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Local Election Results 2009

Kent

Whole council up for election.

Other results for Kent: 2005 2013 2017 2021
By-elections for Kent (may be incomplete): 12th July 2007 (Maidstone N.E.) — 27th September 2007 (Dover Town) — 9th October 2008 (Herne Bay) — 16th December 2010 (Dover Town) — 20th January 2011 (Tonbridge) — 1st February 2011 (Romney Marsh) — 14th June 2012 (Tunbridge Wells E.) — 18th October 2012 (Maidstone C.) — 20th December 2012 (Gravesham R.) — 7th May 2015 (Romney Marsh) — 18th August 2016 (Gravesham E.) — 13th October 2016 (Swanley) — 11th January 2018 (Birchington & Rural) — 15th November 2018 (Canterbury N.) — 2nd May 2019 (Northfleet & Gravesend W.; Sittingbourne N.) — 27th January 2022 (Wilmington) — 2nd March 2023 (Hythe W.) — 4th May 2023 (Sheppey) — 6th July 2023 (Maidstone C.) — 21st November 2024 (Swanscombe & Greenhithe)
Results for district councils — Ashford 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Canterbury 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Dartford 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Dover 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Gravesham 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Maidstone 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Sevenoaks 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Folkestone and Hythe 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Swale 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Thanet 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Tonbridge and Malling 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Tunbridge Wells 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

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Consolidated results — Kent 2009

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 183418 46.6% 74
Liberal Democrat 81827 20.8% 7
Labour 52149 13.3% 2
UK Independence Party 24324 6.2% 0
Green Party 20471 5.2% 0
English Democrats Party 16654 4.2% 0
British National Party 3765 1.0% 0
Independent 3715 0.9% 0
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association 1204 0.3% 1
People First Party 1162 0.3% 0
Ramsgate First 1141 0.3% 0
Independents Party of Dover District 1053 0.3% 0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 818 0.2% 0
Shepway Independents 616 0.2% 0
Money Reform Party 523 0.1% 0
National Front 231 0.1% 0
Peace Party 139 0.0% 0

Ashford Central

Elizabeth Tweed C 2043 53.5%
John Hawes LD 698 18.3%
Steven Campkin Grn 589 15.4%
Sophie Griffiths Lab 488 12.8%

Ashford East

George Koowaree LD 2343 56.3%
Ian Cooling C 1419 34.1%
Brendan Naughton Lab 400 9.6%

Ashford Rural East

Andrew Wickham C 2871 58.1%
Marilyn Sansom Grn 886 17.9%
Nathan Parrett LD 822 16.6%
Brendan Chilton Lab 363 7.3%

Ashford Rural South

Michael Angell C 2509 56.8%
Ian Stone LD 873 19.8%
Tracy Dighton-Brown Grn 626 14.2%
Vivien Wheatley Lab 406 9.2%

Ashford Rural West

Richard King C 3843 65.1%
Hilary Jones Grn 833 14.1%
Stuart Dove LD 824 14.0%
Chris Clark Lab 406 6.9%

Ashford South [C gain from Lab]

Jim Wedgbury C 1236 34.3%
Derek Smyth Lab 946 26.2%
Jeremy Adby LD 767 21.3%
Karl Rouse BNP 396 11.0%
Sharon Harvey Grn 261 7.2%

Birchington and Villages

Charles Hibberd C 2661 52.0%
Bill Furness LD 996 19.4%
Derek Bradley-Young EDP 941 18.4%
Denise Cartwright Lab 523 10.2%

Broadstairs and Sir Moses Montefiore (2)

Robert Bayford C 4264 52.8%
Bill Hayton C 4027
Louise Latham LD 2041 25.3%
Michelle Fenner Lab 1765 21.9%
Michael Hart LD 1711
Jennifer Matterface Lab 1542

Canterbury City North East

Graham Gibbens C 1625 45.1%
Joanna Calvert-Mindell LD 1191 33.1%
Geoffrey Meaden Grn 436 12.1%
Alan Baldock Lab 351 9.7%

Canterbury City South West

Martin Vye LD 2263 49.4%
Maureen Robinson C 1255 27.4%
Elaine Godden Grn 673 14.7%
Jean Butcher Lab 391 8.5%

Canterbury South East

Michael Northey C 2458 46.3%
Nigel Whitburn LD 1804 34.0%
Judith Meaden Grn 687 13.0%
David McLellan Lab 356 6.7%

Canterbury West

John Simmonds C 2119 50.0%
Derek Maslin LD 988 23.3%
Norman Evans Grn 743 17.5%
Ian Leslie Lab 387 9.1%

Cranbrook

Roger Manning C 3020 66.4%
Keith Brown LD 1249 27.5%
David Burgess Lab 281 6.2%

Darent Valley

Roger Gough C 2345 49.6%
Philip McGarvey LD 946 20.0%
Chris Snape EDP 918 19.4%
Carol Theobald Lab 517 10.9%

Dartford East [C gain from Lab]

Penny Cole C 1221 37.8%
Christine Angell Lab 830 25.7%
Tony Wilson EDP 787 24.3%
Simon Simeonides LD 395 12.2%

Dartford North East [C gain from Lab]

Av Sandhu C 1140 30.3%
John Muckle Lab 1080 28.7%
Mike Tibby EDP 809 21.5%
Adam Jarvis LD 392 10.4%
Barry Taylor BNP 346 9.2%

Dartford Rural

Jeremy Kite C 2780 55.7%
Gary Rogers EDP 1020 20.4%
Garry Sturley Lab 604 12.1%
George Sakellariou LD 451 9.0%
Geoffrey Pay Peace 139 2.8%

Dartford West [C gain from Lab]

Jan Ozog C 1873 38.5%
Jo Shippam EDP 1263 26.0%
Tom Maddison Lab 1030 21.2%
Joanne Howard LD 698 14.4%

Deal (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

Julie Rook C 3914 43.8%
Kit Smith C 3660
Antony Hook LD 2592 29.0%
John Trickey LD 2521
Terry Birkett Lab 2420 27.1%
Mike Eddy Lab 2342

Dover North [C gain from Lab]

Steve Manion C 2380 43.3%
Eileen Rowbotham Lab 1300 23.6%
Reg Hansell IndDover 1053 19.2%
Sheila Smith LD 764 13.9%

Dover Town (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

Nigel Collor C 2825 43.8%
Roger Frayne C 2590
Bill Newman Lab 1894 29.4%
Gordon Cowan Lab 1781
John Mackie LD 1732 26.8%
Dean Stiles LD 1691

Dover West

Bryan Cope C 2463 45.0%
John Buckley UKIP 1352 24.7%
Peter Lodge LD 1008 18.4%
Pam Brivio Lab 645 11.8%

Elham Valley

Susan Carey C 3519 56.0%
Nick Jack UKIP 1254 20.0%
Alex McNeice LD 867 13.8%
Pam Stevens Lab 350 5.6%
Colin Tearle Shepway 295 4.7%

Faversham

Tom Gates C 2412 47.1%
Stephen Rowlstone LD 798 15.6%
Trevor Payne Lab 682 13.3%
Shirley Allen UKIP 680 13.3%
Gary Miller Grn 553 10.8%

Folkestone North East

Dick Pascoe C 982 26.8%
Brian Copping PFP 904 24.7%
Tom McNeice LD 814 22.2%
Frank McKenna UKIP 635 17.3%
Paul Bingham Lab 248 6.8%
Martin Ross Shepway 78 2.1%

Folkestone South

Roland Tolputt C 1496 43.5%
Gary Fuller LD 821 23.9%
Terry Kendall UKIP 794 23.1%
Maureen Tomison Lab 330 9.6%

Folkestone West [LD gain from C]

Tim Prater LD 1456 35.3%
Robert Bliss C 1445 35.1%
Carol Sacre UKIP 776 18.8%
Trevor Buss PFP 258 6.3%
David Sandford Lab 185 4.5%

Gravesham East (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

John Cubitt C 3713 35.0%
Bryan Sweetland C 3343
Jane Cribbon Lab 2321 21.9%
John Burden Lab 2296
Elizabeth Painter EDP 1425 13.4%
Richard Crawford Grn 1236 11.7%
Martin Wilson LD 1010 9.5%
Larry Cotton Ind 899 8.5%
Bruce Parmenter LD 873

Gravesham Rural

Michael Snelling C 4109 60.0%
Steven Foreman EDP 740 10.8%
Ros Wakeman Grn 722 10.5%
Douglas Christie Lab 652 9.5%
Ann O'Brien LD 624 9.1%

Herne and Sturry

Robert Marsh C 2083 46.5%
John Moore UKIP 1095 24.5%
Monica Eden-Green LD 826 18.5%
Cecile Manning Lab 472 10.5%

Herne Bay (2)

Jean Law C 2902 34.4%
David Hirst C 2805
Margaret Flaherty LD 2190 26.0%
June Raybaud LD 1862
Ronald Garretty UKIP 1614 19.1%
Brian MacDowall UKIP 1419
Michael Britton Lab 670 7.9%
Aaron Kelly Grn 582 6.9%
William Hitches BNP 472 5.6%
Norman Price Lab 470

Hythe

Christopher Capon C 2771 54.2%
Darren Briddock LD 1161 22.7%
Margot Johnson UKIP 707 13.8%
John Haste Lab 263 5.1%
Harry Williams BNP 208 4.1%

Maidstone Central (2) [1 LD gain from C]

Dan Daley LD 4465 45.8%
Malcolm Robertson LD 3749
Jeff Curwood C 2507 25.7%
Paul Butcher C 2479
John Stanford UKIP 1274 13.1%
Stuart Jeffery Grn 908 9.3%
Wendy Lewis Grn 761
Bruce Heald Lab 603 6.2%
Marianna Poliszczuk Lab 568

Maidstone North East

Ian Chittenden LD 2306 52.6%
Jeff Tree C 1159 26.5%
Charles Elliot UKIP 656 15.0%
Derek Eagle Grn 260 5.9%

Maidstone Rural East

Jenny Whittle C 3963 73.8%
David Naghi LD 925 17.2%
Steve Gibson Lab 479 8.9%

Maidstone Rural North

Paul Carter C 3078 57.9%
Gareth Kendall UKIP 818 15.4%
Kenneth Stevens LD 668 12.6%
Jeanne Gibson Lab 397 7.5%
Ian McDonald Grn 352 6.6%

Maidstone Rural South

Eric Hotson C 2595 62.1%
Hugh Laing LD 1027 24.6%
Robin Kinrade Grn 554 13.3%

Maidstone Rural West

Paulina Stockell C 2559 46.1%
Brian Mortimer LD 1467 26.4%
Keith Woollven UKIP 825 14.9%
Sandra McDowell Grn 397 7.2%
Edith Davis Lab 300 5.4%

Maidstone South

Alan Chell C 1897 44.3%
Clive English LD 1222 28.6%
Richard Coates Lab 341 8.0%
Stephen Muggeridge Grn 305 7.1%
Sheena Williams Ind 282 6.6%
Gary Butler NF 231 5.4%

Maidstone South East [C gain from Lab]

Gary Cooke C 1297 43.3%
John Botting UKIP 577 19.3%
Gillian Annan Lab 452 15.1%
Rob Field LD 422 14.1%
Andrew Waldie Grn 159 5.3%
Jon Hicks Ind 90 3.0%

Malling Central

Trudy Dean LD 2486 56.3%
Alice Hohler C 1122 25.4%
Peter Stevens UKIP 444 10.0%
David Laverty Lab 157 3.6%
Helen Long Grn 114 2.6%
Teresa Cannon EDP 95 2.2%

Malling North

Sarah Hohler C 2253 49.4%
Paul Hickmott Lab 1008 22.1%
Elizabeth Simpson LD 505 11.1%
Lisa Rogers EDP 432 9.5%
Howard Porter Grn 361 7.9%

Malling Rural East

Richard Long C 2671 57.7%
David Waller UKIP 609 13.1%
Gillian Jones LD 550 11.9%
Frances Long Grn 350 7.6%
Kathleen Garlick Lab 258 5.6%
Alan Woodley EDP 194 4.2%

Malling Rural North East [C gain from LD]

Peter Homewood C 3254 57.1%
David Lettington LD 1254 22.0%
Terry Bilsland EDP 434 7.6%
Thomas Shelley Lab 396 7.0%
Andrea Ralph Grn 357 6.3%

Malling West

Valerie Dagger C 3126 61.9%
James Menzies LD 682 13.5%
Richard Mountford Grn 475 9.4%
Laurence Williams EDP 442 8.8%
Victoria Hayman Lab 323 6.4%

Margate and Cliftonville (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Chris Wells C 2493 35.4%
Michael Jarvis C 2404
Clive Hart Lab 2186 31.1%
Iris Johnston Lab 2144
Jeffrey Elenor UKIP 1727 24.6%
Kenwyn Hando LD 628 8.9%
Nigel Oakes LD 327

Margate West

Robert Burgess C 1645 44.8%
Roz Parker UKIP 792 21.6%
Kerry Harker Lab 513 14.0%
Margaret Burns LD 471 12.8%
Rayce Knowles EDP 247 6.7%

Northfleet and Gravesend West (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Leslie Christie Lab 3317 33.0%
Harold Craske C 3174 31.6%
Ray Parker Lab 3144
David Turner C 2790
Ian Stevenson LD 1208 12.0%
Lisa Foreman EDP 1178 11.7%
Nigel Rumsey Grn 1171 11.7%
Gill McGill LD 1118

Ramsgate (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

John Kirby C 2985 28.0%
Elizabeth Green Lab 2566 24.0%
Michael Taylor C 2339
Trevor Shonk UKIP 2192 20.5%
Alan Poole Lab 2081
Gerry O'Donnell Ramsgate 1141 10.7%
Georgina Maddox LD 900 8.4%
Dennis Whiting BNP 892 8.4%
Richard Perry LD 815

Romney Marsh

Willie Richardson C 3107 46.5%
John Meek UKIP 1573 23.5%
Val Loseby LD 872 13.0%
Doug Suckling Lab 446 6.7%
Wendy Nevard Ind 442 6.6%
Graham Snell Shepway 243 3.6%

Sandwich

Leyland Ridings C 3038 57.2%
Bryan Curtis LD 1542 29.1%
Iain Fairweather Lab 728 13.7%

Sevenoaks Central

John London C 3273 59.0%
John Brigden LD 1164 21.0%
Steve Plater Grn 545 9.8%
Megan Warne Lab 311 5.6%
Rich Snape EDP 254 4.6%

Sevenoaks East

Nick Chard C 2575 51.9%
Merilyn Canet LD 1170 23.6%
Carol White EDP 553 11.2%
Jo Dyton Grn 442 8.9%
Sarah Goodall Lab 219 4.4%

Sevenoaks North East

David Brazier C 2885 55.6%
Louise Uncles EDP 1091 21.0%
Phillip Hobson LD 697 13.4%
James Weekes Lab 518 10.0%

Sevenoaks South

Peter Lake C 2439 51.7%
Vic Jennings LD 1078 22.9%
Richard Dyton Grn 632 13.4%
Dave Snape EDP 566 12.0%

Sevenoaks West

Richard Parry C 2727 55.5%
Penny Kift Ind 758 15.4%
Richard Wassell LD 756 15.4%
JJ Snape EDP 424 8.6%
Kevin Flack Lab 252 5.1%

Sheerness [C gain from Lab]

Ken Pugh C 1275 33.6%
Angela Harrison Lab 1114 29.4%
Graeme Sergeant BNP 539 14.2%
David Cassidy Ind 533 14.1%
Colin Howe LD 330 8.7%

Sheppey

Adrian Crowther C 1755 41.1%
Patricia Sandle Ind 711 16.7%
David Sargent Lab 622 14.6%
Colin McCarthy Stewart BNP 568 13.3%
David Spurling LD 358 8.4%
Mad Mike Young Loony 252 5.9%

Swale Central (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Mike Whiting C 3982 43.7%
Alan Willicombe C 3849
Roger Truelove Lab 2665 29.2%
Ghlin Whelan Lab 2168
Dave Manning LD 1904 20.9%
Keith Nevols LD 1594
Sheikh Mihand Loony 566 6.2%

Swale East

Andrew Bowles C 2402 49.9%
Sarah Larkins UKIP 738 15.3%
David Evans LD 600 12.5%
Ken Rowles Lab 549 11.4%
Timothy Valentine Grn 526 10.9%

Swale West

Keith Ferrin C 2609 56.0%
Elvie Lowe LD 1348 28.9%
Mike Badcock Lab 700 15.0%

Swanley [C gain from Lab]

Robert Brookbank C 1549 42.6%
Steve Uncles EDP 833 22.9%
Ian Rashbrook Lab 823 22.7%
Alan Bullion LD 428 11.8%

Swanscombe and Greenhithe [SGRA gain from Lab]

Richard Lees SGRA 1204 36.8%
Sheila East C 858 26.2%
Val Ashenden Lab 405 12.4%
Clive Cook BNP 344 10.5%
Jim Read EDP 275 8.4%
James Willis LD 186 5.7%

Tenterden

Mike Hill C 3461 70.0%
Barry Wright LD 1093 22.1%
Doreen Wilcockson Lab 393 7.9%

Tonbridge (2)

Godfrey Horne C 4768 47.3%
Christopher Smith C 4222
Euan Munro LD 1583 15.7%
Garry Bridge LD 1496
Russell Long UKIP 1278 12.7%
Peter Smith UKIP 1088
Hazel Dawe Grn 1032 10.2%
James Parish Lab 944 9.4%
Steven Dawe Grn 846
Terence Scott Lab 760
Stephen Culliford EDP 475 4.7%

Tunbridge Wells East

Kevin Lynes C 2372 49.3%
David Neve LD 1532 31.8%
Eileen Gayler UKIP 585 12.2%
Tim Rich Lab 324 6.7%

Tunbridge Wells North

Roy Bullock C 1817 38.0%
Trevor Poile LD 1664 34.8%
Victor Webb UKIP 683 14.3%
Ronnie Ooi Lab 614 12.9%

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Alex King C 3411 63.5%
John Billingham LD 1395 26.0%
Raymond Moon Lab 562 10.5%

Tunbridge Wells South

James Scholes C 3203 61.8%
Christo Skelton LD 1544 29.8%
Lorna Blackmore Lab 438 8.4%

Tunbridge Wells West

John Davies C 2716 52.3%
Robert Prance LD 875 16.8%
Patricia Theophanides UKIP 646 12.4%
Brian Leslie Grn 632 12.2%
Timothy Probert Lab 325 6.3%

Whitstable (2)

Mark Dance C 4905 44.7%
Michael Harrison C 4826
Donna Dwight LD 2118 19.3%
Jolyon Trimingham Grn 2072 18.9%
David Mummery LD 1876
Philip Cartwright Lab 1365 12.4%
Benjamin Furber Lab 1247
Anne Belsey Money 523 4.8%

Wilmington

Ann Allen C 2817 55.7%
John Griffiths EDP 1258 24.9%
Patrick Kelly Lab 980 19.4%

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