Dover District Council elections

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Dover District Council is the local authority for the Dover District in Kent, England. The council is elected every four years.

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Council composition

Composition of the council [1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] UKIP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (55 seats)
1973 29210–5Conservative
1976 35170–3Conservative
New ward boundaries (56 seats)
1979 35191–1Conservative
1983 39170–0Conservative
1987 33194–0Conservative
1991 28216–1No overall control
1995 1339400Labour
1999 2628101No overall control
New ward boundaries (45 seats)
2003 2220300No overall control
2007 2815200Conservative
2011 2619000Conservative
2015 2517030Conservative
New ward boundaries (32 seats)
2019 1912001Conservative
2023 1417001Labour

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1999-2003

Middle Deal By-Election 16 December 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 75550.3−16.0
Conservative 66544.3+10.6
Liberal Democrats 815.4+5.4
Majority 906.0
Turnout 1,50130.2
Labour hold Swing
Castle By-Election 18 May 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 55869.2+7.4
Labour 24830.8−7.4
Majority 31038.4
Turnout 80634.1
Conservative hold Swing
St Margarets-at-Cliffe By-Election 13 April 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 61971.2+1.6
Labour 15818.2−13.0
Liberal Democrats 9210.6+1.6
Majority 46153.0
Turnout 86935.2
Conservative hold Swing
Noningstone By-Election 8 March 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 24559.5−7.1
Labour 9924.0−9.4
Liberal Democrats 6816.5+16.5
Majority 14635.5
Turnout 41235.2
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

St Margaret's-At-Cliffe By-Election 15 April 2004 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Philpott74960.5−0.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Acarnley23418.9+18.9
Labour John Adams21417.2−4.9
Independent Stewart Dimmock433.5+0.0
Majority 51541.6
Turnout 1,23934.5
Conservative hold Swing
Walmer By-Election 23 June 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Smith1,03161.0+0.2
Labour Ernest Brimmell44926.5−12.7
Liberal Democrats John Featherstone21112.5+12.5
Majority 58234.5
Turnout 1,69129.2
Conservative hold Swing
Little Stour & Ashstone By-Election 20 July 2006 (2) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Chandler892
Conservative Jane Sheridan748
Liberal Democrats Bryan Curtis336
Liberal Democrats Sheila Smith254
Labour Benet Bano111
Labour Ernest Brimmel110
Turnout 2,45124.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2007-2011

Aylesham By-Election 27 September 2007 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Thompson66179.7+11.4
Conservative Marianne Ford10813.0−12.6
Independent Reginald Hansell597.1+0.9
Independent Edward Lee-Delisle10.1+0.1
Majority 55366.7
Turnout 82923.7
Labour hold Swing
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 27 September 2007 [10] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Viviane Revell36533.7−3.3
Liberal Democrats John Mackie27425.3+6.1
Conservative Jennifer Morgan25223.3−8.2
Independent Graham Wanstall706.5−5.8
UKIP Peter Campbell-Marshall656.0+6.0
Independent Victor Morgan565.2+5.2
Majority 918.4
Turnout 1,08220.2
Labour hold Swing
Little Stour and Ashtone By-Election 24 April 2008 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Conolly1,10966.0−1.9
Liberal Democrats Bryan Curtis45927.3+5.4
Labour John Bird1136.7−3.5
Majority 65038.7
Turnout 1,68131.2
Conservative hold Swing
St Radigund's By-Election 30 October 2008 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Viv REVELL24432.7
Conservative Mandy Marie SEHMBI21929.4
Liberal Democrats Dean STILES9312.5
Dover AllianceRaymond John WHITE8611.5
English Democrat Tony OVENDEN729.7
UKIP Vic MATCHAM324.3
Majority 25
Turnout 20.86
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Lydden and Temple Ewell By-Election 16 December 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey LYMER23962.2−5.3
Labour Peter WALKER9023.4+0.7
UKIP Victor Peter MATCHAM5514.3+4.7
Majority 149
Turnout 20.3
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 2 May 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Michael WALLACE74453.7+3.5
Conservative Deborah Nicholson BOULARES64246.3−3.5
Majority 102
Turnout 26.58
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

Aylesham By-Election 22 December 2016 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Cowan46061.9−6.5
Conservative Pauline Catterall28338.1+38.1
Majority 17723.8
Turnout 743
Labour hold Swing
Buckland By-Election 4 May 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nathaniel Richards57343.1+2.6
Conservative Callum Warriner56642.5+13.6
UKIP Timothy Turner19214.4−16.2
Majority 70.5
Turnout 1,331
Labour hold Swing
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 4 May 2017 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Napier64743.6+7.5
Conservative Roger Walkden56738.2+8.0
UKIP Peter McDermott15910.7−22.9
Independent Graham Wanstall1107.4+7.4
Majority 805.4
Turnout 1,483
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe By-Election 23 November 2017 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jull75070.5+17.7
Labour Charles Woodgate31429.5+7.6
Majority 43641.0
Turnout 1,064
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe By-Election 12 December 2019 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Bates2,52359.1+16.5
Labour Eileen Rowbotham90221.1+5.3
Green Sarah White-Gleave46110.8−8.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Franklin3829.0+9.0
Majority 1,62138.0
Turnout 4,268
Conservative hold Swing
Mill Hill By-Election 6 May 2021 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hawkes71640.3+10.0
Labour Jeffrey Loffman60834.2−6.4
Green Mike Eddy29216.4−12.7
Independent Chris Tough1035.8+5.8
Liberal Democrats Rick Blackwell593.3+3.3
Majority 1086.1
Turnout 1,778
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sandwich By-Election 19 August 2021 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Friend72151.6+17.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Fox67648.4+34.0
Majority 453.2
Turnout 1,397
Conservative hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ The District of Dover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2019", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2019/124, retrieved 27 July 2022
  7. ↑ "District Council Elections 15 April 2004". Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  10. 1 2 Siddique, Haroon; Mulholland, Helene (28 September 2008). "Unions on standby for imminent election". guardian.co.uk . London. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Dover District Council. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Aylesham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Buckland Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Mill Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sandwich Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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