4 | +3.4 | ||
| Majority | 422 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,452 | 13.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Malling Rural NE By-Election 6 May 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1,894 | 44.2 | +7.7 | ||
| Conservative | 1,614 | 37.7 | -1.0 | ||
| Labour | 778 | 18.2 | -6.5 | ||
| Majority | 280 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,286 | 32.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Swanscombe & Stone By-Election 14 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 862 | 37.3 | +9.0 | ||
| Labour | 760 | 32.9 | -5.3 | ||
| Independent | 446 | 19.3 | -1.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 245 | 10.6 | -2.2 | ||
| Majority | 102 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,313 | 15.1 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Cranbrook By-Election 19 September 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,708 | 65.0 | +7.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 497 | 18.9 | -6.0 | ||
| Labour | 216 | 8.2 | -9.6 | ||
| UK Independence | 207 | 7.9 | +7.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,211 | 46.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,628 | 23.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Ashford South East By-Election 29 April 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | George Koowaree | 1,089 | 34.1 | -2.4 | |
| Conservative | Noel Greaves | 986 | 30.9 | -1.8 | |
| Labour | Leslie Lawrie | 459 | 14.4 | -20.0 | |
| Independent | Melvyn Elliff | 386 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
| Green | Stephen Dawe | 140 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| National Front | John Kellam | 135 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 103 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,195 | 26.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Maidstone North East By-Election 12 July 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Chittenden | 1,620 | 56.2 | +12.5 | |
| Conservative | Vanessa Jones | 831 | 28.8 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Stuart Jeffery | 187 | 6.5 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Patrick Coates | 164 | 5.7 | -12.5 | |
| UK Independence | Mark Croucher | 81 | 2.8 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 789 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,883 | 24.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Dover Town By-Election 27 September 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Cowan | 1,860 | 44.5 | -5.8 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Collor | 1,348 | 32.2 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Dean Stiles | 420 | 10.0 | -11.6 | |
| Independent | Victor Matcham | 300 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| UK Independence | Peter Campbell-Marshall | 256 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 512 | 12.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,184 | 19.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
