Maidstone local elections
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One third of Maidstone Council in Kent, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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[edit] Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1983
No overall control 1983 - 2008
Conservative 2008 - present
[edit] Council elections
Maidstone Council election, 1998
Maidstone Council election, 1999
Maidstone Council election, 2000
Maidstone Council election, 2002
Maidstone Council election, 2003
Maidstone Council election, 2004
Maidstone Council election, 2006
Maidstone Council election, 2007
Maidstone Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election results
| Yalding By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,000 | 44.4 | +12.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 643 | 28.6 | -15.2 | ||
| Labour | 607 | 27.0 | +7.3 | ||
| Majority | 357 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,250 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Loose By-Election 3 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 283 | 59.1 | -13.8 | ||
| Conservative | 117 | 24.4 | +8.2 | ||
| Labour | 79 | 16.5 | +5.5 | ||
| Majority | 166 | 34.7 | |||
| Turnout | 479 | 25.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| High Street By-Election 13 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 350 | 39.6 | -3.0 | ||
| Labour | 310 | 35.1 | -5.8 | ||
| Conservative | 123 | 13.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Maidstone First | 73 | 8.3 | +8.3 | ||
| Green | 27 | 3.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Majority | 40 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 883 | 19.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Allington By-Election 29 October 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 744 | 72.2 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour | 159 | 15.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Conservative | 128 | 12.4 | -2.8 | ||
| Majority | 585 | 56.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,031 | 18.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Boxley By-Election 29 October 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 630 | 63.3 | +23.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 201 | 20.2 | +6.1 | ||
| Labour | 165 | 16.6 | -25.5 | ||
| Majority | 429 | 43.1 | |||
| Turnout | 996 | 14.1 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Hollingbourne By-Election 29 October 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 198 | 48.3 | -12.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 193 | 47.1 | +25.1 | ||
| Labour | 19 | 4.6 | -13.1 | ||
| Majority | 5 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 410 | 35.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Marden and Yalding By-Election 27 November 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 726 | 49.8 | -12.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 535 | 36.7 | +18.4 | ||
| Labour | 153 | 10.5 | -4.0 | ||
| UK Independence | 43 | 3.0 | -1.8 | ||
| Majority | 191 | 13.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,457 | 24.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Downswood & Otham By-Election 13 October 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | David Marchant | 314 | 61.3 | +15.0 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Crockford | 184 | 35.9 | +17.2 | |
| Labour | Audrey Gardner | 14 | 2.7 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 130 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 512 | 24.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Parkwood By-Election 30 November 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Field | 347 | 57.6 | +23.5 | |
| Labour | Wesley Mason | 130 | 21.6 | -13.3 | |
| Conservative | Scott Hahnefeld | 125 | 20.8 | -10.1 | |
| Majority | 217 | 36.0 | |||
| Turnout | 602 | 19.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Shepway South By-Election 6 December 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sheena Williams | 251 | 36.0 | -9.7 | |
| Labour | Gill Annan | 240 | 34.4 | +34.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bryan Vizzard | 173 | 24.8 | -22.0 | |
| Green | Stephen Muggeridge | 34 | 4.9 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 11 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 698 | 16.1 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
