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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.)
Results for district councils — Ashford 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Canterbury 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Dartford 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — 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 resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Kent 2021

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

Ashford Central

Paul Bartlett C 2144 55.8%
Kate Leavey Lab 920 24.0%
Liz Wright Grn 535 13.9%
Valerie Mbali LD 242 6.3%

Ashford East [Grn gain from LD]

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%

Ashford Rural East

Clair Bell C 2878 57.3%
Geoffrey Meaden Grn 858 17.1%
Caroline Knight LD 656 13.1%
Alan Dean Lab 627 12.5%

Ashford Rural South

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%

Ashford Rural West

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%

Ashford South [C gain from Lab]

Dirk Ross C 1407 43.7%
Dara Farrell Lab 1319 41.0%
Thom Pizzey Grn 263 8.2%
Hein Behrens LD 232 7.2%

Birchington and Rural (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%

Broadstairs

Rosalind Binks C 2695 50.6%
Aram Rawf Lab 1549 29.1%
Mike Garner Grn 905 17.0%
Robert Stone LD 176 3.3%

Canterbury City North [Lab gain from C]

Alister Brady Lab 1951 43.3%
Naziyat Khan C 1077 23.9%
Alex Lister LD 997 22.1%
Henry Stanton Grn 477 10.6%

Canterbury City South [Lab gain from LD]

Mel Dawkins Lab 2095 41.0%
Sergiu Barna C 1374 26.9%
Ida Linfield LD 1109 21.7%
Patricia Marsh Grn 527 10.3%

Canterbury North

Robert Thomas C 2402 53.2%
Paul Prentice Lab 1002 22.2%
Alex Ricketts LD 602 13.3%
Anna Peckham Grn 509 11.3%

Canterbury South [LD gain from C]

Michael Sole LD 2457 45.6%
Michael Northey C 1966 36.5%
Connie Nolan Lab 961 17.8%

Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East

Rory Love C 2143 41.6%
Tim Prater LD 2122 41.2%
Paul Bingham Lab 792 15.4%
Eric Segal TUSC 91 1.8%

Cliftonville

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%

Cranbrook

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%

Dartford East

Penny Cole C 1729 49.7%
Claire Pearce Lab 1015 29.2%
Katie Lynch SGRA 734 21.1%

Dartford North East [Lab gain from C]

Kelly Grehan Lab 1872 43.5%
Peter Whapshott C 1763 41.0%
Laura Edie Grn 559 13.0%
Barry Taylor RUK 106 2.5%

Dartford Rural

Jeremy Kite C 3172 74.1%
Joshua Grills Lab 694 16.2%
Mark Lindop Grn 284 6.6%
Howard Bostridge RUK 133 3.1%

Dartford West

Jan Ozog C 2649 60.5%
Lucy Robinson Lab 1565 35.7%
Gary Rogers RUK 166 3.8%

Deal and Walmer (2)

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%

Dover North

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%

Dover Town (2)

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%

Dover West

Dave Beaney C 2663 62.0%
Pamela Brivio Lab 1007 23.4%
Nicolas Shread Grn 433 10.1%
Rick Blackwell LD 193 4.5%

Elham Valley [Postponed to 17th June 2021; death of candidate Chris Deane (Lab)]

Susan Carey C 1809 50.1%
Douglas Wade Grn 1335 37.0%
Gordon Cowan Lab 247 6.8%
Joe Egerton Ind 221 6.1%

Faversham

Antony Hook LD 2775 44.6%
Andy Culham C 1907 30.6%
Andrew Birkin Lab 1099 17.7%
Benjamin Martin Ind 442 7.1%

Folkestone East [Lab gain from C]

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%

Folkestone West

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%

Gravesend East (2)

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

Gravesham Rural

Bryan Sweetland C 3696 67.1%
Daniel Baber Lab 814 14.8%
Robin Banks LD 625 11.3%
Susan Hodge Grn 375 6.8%

Herne Bay East

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%

Herne Village and Sturry

Alan Marsh C 2911 60.3%
Jean Butcher Lab 1015 21.0%
Andy Harvey Grn 640 13.3%
Gwilym Maltby LD 259 5.4%

Hythe West [C gain from Grn]

Andy Weatherhead C 2592 49.1%
Georgina Treloar Grn 1997 37.8%
Anthony Goode Lab 499 9.5%
Len Laws UKIP 189 3.6%

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

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

Maidstone North East

Ian Chittenden LD 1793 39.2%
Scott Hahnefeld C 1678 36.7%
John Randall Lab 584 12.8%
Kimberley Milham Grn 517 11.3%

Maidstone Rural East

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%

Maidstone Rural North

Paul Carter C 3441 67.2%
Jo Burns Lab 721 14.1%
Ian McDonald Grn 574 11.2%
Sam Burrows LD 387 7.6%

Maidstone Rural South

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%

Maidstone Rural West

Simon Webb C 2985 60.0%
Ashleigh Kimmance LD 740 14.9%
Mike Summersgill Grn 738 14.8%
Richard Coates Lab 509 10.2%

Maidstone South

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%

Maidstone South East

Gary Cooke C 1994 64.8%
Dan Wilkinson Lab 732 23.8%
David Naghi LD 351 11.4%

Malling Central

Trudy Dean LD 2979 67.7%
David Thompson C 1182 26.8%
Sarah Palmer Lab 197 4.5%
Rizwana Shelley Lab 45 1.0%

Malling North

Sarah Hohler C 2757 63.7%
Wayne Mallard Lab 875 20.2%
Nick Stapleton LD 693 16.0%

Malling North East

Andrew Kennedy C 3807 72.6%
Thomas Shelley Lab 587 11.2%
Timothy Bishop LD 460 8.8%
Archie Mitchell Grn 387 7.4%

Malling Rural East

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%

Malling West

Harry Rayner C 3178 64.6%
Richard Mountford Grn 696 14.1%
Helen Hobhouse LD 566 11.5%
Kathleen Garlick Lab 479 9.7%

Margate

Barry Lewis Lab 1376 42.1%
Ash Ashbee C 1292 39.5%
Sue Rees Grn 423 12.9%
John Finnegan LD 178 5.4%

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

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%

Ramsgate (2)

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

Romney Marsh

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%

Sandwich

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%

Sevenoaks North and Darent Valley

Roger Gough C 3491 64.3%
Michael Barker Grn 691 12.7%
David Griffiths Lab 625 11.5%
Tristan Ward LD 619 11.4%

Sevenoaks Rural North East

David Brazier C 2887 59.0%
Laura Manston Grn 1632 33.4%
Ian Rashbrook Lab 372 7.6%

Sevenoaks Rural South

Margot McArthur C 2845 61.4%
Hill Harris Grn 638 13.8%
Flora Nedelcu LD 599 12.9%
Neil Proudfoot Lab 549 11.9%

Sevenoaks Town [LD gain from C]

Richard Streatfeild LD 2919 45.9%
Margaret Crabtree C 2740 43.1%
Paul Wharton Grn 407 6.4%
Jackie Griffiths Lab 293 4.6%

Sevenoaks West

Nick Chard C 3224 58.6%
Tom Mackay LD 1135 20.6%
Richard Cobbold Grn 653 11.9%
Helen Fiorini Lab 493 9.0%

Sheppey (2)

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

Sittingbourne North

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%

Sittingbourne South

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%

Swale East [Grn gain from C]

Rich Lehmann Grn 3067 51.7%
Charlotte Whitney-Brown C 2443 41.2%
Frances Rehal Lab 420 7.1%

Swale West [Swale gain from C]

Mike Baldock Swale 3018 56.0%
Mike Whiting C 2367 44.0%

Swanley

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%

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

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%

Tenterden

Mike Hill C 3484 69.4%
Guy Pullen Grn 663 13.2%
Emma MacLennan Lab 506 10.1%
Chris Grayling LD 366 7.3%

Tonbridge (2) [2 Grn gains from C]

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

Tunbridge Wells East

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%

Tunbridge Wells North

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%

Tunbridge Wells Rural

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%

Tunbridge Wells South

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%

Tunbridge Wells West

James McInroy C 2715 42.4%
David Osborne LD 1835 28.6%
Anne Musker Lab 943 14.7%
Aimee Taylor Grn 912 14.2%

Whitstable East and Herne Bay West

Neil Baker C 2703 53.9%
Dan Allen Lab 1162 23.2%
Keith Bothwell Grn 804 16.0%
James Flanagan LD 342 6.8%

Whitstable West

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%

Wilmington

Ann Allen C 2987 72.4%
Maria Perry Lab 825 20.0%
Deborah Edge Grn 314 7.6%

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