Elections to Dartford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries, which reduced the total number of seats from 47 to 44. The election in Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet ward was postponed following the death of Bob Dunn, one of the Conservative candidates. The delayed election returned three Conservative councillors, increasing their number to 21.
Labour lost their majority on the council, putting it into no overall control. The Conservatives and Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents Association subsequently formed a coalition to control the council.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 18 | +4 | |||||||
| Labour | 17 | -12 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Residents | 5 | +3 | |||||||
| New England | 1 | +1 | |||||||
| Independent | 0 | -2 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Roy Bull | 750 | |||
| Conservative | David Alan Hammock | 737 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Douglas Armitt | 667 | |||
| Labour | Thomas William Cook | 591 | |||
| Labour | Samson Patrick Carey | 579 | |||
| Labour | Robert Finlay Carson | 454 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tanya Jane O'Rourke | 142 | |||
| UKIP | David John Kent | 74 | |||
| Turnout | 35.17% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth James Fickling | 800 | |||
| Conservative | Sarah Karamuth | 781 | |||
| Conservative | Nancy Catherine Wightman | 779 | |||
| Labour | Michael George Dando | 712 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Anne Eaton | 679 | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Bryant | 678 | |||
| UKIP | Peter Kenneth Overy | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 36.2% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sheila East | 130 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Reeves | 127 | |||
| Labour | Joyce Wise | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 31.1% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Martin Murphy | 329 | |||
| Residents | Brian Barry Fitzpatrick | 322 | |||
| Conservative | Conrad Broadley | 316 | |||
| Residents | Vic Openshaw | 290 | |||
| Conservative | Jan Michael Ozog | 234 | |||
| Conservative | Rebecca Florence Storey | 232 | |||
| Labour | Brian Robert Francis | 196 | |||
| Labour | Michael Leonard Mahy | 190 | |||
| Labour | Charles Prior | 190 | |||
| UKIP | Sara Reed | 43 | |||
| UKIP | Amanda Tracey Jane Fullagar | 23 | |||
| Turnout | 25.7% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Charles Harry Smith | 874 | |||
| Conservative | Kenneth Frank Martin Leadbeater | 847 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Anne Thurlow | 788 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Kelly | 486 | |||
| Labour | Marilyn Sharon May | 481 | |||
| Labour | Jonathan Victor Kingston | 449 | |||
| UKIP | Robert Charles Howell | 261 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Yvonne Cherek | 225 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew William John Keane | 224 | |||
| Turnout | 35.6% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Muckle | 321 | |||
| Labour | Matthew James Bryant | 303 | |||
| UKIP | Raymond Peter Day | 191 | |||
| UKIP | Mark Christopher Croucher | 177 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Garden | 90 | |||
| Conservative | Amy Elizabeth Peters | 87 | |||
| Turnout | 24.9% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ann Dorothy Allen | 1,060 | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Iris Peters | 1,056 | |||
| Conservative | Jennifer Ann Rickwood | 1,050 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Maddison | 398 | |||
| Labour | Stephen John Sherrell | 367 | |||
| Labour | Julian Timothy Bryant | 362 | |||
| UKIP | Arnold Edwin Tarling | 126 | |||
| Turnout | 34.6% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Ivan Muckle | 321 | |||
| New England | Michael Terrence Tibby | 276 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Robert David de Winton | 271 | |||
| Conservative | Terrence Raymond Martin | 131 | |||
| Conservative | David Matthew Pickersgill | 123 | |||
| UKIP | Edward Llewellyn | 117 | |||
| UKIP | Gordon Thomas Patrick Mayell | 88 | |||
| Turnout | 25.9% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David John Baker | 661 | |||
| Labour | Austen Raymond Brooker | 614 | |||
| Labour | Graham Christopher David Steele | 536 | |||
| Conservative | Robert John Etheridge | 432 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Ronald Lloyd | 415 | |||
| Conservative | Avtar Singh Sandhu | 399 | |||
| UKIP | Quentin Williamson | 157 | |||
| Turnout | 24.8% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Edward May | 661 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Anne Stock | 614 | |||
| Labour | Victor William Stock | 595 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Elizabeth Martin | 284 | |||
| Conservative | David Alistair Strachan | 267 | |||
| Conservative | Edna May Oborne | 252 | |||
| UKIP | Michael Robert Wiltshire | 221 | |||
| UKIP | Suzanne Louise Wiltshire | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 25.4% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ivor Thomas Noel Jones | 601 | |||
| Labour | Derek Ernest Lawson | 540 | |||
| Labour | Bryan Jones | 517 | |||
| Conservative | Barbara Gladys May Bell | 223 | |||
| Conservative | Doreen Edna Coleman | 197 | |||
| Conservative | Sheree Gail Mary Cox | 191 | |||
| UKIP | Jeffrey William Robert Reed | 100 | |||
| Turnout | 20.3% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patrick Francis Coleman | 875 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Robert Martin | 789 | |||
| Labour | Anne Elizabeth Burke | 266 | |||
| Labour | Jacqueline Lineham | 247 | |||
| Turnout | 35.7% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Bryan Ernest Read | 628 | |||
| Residents | Leslie James Bobby | 528 | |||
| Residents | John Alfred Hayes | 473 | |||
| Labour | Howard Graham Dold | 455 | |||
| Independent (politician) | Michael Arthur Crosby | 419 | |||
| Labour | Derek Alexander Hills | 312 | |||
| Labour | Angela Margaret Mahy | 290 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Stewart Mortimer Green | 71 | |||
| Conservative | Joyce Edna Kite | 68 | |||
| Conservative | Murdo Macleod | 59 | |||
| Turnout | 27.5% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dharma Ramdass Appadoo | 244 | |||
| Labour | Trevor Alan Rogers | 239 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Jon Shippam | 239 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Leigh Shippam | 176 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Easto | 127 | |||
| UKIP | Alan John Rice | 75 | |||
| Turnout | 23.2% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Deborah Jane Stoate | 736 | |||
| Labour | Geoffrey Truscott Prout | 714 | |||
| Labour | Francis Gerald Byrne | 706 | |||
| Conservative | Matthew John Davis | 673 | |||
| Conservative | Josephine Anne Shippam | 657 | |||
| Conservative | Teresa Wells | 637 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sonia Elizabeth Keane | 413 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Frida Melillo | 394 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Keith Gebbett | 388 | |||
| UKIP | Thomas Geoffrey Roach | 77 | |||
| Turnout | 46.6% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Edward Hunnisett | 870 | |||
| Conservative | Edward John Lampkin | 809 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Anthony Maddison | 564 | |||
| Labour | Christine Settle | 536 | |||
| Turnout | 46.5% | ||||
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