The 2012 Maidstone Borough Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council (19 seats) were scheduled for election, whilst an additional vacancy caused by the resignation of a sitting councillor was also filled in Heath ward, meaning a total of 20 of the borough's 55 seats were elected.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 10 | 9,916 | |||||||
Labour | 1 | 4,269 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 7,446 | |||||||
Green | 0 | 1,865 | |||||||
Independent | 3 | 2,123 | |||||||
UKIP | 0 | 565 | |||||||
National Front | 0 | 97 | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Ginley | 613 | |||
Labour | Wendy Hollands | 266 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Robertson | 1146 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Black | 182 | |||
Independent | Fay Gooch | 722 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ash | 1340 | |||
Labour | Steve Gibson | 396 | |||
Green | Ciaran Oliver | 204 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Samme | 154 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 31% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gill Annan | 39 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Le Hegarat | 192 | |||
Independent | Steve Munford | 707 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Beckwith | 357 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Hinder | 1167 | |||
Green | Andrew Waldie | 186 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rob Field | 407 | |||
Labour | Bruce Heald | 200 | |||
Green | Robin Kinrade | 141 | |||
Conservative | James Ross | 443 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Denise Hay | 114 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Rabicano | 638 | |||
Labour | Stella Randall | 221 | |||
Conservative | John Wilson | 794 | |||
UKIP | Keith Woollven | 222 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Cox | 1060 | |||
Conservative | Tony Dennison | 623 | |||
Green | Hannah Patton | 312 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 30% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Harper | 548 | |||
Green | Stuart Jeffrey | 442 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Paine | 610 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Shepherd | 311 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Penny Kemp | ||||
Conservative | Richard Thick | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Coates | 217 | |||
Labour | Richard Coates | 217 | |||
Conservative | Scott Hahnefeld | 349 | |||
Conservative | Brian Moss | 428 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Naghi | 369 | |||
Green | James Shalice | 120 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Vizzard | 499 | |||
Turnout | 26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Butcher | 374 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Denise Joy | 649 | |||
Green | Wendy Lewis | 113 | |||
Labour | Marianna Poliszczuk | 233 | |||
UKIP | John Stanford | 176 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 23% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Austin | ||||
Labour | Edith Davis | ||||
Green | Ian McDonald | ||||
Conservative | Steve McLoughlin | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Gardner | 84 | |||
Green | Sarah Goodwin | 66 | |||
Conservative | Daphne Parvin | 442 | |||
Independent | Carol Vizzard | 115 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Adkinson | 206 | |||
UKIP | Charles Elliott | 167 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jenni Paterson | 907 | |||
Conservative | Jeff Tree | 381 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Cooke | 214 | |||
Labour | Debbie Fernandez | 276 | |||
Independent | Daniel Moriarty | 319 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 18% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Garland | 742 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | Jim Grogan | 591 | 37.0 | ||
Green | Stephen Muggeridge | 167 | 10.0 | ||
National Front | Gary Butler | 97 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 151 | ||||
Turnout | 1,597 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Hinder | 265 | |||
Independent | Geoff Licence | 260 | |||
Labour | Malcolm McKay | 418 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 1306 | |||
Conservative | Vianne Gibbons | 757 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32% |
The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its administrative centre is Maidstone, the county town of Kent.
Maidstone was a parliamentary constituency represented in the Parliament of England, Great Britain and from 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Elections to Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, United Kingdom are held each year to elect one-third of its members, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 55 councillors have been elected from 26 wards. From 2023 onwards, the format of elections will change, with all 55 councillors being elected once every 4 years.
The Kent County Council election, 2009 was an election to all 84 seats on Kent County Council held on 2 May as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. 84 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. No elections were held in Medway, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.
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The 2003 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2004 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2006 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2007 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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