Folkestone and Hythe District Council elections

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Folkestone and Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone and Hythe District in Kent, England. The district was called Shepway prior to 2018. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors have been elected from 13 wards. [1]

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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: [2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1973–1987
No overall control 1987–1991
Liberal Democrats 1991–1995
No overall control 1995–1999
Conservative 1999–2003
Liberal Democrats 2003–2004
No overall control 2004–2007
Conservative 2007–2019
No overall control 2019–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Rory Love Conservative 12 May 199914 May 2003
Linda Cufley [4] Liberal Democrats 14 May 20035 Aug 2004
Robert Bliss Conservative 5 Aug 200415 May 2013
David Monk Conservative 15 May 20137 May 2023
Jim Martin Green 24 May 2023

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

St Mary in the Marsh By-Election 22 August 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 59347.9
Conservative 42934.7
Liberal Democrats 21517.4
Majority16413.2
Turnout 1,23754.8
Labour hold Swing
Folkestone Central By-Election 4 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 27842.2+12.2
Conservative 22233.7+5.1
Liberal Democrats 15824.0-17.1
Majority568.5
Turnout 65820.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

1999-2003

Harbour By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 38743.0+8.2
Labour 27330.4-14.3
Conservative 23926.6+6.1
Majority11412.6
Turnout 89926.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hythe North By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 48051.9-12.6
Liberal Democrats 36939.9+17.0
Labour 758.1-4.5
Majority11112.0
Turnout 92438.6
Conservative hold Swing
Morehall By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary George42436.3+0.5
Conservative Dick Pascoe40734.8+4.0
Labour 33929.0-4.5
Majority171.5
Turnout 1,17032.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hawkinge and Paddlesworth By-Election 5 April 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith59857.0+57.0
Conservative 45143.0-27.8
Majority14714.0
Turnout 1,04934.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Folkestone Central By-Election 7 February 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Barker35861.5+25.7
Labour 22438.5+0.7
Majority13423.0
Turnout 58219.6
Conservative hold Swing
Folkestone Park By-Election 27 June 2002 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,00358.3+14.8
Conservative Edwina Boyt65337.9-5.6
Labour 653.8-9.3
Majority35020.4
Turnout 1,72136.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Mary's in the Marsh By-Election 24 October 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie White40137.4+17.4
Conservative 36534.0-1.6
Labour 26224.4+0.0
UKIP 444.1+4.1
Majority363.4
Turnout 1,07246.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2003-2007

New Romney Coast By-Election 2 October 2003 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Birchmore55048.1+15.4
Conservative Derek Morgan50243.9-9.5
Labour Albert Ryder918.0-5.9
Majority484.2
Turnout 1,14341.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Romney Marsh By-Election 2 October 2003 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Ashworth34950.6-5.6
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Oiller27339.6+15.3
Labour Adrian Cirket689.9-9.6
Majority7611.0
Turnout 69040.7
Conservative hold Swing
Folkestone East By-Election 22 April 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 57552.5+33.9
Liberal Democrats 35232.1-30.9
Labour 16915.4-3.0
Majority22320.4
Turnout 1,09637.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
New Romney Town By-Election 29 September 2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Stephenson56066.2+19.0
Labour 17520.7-18.1
Liberal Democrats 11113.1-0.8
Majority38545.5
Turnout 84633.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Folkestone Harvey Central By-Election 13 October 2005 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Martin40953.4+16.7
Labour 23730.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats 12015.7-21.8
Majority17222.5
Turnout 76623.7
Conservative gain from Green Swing

2007-2011

Hythe West By-Election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Matthews58939.6+22.1
Conservative Paul Peacock48332.5-26.4
UKIP Barbara Johnson25517.2+5.9
BNP Harry Williams946.3+6.3
Shepway Independents Colin Tearle654.4+4.4
Majority1067.1
Turnout 1,48646.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Romney Marsh By-Election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Clifton-Holt43058.7-10.3
Shepway Independents Graham Snell12116.5+16.5
Liberal Democrats Sally Matthews11415.6-0.9
Labour Douglas Suckling689.3-5.3
Majority30942.2
Turnout 73341.0
Conservative hold Swing
New Romney Coast By-Election 12 November 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shane Lawrence45251.4+2.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Wright33337.9-12.9
UKIP Wendy Nevard9410.7+10.7
Majority11913.5
Turnout 87930.7
Conservative hold Swing
Lydd By-Election 10 February 2011 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Hills59149.3-0.8
Labour Donald Russell24720.6+20.6
Liberal Democrats Ted Last18415.3-7.7
Independent Rochelle Saunders17714.8+14.8
Majority34428.7
Turnout 1,199
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Folkestone Park By-Election 29 November 2012 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Beaumont46136.2+12.2
Conservative Leo Griggs32025.1-15.7
People First PartyPatricia Copping20015.7+1.5
UKIP Hod Birkby15312.0+2.8
Labour Nicola Keen1118.7+8.7
Green Derek Moran292.3+2.3
Majority14111.1
Turnout 1,274
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Folkestone Harvey Central By-Election 4 September 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Callahan28727.9+27.9
Conservative Rodica Wheeler22421.7-17.4
Liberal Democrats Tom McNeice19819.2+2.3
Labour Wendy Mitchell19619.0-9.1
Green David Horton969.3+9.3
TUSC Seth Cruse292.8+2.8
Majority636.1
Turnout 1,030
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Folkestone Harvey West By-Election 23 October 2014 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Barker38536.4-18.8
UKIP Stephen Jardine29327.7+27.7
Liberal Democrats Hugh Robertson-Ritchie26224.8+3.4
Green Jasmine Heywood615.8+5.8
Labour Nicola Keen575.4-18.0
Majority928.7
Turnout 1,058
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

New Romney By-Election 20 July 2017 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Tillson56635.4+6.4
Labour John Cramp52332.7+21.7
Independent David Wimble43127.0+27.0
Liberal Democrats Val Loseby774.8-3.7
Majority432.7
Turnout 1,597
Conservative hold Swing

2023-2027

Romney Marsh By-Election 22 February 2024 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Hills37524.2-7.4
Green Malcolm Watkinson33221.4+3.9
Labour Chrissie Cooper29519.0-4.5
Reform UK Kim Wye23715.3+15.3
Independent Paul Peacock15510.0+10.0
Independent Dave Evans624.0+4.0
Independent Ian Meyers513.3-18.8
No description Dougie Young312.0-0.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Horrox110.7-7.2
Majority432.8
Turnout 1,55526.5-7.9
Conservative hold Swing

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