2021 Kent County Council election

2021 Kent County Council election

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All 81 seats to Kent County Council 41 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 67 seats 5 seats 7 seats Seats won 62 7 6 Seat change 5 2 1 Popular vote 217,904 90,920 49,448 Percentage 49.1% 20.5% 11.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Swale Ind. Residents Last election 1 seat N/A 1 seat Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 61,355 7,109 2,155 Percentage 13.8% 1.6% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2021 Kent County Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Kent County Council were held on 6 May 2021, alongside other local elections. ^[1]

81 councillors were elected from 71 electoral divisions.

Summary

Election result

2021 Kent County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	81	62	4	9	5	76.3	49.1	217,904
	Labour	78	7	4	2	2	8.8	20.5	90,920
	Liberal Democrats	65	6	2	3	1	7.5	11.1	49,448
	Green	65	4	4	1	3	5.0	13.8	61,355
	Swale Ind.	4	1	1	0	1	1.3	1.6	7,109
	Residents	2	1	0	0		1.3	0.5	2,155
	Independent	23	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	8,238
	Thanet Independents	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,861
	Reform UK	11	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,561
	Alliance	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	1,337
	UKIP	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	927
	Foundation	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	561
	Workers Party	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	331
	Socialist (GB)	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	144
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	91
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	78
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	23

Results by district

Ashford

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6	1	16,859	57.3	+2.2
	Green	1	1	4,899	16.7	+10.9
	Labour	0	1	5,140	17.5	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	0	1	2,240	7.6	–7.9
	Independent	0		285	1.0	N/A

District results

Ashford Central ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	2,144	55.8	–2.7
	Labour	Kate Leavey	920	24.0	+5.6
	Green	Liz Wright	535	13.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Mbali	242	6.3	–4.3
Majority			1,224	31.8	–8.3
Turnout			3,874	28.4	+1.4
Registered electors			13,635
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Ashford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Campkin	1,854	44.5	+39.0
	Conservative	Graham Galpin	1,428	34.3	+6.2
	Labour	Sojan Joseph	596	14.3	–1.1
	Independent	Garry Harrison	149	3.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Strolz	136	3.3	–37.9
Majority			426	10.2	N/A
Turnout			4,181	31.2	+0.2
Registered electors			13,397
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.4

Ashford Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	2,878	57.3	–2.9
	Green	Geoffery Meaden	858	17.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Knight	656	13.1	–2.7
	Labour	Alan Dean	627	12.5	+2.6
Majority			2,020	40.2	–3.8
Turnout			5,069	36.9	+1.9
Registered electors			13,720
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Ashford Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robey	2,420	61.2	–1.0
	Labour	Mark Silvester	560	14.2	+0.7
	Green	Dawn Nilsson	463	11.7	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Dickens	376	9.5	–2.3
	Independent	Jason Smith	136	3.4	N/A
Majority			1,860	47.0	–1.0
Turnout			3,984	28.4	–0.6
Registered electors			14,005
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Ashford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Simkins	3,098	64.8	+2.0
	Green	Hilary Jones	632	13.2	+6.8
	Labour	Norma Smyth	612	12.8	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	391	8.2	–4.9
	Libertarian	Andrew Lewin	51	1.1	N/A
Majority			2,466	51.6	+1.6
Turnout			4,809	32.6	+1.6
Registered electors			14,758
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Ashford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dirk Ross	1,407	43.7	+13.3
	Labour	Dara Farrell	1,319	41.0	+8.8
	Green	Thom Pizzey	263	8.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hein Behrens	232	7.2	–2.6
Majority			88	2.7	N/A
Turnout			3,252	23.8	+0.8
Registered electors			13,687
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.3

Tenterden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hill, OBE	3,484	69.4	–1.6
	Green	Guy Pullen	663	13.2	+7.6
	Labour	Emma MacLennan	506	10.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	366	7.3	–2.2
Majority			2,821	56.2	–5.8
Turnout			5,058	35.6	–0.4
Registered electors			14,195
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6

Canterbury

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	2	17,221	43.8	–1.4
	Labour	2	2	11,348	28.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	1		6,188	15.7	–4.8
	Green	0		4,327	11.0	+5.3
	Independent	0		263	0.7	N/A

District results

Canterbury City North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alister Brady	1,951	43.3	+17.7
	Conservative	Naziyat Khan	1,077	23.9	–11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	997	22.1	–2.2
	Green	Henry Stanton	477	10.6	+0.3
Majority			874	19.4	N/A
Turnout			4,548	37.7	+0.7
Registered electors			12,049
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	14.7

Canterbury City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mel Dawkins	2,095	41.0	+17.0
	Conservative	Sergiu Barna	1,374	26.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Linfield	1,109	21.7	–19.5
	Green	Patricia Marsh	527	10.3	+3.4
Majority			721	14.1	N/A
Turnout			5,159	36.9	+3.9
Registered electors			13,971
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.9

Canterbury North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	2,402	53.2	–2.8
	Labour	Paul Prentice	1,002	22.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ricketts	602	13.3	–1.2
	Green	Anna Peckham	509	11.3	+4.4
Majority			1,400	31.0	–8.0
Turnout			4,555	38.9	+5.9
Registered electors			11,718
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

Canterbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sole	2,457	45.6	+9.0
	Conservative	Michael Northey	1,966	36.5	–7.6
	Labour	Connie Nolan	961	17.8	+4.4
Majority			491	9.1	N/A
Turnout			5,424	43.3	+3.3
Registered electors			12,521
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Herne Bay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Watkins	2,366	54.2	–0.6
	Labour	Simon Warley	936	21.5	+1.1
	Green	Brian Shelley	635	14.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowley	249	5.7	–5.9
	Independent	Graeme Sergeant	177	4.1	N/A
Majority			1,430	32.7	–2.3
Turnout			4,363	30.4	–0.6
Registered electors			14,330
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Herne Village and Sturry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	2,911	60.3	+0.2
	Labour	Jean Butcher	1,015	21.0	+3.5
	Green	Andy Harvey	640	13.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Maltby	259	5.4	–3.8
Majority			1,896	39.3	–2.7
Turnout			4,848	30.4	+1.4
Registered electors			15,936
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Whitstable East and Herne Bay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Baker	2,703	53.9	+5.6
	Labour	Dan Allen	1,162	23.2	+5.9
	Green	Keith Bothwell	804	16.0	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Flanagan	342	6.8	–8.6
Majority			1,541	30.7	–0.3
Turnout			5,051	35.9	+3.9
Registered electors			14,080
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Whitstable West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	2,422	42.9	+0.9
	Labour	Naomi Smith	2,236	39.6	+6.8
	Green	Nicole David	735	13.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Hawkins	173	3.1	–7.4
	Independent	Joseph Egerton	86	1.5	N/A
Majority			186	3.3	–5.7
Turnout			5,700	38.9	+2.9
Registered electors			14,640
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

Dartford

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	12,211	52.9	–0.7
	Labour	1	1	7,101	30.8	+4.9
	Residents	1		2,155	9.3	+4.4
	Green	0		1,157	5.0	+4.3
	Reform UK	0		460	2.0	N/A

District results

Dartford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,729	49.7	–11.9
	Labour	Claire Pearce	1,015	29.2	+6.8
	Residents	Katie Lynch	734	21.1	N/A
Majority			714	20.5	–19.5
Turnout			3,514	26.7	+3.7
Registered electors			13,161
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4

Dartford North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Jane Grehan	1,872	43.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Peter Whapshott	1,763	41.0	–1.4
	Green	Laura Edie	559	13.0	+8.7
	Reform UK	Barry Taylor	106	2.5	N/A
Majority			109	2.5	N/A
Turnout			4,352	27.7	–0.3
Registered electors			15,685
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.4

Dartford Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	3,172	74.1	+4.0
	Labour	Joshua Grills	694	16.2	+0.4
	Green	Mark Lindop	284	6.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Howard Bostridge	133	3.1	N/A
Majority			2,478	57.9	+3.9
Turnout			4,307	33.8	+0.8
Registered electors			12,733
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Dartford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Ozog	2,649	60.5	+11.4
	Labour Co-op	Lucy Robinson	1,565	35.7	+3.6
	Reform UK	Gary Rogers	166	3.8	N/A
Majority			1,084	24.8	+7.8
Turnout			4,429	31.3	+0.3
Registered electors			14,166
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peter Harman	1,421	40.4	–2.1
	Labour Co-op	Sacha Gosine	1,130	32.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	911	25.9	+1.2
	Reform UK	David Martin-Garcia	55	1.6	N/A
Majority			291	8.3	–9.7
Turnout			3,548	27.5	+3.5
Registered electors			12,884
	Residents hold		Swing	4.8

Wilmington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen	2,987	72.4	+9.4
	Labour	Maria Perry	825	20.0	–0.3
	Green	Deborah Edge	314	7.6	N/A
Majority			1,162	52.4	+9.4
Turnout			4,161	31.3	+0.3
Registered electors			13,292
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Dover

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	7		20,540	50.6	+1.8
	Labour	0		11,834	29.1	–1.3
	Green	0		4,216	10.4	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,084	5.1	–1.8
	Independent	0		1,609	4.0	+3.6
	Workers Party	0		331	0.8	N/A

District results

Deal and Walmer (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Bond	3,964	49.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	3,693	46.2	+2.9
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	2,793	35.0	+0.1
	Labour	Edward Biggs	2,407	30.1	–3.5
	Green	Mike Eddy	1,604	20.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope James	462	5.8	–3.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Gosling	377	4.7	–2.7
	Independent	Chris Tough	341	4.3	+2.1
	Independent	Bobby Falaise	269	3.4	N/A
	Workers Party	Christopher Tasker	70	0/9	N/A
Turnout			8,445	35.0	±0.0
Registered electors			24,123
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Manion	2,138	51.8	–1.9
	Labour	Charles Woodgate	1,076	26.1	–4.3
	Green	Sarah Waite-Gleave	747	18.1	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Stogdon	168	4.1	N/A
Majority			1,062	25.7	+1.7
Turnout			4,166	33.7	–0.3
Registered electors			12,358
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Dover Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	2,987	43.7	+8.2
	Conservative	Oliver Richardson	2,287	39.7	–1.7
	Labour	Dom Howden	1,935	33.6	–4.0
	Labour	Charlotte Zosseder	1,867	30.7	+1.7
	Green	Beccy Sawbridge	924	16.1	+9.3
	Independent	Graham Wanstall	583	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roben Franklin	367	6.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Lyden	298	5.2	–0.4
	Workers Party	David Kerr	261	4.5	N/A
Turnout			6,197	24.6	–2.4
Registered electors			25,144
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dover West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beaney	2,663	62.0	+1.2
	Labour Co-op	Pamela Brivio	1,007	23.4	+5.4
	Green	Nicolas Shread	433	10.1	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Blackwell	193	4.5	–2.5
Majority			1,656	38.6	–4.4
Turnout			4,329	33.6	–0.4
Registered electors			12,898
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Sandwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Chandler	2,808	59.7	–1.6
	Labour	Barney Sadler	749	15.9	–1.9
	Green	Abigail Stroud	508	10.8	+5.4
	Independent	Paul Carter	416	8.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vernon Recas	219	4.7	–4.7
Majority			2,059	43.8	+0.8
Turnout			4,743	35.0	–1.0
Registered electors			13,568
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Folkestone and Hythe

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5		12,920	47.1	+4.4
	Labour	1	1	5,465	19.9	+8.0
	Green	0	1	3,935	14.3	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		3,024	11.0	–1.8
	Foundation	0		561	2.0	N/A
	UKIP	0		498	1.8	–11.1
	Independent	0		485	1.8	–2.6
	Reform UK	0		309	1.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	0		144	0.5	+0.3
	TUSC	0		81	0.3	N/A

District results

Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory Love	2,143	41.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	2,122	41.2	+17.6
	Labour	Paul Bingham	792	15.4	−1.2
	TUSC	Eric Segal	91	1.8	N/A
Majority			21	0.4
Turnout			5,148	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Elham Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey	1,809	50.1	−4.2
	Green	Douglas Wade	1,335	37.0	+24.6
	Labour	Robin Potter	247	6.8	−3.4
	Independent	Andrew Russell	221	6.1	N/A
Majority			474	13.1	27.9
Turnout			3,620	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The election in Elham Valley was deferred to 17 June 2021 due to the death of a candidate after the close of nominations.

Folkestone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Meade	1,324	38.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	1,132	32.7	−3.0
	Foundation	Mary Lawes	561	16.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Scott-Sansom	361	10.4	−6.4
	Socialist (GB)	Max Hess	89	2.6	+1.1
Majority			192	5.5
Turnout			3,467	25.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.8

Folkestone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dylan Jeffrey	2,105	43.1	−1.1
	Labour	Laura Davison	1,792	36.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Pemberton	541	11.1	−1.5
	Independent	Diane Priestley	264	5.4	N/A
	Reform UK	David Smith	127	2.6	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	55	1.1	+0.5
Majority			313	6.4
Turnout			4,884	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Hythe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Weatherhead	2,592	49.1	+11.2
	Green	Georgina Treloar	1,997	37.8	−3.6
	Labour	Anthony Goode	499	9.5	+3.2
	UKIP	Len Laws	189	3.6	−5.5
Majority			595	11.3
Turnout			5,277	39.9
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing	7.4

Romney Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	3,139	62.2	+20.1
	Labour	Tony Cooper	811	16.1	+9.2
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	603	12.0	+7.9
	UKIP	Ian Meyers	309	6.1	−14.3
	Reform UK	Eric Elliott	182	3.6	N/A
Majority			2,328	46.1
Turnout			5,044	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Gravesham

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	18,793	51.2	+4.3
	Labour	1	1	14,006	38.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,033	5.5	+0.6
	Green	0		1,895	5.2	+1.8

District results

Gravesend East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jordan Meade	4,272	53.8	+4.6
	Conservative	Alan Ridgers*	3,813	48.1	+3.9
	Labour	Emma Morley	3,335	42.0	+5.1
	Labour	Tony Rana	2,993	37.7	+1.5
	Green	Martin Wilson	687	8.7	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	391	4.9	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Wright	376	4.7	+1.2
Turnout			8,640	27.7	+1.7
Registered electors			31,140
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Gravesham Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	3,696	67.1	–4.4
	Labour	Daniel Baber	814	14.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Banks	625	11.3	+3.4
	Green	Susan Hodge	375	6.8	N/A
Majority			2,881	52.3	–5.7
Turnout			5,559	35.8	–0.2
Registered electors			15,511
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

Northfleet and Gravesend West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	3,609	47.0	+6.7
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan*	3,461	45.1	+2.0
	Labour	John Burden	3,403	44.3	–0.7
	Conservative	Gary Harding	3,403	44.3	+6.9
	Green	Richard Bayfield	833	10.9	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	641	8.4	+3.8
Turnout			8,472	28.2	–1.8
Registered electors			30,093
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Maidstone

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	7	1	24,293	48.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	10,150	20.1	–11.1
	Labour	0		7,570	15.0	+6.1
	Green	0		6,340	12.6	+7.8
	Independent	0		1,903	3.8	+3.5
	Reform UK	0		250	0.5	N/A

District results

Maidstone Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Cannon	3,484	40.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Daley	2,880	33.5	–15.2
	Conservative	John Perry	2,562	29.8	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	2,207	25.7	–17.5
	Labour	Patrick Coates	1,817	21.1	+3.0
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,748	20.3	N/A
	Green	Donna Greenan	1,389	16.2	+9.7
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,098	12.8	+6.7
Majority			318	4	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Maidstone North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1,793	39.2	–11.1
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	1,678	36.7	+4.9
	Labour	John Randall	584	12.8	+5.3
	Green	Kimberley Milham	517	11.3	+8.0
Majority			115	2.5	–15.5
Turnout			4,654	32.8	+0.8
Registered electors			14,196
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.0

Maidstone Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shellina Prendergast	3,884	65.3	–4.2
	Green	Susan Parr	1,073	18.0	+14.0
	Labour	Marlyn Randall	515	8.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Perkin	332	5.6	–3.5
	Reform UK	Twiz Stripp	144	2.4	N/A
Majority			2,811	47.3	–13.7
Turnout			6,007	40.0	+4.0
Registered electors			15,010
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Maidstone Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	3,441	67.2	+1.3
	Labour	Jo Burns	721	14.1	+4.6
	Green	Ian McDonald	574	11.2	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Burrows	387	7.6	–3.9
Majority			2,720	53.1	–1.9
Turnout			5,175	36.6	+3.6
Registered electors			14,116
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Maidstone Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lottie Parfitt-Reid	2,495	45.7	–22.4
	Independent	Eric Hotson	1,711	31.4	N/A
	Green	Steven Cheeseman	659	12.1	+3.8
	Labour	Bob Millar	483	8.9	–0.4
	Reform UK	Justin Randall	106	1.9	N/A
Majority			784	14.3	–39.7
Turnout			5,492	39.2	+5.2
Registered electors			13,998
	Conservative hold

Maidstone Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Webb	2,985	60.0	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ashleigh Kimmance	740	14.9	–20.7
	Green	Mike Summersgill	738	14.8	+11.9
	Labour	Richard Coates	509	10.2	+4.8
Majority			2,245	45.1	+32.1
Turnout			5,125	39.2	+0.2
Registered electors			13,088
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

Maidstone South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cooper	1,770	42.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,460	35.0	–0.1
	Labour	Kim Roberts	461	11.0	+2.7
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	292	7.0	+4.7
	Independent	Gary Butler	104	2.5	+1.5
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	88	2.1	+0.3
Majority			310	7.4	+0.4
Turnout			4,206	30.2	–2.8
Registered electors			13,946
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Maidstone South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	1,994	64.8	+13.0
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	732	23.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	351	11.4	+2.9
Majority			1,262	41.0	+8.0
Turnout			3,134	23.6	–0.4
Registered electors			13,282
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.4

Sevenoaks

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	1	17,662	56.3	–6.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5,468	17.4	+1.6
	Green	0		4,318	13.8	+8.0
	Labour	0		3,105	9.9	–1.2
	Independent	0		837	2.7	+2.4

District results

Sevenoaks North and Darent Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gough	3,491	64.3	–0.1
	Green	Michael Barker	691	12.7	+3.6
	Labour	David Griffiths	625	11.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	619	11.4	+2.1
Majority			2,800	51.6	–2.4
Turnout			5,477	34.0	+2.0
Registered electors			16,091
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

Sevenoaks Rural North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brazier	2,887	59.0	–18.6
	Green	Laura Manston	1,632	33.4	+23.4
	Labour	Ian Rashbrook	372	7.6	–4.8
Majority			1,255	25.6	–40.4
Turnout			4,929	34.3	+4.3
Registered electors			14,376
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.0

Sevenoaks Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margot McArthur	2,845	61.4	–2.0
	Green	Hill Harris	638	13.8	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Flora Nedelcu	599	12.9	–7.4
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	549	11.9	+3.7
Majority			2,207	47.6	+4.6
Turnout			4,679	34.2	+0.2
Registered electors			13,681
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Sevenoaks Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	2,919	45.3	+5.7
	Conservative	Margaret Crabtree	2,740	42.5	–5.5
	Green	Paul Wharton	497	7.7	N/A
	Labour	Jackie Griffiths	293	4.5	–2.2
Majority			179	2.8	N/A
Turnout			6,407	41.9	+6.9
Registered electors			15,303
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	5.1

Sevenoaks West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Chard	3,224	58.6	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Mackay	1,135	20.6	+5.5
	Green	Richard Cobbold	653	11.9	+5.7
	Labour	Helen Fiorini	493	9.0	±0.0
Majority			2,089	38.0	–10.0
Turnout			5,560	35.8	+3.8
Registered electors			15,534
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

Swanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Perry Cole	2,475	55.1	–9.7
	Independent	Tony Searles	837	18.6	N/A
	Labour	Karimah Kelly	773	17.2	–6.6
	Green	Philip Levy	207	4.6	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Alexander	196	4.4	–1.3
Majority			1,638	36.5	–4.5
Turnout			4,512	28.4	+3.4
Registered electors			15,912
	Conservative hold

Swale

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	2	18,424	46.4	+2.9
	Swale Ind.	1	1	7,109	17.9	N/A
	Green	1	1	4,944	12.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	1		3,686	9.3	–1.6
	Labour	0		4,831	12.2	–9.3
	Independent	0		442	1.1	–0.8
	Reform UK	0		252	0.6	N/A

District results

Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Hook	2,775	44.6	+1.5
	Conservative	Andy Culham	1,907	30.6	–4.6
	Labour	Andrew Birkin	1,099	17.7	+4.0
	Independent	Benjamin Martin	442	7.1	N/A
Majority			868	14.0	+6.0
Turnout			6,265	40.3	–2.7
Registered electors			15,558
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Sheppey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cameron Beart	4,680	69.4	+23.4
	Conservative	Andy Booth	3,464	51.4	+6.6
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	1,679	24.9	+16.1
	Labour	Angela Harrison	1,526	22.6	–3.8
	Green	Catherine Whittle	703	10.4	+5.4
	Green	Sam Collins	647	9.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	337	5.0	+2.4
	Reform UK	Mini Nissanga	252	3.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Martin	203	3.0	N/A
Turnout			7,582	23.9	–0.1
Registered electors			31,741
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sittingbourne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Dendor	1,695	42.3	+1.7
	Labour	Steve Davey	1,021	25.5	–6.3
	Swale Ind.	James Hall	912	22.7	N/A
	Green	Hannah Temple	218	5.4	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Zeng	164	4.1	–4.7
Majority			674	16.8	+7.8
Turnout			4,039	24.5	+0.5
Registered electors			16,518
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.0

Sittingbourne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wright	1,868	40.2	–1.6
	Swale Ind.	Richard Palmer	1,500	32.3	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Lola Oyewusi	765	16.5	–24.9
	Green	David Walton	309	6.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	207	4.5	+0.5
Majority			368	7.9	+6.9
Turnout			4,679	32.7	–0.3
Registered electors			14,292
	Conservative hold

Swale East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rich Lehmann	3,067	51.7	+44.1
	Conservative	Charlotte Whitney-Brown	2,443	41.2	–12.8
	Labour Co-op	Frances Rehal	420	7.1	–5.9
Majority			624	10.5	N/A
Turnout			5,966	42.5	+5.5
Registered electors			14,049
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	28.5

Swale West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Swale Ind.	Mike Baldock	3,018	56.0	N/A
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,367	44.0	+1.2
Majority			651	12.0	N/A
Turnout			5,471	31.9	–0.1
Registered electors			17,131
	Swale Ind. gain from Conservative

Thanet

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5		19,994	45.5	–0.3
	Labour	2		10,797	24.6	–1.3
	Green	0		8,558	19.5	+17.5
	Thanet Independent	0		1,861	4.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,771	4.0	–3.7
	Independent	0		652	1.5	–1.5
	Reform UK	0		216	0.5	N/A
	Women's Equality	0		78	0.2	N/A
	SDP	0		23	0.1	N/A

District results

Birchington and Rural (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Ann Wright	4,013	55.4	–0.7
	Conservative	Derek Crow-Brown	3,846	53.1	+2.3
	Labour	Rob Yates	1,606	22.2	+4.2
	Thanet Ind.	Bertie James Braidwood	1,525	21.0	N/A
	Green	Abi Smith	1,483	20.5	+14.3
	Green	Rob Edwards	971	13.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Pennington	476	6.6	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Ian de Rose	354	4.9	–5.2
	Reform UK	Edwin Handford	216	3.0	N/A
Turnout			8,092	29.9	–2.1
Registered electors			27,055
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Broadstairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosalind Binks	2,695	50.6	–7.0
	Labour	Aram Ahmed Rawf	1,549	29.1	+7.7
	Green	Mike Garner	905	17.0	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stone	176	3.3	–3.6
Majority			1,146	21.5	–15.5
Turnout			5,359	36.9	–1.1
Registered electors			14,531
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Cliftonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Game	2,468	57.4	+1.9
	Labour	Helen Whitehead	1,134	26.4	+6.4
	Green	Michelle Thomas	445	10.4	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	George Metcalfe	148	3.4	–1.7
	Women's Equality	Kanndiss Riley	78	1.8	N/A
	SDP	Josh Sims	23	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,334	31.0	–4.0
Turnout			4,335	30.4	–4.6
Registered electors			14,262
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.3

Margate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Lewis	1,376	42.1	–2.3
	Conservative	Ash Ashbee	1,292	39.5	–2.1
	Green	Sue Rees	423	12.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Finnegan	178	5.4	–0.5
Majority			84	2.6	+0.6
Turnout			3,320	22.1	–1.9
Registered electors			15,043
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Ramsgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Shonk	3,157	34.9	+3.2
	Labour	Karen Constantine	2,864	34.6	–0.6
	Green	Becky Wing	2,576	31.1	N/A
	Conservative	Christian Burwash	2,523	30.5	–1.9
	Labour	Mark Hopkinson	2,268	27.4	–7.2
	Green	Katie Gerrard	1,755	21.2	N/A
	Independent	Grahame Birchall	404	4.9	N/A
	Thanet Ind.	George Rusiecki	336	4.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Messenger	248	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Banks	239	2.9	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	200	2.4	–2.8
Turnout			8,800	27.8	–2.2
Registered electors			31,639
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Tonbridge and Malling

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	2	23,355	49.3	–8.7
	Green	2	2	13,584	28.7	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	1		5,063	10.7	–7.8
	Labour	0		3,920	8.3	–2.3
	Independent	0		1,441	3.0	N/A

District results

Malling Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trudy Dean	2,979	67.7	+10.9
	Conservative	David Thompson	1,182	26.8	–7.1
	Labour	Sarah Palmer	197	4.5	–0.8
	Labour	Rizwana Shelley	45	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,797	40.9	+17.9
Turnout			4,441	34.4	–1.6
Registered electors			12,904
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.6

Malling North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hohler	2,757	63.7	–1.6
	Labour	Wayne Mallard	875	20.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Stapleton	693	16.0	+5.3
Majority			1,882	43.5	–1.5
Turnout			4,353	29.0	+1.0
Registered electors			15,020
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

Malling North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Kennedy	3,807	72.6	+3.4
	Labour	Thomas Shelley	587	11.2	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bishop	460	8.8	–4.6
	Green	Archie Mitchell	387	7.4	+2.7
Majority			3,220	61.4	+5.4
Turnout			5,280	33.7	+1.7
Registered electors			15,669
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

Malling Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hudson	3,299	64.9	–9.5
	Green	Steve Crisp	731	14.4	+4.0
	Labour	Robin Potter	380	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Russell	365	7.2	–8.1
	No Description	Raja Zahidi	158	3.1	N/A
	Independent	Louis Westlake	150	3.0	N/A
Majority			2,568	50.5	–8.5
Turnout			5,119	35.3	+4.3
Registered electors			14,503
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Malling West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Rayner	3,178	64.6	–4.7
	Green	Richard Mountford	696	14.1	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hobhouse	566	11.5	+1.6
	Labour	Kathleen Garlick	479	9.7	+2.4
Majority			2,482	50.5	–8.5
Turnout			4,960	37.9	+1.9
Registered electors			13,083
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

Tonbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Hood	6,346	54.2	+42.3
	Green	Paul Stepto	5,424	46.3	+35.6
	Conservative	Michael Payne	4,608	39.3	–14.3
	Conservative	Richard Long	4,524	38.6	–12.9
	Labour	Carl Marten	750	6.4	–7.6
	Labour	Sean O'Malley	652	5.6	–6.0
	Independent	David Allen	599	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Colin Hussey	534	4.6	N/A
Turnout			12,320	44.5	+11.5
Registered electors			27,673
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Tunbridge Wells

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6		15,632	43.8	–9.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		7,741	21.7	+4.5
	Labour	0		6,003	16.8	+2.9
	Green	0		4,182	11.7	+8.5
	Alliance	0		1,337	3.7	N/A
	UKIP	0		429	1.2	–3.6
	Independent	0		321	0.9	–5.5
	Reform UK	0		74	0.2	N/A

District results

Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seán Holden	2,967	51.9	–8.3
	Alliance	Nancy Warne	1,337	23.4	+3.1
	Labour	James Groome	455	8.0	+1.7
	Green	John Hurst	417	7.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Douglass	316	5.5	–7.8
	Independent	Venetia Carpenter	156	2.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Toby Stripp	74	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,630	28.5	–11.5
Turnout			5,746	40.3	+5.3
Registered electors			14,251
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

Tunbridge Wells East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	2,693	47.8	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	1,272	22.6	+3.2
	Labour	Martin Betts	1,023	18.2	+6.2
	Green	Trevor Bisdee	645	11.5	N/A
Majority			1,421	25.2	+3.2
Turnout			5,694	39.4	+4.4
Registered electors			14,458
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Tunbridge Wells North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Oakford	2,048	35.2	–7.0
	Labour	Mike Tapp	1,968	33.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqab Malik	1,057	18.2	–6.3
	Green	Anthony Hoskin	611	10.5	+7.8
	UKIP	Christine Marshall	127	2.2	–2.3
Majority			80	1.3	–14.7
Turnout			5,852	41.7	+6.7
Registered electors			14,050
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hamilton	2,656	46.7	–18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	1,281	22.5	+11.9
	Green	Christine Spicer	794	14.0	+9.1
	Labour	Derek Boyle	777	13.7	+0.3
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	178	3.1	–2.8
Majority			1,375	24.2	–27.8
Turnout			5,736	43.0	+8.0
Registered electors			13,339
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.2

Tunbridge Wells South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becki Bruneau	2,553	49.5	–13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sullivan	1,980	30.6	+13.1
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	837	13.0	+1.7
	Green	Evelien Hurst-Buist	803	12.4	+8.2
	Independent	Penny Kift	165	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Alun Elder-Brown	124	1.9	–2.4
Majority			573	18.9	–17.1
Turnout			6,499	45.4	+9.4
Registered electors			14,320
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.5

Tunbridge Wells West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McInroy	2,715	42.4	–12.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne	1,835	28.6	+10.7
	Labour	Anne Musker	943	14.7	+0.1
	Green	Aimee Taylor	912	14.2	+7.1
Majority			880	13.8	–23.2
Turnout			6,461	44.4	+9.4
Registered electors			14,546
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.8

Changes 2021–2025

Wilmington

Wilmington: 27 January 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Av Sandhu	1,787	57.9	−14.5
	Labour	Darren Povey	613	19.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Capell	487	15.8	N/A
	Green	Julian Hood	200	6.5	−1.1
Majority			1,174	38.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Hythe West

Hythe West: 2 March 2023 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenni Hawkins	1,568	43.8	+6.0
	Conservative	John Gabris	1,081	30.2	–18.9
	Labour	Tony Cooper	384	10.7	+1.3
	Independent	Ian Meyers	306	8.6	N/A
	Independent	Andy Weatherhead	237	6.6	N/A
Majority			487	13.6
Turnout			3,576
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Sheppey

Sheppey: 5 May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,318	33.3	–17.7
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	2,258	32.5	+14.2
	Labour	Peter Apps	1,896	27.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	481	6.9	+3.2
Majority			60	0.8
Turnout			7,018	22.2
Registered electors			31,624
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

Maidstone Central

Maidstone Central: 6 July 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	1,860	28.5	–1.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,849	28.4	+13.9
	Conservative	Stanley Forecast	1,564	24.0	–12.4
	Labour	David Collier	914	14.0	–5.0
	Reform UK	Graham Jarvis	278	4.3	N/A
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	56	0.9	N/A
Majority			11	0.1
Turnout			6,531
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.8

• Trevor Shonk, elected as a Conservative, joined the Thanet Independents in March 2024. ^[4]

• Mike Whiting was suspended from the Conservatives in March 2024, after which he sat as an independent. ^[5]

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Swanscombe and Greenhithe By-Election 21 Nov 2024 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Thomas Mallon	695	29.1	+27.5
	Labour Co-op	Victoria Akintomide-Akinwamide	588	24.6	−7.5
	Residents	Dawn Johnston	395	16.5	−23.9
	Conservative	Carol Gale	374	15.6	−10.3
	Green	Laura Edie	296	12.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Willis	44	1.8	N/A
Majority			107	4.5	−3.8
Turnout			2392	15
	Reform UK gain from Residents		Swing	25.7

By-election held after the death of Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents’ Association Cllr Peter Harman. ^[7]

References

1. "Kent County Council election". www.kent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
2. "Election results for Ashford Central". 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hythe West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
4. Austin, Ben (9 March 2024). "Kent County Council's Trevor Shonk leaves Conservative Party to join Thanet Independents". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
5. Finlay, Simon (26 March 2024). "Cllr Mike Whiting has been suspended from the Conservative Party after drink driving conviction". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
6. "Election of Councillors to Kent County Council Swanscombe and Greenhithe County Division Declaration of Result of Poll". www.dartford.gov.uk/. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
7. Finlay, Simon (18 October 2024). "By-election date for Swanscombe and Greenhithe following death of Peter Harman". Kent Online . Retrieved 23 November 2024.