Local Election Results 2009
Kent
Whole council up for election.
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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)
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
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 |
Elizabeth Tweed |
C |
2043 |
53.5% |
John Hawes |
LD |
698 |
18.3% |
Steven Campkin |
Grn |
589 |
15.4% |
Sophie Griffiths |
Lab |
488 |
12.8% |
George Koowaree |
LD |
2343 |
56.3% |
Ian Cooling |
C |
1419 |
34.1% |
Brendan Naughton |
Lab |
400 |
9.6% |
Andrew Wickham |
C |
2871 |
58.1% |
Marilyn Sansom |
Grn |
886 |
17.9% |
Nathan Parrett |
LD |
822 |
16.6% |
Brendan Chilton |
Lab |
363 |
7.3% |
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% |
Richard King |
C |
3843 |
65.1% |
Hilary Jones |
Grn |
833 |
14.1% |
Stuart Dove |
LD |
824 |
14.0% |
Chris Clark |
Lab |
406 |
6.9% |
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% |
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% |
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 |
|
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% |
Martin Vye |
LD |
2263 |
49.4% |
Maureen Robinson |
C |
1255 |
27.4% |
Elaine Godden |
Grn |
673 |
14.7% |
Jean Butcher |
Lab |
391 |
8.5% |
Michael Northey |
C |
2458 |
46.3% |
Nigel Whitburn |
LD |
1804 |
34.0% |
Judith Meaden |
Grn |
687 |
13.0% |
David McLellan |
Lab |
356 |
6.7% |
John Simmonds |
C |
2119 |
50.0% |
Derek Maslin |
LD |
988 |
23.3% |
Norman Evans |
Grn |
743 |
17.5% |
Ian Leslie |
Lab |
387 |
9.1% |
Roger Manning |
C |
3020 |
66.4% |
Keith Brown |
LD |
1249 |
27.5% |
David Burgess |
Lab |
281 |
6.2% |
Roger Gough |
C |
2345 |
49.6% |
Philip McGarvey |
LD |
946 |
20.0% |
Chris Snape |
EDP |
918 |
19.4% |
Carol Theobald |
Lab |
517 |
10.9% |
Penny Cole |
C |
1221 |
37.8% |
Christine Angell |
Lab |
830 |
25.7% |
Tony Wilson |
EDP |
787 |
24.3% |
Simon Simeonides |
LD |
395 |
12.2% |
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% |
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% |
Jan Ozog |
C |
1873 |
38.5% |
Jo Shippam |
EDP |
1263 |
26.0% |
Tom Maddison |
Lab |
1030 |
21.2% |
Joanne Howard |
LD |
698 |
14.4% |
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 |
|
Steve Manion |
C |
2380 |
43.3% |
Eileen Rowbotham |
Lab |
1300 |
23.6% |
Reg Hansell |
IndDover |
1053 |
19.2% |
Sheila Smith |
LD |
764 |
13.9% |
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 |
|
Bryan Cope |
C |
2463 |
45.0% |
John Buckley |
UKIP |
1352 |
24.7% |
Peter Lodge |
LD |
1008 |
18.4% |
Pam Brivio |
Lab |
645 |
11.8% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
Roland Tolputt |
C |
1496 |
43.5% |
Gary Fuller |
LD |
821 |
23.9% |
Terry Kendall |
UKIP |
794 |
23.1% |
Maureen Tomison |
Lab |
330 |
9.6% |
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% |
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 |
|
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% |
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% |
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 |
|
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% |
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 |
|
Ian Chittenden |
LD |
2306 |
52.6% |
Jeff Tree |
C |
1159 |
26.5% |
Charles Elliot |
UKIP |
656 |
15.0% |
Derek Eagle |
Grn |
260 |
5.9% |
Jenny Whittle |
C |
3963 |
73.8% |
David Naghi |
LD |
925 |
17.2% |
Steve Gibson |
Lab |
479 |
8.9% |
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% |
Eric Hotson |
C |
2595 |
62.1% |
Hugh Laing |
LD |
1027 |
24.6% |
Robin Kinrade |
Grn |
554 |
13.3% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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 |
|
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% |
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 |
|
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 |
|
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% |
Leyland Ridings |
C |
3038 |
57.2% |
Bryan Curtis |
LD |
1542 |
29.1% |
Iain Fairweather |
Lab |
728 |
13.7% |
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% |
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% |
David Brazier |
C |
2885 |
55.6% |
Louise Uncles |
EDP |
1091 |
21.0% |
Phillip Hobson |
LD |
697 |
13.4% |
James Weekes |
Lab |
518 |
10.0% |
Peter Lake |
C |
2439 |
51.7% |
Vic Jennings |
LD |
1078 |
22.9% |
Richard Dyton |
Grn |
632 |
13.4% |
Dave Snape |
EDP |
566 |
12.0% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
Keith Ferrin |
C |
2609 |
56.0% |
Elvie Lowe |
LD |
1348 |
28.9% |
Mike Badcock |
Lab |
700 |
15.0% |
Robert Brookbank |
C |
1549 |
42.6% |
Steve Uncles |
EDP |
833 |
22.9% |
Ian Rashbrook |
Lab |
823 |
22.7% |
Alan Bullion |
LD |
428 |
11.8% |
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% |
Mike Hill |
C |
3461 |
70.0% |
Barry Wright |
LD |
1093 |
22.1% |
Doreen Wilcockson |
Lab |
393 |
7.9% |
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% |
Kevin Lynes |
C |
2372 |
49.3% |
David Neve |
LD |
1532 |
31.8% |
Eileen Gayler |
UKIP |
585 |
12.2% |
Tim Rich |
Lab |
324 |
6.7% |
Roy Bullock |
C |
1817 |
38.0% |
Trevor Poile |
LD |
1664 |
34.8% |
Victor Webb |
UKIP |
683 |
14.3% |
Ronnie Ooi |
Lab |
614 |
12.9% |
Alex King |
C |
3411 |
63.5% |
John Billingham |
LD |
1395 |
26.0% |
Raymond Moon |
Lab |
562 |
10.5% |
James Scholes |
C |
3203 |
61.8% |
Christo Skelton |
LD |
1544 |
29.8% |
Lorna Blackmore |
Lab |
438 |
8.4% |
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% |
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% |
Ann Allen |
C |
2817 |
55.7% |
John Griffiths |
EDP |
1258 |
24.9% |
Patrick Kelly |
Lab |
980 |
19.4% |
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