Canterbury City Council elections

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Canterbury City Council is the local authority for the City of Canterbury. The council is elected every four years.

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Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1973–1991
No overall control 1991–2005
Conservative 2005–2023
No overall control [1] 2023–present

Leadership

The role of lord mayor in Canterbury is largely ceremonial. From 1974 to 2002 political leadership was provided by the chair of the policy committee, and if that person's party had a majority of the seats on the council they would also take the title "leader of the council". The role of leader was made a formal appointment in 2002. The leaders (or chairs of the policy committee prior to 2002) have been: [2]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Arthur Porter [3] Conservative 1 Apr 197419 May 1982
Jim Nock Conservative 19 May 198231 Aug 1986
Peter Lee [4] Conservative 1 Sep 198610 May 1987
Jim Nock [5] Conservative 21 May 19879 May 1990
David Pentin Conservative 10 May 199016 May 1991
Jackie Hayes Liberal Democrats 16 May 199121 Feb 1994
Terry Rees Labour 11 Apr 199419 May 1994
Celia Rigden [6] Independent 19 May 199415 Aug 1994
Marion Attwood Conservative 15 Aug 19943 Oct 1994
Iain Douglas Labour 3 Oct 199421 Nov 1994
Celia Rigden Independent 21 Nov 19947 May 1995
Peter Wales Liberal Democrats 18 May 19951 Dec 1997
Martin Vye Liberal Democrats 1 Dec 199720 May 1999
(rotating chairs between Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat group leaders)20 May 19998 May 2002
Alex Perkins Liberal Democrats 8 May 200211 May 2005
Harry Cragg Conservative 11 May 200516 May 2007
John Gilbey Conservative 16 May 200710 May 2015
Simon Cook Conservative 20 May 20155 May 2019
Rob Thomas Conservative 22 May 201910 Sep 2020
Ben Fitter-Harding Conservative 10 Sep 202005 May 2023

Council elections

Result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Swalecliffe By-Election 3 April 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Thomas56435.1
Liberal Democrats 55234.4
Labour 49030.5
Majority120.7
Turnout 1,60651.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Gorrell By-Election 25 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 57744.1-12.1
Conservative 56743.3+11.3
Liberal Democrats 15111.5-0.4
UKIP 141.1+1.1
Majority100.8
Turnout 1,309
Labour hold Swing
Marshside By-Election 25 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 31349.8-13.2
Conservative 18329.1+2.0
Liberal Democrats 13321.1+13.8
Majority13020.7
Turnout 629
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Marshside By-Election 16 March 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Heather Lloyd32938.3+21.6
Conservative Elizabeth Taylor28933.7-0.6
Labour Alan Thomas24128.1-21.0
Majority404.6
Turnout 85944.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Herne By-Election 7 September 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Oakes86737.6+5.2
Conservative Alan White79734.5+9.0
Labour David Hornsby34414.9-2.6
Green Carol Davis1878.1-3.0
UKIP John Moore1124.9+4.9
Majority703.1
Turnout 2,30726.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barton By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Northey1,18435.4-2.3
Liberal Democrats Valerie Ainscough1,17735.2-11.6
Labour Theresa Mawson82424.6+9.0
Green Steven Dawe1634.9+4.9
Majority70.2
Turnout 3,34862.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2003-2007

North Nailbourne By-Election 22 January 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Anderson54450.9-5.3
Liberal Democrats Janet Horsley47844.7+0.9
UKIP John Moore262.4+2.4
Labour Paul Todd212.0+2.0
Majority666.2
Turnout 1,06953.0
Conservative hold Swing
Barton By-Election 7 October 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Northey82044.8+10.4
Liberal Democrats James Flanagan69738.0-4.3
Green Keith Bothwell1457.9+0.9
Labour Laurence Ward1005.5-5.1
Council Tax Payers PartyJames Cooper703.8-2.0
Majority1236.8
Turnout 1,83231.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
West Bay By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vincent McMahan1,17737.6-13.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Sims99231.7+13.5
Labour Brian Hunter75424.1-6.9
UKIP John Moore2056.6+6.6
Majority1855.9
Turnout 3,12867.5
Conservative hold Swing
Sturry South By-Election 29 June 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Taylor47452.4-23.1
Liberal Democrats David Mummery31835.1+23.3
Labour Andrew Fenyo899.8-2.8
Independent John Moore242.6+2.6
Majority15617.3
Turnout 90541.3
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Barton By-Election 10 July 2008 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Steed 99351.8+9.3
Conservative Mark Evans70136.6+2.7
Green Keith Bothwell1216.3+6.3
Independent Blue Cooper1025.3-0.7
Majority29215.2
Turnout 1,91733.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2011-2015

Blean Forest By-Election 20 September 2012 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Fitter34244.2-7.5
Labour Carol Goldstein18523.9+23.9
Liberal Democrats Dan Smith12115.6+0.4
Green Russell Page648.3-24.8
UKIP Howard Farmer384.9+4.9
Independent John Hippisley243.1+3.1
Majority15720.3
Turnout 774
Conservative hold Swing
Seasalter By-Election 2 May 2013 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Morgan78938.4-21.5
UKIP Howard Farmer70634.3+34.3
Labour Rachel Goodwin42720.8-6.7
Liberal Democrats Debra Enever934.5-8.1
TUSC Eriks Puce412.0+2.0
Majority834.0
Turnout 2,056
Conservative hold Swing
Seasalter By-Election 19 September 2013 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mike Bull64438.5+38.5
Conservative Annette Stein52231.2-28.7
Labour Rachel Goodwin30718.3-9.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Hooker1478.8-3.8
Green Russell Page543.2+3.2
Majority1227.3
Turnout 1,674
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Barham Downs By-Election 14 March 2014 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Sole33737.3-3.4
Conservative Stuart Walker28531.5-11.4
UKIP Dave de Boick16418.1+18.1
Labour David Wilson788.6+8.6
Green Pat Marsh404.4-12.0
Majority525.8
Turnout 904
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

Reculver By-Election 5 May 2016 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Taylor42139.3-31.7
UKIP Mick O'Brien30628.6+28.6
Labour Simon Warley25123.4-5.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Anderson938.7+8.7
Majority11510.7
Turnout 1,071
Conservative hold Swing
Westgate By-Election 8 June 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Warley1,76143.4+24.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Prevett97824.1+0.7
Conservative Luke Whiddett92922.9-3.8
Green Henry Stanton3899.6-9.8
Majority78319.3
Turnout 4,057
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

Chestfield By-Election 19 September 2019 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Fitter-Harding72846.0-6.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Old56235.5+18.9
Labour Morag Warren1408.8-6.9
Independent Joe Egerton845.3+5.3
Green Nicole David684.3-10.9
Majority16610.5
Turnout 1,582
Conservative hold Swing
Swalecliffe By-Election 6 May 2021 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Dance61642.6-3.7
Green Keith Bothwell52736.5+20.6
Labour Craig Potter27819.2-11.6
Independent Joe Egerton241.7+1.7
Majority896.2
Turnout 1,445
Conservative hold Swing
Westgate By-Election 6 May 2021 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pip Hazelton84239.2+5.4
Liberal Democrats Alex Lister66130.8-6.5
Conservative Jake Warman40418.8+9.2
Green Terry Thompson24211.3+2.0
Majority1818.4
Turnout 2,149
Labour hold Swing
Gorrell By-Election 18 November 2021 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Clare Turnbull1,14943.9+10.3
Labour Dane Buckman80330.7-6.0
Conservative Stephen Spencer60823.2+0.2
Workers Party Colin Gardner582.2+2.2
Majority34613.2
Turnout 2,618
Green gain from Labour Swing

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