Local Election Results 2021
Kent
Whole council up for election.
Note:— The election in Elham Valley division was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Fndtn = Foundation Party
Libtn = Libertarian Party
SGRA = Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association
Swale = Swale Independents
Thanet = Thanet Independents
TWellsA = Tunbridge Wells Alliance
WEP = Women's Equality Party
Workers = Workers Party of Britain
Other results for Kent:
2005
2009
2013
2017
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
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
Conservative |
188779 |
48.9% |
62 |
Labour |
75837 |
19.6% |
7 |
Green Party |
52739 |
13.7% |
4 |
Liberal Democrat |
45592 |
11.8% |
6 |
Independent |
7187 |
1.9% |
0 |
Swale Independents |
7109 |
1.8% |
1 |
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association |
2155 |
0.6% |
1 |
Thanet Independents |
1861 |
0.5% |
0 |
Reform UK |
1561 |
0.4% |
0 |
Tunbridge Wells Alliance |
1337 |
0.3% |
0 |
UK Independence Party |
927 |
0.2% |
0 |
Foundation Party |
561 |
0.1% |
0 |
Workers Party of Britain |
331 |
0.1% |
0 |
Socialist Party |
144 |
0.0% |
0 |
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
91 |
0.0% |
0 |
Women's Equality Party |
78 |
0.0% |
0 |
Libertarian Party |
51 |
0.0% |
0 |
Social Democratic Party |
23 |
0.0% |
0 |
Paul Bartlett |
C |
2144 |
55.8% |
Kate Leavey |
Lab |
920 |
24.0% |
Liz Wright |
Grn |
535 |
13.9% |
Valerie Mbali |
LD |
242 |
6.3% |
Steven Campkin |
Grn |
1854 |
44.5% |
Graham Galpin |
C |
1428 |
34.3% |
Sojan Joseph |
Lab |
596 |
14.3% |
Garry Harrison |
Ind |
149 |
3.6% |
Samuel Strolz |
LD |
136 |
3.3% |
Clair Bell |
C |
2878 |
57.3% |
Geoffrey Meaden |
Grn |
858 |
17.1% |
Caroline Knight |
LD |
656 |
13.1% |
Alan Dean |
Lab |
627 |
12.5% |
David Robey |
C |
2420 |
61.2% |
Mark Silvester |
Lab |
560 |
14.2% |
Dawn Nilsson |
Grn |
463 |
11.7% |
Theresa Dickens |
LD |
376 |
9.5% |
Jason Smith |
Ind |
136 |
3.4% |
Charlie Simkins |
C |
3098 |
64.8% |
Hilary Jones |
Grn |
632 |
13.2% |
Norma Smyth |
Lab |
612 |
12.8% |
Adrian Gee-Turner |
LD |
391 |
8.2% |
Andrew Lewin |
Libtn |
51 |
1.1% |
Dirk Ross |
C |
1407 |
43.7% |
Dara Farrell |
Lab |
1319 |
41.0% |
Thom Pizzey |
Grn |
263 |
8.2% |
Hein Behrens |
LD |
232 |
7.2% |
Linda Wright |
C |
4013 |
43.1% |
Derek Crow-Brown |
C |
3846 |
|
Rob Yates |
Lab |
1606 |
17.2% |
Bertie Braidwood |
Thanet |
1525 |
16.4% |
Abi Smith |
Grn |
1483 |
15.9% |
Rob Edwards |
Grn |
971 |
|
Martyn Pennington |
LD |
476 |
5.1% |
Jeremy de Rose |
LD |
354 |
|
Edwin Handford |
RUK |
216 |
2.3% |
Rosalind Binks |
C |
2695 |
50.6% |
Aram Rawf |
Lab |
1549 |
29.1% |
Mike Garner |
Grn |
905 |
17.0% |
Robert Stone |
LD |
176 |
3.3% |
Alister Brady |
Lab |
1951 |
43.3% |
Naziyat Khan |
C |
1077 |
23.9% |
Alex Lister |
LD |
997 |
22.1% |
Henry Stanton |
Grn |
477 |
10.6% |
Mel Dawkins |
Lab |
2095 |
41.0% |
Sergiu Barna |
C |
1374 |
26.9% |
Ida Linfield |
LD |
1109 |
21.7% |
Patricia Marsh |
Grn |
527 |
10.3% |
Robert Thomas |
C |
2402 |
53.2% |
Paul Prentice |
Lab |
1002 |
22.2% |
Alex Ricketts |
LD |
602 |
13.3% |
Anna Peckham |
Grn |
509 |
11.3% |
Michael Sole |
LD |
2457 |
45.6% |
Michael Northey |
C |
1966 |
36.5% |
Connie Nolan |
Lab |
961 |
17.8% |
Rory Love |
C |
2143 |
41.6% |
Tim Prater |
LD |
2122 |
41.2% |
Paul Bingham |
Lab |
792 |
15.4% |
Eric Segal |
TUSC |
91 |
1.8% |
Lesley Game |
C |
2468 |
57.4% |
Helen Whitehead |
Lab |
1134 |
26.4% |
Michelle Thomas |
Grn |
445 |
10.4% |
George Metcalfe |
LD |
148 |
3.4% |
Kanndiss Riley |
WEP |
78 |
1.8% |
Josh Sims |
SDP |
23 |
0.5% |
Seán Holden |
C |
2967 |
51.9% |
Nancy Warne |
TWellsA |
1337 |
23.4% |
James Groome |
Lab |
455 |
8.0% |
John Hurst |
Grn |
417 |
7.3% |
Gillian Douglass |
LD |
316 |
5.5% |
Venetia Carpenter |
Ind |
156 |
2.7% |
Toby Stripp |
RUK |
74 |
1.3% |
Penny Cole |
C |
1729 |
49.7% |
Claire Pearce |
Lab |
1015 |
29.2% |
Katie Lynch |
SGRA |
734 |
21.1% |
Kelly Grehan |
Lab |
1872 |
43.5% |
Peter Whapshott |
C |
1763 |
41.0% |
Laura Edie |
Grn |
559 |
13.0% |
Barry Taylor |
RUK |
106 |
2.5% |
Jeremy Kite |
C |
3172 |
74.1% |
Joshua Grills |
Lab |
694 |
16.2% |
Mark Lindop |
Grn |
284 |
6.6% |
Howard Bostridge |
RUK |
133 |
3.1% |
Jan Ozog |
C |
2649 |
60.5% |
Lucy Robinson |
Lab |
1565 |
35.7% |
Gary Rogers |
RUK |
166 |
3.8% |
Trevor Bond |
C |
3964 |
42.9% |
Derek Murphy |
C |
3693 |
|
Eileen Rowbotham |
Lab |
2793 |
30.2% |
Edward Biggs |
Lab |
2407 |
|
Mike Eddy |
Grn |
1604 |
17.4% |
Penelope James |
LD |
462 |
5.0% |
John Gosling |
LD |
377 |
|
Chris Tough |
Ind |
341 |
3.7% |
Bobby Falaise |
Ind |
269 |
|
Christopher Tasker |
Workers |
70 |
0.8% |
Stephen Manion |
C |
2138 |
51.8% |
Charles Woodgate |
Lab |
1076 |
26.1% |
Sarah Waite-Gleave |
Grn |
747 |
18.1% |
Annabel Stogdon |
LD |
168 |
4.1% |
Nigel Collor |
C |
2977 |
42.2% |
Oliver Richardson |
C |
2287 |
|
Dom Howden |
Lab |
1935 |
27.5% |
Charlotte Zosseder |
Lab |
1867 |
|
Beccy Sawbridge |
Grn |
924 |
13.1% |
Graham Wanstall |
Ind |
583 |
8.3% |
Roben Franklin |
LD |
367 |
5.2% |
Luke Lyden |
LD |
298 |
|
David Kerr |
Workers |
261 |
3.7% |
Dave Beaney |
C |
2663 |
62.0% |
Pamela Brivio |
Lab |
1007 |
23.4% |
Nicolas Shread |
Grn |
433 |
10.1% |
Rick Blackwell |
LD |
193 |
4.5% |
Susan Carey |
C |
1809 |
50.1% |
Douglas Wade |
Grn |
1335 |
37.0% |
Gordon Cowan |
Lab |
247 |
6.8% |
Joe Egerton |
Ind |
221 |
6.1% |
Antony Hook |
LD |
2775 |
44.6% |
Andy Culham |
C |
1907 |
30.6% |
Andrew Birkin |
Lab |
1099 |
17.7% |
Benjamin Martin |
Ind |
442 |
7.1% |
Jackie Meade |
Lab |
1324 |
38.2% |
Dick Pascoe |
C |
1132 |
32.7% |
Mary Lawes |
Fndtn |
561 |
16.2% |
Harry Scott-Sansom |
LD |
361 |
10.4% |
Max Hess |
Soc |
89 |
2.6% |
Dylan Jeffrey |
C |
2105 |
43.1% |
Laura Davison |
Lab |
1792 |
36.7% |
Alison Pemberton |
LD |
541 |
11.1% |
Diane Priestley |
Ind |
264 |
5.4% |
David Smith |
RUK |
127 |
2.6% |
Andy Thomas |
Soc |
55 |
1.1% |
Jordan Meade |
C |
4272 |
49.2% |
Alan Ridgers |
C |
3813 |
|
Emma Morley |
Lab |
3335 |
38.4% |
Tony Rana |
Lab |
2993 |
|
Martin Wilson |
Grn |
687 |
7.9% |
Ukonu Obasi |
LD |
391 |
4.5% |
Kieran Wright |
LD |
376 |
|
Bryan Sweetland |
C |
3696 |
67.1% |
Daniel Baber |
Lab |
814 |
14.8% |
Robin Banks |
LD |
625 |
11.3% |
Susan Hodge |
Grn |
375 |
6.8% |
Dan Watkins |
C |
2366 |
54.2% |
Simon Warley |
Lab |
936 |
21.5% |
Brian Shelley |
Grn |
635 |
14.6% |
John Bowley |
LD |
249 |
5.7% |
Graeme Sergeant |
Ind |
177 |
4.1% |
Alan Marsh |
C |
2911 |
60.3% |
Jean Butcher |
Lab |
1015 |
21.0% |
Andy Harvey |
Grn |
640 |
13.3% |
Gwilym Maltby |
LD |
259 |
5.4% |
Andy Weatherhead |
C |
2592 |
49.1% |
Georgina Treloar |
Grn |
1997 |
37.8% |
Anthony Goode |
Lab |
499 |
9.5% |
Len Laws |
UKIP |
189 |
3.6% |
Tom Cannon |
C |
3484 |
36.4% |
Dan Daley |
LD |
2880 |
30.1% |
John Perry |
C |
2562 |
|
Chris Passmore |
LD |
2207 |
|
Patrick Coates |
Lab |
1817 |
19.0% |
Paul Harper |
Lab |
1748 |
|
Donna Greenan |
Grn |
1389 |
14.5% |
Stuart Jeffery |
Grn |
1098 |
|
Ian Chittenden |
LD |
1793 |
39.2% |
Scott Hahnefeld |
C |
1678 |
36.7% |
John Randall |
Lab |
584 |
12.8% |
Kimberley Milham |
Grn |
517 |
11.3% |
Shellina Prendergast |
C |
3884 |
65.3% |
Susan Parr |
Grn |
1073 |
18.0% |
Marlyn Randall |
Lab |
515 |
8.7% |
Hannah Perkin |
LD |
332 |
5.6% |
Twiz Stripp |
RUK |
144 |
2.4% |
Paul Carter |
C |
3441 |
67.2% |
Jo Burns |
Lab |
721 |
14.1% |
Ian McDonald |
Grn |
574 |
11.2% |
Sam Burrows |
LD |
387 |
7.6% |
Lottie Parfitt-Reid |
C |
2495 |
45.7% |
Eric Hotson |
Ind |
1711 |
31.4% |
Steven Cheeseman |
Grn |
659 |
12.1% |
Bob Millar |
Lab |
483 |
8.9% |
Justin Randall |
RUK |
106 |
1.9% |
Simon Webb |
C |
2985 |
60.0% |
Ashleigh Kimmance |
LD |
740 |
14.9% |
Mike Summersgill |
Grn |
738 |
14.8% |
Richard Coates |
Lab |
509 |
10.2% |
Paul Cooper |
C |
1770 |
42.4% |
Brian Clark |
LD |
1460 |
35.0% |
Kim Roberts |
Lab |
461 |
11.0% |
Stephen Muggeridge |
Grn |
292 |
7.0% |
Gary Butler |
Ind |
104 |
2.5% |
Yolande Kenward |
Ind |
88 |
2.1% |
Gary Cooke |
C |
1994 |
64.8% |
Dan Wilkinson |
Lab |
732 |
23.8% |
David Naghi |
LD |
351 |
11.4% |
Trudy Dean |
LD |
2979 |
67.7% |
David Thompson |
C |
1182 |
26.8% |
Sarah Palmer |
Lab |
197 |
4.5% |
Rizwana Shelley |
Lab |
45 |
1.0% |
Sarah Hohler |
C |
2757 |
63.7% |
Wayne Mallard |
Lab |
875 |
20.2% |
Nick Stapleton |
LD |
693 |
16.0% |
Andrew Kennedy |
C |
3807 |
72.6% |
Thomas Shelley |
Lab |
587 |
11.2% |
Timothy Bishop |
LD |
460 |
8.8% |
Archie Mitchell |
Grn |
387 |
7.4% |
Sarah Hudson |
C |
3299 |
64.9% |
Steve Crisp |
Grn |
731 |
14.4% |
Robin Potter |
Lab |
380 |
7.5% |
Andrew Russell |
LD |
365 |
7.2% |
Raja Zahidi |
Ind |
158 |
3.1% |
Louis Westlake |
Ind |
150 |
3.0% |
Harry Rayner |
C |
3178 |
64.6% |
Richard Mountford |
Grn |
696 |
14.1% |
Helen Hobhouse |
LD |
566 |
11.5% |
Kathleen Garlick |
Lab |
479 |
9.7% |
Barry Lewis |
Lab |
1376 |
42.1% |
Ash Ashbee |
C |
1292 |
39.5% |
Sue Rees |
Grn |
423 |
12.9% |
John Finnegan |
LD |
178 |
5.4% |
Conrad Broadley |
C |
3609 |
42.2% |
Lauren Sullivan |
Lab |
3461 |
40.5% |
John Burden |
Lab |
3403 |
|
Gary Harding |
C |
3403 |
|
Richard Bayfield |
Grn |
833 |
9.7% |
Sharan Kaur Virk |
LD |
641 |
7.5% |
Trevor Shonk |
C |
3157 |
33.0% |
Karen Constantine |
Lab |
2864 |
29.9% |
Becky Wing |
Grn |
2576 |
26.9% |
Christian Burwash |
C |
2523 |
|
Mark Hopkinson |
Lab |
2268 |
|
Katie Gerrard |
Grn |
1755 |
|
Grahame Birchall |
Ind |
404 |
4.2% |
George Rusiecki |
Thanet |
336 |
3.5% |
Paul Messenger |
Ind |
248 |
|
Gail Banks |
LD |
239 |
2.5% |
David Banks |
LD |
200 |
|
Tony Hills |
C |
3139 |
62.2% |
Tony Cooper |
Lab |
811 |
16.1% |
Malcolm Watkinson |
Grn |
603 |
12.0% |
Ian Meyers |
UKIP |
309 |
6.1% |
Eric Elliott |
RUK |
182 |
3.6% |
Sue Chandler |
C |
2808 |
59.7% |
Barney Sadler |
Lab |
749 |
15.9% |
Abigail Stroud |
Grn |
508 |
10.8% |
Paul Carter |
Ind |
416 |
8.9% |
Vernon Recas |
LD |
219 |
4.7% |
Roger Gough |
C |
3491 |
64.3% |
Michael Barker |
Grn |
691 |
12.7% |
David Griffiths |
Lab |
625 |
11.5% |
Tristan Ward |
LD |
619 |
11.4% |
David Brazier |
C |
2887 |
59.0% |
Laura Manston |
Grn |
1632 |
33.4% |
Ian Rashbrook |
Lab |
372 |
7.6% |
Margot McArthur |
C |
2845 |
61.4% |
Hill Harris |
Grn |
638 |
13.8% |
Flora Nedelcu |
LD |
599 |
12.9% |
Neil Proudfoot |
Lab |
549 |
11.9% |
Richard Streatfeild |
LD |
2919 |
45.9% |
Margaret Crabtree |
C |
2740 |
43.1% |
Paul Wharton |
Grn |
407 |
6.4% |
Jackie Griffiths |
Lab |
293 |
4.6% |
Nick Chard |
C |
3224 |
58.6% |
Tom Mackay |
LD |
1135 |
20.6% |
Richard Cobbold |
Grn |
653 |
11.9% |
Helen Fiorini |
Lab |
493 |
9.0% |
Cameron Beart |
C |
4680 |
51.0% |
Andy Booth |
C |
3464 |
|
Elliott Jayes |
Swale |
1679 |
18.3% |
Angela Harrison |
Lab |
1526 |
16.6% |
Catherine Whittle |
Grn |
703 |
7.7% |
Sam Collins |
Grn |
647 |
|
Linda Brinklow |
LD |
337 |
3.7% |
Mini Nissanga |
RUK |
252 |
2.7% |
Ben Martin |
LD |
203 |
|
Mike Dendor |
C |
1695 |
42.3% |
Steve Davey |
Lab |
1021 |
25.5% |
James Hall |
Swale |
912 |
22.7% |
Hannah Temple |
Grn |
218 |
5.4% |
Mary Zeng |
LD |
164 |
4.1% |
John Wright |
C |
1868 |
40.2% |
Richard Palmer |
Swale |
1500 |
32.3% |
Lola Oyewusi |
Lab |
765 |
16.5% |
David Walton |
Grn |
309 |
6.6% |
Alexander Stennings |
LD |
207 |
4.5% |
Rich Lehmann |
Grn |
3067 |
51.7% |
Charlotte Whitney-Brown |
C |
2443 |
41.2% |
Frances Rehal |
Lab |
420 |
7.1% |
Mike Baldock |
Swale |
3018 |
56.0% |
Mike Whiting |
C |
2367 |
44.0% |
Perry Cole |
C |
2475 |
55.1% |
Tony Searles |
Ind |
837 |
18.6% |
Karimah Kelly |
Lab |
773 |
17.2% |
Philip Levy |
Grn |
207 |
4.6% |
Jon Alexander |
LD |
196 |
4.4% |
Peter Harman |
SGRA |
1421 |
40.4% |
Sacha Gosine |
Lab |
1130 |
32.1% |
Danny Nicklen |
C |
911 |
25.9% |
David Martin-Garcia |
RUK |
55 |
1.6% |
Mike Hill |
C |
3484 |
69.4% |
Guy Pullen |
Grn |
663 |
13.2% |
Emma MacLennan |
Lab |
506 |
10.1% |
Chris Grayling |
LD |
366 |
7.3% |
Mark Hood |
Grn |
6346 |
51.6% |
Paul Stepto |
Grn |
5424 |
|
Michael Payne |
C |
4608 |
37.5% |
Richard Long |
C |
4524 |
|
Carl Marten |
Lab |
750 |
6.1% |
Sean O'Malley |
Lab |
652 |
|
David Allen |
Ind |
599 |
4.9% |
Colin Hussey |
Ind |
534 |
|
Paul Barrington-King |
C |
2693 |
47.8% |
Alan Bullion |
LD |
1272 |
22.6% |
Martin Betts |
Lab |
1023 |
18.2% |
Trever Bisdee |
Grn |
645 |
11.5% |
Peter Oakford |
C |
2048 |
35.2% |
Mike Tapp |
Lab |
1968 |
33.9% |
Aqab Malik |
LD |
1057 |
18.2% |
Anthony Hoskin |
Grn |
611 |
10.5% |
Christine Marshall |
UKIP |
127 |
2.2% |
Sarah Hamilton |
C |
2656 |
46.7% |
Hugh Patterson |
LD |
1281 |
22.5% |
Christine Spicer |
Grn |
794 |
14.0% |
Derek Boyle |
Lab |
777 |
13.7% |
Christopher Hoare |
UKIP |
178 |
3.1% |
Becki Bruneau |
C |
2553 |
39.5% |
Anne Sullivan |
LD |
1980 |
30.6% |
Lorna Blackmore |
Lab |
837 |
13.0% |
Evelien Hurst-Buist |
Grn |
803 |
12.4% |
Penny Kift |
Ind |
165 |
2.6% |
Alun Elder-Brown |
UKIP |
124 |
1.9% |
James McInroy |
C |
2715 |
42.4% |
David Osborne |
LD |
1835 |
28.6% |
Anne Musker |
Lab |
943 |
14.7% |
Aimee Taylor |
Grn |
912 |
14.2% |
Neil Baker |
C |
2703 |
53.9% |
Dan Allen |
Lab |
1162 |
23.2% |
Keith Bothwell |
Grn |
804 |
16.0% |
James Flanagan |
LD |
342 |
6.8% |
Mark Dance |
C |
2422 |
42.9% |
Naomi Smith |
Lab |
2236 |
39.6% |
Nicole David |
Grn |
735 |
13.0% |
Yvonne Hawkins |
LD |
173 |
3.1% |
Joseph Egerton |
Ind |
86 |
1.5% |
Ann Allen |
C |
2987 |
72.4% |
Maria Perry |
Lab |
825 |
20.0% |
Deborah Edge |
Grn |
314 |
7.6% |
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