2021 Kent County Council election

2021 Kent County Council election

2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)
All 81 seats to Kent County Council 41 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 67 seats 5 seats 7 seats Seats won 62 7 6 Seat change 5 2 1 Popular vote 217,904 90,920 49,448 Percentage 49.1% 20.5% 11.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Swale Ind. Residents Last election 1 seat N/A 1 seat Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 61,355 7,109 2,155 Percentage 13.8% 1.6% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2021 Kent County Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Kent County Council were held on 6 May 2021, alongside other local elections.

81 councillors were elected from 71 electoral divisions.

Summary

Election result

2021 Kent County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	81	62	4	9	5	76.3	49.1	217,904
	Labour	78	7	4	2	2	8.8	20.5	90,920
	Liberal Democrats	65	6	2	3	1	7.5	11.1	49,448
	Green	65	4	4	1	3	5.0	13.8	61,355
	Swale Ind.	4	1	1	0	1	1.3	1.6	7,109
	Residents	2	1	0	0		1.3	0.5	2,155
	Independent	23	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	8,238
	Thanet Independents	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,861
	Reform UK	11	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,561
	Tunbridge Wells Alliance	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	1,337
	UKIP	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	927
	Foundation	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	561
	Workers Party	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	331
	Socialist (GB)	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	144
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	91
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	78
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	23

Results by district

Ashford

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6	1	16,859	57.3	+2.2
	Green	1	1	4,899	16.7	+10.9
	Labour	0	1	5,140	17.5	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	0	1	2,240	7.6	–7.9
	Independent	0		285	1.0	N/A

District results

Ashford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	2,144	55.8	–2.7
	Labour	Kate Leavey	920	24.0	+5.6
	Green	Liz Wright	535	13.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Mbali	242	6.3	–4.3
Majority			1,224	32	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Campkin	1,854	45	39
	Conservative	Graham Galpin	1,428	34	6
	Labour	Sojan Joseph	596	14	1
	Independent	Garry Harrison	149	4	6
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Strolz	136	3	38
Majority			426	10	N/A
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ashford Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	2,878	57	3
	Green	Geoffery Meaden	858	17	9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Knight	656	13	3
	Labour	Alan Dean	627	12	2
Majority			2,020	40	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robey	2,420	61	1
	Labour	Mark Silvester	560	14
	Green	Dawn Nilsson	463	12	8
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Dickens	376	10	2
	Independent	Jason Smith	136	3	N/A
Majority			1,860	47	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Simkins	3,098	65	2
	Green	Hilary Jones	632	13	7
	Labour	Norma Smyth	612	13	3
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	391	8	5
	Libertarian	Andrew Lewin	51	1	N/A
Majority			2,466	52	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dirk Ross	1,407	44	14
	Labour	Dara Farrell	1,319	41	9
	Green	Thom Pizzey	263	8	3
	Liberal Democrats	Hein Behrens	232	7	3
Majority			88	3	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tenterden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hill, OBE	3,484	69	2
	Green	Guy Pullen	663	13	8
	Labour	Emma MacLennan	506	10	4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	366	7	2
Majority			2,821	56	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	2	17,221	43.8	–1.4
	Labour	2	2	11,348	28.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	1		6,188	15.7	–4.8
	Green	0		4,327	11.0	+5.3
	Independent	0		263	0.7	N/A

District results

Canterbury City North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alister Brady	1,951	43	17
	Conservative	Naziyat Khan	1,077	24	12
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	997	22	2
	Green	Henry Stanton	477	11	1
Majority			874	19	N/A
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Canterbury City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mel Dawkins	2,095	41	17
	Conservative	Sergiu Barna	1,374	27	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Linfield	1,109	22	19
	Green	Patricia Marsh	527	10	3
Majority			721	14	N/A
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Canterbury North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	2,402	53	2
	Labour	Paul Prentice	1,002	22	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ricketts	602	13	3
	Green	Anna Peckham	509	11	5
Majority			1,621	31	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sole	2,457	46	9
	Conservative	Michael Northey	1,966	37	8
	Labour	Connie Nolan	961	18	5
Majority			491	9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Herne Bay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Watkins	2,366	54	1
	Labour	Simon Warley	936	21	1
	Green	Brian Shelley	635	15	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowley	249	6	6
	Independent	Graeme Sergeant	177	4	N/A
Majority			1,430	33	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Herne Village and Sturry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	2,911	60
	Labour	Jean Butcher	1,015	21	3
	Green	Andy Harvey	640	13	7
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Maltby	259	5	4
Majority			1,896	39	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitstable East and Herne Bay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Baker	2,703	54	6
	Labour	Dan Allen	1,162	23	5
	Green	Keith Bothwell	804	16	8
	Liberal Democrats	James Flanagan	342	7	8
Majority			1,541	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitstable West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	2,422	43	1
	Labour	Naomi Smith	2,236	40	7
	Green	Nicole David	735	13	6
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Hawkins	173	3	8
	Independent	Joseph Egerton	86	2	N/A
Majority			186	3	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	12,211	52.9	–0.7
	Labour	1	1	7,101	30.8	+4.9
	Residents	1		2,155	9.3	+4.4
	Green	0		1,157	5.0	+4.3
	Reform UK	0		460	2.0	N/A

District results

Dartford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,729	50	12
	Labour	Claire Pearce	1,015	29	7
	Residents	Katie Lynch	734	21	N/A
Majority			714	21	19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Jane Grehan	1,872	44	4
	Conservative	Peter Whapshott	1,763	41	1
	Green	Laura Edie	559	13	9
	Reform UK	Barry Taylor	106	2	N/A
Majority			109	3	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dartford Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	3,172	74	4
	Labour	Joshua Grills	694	16
	Green	Mark Lindop	284	7	N/A
	Reform UK	Howard Bostridge	133	3	N/A
Majority			2,478	58	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Ozog	2,649	60	11
	Labour	Lucy Robinson	1,565	36	4
	Reform UK	Gary Rogers	166	4	N/A
Majority			1,084	24	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peter Harman	1,421	40	3
	Labour	Sacha Gosine	1,130	32	7
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	911	26	1
	Reform UK	David Martin-Garcia	55	2	N/A
Majority			291	8	10
	Residents hold		Swing

Wilmington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen	1,987	72	9
	Labour	Maria Perry	825	20
	Green	Deborah Edge	314	8	N/A
Majority			1,562	52	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dover

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	7		20,540	50.6	+1.8
	Labour	0		11,834	29.1	–1.3
	Green	0		4,216	10.4	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,084	5.1	–1.8
	Independent	0		1,609	4.0	+3.6
	Workers Party	0		331	0.8	N/A

District results

Deal and Walmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Bond	3,964	47
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	3,693	44	2
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	2,793	33
	Labour	Edward Biggs	2,407	29	5
	Green	Mike Eddy	1,604	19	13
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope James	462	5	4
	Liberal Democrats	John Gosling	377	4	3
	Independent	Chris Tough	341	4	2
	Independent	Bobby Falaise	269	3	N/A
	Workers Party	Christopher Tasker	70	1	N/A
Majority			900	11	3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Manion	2,138	52	2
	Labour	Charles Woodgate	1,076	26	4
	Green	Sarah Waite-Gleave	747	18	10
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Stogdon	168	4	N/A
Majority			1,062	26	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dover Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	2,987	43.7	+8.2
	Conservative	Oliver Richardson	2,287	39.7	–1.7
	Labour	Dom Howden	1,935	33.6	–4.0
	Labour	Charlotte Zosseder	1,867	30.7	+1.7
	Green	Beccy Sawbridge	924	16.1	+9.3
	Independent	Graham Wanstall	583	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roben Franklin	367	6.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Lyden	298	5.2	–0.4
	Workers Party	David Kerr	261	4.5	N/A
Majority			352	6	2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dover West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beaney	2,663	62	1
	Labour	Pamela Brivio	1,007	23	5
	Green	Nicolas Shread	433	10	6
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Blackwell	193	4	3
Majority			1,670	39	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Chandler	2,808	60	1
	Labour	Barney Sadler	749	16	2
	Green	Abigail Stroud	508	11	6
	Independent	Paul Carter	416	9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vernon Recas	219	5	4
Majority			2,059	44	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Folkestone and Hythe

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5		12,920	47.1	+4.4
	Labour	1	1	5,465	19.9	+8.0
	Green	0	1	3,935	14.3	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		3,024	11.0	–1.8
	Foundation	0		561	2.0	N/A
	UKIP	0		498	1.8	–11.1
	Independent	0		485	1.8	–2.6
	Reform UK	0		309	1.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	0		144	0.5	+0.3
	TUSC	0		81	0.3	N/A

District results

Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory Love	2,143	41.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	2,122	41.2	+17.6
	Labour	Paul Bingham	792	15.4	−1.2
	TUSC	Eric Segal	91	1.8	N/A
Majority			21	0.4
Turnout			5,148	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Elham Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey	1,809	50.1	−4.2
	Green	Douglas Wade	1,335	37.0	+24.6
	Labour	Robin Potter	247	6.8	−3.4
	Independent	Andrew Russell	221	6.1	N/A
Majority			474	13.1	27.9
Turnout			3,620	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The election in Elham Valley was deferred to 17 June 2021 due to the death of a candidate after the close of nominations.

Folkestone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Meade	1,324	38.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	1,132	32.7	−3.0
	Foundation	Mary Lawes	561	16.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Scott-Sansom	361	10.4	−6.4
	Socialist (GB)	Max Hess	89	2.6	+1.1
Majority			192	5.5
Turnout			3,467	25.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.8

Folkestone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dylan Jeffrey	2,105	43.1	−1.1
	Labour	Laura Davison	1,792	36.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Pemberton	541	11.1	−1.5
	Independent	Diane Priestley	264	5.4	N/A
	Reform UK	David Smith	127	2.6	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	55	1.1	+0.5
Majority			313	6.4
Turnout			4,884	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Hythe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Weatherhead	2,592	49.1	+11.2
	Green	Georgina Treloar	1,997	37.8	−3.6
	Labour	Anthony Goode	499	9.5	+3.2
	UKIP	Len Laws	189	3.6	−5.5
Majority			595	11.3
Turnout			5,277	39.9
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing	7.4

Romney Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	3,139	62.2	+20.1
	Labour	Tony Cooper	811	16.1	+9.2
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	603	12.0	+7.9
	UKIP	Ian Meyers	309	6.1	−14.3
	Reform UK	Eric Elliott	182	3.6	N/A
Majority			2,328	46.1
Turnout			5,044	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Gravesham

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	18,793	51.2	+4.3
	Labour	1	1	14,006	38.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,033	5.5	+0.6
	Green	0		1,895	5.2	+1.8

District results

Gravesend East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jordan Meade	4,272	50	4
	Conservative	Alan Ridgers	3,813	44	2
	Labour	Emma Morley	3,335	39	4
	Labour	Tony Rana	2,993	35	1
	Green	Martin Wilson	687	8	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	391	5
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Wright	376	4	1
Majority			478	5	2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gravesham Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	3,696	67	4
	Labour	Daniel Baber	814	15	2
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Banks	625	11	3
	Green	Susan Hodge	375	7	N/A
Majority			2,882	52	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northfleet and Gravesend West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	3,609	43	4
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan	3,461	41	1
	Labour	John Burden	3,403	40	4
	Conservative	Gary Harding	3,403	40	4
	Green	Richard Bayfield	833	10	6
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	641	8	4
Majority			58	1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Maidstone

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	7	1	24,293	48.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	10,150	20.1	–11.1
	Labour	0		7,570	15.0	+6.1
	Green	0		6,340	12.6	+7.8
	Independent	0		1,903	3.8	+3.5
	Reform UK	0		250	0.5	N/A

District results

Maidstone Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Cannon	3,484	40.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Daley	2,880	33.5	–15.2
	Conservative	John Perry	2,562	29.8	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	2,207	25.7	–17.5
	Labour	Patrick Coates	1,817	21.1	+3.0
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,748	20.3	N/A
	Green	Donna Greenan	1,389	16.2	+9.7
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,098	12.8	+6.7
Majority			318	4	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Maidstone North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1,793	39	11
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	1,678	37	5
	Labour	John Randall	584	13	6
	Green	Kimberley Milham	517	11	8
Majority			115	2	16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shellina Prendergast	3,884	65	5
	Green	Susan Parr	1,073	18	14
	Labour	Marlyn Randall	515	9	1
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Perkin	332	6	3
	Reform UK	Twiz Stripp	144	2	N/A
Majority			2,811	47	14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	3,441	67	1
	Labour	Jo Burns	721	14	4
	Green	Ian McDonald	574	11	7
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Burrows	387	8	3
Majority			2,720	53	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lottie Parfitt-Reid	2,495	46	22
	Independent	Eric Hotson	1,711	31	37
	Green	Steven Cheeseman	659	12	4
	Labour	Bob Millar	483	9
	Reform UK	Justin Randall	106	2
Majority			784	15	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Webb	2,985	60	11
	Liberal Democrats	Ashleigh Kimmance	740	15	21
	Green	Mike Summersgill	738	15	12
	Labour	Richard Coates	509	10	5
Majority			2,245	45	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cooper	1,770	42
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,460	35
	Labour	Kim Roberts	461	11	3
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	292	7	5
	Independent	Gary Butler	104	2	1
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	88	2
Majority			310	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	1,994	65	13
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	732	24	7
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	351	11	2
Majority			1,262	41	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	1	17,662	56.3	–6.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5,468	17.4	+1.6
	Green	0		4,318	13.8	+8.0
	Labour	0		3,105	9.9	–1.2
	Independent	0		837	2.7	+2.4

District results

Sevenoaks North and Darent Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gough	3,491	64
	Green	Michael Barker	691	13	4
	Labour	David Griffiths	625	12	2
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	619	11	2
Majority			2,800	51	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brazier	2,887	59	19
	Green	Laura Manston	1,632	33	21
	Labour	Ian Rashbrook	372	8	2
Majority			1,255	26	40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margot McArthur	2,845	61	2
	Green	Hill Harris	638	14	8
	Liberal Democrats	Flora Nedelcu	599	13	7
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	549	12	4
Majority			2,207	47	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	2,919	46	6
	Conservative	Margaret Crabtree	2,740	43	5
	Green	Paul Wharton	497	6	N/A
	Labour	Jackie Griffiths	293	5	2
Majority			179	3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sevenoaks West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Chard	3,224	59	4
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Mackay	1,135	21	6
	Green	Richard Cobbold	653	12	6
	Labour	Helen Fiorini	493	9
Majority			2,089	38	10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Perry Cole	2,475	55	10
	Independent	Tony Searles	837	19	N/A
	Labour	Karimah Kelly	773	17	7
	Green	Philip Levy	207	5	2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Alexander	196	4	2
Majority			1,638	36	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swale

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	2	18,424	46.4	+2.9
	Swale Ind.	1	1	7,109	17.9	N/A
	Green	1	1	4,944	12.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	1		3,686	9.3	–1.6
	Labour	0		4,831	12.2	–9.3
	Independent	0		442	1.1	–0.8
	Reform UK	0		252	0.6	N/A

District results

Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Hook	2,775	45	2
	Conservative	Andy Culham	1,907	31	4
	Labour	Andrew Birkin	1,099	18	4
	Independent	Benjamin Martin	442	7	N/A
Majority			868	14	6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sheppey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cameron Beart	4,680	62	20
	Conservative	Andy Booth	3,464	46	3
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	1,679	22	14
	Labour	Angela Harrison	1,526	20	5
	Green	Catherine Whittle	703	9	4
	Green	Sam Collins	647	9	6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	337	5	3
	Reform UK	Mini Nissanga	252	3	11
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Martin	203	3	N/A
Majority			1,216	24	7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sittingbourne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Dendor	1,695	42	1
	Labour	Steve Davey	1,021	25	7
	Swale Ind.	James Hall	912	23	N/A
	Green	Hannah Temple	218	5	3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Zeng	164	4	5
Majority			674	17	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sittingbourne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wright	1,868	40	2
	Swale Ind.	Richard Palmer	1,500	32	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Lola Oyewusi	765	16	25
	Green	David Walton	309	7	5
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	207	4
Majority			368	8	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swale East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rich Lehmann	3,067	52	44
	Conservative	Charlotte Whitney-Brown	2,443	41	13
	Labour Co-op	Frances Rehal	420	7	6
Majority			624	11	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Swale West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Swale Ind.	Mike Baldock	3,018	56	16
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,367	44	1
Majority			651	12	N/A
	Swale Ind. gain from Conservative		Swing

Thanet

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5		19,994	45.5	–0.3
	Labour	2		10,797	24.6	–1.3
	Green	0		8,558	19.5	+17.5
	Thanet Independent	0		1,861	4.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,771	4.0	–3.7
	Independent	0		652	1.5	–1.5
	Reform UK	0		216	0.5	N/A
	Women's Equality	0		78	0.2	N/A
	SDP	0		23	0.1	N/A

District results

Birchington and Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Ann Wright	4,013	50	4
	Conservative	Derek Crow-Brown	3,846	48	1
	Labour	Rob Yates	1,606	20	3
	Thanet Ind.	Bertie James Braidwood	1,525	19	N/A
	Green	Abi Smith	1,483	18	12
	Green	Rob Edwards	971	12	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Pennington	476	6	4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Ian de Rose	354	4	9
	Reform UK	Edwin Handford	216	3	N/A
Majority			2,240	28	4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadstairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosalind Binks	2,695	51	7
	Labour	Aram Ahmed Rawf	1,549	29	8
	Green	Mike Garner	905	17	13
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stone	176	3	4
Majority				22
	Conservative hold		Swing	7

Cliftonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Game	2,468	57	2
	Labour	Helen Whitehead	1,134	26	6
	Green	Michelle Thomas	445	10	7
	Liberal Democrats	George Metcalfe	148	3	2
	Women's Equality	Kanndiss Riley	78	2	N/A
	SDP	Josh Sims	23	1	N/A
Majority			1,334	31	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Margate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Lewis	1,376	42	2
	Conservative	Ash Ashbee	1,292	40	2
	Green	Sue Rees	423	13	8
	Liberal Democrats	John Finnegan	178	5	1
Majority			84	2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Shonk	3,157	34.9	+3.2
	Labour	Karen Constantine	2,864	34.6	–0.6
	Green	Becky Wing	2,576	31.1	N/A
	Conservative	Christian Burwash	2,523	30.5	–1.9
	Labour	Mark Hopkinson	2,268	27.4	–7.2
	Green	Katie Gerrard	1,755	21.2	N/A
	Independent	Grahame Birchall	404	4.9	N/A
	Thanet Ind.	George Rusiecki	336	4.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Messenger	248	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Banks	239	2.9	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	200	2.4	–2.8
Majority			288	4	4
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Tonbridge and Malling

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	2	23,355	49.3	–8.7
	Green	2	2	13,584	28.7	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	1		5,063	10.7	–7.8
	Labour	0		3,920	8.3	–2.3
	Independent	0		1,441	3.0	N/A

District results

Malling Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trudy Dean	2,979	68	11
	Conservative	David Thompson	1,182	27	7
	Labour	Sarah Palmer	197	4	1
	Labour	Rizwana Shelley	45	1	4
Majority			1,797	41	18
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Malling North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hohler	2,757	64	2
	Labour	Wayne Mallard	875	20
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Stapleton	693	16	5
Majority			1,882	44	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Kennedy	3,807	73	4
	Labour	Thomas Shelley	587	11	2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bishop	460	9	4
	Green	Archie Mitchell	387	7	2
Majority			3,220	62	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hudson	3,299	65	9
	Green	Steve Crisp	731	14	4
	Labour	Robin Potter	380	7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Russell	365	7	8
	No Description	Raja Zahidi	158	3	N/A
	Independent	Louis Westlake	150	3	N/A
Majority			2,568	51	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Rayner	3,178	65	4
	Green	Richard Mountford	696	14	7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hobhouse	566	12	2
	Labour	Kathleen Garlick	479	10	3
Majority			2,482	51	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tonbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Hood	6,346	54.2	+42.3
	Green	Paul Stepto	5,424	46.3	+35.6
	Conservative	Michael Payne	4,608	39.3	–14.3
	Conservative	Richard Long	4,524	38.6	–12.9
	Labour	Carl Marten	750	6.4	–7.6
	Labour	Sean O'Malley	652	5.6	–6.0
	Independent	David Allen	599	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Colin Hussey	534	4.6	N/A
Majority			816	7	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Tunbridge Wells

District summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6		15,632	43.8	–9.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		7,741	21.7	+4.5
	Labour	0		6,003	16.8	+2.9
	Green	0		4,182	11.7	+8.5
	Alliance	0		1,337	3.7	N/A
	UKIP	0		429	1.2	–3.6
	Independent	0		321	0.9	–5.5
	Reform UK	0		74	0.2	N/A

District results

Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seán Holden	2,967	52	8
	Alliance	Nancy Warne	1,337	23	3
	Labour	James Groome	455	8	2
	Green	John Hurst	417	7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Douglass	316	6	7
	Independent	Venetia Carpenter	156	3	N/A
	Reform UK	Toby Stripp	74	1	N/A
Majority			1,630	29	11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	2,693	48	7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	1,272	23	4
	Labour	Martin Betts	1,023	18	6
	Green	Trevor Bisdee	645	11	N/A
Majority			1,421	25	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Oakford	2,048	35	7
	Labour	Mike Tapp	1,968	34	8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqab Malik	1,057	18	7
	Green	Anthony Hoskin	611	11	8
	UKIP	Christine Marshall	127	2	2
Majority			80	1	15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hamilton	2,656	47	18
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	1,281	23	12
	Green	Christine Spicer	794	14	9
	Labour	Derek Boyle	777	14	1
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	178	3	3
Majority			1,375	24	28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becki Bruneau	2,553	40	13
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sullivan	1,980	31	14
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	837	13	2
	Green	Evelien Hurst-Buist	803	12	8
	Independent	Penny Kift	165	3	N/A
	UKIP	Alun Elder-Brown	124	2	2
Majority			573	9	27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McInroy	2,715	42	13
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne	1,835	29	11
	Labour	Anne Musker	943	15
	Green	Aimee Taylor	912	14	7
Majority			880	13	24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes 2021–2025

Wilmington

Wilmington: 27 January 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Av Sandhu	1,787	57.9	−14.5
	Labour	Darren Povey	613	19.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Capell	487	15.8	N/A
	Green	Julian Hood	200	6.5	−1.1
Majority			1,174	38.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Hythe West

Hythe West: 2 March 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenni Hawkins	1,568	43.8	+6.0
	Conservative	John Gabris	1,081	30.2	–18.9
	Labour	Tony Cooper	384	10.7	+1.3
	Independent	Ian Meyers	306	8.6	N/A
	Independent	Andy Weatherhead	237	6.6	N/A
Majority			487	13.6
Turnout			3,576
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Sheppey

Sheppey: 5 May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,318	33.3	–17.7
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	2,258	32.5	+14.2
	Labour	Peter Apps	1,896	27.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	481	6.9	+3.2
Majority			60	0.8
Turnout			7,018	22.2
Registered electors			31,624
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

Maidstone Central

Maidstone Central: 6 July 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	1,860	28.5	–1.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,849	28.4	+13.9
	Conservative	Stanley Forecast	1,564	24.0	–12.4
	Labour	David Collier	914	14.0	–5.0
	Reform UK	Graham Jarvis	278	4.3	N/A
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	56	0.9	N/A
Majority			11	0.1
Turnout			6,531
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.8

• Trevor Shonk, elected as a Conservative, joined the Thanet Independents in March 2024.

• Mike Whiting was suspended from the Conservatives in March 2024, after which he sat as an indepedendent.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Swanscombe and Greenhithe By-Election 21 Nov 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Thomas Mallon	695	29.1	+27.5
	Labour Co-op	Victoria Akintomide-Akinwamide	588	24.6	−7.5
	Residents	Dawn Johnston	395	16.5	−23.9
	Conservative	Carol Gale	374	15.6	−10.3
	Green	Laura Edie	296	12.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Willis	44	1.8	N/A
Majority			107	4.5	−3.8
Turnout			2392	15
	Reform UK gain from Residents		Swing	25.7

By-election held after the death of Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents’ Association Cllr Peter Harman.