2011 Dartford Borough Council election

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The 2011 Dartford Borough Council Election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 5 May 2011. The whole council (44 seats) was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

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The Conservatives won seats from both the Labour Party and the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association, as well as retaining all their gains at the previous election.

Election result

"Residents Association" is the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association.

Turnout: 41.21%

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 5 May 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 315-+57052.8737,819
  Labour 9-3-32031.2022,122
  Residents 4-2-296.624690
  English Democrat 0---6.254615
  UKIP 0---<1392
  Green 0---<1316
  Independent 0---<1287
  Liberal Democrats 0---<1159

Ward results

In multi-member wards, "majority" is taken as the difference in votes between the lowest of the elected and the highest of the not elected.

Bean & Darenth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Douglas Armitt90820.92
Conservative David Alan Hammock88620.41
Conservative Rebecca Louise Shanks82418.98
Labour Margaret Anne Eaton4169.58
Labour Alan William Pearson3628.34
Labour Sarah Wimhurst3588.25
English Democrat Stephen Richard Culliford2275.23
English Democrat Gary Paul Rogers1854.26
English Democrat Neil Charles Tibby1754.03
Majority408
Turnout 434138.49
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Brent (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nancy Catherine Wightman115218.93
Conservative Drew Swinerd112918.55
Conservative Peter John Cannon111518.32
Labour Julian Timothy Bryant77912.80
Labour Raghvir Singh Athwal63810.48
Labour Christian Arthur Nicholson61610.12
English Democrat Michael Terrence Tibby2524.14
English Democrat Jeremy Richard Chattenton2113.47
English Democrat Mitchell Roy Jackson1933.17
Majority
Turnout 608544.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Castle (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila East33756.35
Labour Dharma Ramdass Appadoo12220.40
Residents Richard John Lees8313.88
English Democrat Frances Elizabeth Moore569.36
Majority215
Turnout 59832.20
Conservative hold Swing
Greenhithe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Susan Patricia Butterfill57214.06
Conservative Keith Martin Kelly55013.52
Conservative David James Mote53713.20
Residents Peter Martin Harman50112.32
Conservative Victoria Louise Morris47811.75
Residents Victor Openshaw46711.48
Labour John Wallace Masson2957.25
Labour Monica Lesley Masson2897.11
Labour Joyce Wise2877.06
English Democrat Dianne Cooper912.24
Majority
Turnout 406732.39
Residents hold Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing
Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Ronald Lloyd150124.13
Conservative Patricia Anne Thurlow140122.52
Conservative Richard John Wells136521.95
Labour Rosetta Mary Barnett5919.50
Labour David John Michael Stock5609.00
Labour Robert John Celino5348.59
English Democrat Carol White-Griffiths2684.31
Majority
Turnout 622048.24
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Joyce Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Muckle54328.85
Labour Matthew James Bryant51227.21
Conservative Scott David Shewbridge28114.93
Conservative Terence Jonathan White21111.21
English Democrat Glenn Gardner1769.35
Liberal Democrats William Simmonds914.84
Liberal Democrats George Sakellariou683.61
Turnout 188234.26
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Joydens Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Dorothy Allen176625.57
Conservative Marilyn Iris Peters171724.86
Conservative Jennifer Ann Rickwood166124.05
Labour Paul Frederick Blankley5157.46
Labour Susan May Brooker5157.46
Labour Michael John Allen5017.25
English Democrat Laurence Williams2323.36
Turnout 690747.03
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Littlebrook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ivan Muckle58532.43
Labour Thomas Anthony Maddison50427.94
Conservative Julie Anne Ozog25614.19
Conservative Ragbhir Singh Sandhu23312.92
English Democrat Paul Anthony Wells22612.53
Turnout 180435.78
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Alan Kite182825.12
Conservative Steven Hamilton Brown174724.01
Conservative Roger Perfitt156221.46
Independent Jennifer Mary MacDonald4936.77
Labour
Labour Catherine Mary Stafford4496.17
Labour Maureen Anna Jansseune3785.19
Labour John Roger Ward3234.44
Green Christopher John Burton3164.34
UKIP Sanya-Jeet Thandi1812.49
Turnout 727753.05
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Newtown (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Reynolds95116.56
Conservative Avtar Singh Sandhu93816.33
Conservative Michael John Street89815.63
Labour David John Baker84214.66
Labour Helen Mary Susan Flint73312.76
Labour Gurdial Singh Rai67911.82
English Democrat Daryl Saines2654.61
English Democrat James Thomas Read2253.92
English Democrat Louise Ann Uncles2133.71
Turnout 574442.17
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Princes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Bryant81119.87
Labour Patrick Kelly72817.83
Labour Geoffrey Truscott Prout68416.76
Conservative Rebecca Florence Storey53613.13
Conservative Jean Carol Shippam52912.96
Conservative Steven Ronald Jarnell52612.89
English Democrat Christine Lorraine Dunmall2686.57
Turnout 408236.57
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Burrell71318.53
Labour John Paul Adams64216.68
Labour Jonathon Simon Hawkes60915.83
Conservative Madeleine Barbara Phyllis Rogers58815.28
Labour Iqbal Badwal56014.55
Conservative Brian Walter Wells54414.14
English Democrat Paul David Cooper1924.99
Turnout 384833.89
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Francis Coleman96036.82
Conservative Anthony Robert Martin81731.34
Labour Stephen Robert David de Winton37114.23
Labour Samantha Kirsty Fallick32212.35
English Democrat Christopher Henry Bousfield1375.26
Turnout 260745.18
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Swanscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Bryan Ernest Read106324.82
Residents Leslie James Bobby101123.61
Residents John Alfred Hayes99323.19
Labour Anne Elizabeth Burke3598.38
Labour David Edward May3427.99
Labour Marilyn Sharon May3037.08
UKIP Stephen Wilders2114.93
Turnout 428232.96
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew John Davis53325.66
Conservative Christopher Jon Shippam49523.83
Labour Carole Ann Jones39118.83
Labour Ian Alexander Kettley35417.04
English Democrat Nathan Andrew (Potton) King1296.21
English Democrat Andrew Richard Charles Waghorn1065.10
Ashley Brown432.07
Hasan Nurhakli261.25
Turnout 207737.55
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
West Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arron Bardoe114518.22
Conservative Anthony Wells114218.17
Conservative Jan Michael Ozog102816.35
Labour Christine Angell75612.03
Labour Garry Graham Sturley66610.59
Labour Samuel Taiwo-Brown66010.50
English Democrat John Henry Griffiths2584.10
English Democrat Michelle Laura Duncan2253.58
Independent Josephine Anne Shippam2183.47
English Democrat Steven Thomas Uncles1882.99
Turnout 628647.08
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Wilmington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Edward Hunnisett107138.44
Conservative Edward John Lampkin96034.46
Labour Derek Alexander Hills32211.56
Labour Graham Christopher David Steele31611.34
English Democrat Teresa Cannon1174.20
Turnout 278647.34
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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