2019 Dartford Borough Council election

2019 Dartford Borough Council election

2 May 2019
All 42 seats to Dartford Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.68%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy Kite Jonathon Hawkes Sue Butterfill Party Conservative Labour Residents Last election 34 seats, 49.7% 7 seats, 29.6% 3 seats, 4.3% Seats won 29 10 3 Seat change 5 3 Percentage 52.8% 29.8% 5.4% Swing 3.1% 0.2% 1.1%
Results by ward of 2019 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Residents in white
council control before election 2015 Conservative Subsequent council control 2019 Conservative

The 2019 Dartford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dartford Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2019 Dartford Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	29	0	2	5	69.0	53.1	26,752	+3.4
	Labour	42	10	3	0	3	23.8	29.4	14,809	–0.2
	Residents	8	3	0	1		7.1	5.4	2,733	+1.1
	UKIP	20	0	0	0		0.0	9.7	4,903	–4.6
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	791	N/A
	Green	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	281	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	114	N/A

Ward results

Bean & Village Park

Bean & Village Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hammock	471	81.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Regan	107	18.5
Majority
Turnout			591	29.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brent

Brent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosanna Currans	944	61.9
	Conservative	Avtar Sandhu	865	56.7
	Labour	Peter Grehan	346	22.7
	Labour	Eric Grover	320	21.0
	UKIP	Brenda Newton	197	12.9
	UKIP	Shan-E-Din Choycha	148	9.7
Turnout			1,538	35.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dave Butler	385	62.3
	Labour	Lisa Bullock	135	21.8
	Green	Cintia Bailey	98	15.9
Majority
Turnout			619	25.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burnham

Burnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Davis	341	51.0
	Labour	Joe Yusuf	328	49.0
Majority
Turnout			680	30.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Darenth

Darenth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Armitt	268	47.4
	Labour	Jeffrey Froud	179	31.6
	UKIP	Ben Fryer	119	21.0
Majority
Turnout			578	28.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ebbsfleet

Ebbsfleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sacha Gosine	188	39.6
	Labour	Romana Gosine	183	38.6
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	179	37.8
	Labour	Graham Steele	175	36.9
	Residents	Nigel Hoad	138	29.1
	Residents	Jason Clitherow	133	28.1
	Conservative	Kyle Stealey	126	26.6
	Conservative	Stephane Tindame	107	22.6
	Residents	Ann Duke	106	22.4
Turnout			476	28.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Greenhithe & Knockhall

Greenhithe & Knockhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Sue Butterfill	538	43.8
	Residents	Peter Harman	536	43.7
	Conservative	David Mote	473	38.5
	Residents	Jay Shah	406	33.1
	Conservative	Keith Kelly	365	29.7
	Conservative	Maria Kelly	343	28.0
	Labour	Natalie Boorman	209	17.0
	Labour	Timothy Cook	158	12.9
	Labour	Michael Ankrah	157	12.8
	UKIP	Frederick Hunt	134	10.9
Turnout			1,240	24.0
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heath

Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Lloyd	959	63.4
	Conservative	Patsy Thurlow	846	55.9
	Labour	David Celino-Stock	353	23.3
	Labour	Robert Celino-Stock	343	22.7
	UKIP	Gary Rogers	251	16.6
Turnout			1,528	34.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Joydens Wood

Joydens Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Peters	1,151	74.2
	Conservative	Brian Garden	1,150	74.1
	UKIP	Rodney Janes	230	14.8
	Labour	Paul Blankley	197	12.7
	Labour	Mimi Marin	160	10.3
Turnout			1,563	37.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet

Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	1,448	69.2
	Conservative	Steven Brown	1,382	66.1
	Conservative	Roger Perfitt	1,273	60.9
	Independent	Jennifer MacDonald	358	17.1
	UKIP	Donna Tibby	298	14.3
	Labour	Bill Cook	266	12.7
	Labour	Allan Fisher	248	11.9
	Labour	Andrew Prothero	230	11.0
Turnout			2,104	37.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Maypole & Layton Cross

Maypole & Layton Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Allen	474	84.2
	Labour	Ganesh Pala	89	15.8
Majority
Turnout			577	26.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newtown

Newtown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Edie	610	42.2
	Labour	Adrian Oakley-Dow	568	39.3
	Conservative	Ellenor Palmer	522	36.1
	Conservative	Steve Parsons	489	33.8
	Green	Andrew Blatchford	183	12.6
	UKIP	Gordon Mayell	166	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Marsh	114	7.9
Turnout			1,454	35.2
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Princes

Princes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ricky Jones	552	44.1
	Conservative	Becky Storey	483	38.6
	Labour	Maria Perry	481	38.4
	Conservative	Sheun Oke	446	35.7
	UKIP	Jim Moore	259	20.7
Turnout			1,268	31.5
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Stone Castle

Stone Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lucy Canham	632	50.2
	Conservative	John Burrell	594	47.2
	Conservative	Paul Cutler	560	44.5
	Labour	Rachael Martin-Smith	442	35.1
	Labour	Mandy Garford	437	34.7
	Labour	Catherine Stafford	357	28.4
	UKIP	Roger Cockett	205	16.3
Turnout			1,272	24.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stone House

Stone House

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelly Grehan	559	46.1
	Conservative	Tom Oliver	518	42.7
	Conservative	Steven Jarnell	487	40.2
	Labour	Jonathon Hawkes	447	36.9
	UKIP	Ryan Waters	186	15.3
Turnout			1,224	25.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Swanscombe

Swanscombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma-Louise Moussa	516	39.6
	Residents	Anita Barham	497	38.1
	Labour	Claire Pearce	418	32.1
	Residents	John Hayes	379	29.1
	UKIP	Linda Moore	224	17.2
	UKIP	Stephen Vaughan	200	15.3
	Conservative	Aaron Kelly	123	9.4
	Conservative	Thomas Shippam	83	6.4
Turnout			1,313	28.4
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Temple Hill

Temple Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Maddison	719	43.0
	Labour	Alina Gaskin	702	41.9
	Labour	Victoria Oguntope	669	40.0
	Conservative	Anita Sillick	450	26.9
	UKIP	Barry Taylor	426	25.4
	Conservative	Tim Westwood	416	24.9
	UKIP	Howard Bostridge	414	24.7
	Conservative	Peter Whapshott	405	24.2
	UKIP	David Martin-Garcia	401	24.0
Turnout			1,679	27.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Town

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Shippam	345	53.0
	Conservative	Richard Wells	331	50.8
	Labour	Lucy Robinson	243	37.3
	Labour	David Bull	234	35.9
	UKIP	Caroline Wakeman	56	8.6
Turnout			654	27.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Hill

West Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Ozog	1,046	52.2
	Conservative	Denzil Raynolds	1,008	50.3
	Conservative	Drew Swinerd	947	47.3
	Labour	Ron Kipps	645	32.2
	Labour	Ruth Slight	619	30.9
	Labour	Mauro Orru	605	30.2
	UKIP	Michael Wiltshire	301	15.0
	UKIP	Jo Shippam	294	14.7
Turnout			2,015	34.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Home & Hawley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Hunniset	1,184	60.1
	Conservative	Calvin McLean	1,112	56.4
	Conservative	Lucas Reynolds	1,021	51.8
	Independent	Eddy Lampkin	433	22.0
	UKIP	Ivan Burch	394	20.0
	Labour	Shaun Cummings	314	15.9
	Labour	Raymond Kelleher	307	15.6
	Labour	Sid Bullock	294	14.9
Turnout			1,985	32.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Maypole & Leyton Cross

Maypole & Leyton Cross: 27 January 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kyle Stealey	334	63.1	−21.1
	Green	Julian Hood	76	14.4	N/A
	Labour	Leah Uwaibi	65	12.3	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Marsh	54	10.2	N/A
Majority			258	48.7
Turnout			533	24.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.8

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley: 27 January 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Holt	996	67.8	+16.9
	Labour	Maria Perry	272	18.5	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hatzimasouras	200	13.6	N/A
Majority			724	49.3
Turnout			1,471	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.5

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley: 9 February 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddy Lampkin	808	69.0	+18.1
	Labour	Jonathan Wynne	285	24.3	+10.8
	Green	Julian Hood	78	6.7	N/A
Majority			523	44.7
Turnout			1,771
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7