- Kent local elections
Kent Council is elected every four years.Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1993
No overall control 1993 - 1997Conservative 1997 - present
Council elections
Kent Council election, 2001 Kent Council election, 2005 By-election results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 979
percentage = 72.0
change = +15.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 381
percentage = 28.0
change = -3.3Election box majority
votes = 598
percentage = 44.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,360
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 792
percentage = 54.5
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 370
percentage = 25.5
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 240
percentage = 16.5
change = -8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate =
votes = 50
percentage = 3.4
change = +3.4Election box majority
votes = 422
percentage = 29.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,452
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,894
percentage = 44.2
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,614
percentage = 37.7
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 778
percentage = 18.2
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 280
percentage = 6.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 4,286
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 862
percentage = 37.3
change = +9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 760
percentage = 32.9
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 446
percentage = 19.3
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 245
percentage = 10.6
change = -2.2Election box majority
votes = 102
percentage = 4.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,313
percentage = 15.1
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,708
percentage = 65.0
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 497
percentage = 18.9
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 216
percentage = 8.2
change = -9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 207
percentage = 7.9
change = +7.9Election box majority
votes = 1,211
percentage = 46.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,628
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Koowaree
votes = 1,089
percentage = 34.1
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Greaves
votes = 986
percentage = 30.9
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Lawrie
votes = 459
percentage = 14.4
change = -20.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Melvyn Elliff
votes = 386
percentage = 12.1
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Stephen Dawe
votes = 140
percentage = 4.4
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = John Kellam
votes = 135
percentage = 4.2
change = +4.2Election box majority
votes = 103
percentage = 3.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,195
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Chittenden
votes = 1,620
percentage = 56.2
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vanessa Jones
votes = 831
percentage = 28.8
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Stuart Jeffery
votes = 187
percentage = 6.5
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Coates
votes = 164
percentage = 5.7
change = -12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mark Croucher
votes = 81
percentage = 2.8
change = -1.3Election box majority
votes = 789
percentage = 27.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,883
percentage = 24.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Cowan
votes = 1,860
percentage = 44.5
change = -5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Collor
votes = 1,348
percentage = 32.2
change = +4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dean Stiles
votes = 420
percentage = 10.0
change = -11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Victor Matcham
votes = 300
percentage = 7.2
change = +7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Campbell-Marshall
votes = 256
percentage = 6.1
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 512
percentage = 12.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 4,184
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =External links
* [http://www.kent.gov.uk Kent Council]
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